Catalogs galore

Are you bombarded with an onslaught of catalogs from time to time (or all the time)?  I use them as some of my lazy moment or light lunch reading.  What I have noticed is that there are some great budget saving finds.  Finds that I have drooled over on my high priced/ dream list for ages.  Especially if you are eager to complete a room but don't want to spend a fortune, catalogs are a great way to find that happy compromise and meet your decorative or lifestyle want.  

Here are a few of the magazines and some great little finds within their pages..

Eileen Fisher is at Garnet Hill.  I have always been an admirerer of her simple and elegant fashion style,  her muted tones are right up my alley, her style says sophiticated and easy at the same time.   Love the linen sheets & gauzy cotton blankets that can be layered with just about anything.

Eileen Fisher - Garnet Hill

Ballard Designs always had a trick up their sleeves.. for my taste it is always hit and miss but they do have lovely things..  & for a variety of clients and tastes it can be the perfect fit and price.  

The RUTLAND BARSTOOL can be both contemporary and rustic, suited for more than one households taste.. Leopard prints I think always add flavor to a room when done in moderation.  

This indoor/ outdoor rug (the LEOPARD NAVARRA) was eye catching.  Perfect for a house with sweet little rascals that can always use a good hosing down{i mean the rug of coarse}.

& look! Ballard Designs even puts together a great color board for a room design!  Just saying with one stop shop, it is kind of sweet..

WISTERIA, probabaly my more favored of the catalogs.. since they have some quirky or less predicatble pieces.  (I am less predictable sometimes. I have purchased a footed marble bowl, literally with little feet..so cute.)  A few pieces in particular I am attratcted to.  

MORROCON MIRROR

MOORISH CHEST

 SLEEK GLASS DESK

 LARGE CLAM SHELL

{my little footed bowl & ostrich egg}

I think you could design a beautiful gorgeous room around these items, it would just take a little trust and a little bit of designer dust.  Get creative and don't always sluff off the catalogs that appear in your mailbox, flip through them even the most gastly catalogs harbor a great treasure or two.