Gift Guide: For The Home

C Wonder crystal wine stopper / C Wonder bar tool  /  C Wonder bar tool  / C Wonder gold plate / C Wonder blue dinnerware  /  C Wonder kitchenware dining  /  C Wonder kitchenware dining  /  C Wonder monogrammed cheese board

C. Wonder is the perfect store for holiday gifts. They have clothes, jewelry, bags, and home decor. Personally, I love their home decor section because you just cannot go wrong. The gifts I chose above are all under $50. Most of my friends live on their own now so we are all just now starting to decorate our places. I know they would love any of these gifts. These gifts are also good for moms, aunts, or grandmothers. Where do you shop for your holiday goodies?

-Katie 

Currently Craving

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I have this dresser from IKEA and I absolutely love it. It's a bit on the massive side, but that makes it perfect for decorating! I'm still trying to figure out my decorating style, but until then I love mixing colors on a white background. This dresser is perfect for doing just that. I started off decorating my dresser with a mirror. I think every girl needs a mirror on their dresser to put the finishing touches on their outfits. I love this mirror with the geometric shape cut outs...plus it's in gold...I'm sold. 

When I've found the perfect mirror I move on to choosing a lamp. This can be really difficult, but remember you can always change the shade. Choose a lamp based on the base, and then go to Home Goods and find yourself a lamp shade in the color you want. It's much easier that way. I love the blue see through color of this lamp. I love bubble lamps in general, but the blue color really stands out to me. It reminds me of sea glass in a way. The blue also give a pop of color to my all white dresser. 

Next, I find something to display my perfumes. I like to have my perfume and jewelry displayed on my dresser because I put those on last (also why I need my mirror on my dresser). I love putting my perfumes on mirrored trays and this one is perfect. I really like the detailing on the edge. I arrange my perfumes depending on how big/small the tray is. The one I have on my dresser now is slightly smaller so I have three perfumes and a tiny perfume bottle from my great-great grandmother. I choose perfumes that tend to go well together in size, color, and shape. They aren't necessarily ones I wear all the time, but they go well together. Plus, let's face it, I really only wear Daisy by Marc Jacobs anyway!

After I've finished decorating the bigger items I try to fill up some space on the dresser. As I've said before, this dresser is quite larger so I need more than just a mirror, lamp, and tray. I love adding candlesticks with white candles. I have the mirrored candlesticks from IKEA, but these from H&M work too. I also add a glass vase with some pink peonies to my dresser for the finishing touch. 

I'll add some pictures of my dresser so you can see what I did with mine at home :)

Thanks for reading!

Katie 

Currently Craving

My best friend and I, who is also named Katie (yes, we know), just moved into an awesome apartment outside of Washington, DC. We love our new place, but it was difficult to decide what kind of feel we wanted our new home to have. Did we want lots of color? Lots of bright white? Or just an in between? Believe me - it's a lot harder than you think!

We've put a lot of it together so far, but it is only just the beginning. We're more of the "put it together as we find the pieces" kind of people.

I love getting inspiration from Pinterest and fellow bloggers. Here's what I'm currently craving!

 

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I'm currently craving a mix of both modern and vintage. Lots of white with gold detailing and some pops of color.  Just wishing my apartment/room looked like this! For now, I'll have to settle with dreaming...

Katie