Kev and I received a HomeGoods gift card last month, so the other day we jumped in the car and headed up to Birmingham to see if we could find a couple of matching bedside lamps for our bedroom. It took approximately two seconds to fall in love with these dual-function darlings…
It took approximately two days to successfully remove the tags from the bottom of each of them…
(Even with the help of Goo-Gone!)
The lampshades and rattan “lids” come off, so we have the option to fill the glass bases with different items if we want to…
I’m cuckoo for cocoa puffs for the simple, caramel-colored finial on top of them…
But now that the lamps are in place, I think I’m gonna swap out the curtains. Too much beige-on-beige action goin’ on between the lampshades, the curtains and the window shades. No biggie though. We bought a pack of white curtains the last time we went to Ikea, and they look just like the beige ones we’ve got hanging in there right now. They have the cute little stripe detail on them too…
(from Ikea)
I took the white ones out of their packaging this morning so that I could starting steaming out all the wrinkles. Max curled right up underneath one of the panels…
I guess that means he likes them too.
So, here’s another before shot of “my” corner of the room…
And here’s where we’re at right now…
(Bedside chest from Urban Farmgirl)
Just gotta swap out those curtains, attach a small piece of trim in the corner where the “Moonlight White” painted MDF planks meet the “Blue Hubbard” painted wall, add knobs to my beside chest, and hang three more closet doors.
Oh yeah! That reminds me! Stay tuned for our closet door re-do post! We’re thrilled with how they turned out, and about the extra 225 square feet of visual space they’re gonna add to our room!
I already love it Layla!!! Can’t wait to see everything. And I’m definitely going to use that Blue Hubbard color somewhere in my house.
Love how it’s coming along! The lamps are great, and the doors look fabulous! I love watching how you transform a space!!
Amy
i have the Lenda curtains in white in our kitchen and love them. as for your corner of the room and those lamps…. perfection! i want that lamp for our living room and i did NOT want to leave the house today but i might have to go hunting for that lamp. 😉
You both have so much flair – I’m in awe!
Even this tiny corner looks great – I can’t wait to see the whole finished room.
x
Wow, that looks amazing! I love the new lamps.
Just a little tip, I’ve found that soaking a paper towel in WD-40 and using that to rub off stubborn stickers works 10 times better than goo gone. 🙂
Lovin’ it, Layla! The lamps are perfect! And I’m intrigued about the closet doors…are they mirrored?
They are! They were standard panel doors…she has a post on this. Simple! I love the new hardware!
Love how the room is coming together! Those drapes would look great in my little boys room, I for see a trip to Ikea in my future.
So loving your new lamps, your bedroom will soon be an oasis for you to escape. I only hope you don’t love it so much that you and Kev leave us all forever as you vacation indefinitely in your perfection of a master bedroom. Please don’t gooooooooooooooooooo!
xoxo
Kate
Hi Layla and Kevin,
This is coming together so nicely. Great textures in there!
A tip for removing the price tags – fill a shallow bowl or plate with water and then set the lamp in there where the price tag is (hoping it’s on the bottom) and 15 minutes later that tag should rub right off! Cause it gets wet from the water.
Can’t wait to see more!
La, la, la LOVE how it’s all coming together!
Those lamps are pretty dang great, too! 🙂
Looks like all your hard work is paying off!
~Shelley
My go to no fail sticker removal…finger nail polish remover, followed by minor scrapping if off with my finger nail! :O)
It all looks so good. I love those walls!!!
I absolutely love your bedroom and those lamps are awesome. I wish we had a HomeGoods store in Lincoln or Omaha. They have just fun things. Love your website too. You’re soooo talented. Max is adorable too.
As I was reading your post, I was chanting the following in a little happy sing-song voice, “Layla’s so fab-u-LESS… ” And you ARE!! I’m loving the way this is turning out so airy and light.
Layla,
I feel your pain on trying to remove the HomeGoods price tags – they are the worst. I always had used GooGone, until recently when a friend told me to “warm” the sticker with my hairdryer. I tried it and it came right off – and in one beautiful piece! So I’ve now added “hairdryer” to my list of indispensable home “decorating tools”! 🙂
I love it! Especially the MDF planks on the one wall and how they that cottage atmosphere.
Cheers,
Suzie
@UrbanCntryStyle
oh I really shouldn’t post from my iphone! Should say, I love how those MDF planks *create* that cottage atmosphere!
I have a trick even better than Goo-Gone or WD-40 for removing stickers — is a hair dryer! It warms up & softens the adhesive so you can just pull off the sticker. Most of the time there isn’t even any residue left behind! 😀
Layla, you guys are miracle workers. Love Moonlight White by Benjamin Moore–it’s what we used throughout The Breeze Inn–which by the way, is where I am right now, working away at next book. When are you guys coming back to Tybee? PS–check out the Feb. issue of Country Living, where none other than fancy pants Washington interior designer Darryl Carter picks Moonlight White as his favorite shade of “warm white.” We’re in great company!
I don’t know anything about Goo Gone but I guarantee you that “UN-DU” adhesive remover would have saved you 1 hour and 59.5 minutes… You can find it at Michaels or online at a scrapbook store. It’s wonderful and made to lift photos so it doesn’t damage a thing!
Hope that helps.
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I just re-read that it took you two days to remove the tags not two hours…
So, in that case the UN-DO would have saved you 47.75 hours… 🙂
Sorry for the confusion … carry on… lol
Layla, I just bought the same exact curtains from Ikea on Sunday. Make sure you wash them before hanging &/or hemming. I’m on my second pair because I cut mine before washing and they shrunk up a good 6-8 inches. Lesson learned : /
I LOVE your style and am now a faithful reader. How adorable is Max! Also, I hate those stupid labels and have found that soaking the item in water (if item can get wet) does the trick. I like to use bottles as vases, which means having to get rid of super sticky labels. Just fill the bottle with water to make it heavy and fill up the sink or a container with water. The label and glue come right off. I’ve never had to use Goo Gone.
Layla, love the new lamps, what fun you are going to have filling them with whatever you little heart desires!!! Your corner is loooooking GOOD!!
I am celebrating my one year blogaversary and I have a giveaway going on until Monday for a $75 Container Store gift card. You can use it at the store or online. Come on over when you have a chance. I know we are all in the organizing mode. The organizing bug has bitten me. Time to Purge, purge, purge!! Kathysue
I LOVE those lamps! I was just at Home Goods yesterday too, but ours didn’t have those lamps 🙁 I have to return some bedding today, maybe they’ll have them 🙂
Thank you guys sooooo much for all the tips on removing those pesky adhesive tags! We had a heck of a time with those little boogers yesterday! Ha!
Kev
Don’t even get me started with Home Goods – I’m an addict. I need to buy stock. I’m there weekly. I texted my girlfriend because we have one that is about 5 miles aways and then they added one 2 miles away and I said it’s urgent call me. She did and I said Home Goods is going in…LOL! Haven’t seen those in ours and if I did I would have bought them myself since we rent a little beach house they would be perfect. Love the look.
Love it! Don’t you just melt when your furbabies approve of your decorating. I’m getting my new sofa delivered tomorrow from Granville Furniture. It’s fawn, to match the pugs – sometimes you have to change your decor to compliment the doggies. Love watching your progress one county over. Keep up the good work. Plus knowing that you are a huge Mary Kay Andrews fan just makes you even cooler.
What would Weezie and Bebe think? I think they wouldn’t leave your house, ever 🙂
I’ve had the same problem with those sticky stickers, and found a trick that works in seconds: wipe it with a little bit of lacquer thinner. Sounds scary and kinda stinks, but the stuff came off like butter. 🙂
Oh, and I am loving your bedroom transformation! You are awesome!
Layla,
Don’t you just hate those price tag stickers. It’s even worse when they put them on something that can rip! I am swooning over those lamps! What a find! I love shopping trips like that. Walk in, yell BINGO, walk out! Have you decided what you will display inside, if anything? I can easily envision sea shells, floats, white coral… the options are endless and can be changed as often as you like — perfection!
Your Friend,
Deborah
Loving it!!
For one hilarious split-second I thought you were saying that you were gonna fill those lamps up with Cocoa Puffs! And the scariest part? In that split-second you had me thinking it was the right thing to do. See what you do to us, El????
Love your room. Hope your week is swimming right along.
I finished tearing out carpet in my bedroom today…I wish I could just move into your bedroom and you two could come finish mine. I love the mirrors on the doors – you will soon see that in my bedroom….if I ever get to move back into it!
My God! I LOVE your Master Bedroom updates!!! I can’t wait to see more pictures!
LOVE! It looks great! How are you going to open that closet door, though with the nightstand there?
Hey Shana!
That door actually opens up pretty far, (about 3/4 of the way) but I have all the stuff I don’t really need to get to that often on that end of my closet- so it’s all good!
🙂
Layla
Layla, I read your blog with relish! I wanted to relay my ‘trick’ for removing those horrible price tags/stickers. It’s simply lighter fluid and tissue paper. You’ll be surprised at how simple and efficiently it works….just don’t do it around an open flame!
I can’t wait to see how you did the closet doors. Awesome!
You have such a great eye! You should start a blog. 🙂
Love love love! Wanna come to my house?
Looks awesome! I love the look and one more tip on the stickers – Pledge (or any other dust spray, but I only know pledge – LOL) works great – spray it on, let it sit for about 1 minute and then wipe right off.
HI Layla,
HomeGoods has some wicked stickers! GEEZ LOUISE!
I am loving your lamps! I recently blogged about a gift card burning a hole in my purse from Hobby Lobby! Turns out it was spent on new lamps too!
Oh…oh…oh… By the way…I still love the beige curtains! I think they look great and add contrast to the white wall!
Lookin fab!
Just love stoping by your house:)…It is one of my favorite..if not my very favorite…of them all! Running to my Home Goods to see if they have any of those lamps left! Anytime you are in Florida…stop by!
Oh my, I am lusting after your lamps. I wish that I had a Home Goods nearby. Love them!
What lovely lamps! Can’t wait to see the final reveal!
Homegood is the WORST at placing the most difficult stickers in the most inconvenient places. I don’t know how many times I’ve ruined perfectly good nails on their stubborn price stickers.
But that’s really the only thing about Homegoods I can complain about. 🙂
Layla, your master bedroom is coming together so nicely! I am cuckoo over cocoa puffs, too ;D (darling finial)
xoxoxo,
Ricki Jill
Can I house sit for you when you are out of town. You’re only a few states away and your bedroom seems to peaceful and relaxing! Love the progress and can’t wait to see the final product!
Can’t wait to see it finished…love what’s going on so far!
Love love love the room so far! From the little bit we can see, the mirrored doors are looking fabulous! Getting excited to see the finished product!
Cannot wait to see the whole thing. Loved the little corner glimpse. Very very nice.
I have those IKEA Lenda curtains on about 90% of the windows in my house. They are so affordable yet they look almost like real linen. Such a bargain!! Your master bedroom transformation is coming along great so far!
Looks great — can’t wait to see the finished room.
I’m curious — I have the Lenda curtains, but they’re tab tops — is there another rod-pocket version I didn’t notice, or do you have some trick for switching tab tops to rod pockets?
Oh, and don’t forget — Lenda have a 4% shrinkage rate, so be sure to add 4% to the hemmed length (I know not everyone is like me and geeky enough to actually read the directions instead of just hemming the darn things).
Oh – I want to know the answer to this too … I haven’t purchased them because I didn’t like the tabs for our room, but if I can make them rod pockets I would drive to IKEA immediately!
When you said you had the option of filling the bases with different items, your next words were…”I’m cuckoo for cocoa puffs…” I had visions of breakfast cereal in your lovely lamps. I guess they’d add some nice texture.
Your room is looking fantastic.
Angex