The best of Target, on sale!

Target has some of my all time faves on sale this week. Here's a sampling...

Any size damask stripe sheet sets for $36.
These sheets are an amazing deal. I've yet to find anything as nice for the price at the discount stores, like Home Goods. They come in limited colors, but are 450 thread count (much more than that is not really noticeable). They aren't Egyptian cotton, which I like, but they are very nice and wash well. We have multiple sets in king and queen (but all in white ;)) for all our bedrooms. And at this price (which includes extra cases), you can buy an extra set for when one is in the wash.

I bought this carry-on sized wheelie a bit ago, but flew with it for the first time to NY. It was perfect! I love the laptop storage (on the side), and if you pack it before you put the laptop in (and use the expandable feature) it still holds a lot, and fits in the overhead bin. I somehow fit in five days of stuff, which is no small feat for me. It's on sale for $80, but I paid $70, so if you want to wait... ;)

I raved about these Thomas O'Brien towels here, and they are the towels in all of our bathrooms. Bath sized is only $8. Remember, life's too short to use really crappy towels...


If you need more color choices or just want to spend a few more bucks, these from Fieldcrest luxury are also great. In their line, I found just the right color of lavender to gift my mom.


We got two of these Waterpik ecoflow shower heads recently (one from Target and one w/a double head, from Costco) and I was actually quite impressed with the water pressure. It is a few bucks off at $27. They use 1.5 gallon per minute vs. the standard eco level of 2.5. We are trying to save water where we can, like installing dual flush toilets for all three of our heads.

When we decided to get rid of all the triclosan (anti-bac) products in our house awhile back, we went with the great stuff from Method, and we haven't looked back.


I also love the green cleaners from Green Works/Clorox and Seventh Generation, which are also on sale this week.

Last but certainly not least, the garden dept is on clearance and the ceramic garden stools (usually $99) are now $47! (fortunately I only paid $49) Also in white.


Happy Shopping!

I promise

...that I'm not a stalker. Really. I just rounded the corner in SoHo and there it was. Of course, it wasn't open, so I guess I'll just have to go back... ;)

Mission Accomplished!

Blurry me and Thomas O'Brien

I wasn't planning on another post today, but it was such a good one, I couldn't help myself. I breezed into Tom O'Brien's lecture this morning, which was a great walk through of his new book.


All those empty seats were "reserved" and went unfilled, grr...

I figured I should buy one and get it signed since I was there. It's just a gorgeous book. My favorite part, since I haven't read it yet, is the design on the liner pages. Beautiful!



Last weekend, when we drove down Irving Park in the city to get to our event, I saw sunburst mirrors in the window of Lincoln Antiques, but we were already late. And since both of my nights of JD went so late, I stopped by today to check them out. I bought this and LOVE IT! It looks like it was made to go in this spot in our dining room, opposite the picture window.

Stalking Thomas O'Brien

Of course I'm not really stalking him, but he is coming to the Merchandise Mart tomorrow to do the keynote address at the International Antiques Fair. And guess who waited too long to RSVP? It is now full, but I'm going to go and see if I can get in anyway. He is promoting his new book, American Modern.


Some of my favorite Tom O'Brien pieces:
Marielle (my phantom daughter's name)- Indigo dinnerware by Reed&Barton
Marco Rug for Safavieh

And of course there are all of his yummies @ Target...

Handpainted dinnerware

Boring, I know, but his towels are the best. We have them in multiple shades blue, sage, chocolate and white because I couldn't pick fewer colors than that...

TOB throw