Left Coast Luxe: porcelain vase

Porcelain Monkeys

3.29.2010

I am so obsessed with these white porcelain monkey bookends that I found on ebay!!! The back story is that I have been coveting these monkeys by Mottahedeh for a couple of years now, since I spied them in an issue of Domino way back.

At $189 a pair though, they were on my "someday" wish list... Until I scored mine on ebay for $30, slightly different from the originals but the same size and just as awesome (in my opinion)!

XO Athena

My First Home Goods Visit

3.14.2010

OK, I know I'm late getting on the Home Goods bandwagon. Every corner I turn in the shelter blog world, people are talking about all the great stuff they've found at Home Goods. We don't have the store in Seattle, so on my trip to Portland this weekend I took my first look at the store. I went in a little pessimistic because I know how it usually goes.... Everyone you talk to finds great stuff at a store, but when you go none of the gems are there. Luckily, I was dead wrong. I mean, there's tacky knick-knacks aplenty there, but I also had a hard time not spending a lot of money. The one incredible find that I could not resist was this huge 15 inch pierced ceramic lantern for $29. The identical Two's Company Carthage lantern in this size is well over $100. Score for me!!! I'm not into the odd purple hue though, so I'm going to have to paint it. I'm gonna be raiding Home Goods on every trip to Portland from now on.

XO Athena

Who Knew???

2.16.2010

Now I'm sure we all know by now that you can get great home stuff at Target. I can't even count how many things I've found for my apartment there that look a lot more expensive than they were. I was surprised however, to find so many amazing items on the website that they don't even have in the store. A few of these I've spotted in the store before, but most of them are new to me and absolutely gorgeous!