We started by painting the walls Sherwin Williams Smoky Blue, which is a beautiful shade of navy with grey undertones.

Then I added a pair of Ikea Merete Curtains in Bleached to each window along with some pewter curtain rods from Target.

After rug shopping forever, hubs and I decided on this diamond jute rug from Pottery Barn to add a natural element to the room.

Usually I don’t like jute rugs very much, but this one is very soft underfoot and I loved the diamond pattern since everything else in the room is a little plain.

I also grabbed some glass top side tables on Craigslist for $30 and am in the process of repainting them. Unfortunately don’t have a pic of those yet, but I’ll share as soon as they are finished. We have decided to forgo our ottoman and replace with a coffee table, but we have yet to find one we love. Well, I lie, we found one we loved at HomeGoods and went back two days later only to find that it was gone! The only other things left to do are hang pictures and accessorize. I can’t wait to share the final product with everyone and move onto the next room.

What is your favorite part of decorating your home? Mine is seeing the results after painting!

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When:

Day Ten of the 30 for 30 Challenge (Friday, July 23rd)

Where:

Work and dinner out with friends. Ok, ok so I didn’t ACTUALLY wear this to dinner because it was 105 flippin’ degrees outside! But let’s just pretend I did. And let’s just pretend these jeggings are fabulous, because well, they are. A lovely reader noticed my post on jeggings over on High.Heels and offered to send me a pair of Levis to try out from Langston’s. I must attest to the fact I never thought that the jeggings concept would ever work on my short, muscular legs, but I am in love with them! They are stretchy and super comfy compared to a normal jean. You too can experience the greatness of these Levi’s jeggings (or anything else) thanks to the great people at Langston’s! Enter code ‘pinque0724’ at checkout through July 30th to receive 10% off your order. Best of all these Levi’s leggings are already on sale for $32, and trust me they are well worth it!

What:

4. Levi’s Jean Leggings – Courtesy of Langston’s

3. Ruffled Collar Blouse – J.Crew

Wedges – Target, remixed

Cardigan – J.Crew, remixed

Necklace – F21

Sunnies – Target

And then there were two!

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When:

Day Nine of the 30 for 30 Challenge (Thursday, July 23rd)

Where:

Work. We had plans to go out for a nice dinner at Bricktop’s for QueensFeast (Charlotte’s version of Restaurant Week) but without our townhouse in Charleston rented the thought of spending a lot on a frivolous dinner didn’t seem to make sense. Luckily on Friday we got it rented to a friend of one of my best friend’s from high school! Sometimes the world works in mysterious ways.

What:

7. Blouse – GAP

6. Skirt – Banana Republic

5. Cardigan – LOFT

Wedges – Report, Remixed

Side Note: Please say some prayers as my dad is having knee replacement surgery and my bestest friend went into labor today two months early!

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When:

Day Eight of the 30 for 30 Challenge (Monday, July 19th)

Where:

Work, errands, eating my way through the grocery store. Word to the wise: Do not go to Trader Joe’s after not having eaten lunch and do not be tempted to buy Sushi from Trader Joe’s. It might look delicious, but I can assure you it.is.not. It is also not delicious to wear silk shirts on sweltering hot days. Who’s bright idea was it to make summer blouses in silk? And who’s bright idea was it to buy said silk shirts? Oh right, I guess that was me. Ah well, lessons learned today: do not buy TJ’s sushi, eat lunch, and do not wear silk blouses on hot days. There will be a test tomorrow and I expect you all to pass. Eight days down, eight items left to go.

What:

8. Blouse – J.Crew

Skirt – Express (remixed)

Wedges – Target (remixed)

Belt – Express

Jean Jacket – GAP (remixed and going on eleven years old!)

Earrings – F21

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When:

Day Seven of the 30 for 30 Challenge (Friday, July 16th)

Where:

Work and headed to Hot-lanta to visit a friend for the weekend. Speaking of HOT, our air conditioner has been on the fritz all week and when I got home from work it was NINETY degrees in our house! Poor little Cooper was just panting and laying on the hardwood floors trying to cool off. So we headed to Atlanta, dropped the fur babies off at my parents halfway so they didn’t burst in flames, and left our problem for when we got back home. Needless to say, sleeping Sunday night was not pleasant, but luckily the air is now fixed and it is nice and cool in our house again. What did people do before air conditioning in the South? And what did I do before cute shoes from Target?

What:

11. Blouse and Necklace – F21

10. Cardigan – Old Navy

Jeans – Banana Republic

9. Wedges and Sunnies – Target

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When:

Day Six of the 30 for 30 Challenge

Where:

Working late and Sushi dinner with the hubby to celebrate his somewhat unexpected raise! Guess I can go off that 30 day shopping restriction now, right? Ok, ok, I know…fine I’ll do it. Luckily I bought these faux Jack Rogers sandals prior to the shopping ban and boy am I glad I did. I walked into Starbucks (as I do every.flipping.day, addicted much?!) in a ritzy Queen City ‘hood and all the cute little stay at home moms were sporting their Jack Rogers sandals. Man did it feel good knowing mine were only $15 and looked EXACTLY the same. Booyah!

What:

15. White Pants – The Limited (funny, I haven’t bought anything there in AGES!)

14. Sandals – Target

13. Ruffled Blouse – F21

12. Cardigan – J.Crew

Belt – J.Crew

There are some gold F21 earrings under all that hair too. Thank goodness for a haircut at the end of the month since I haven’t had one since JANUARY!

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When:

Monday, July 13th…Day Five of 30 for 30 Challenge

Where:

Work, dinner, kicking butt and taking names. Ok, not really, but it would be cool if I did right? I really wanted to throw this striped shirt into the 30 for 30 mix since it is so versatile, but I don’t know what possessed me to wear it with a bright, printed, pink skirt. Because bright printed pink skirts aren’t exactly versatile. So the plot thickens and the challenge gets harder each day. In the word’s of Dori, ‘Just Keep Swimming.’ Or Running, or whatever.

What:

18. Striped Tee – Old Navy

17. (oh to be 17 again…) Skirt – Etsy 

16. Heels – Paris Hilton via heels.com of course! (get yours here!)

Necklace – F21 (It’s back here!)

Belt – The Limited

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When:

Day Four of the 30 for 30 Challenge, Saturday, July 10th

Where:

Lunch with the hubby, shopping for the house, trying to get hub’s broken Iphone replaced (no luck there). 19 items left to go in 26 days…that can’t be THAT bad, right? Just beware you will be seeing a lot of these white jeans in those upcoming 26 days. Well at least those days not labeled M-Th, as that would get me fired and I would be remixing 30 pajama’s in 30 days! Perhaps that will be my next challenge? Are you participating in Kendi’s Challenge? Leave me a comment so I can check out your remixing skills!

What:

20. Orange Blouse – Banana Republic

19. GAP Jean Jacket (over 10 years old now and still in style!)

Remixed – White Banana Republic Jeans

Remixed – Cynthia Vincent For Target Wedges

Earrings – F21

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When:

Day Three of 30 for 30 (aka Friday, July 9th)

Where:

Casual Friday at work, rug shopping, dinner and TCBY with the hubs, shattering hubs new Iphone4…the usual Friday evening events. Well except that whole phone shattering incident, I promise it was an accident. Three Days in and three more items down. No need in fancy schmancy color photography for this black and white look. Not normally something I would post on this here bloggie, but trying to play by the rules ‘ya know. I probably could have taken a little more effort, but it was Friday and everyone at work was on vacation…so why waste valuable fashion on an empty office?

What:

White Jeans – Banana Republic (get them here…but beware of the sizing)

Sandals – GAP

Black Tee – J.Crew (get one here)

Necklace aka the new love of my life – F21 (sold out)

What I Want to Buy (but can’t ‘til August):

Jeggings! (probably because of this post on high.heels!)

GAP Jean Leggings

And these purdy peep toe booties from heels.com!

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