One of my favorite retailers currently has their entire site on sale for 30% off. Use code PREFALL2020 My favorite go-to handbag is part of the sale, so you know that I just had to share! I love a good dupe and a good sale!! I’ve gone ahead and linked some of my fav fall transitional pieces. Even though we are still in the throes of 100+ degree temps, I’m manifesting sweater weather and cool Texas evenings!
It’s that time of year, y’all! The Nordstrom sale is one that I look forward to all year! Now while I could go absolutely crazy with all of the great deals, I’ve learned the best way to shop the sale is to go in with a wish list and a budget! It’s so easy to get carried away!
First we are going to start with my absolute must have yearly staples! These pajamas are EVERYTHING! Seriously, stock up! I’ve tried the copycats and they just pill. These last and will always be my go-to PJs! My next staple is a comfy blanket! I am a total blanket person and I will splurge for amazing blankets! I’m so excited to incorporate these into my decor this year! My favorite dry shampoo and texturizing spray is currently bundled at a great price so I will be grabbing another set to keep on hand!
Next up are some of my beauty favorites. If you have followed along with my blog from the very beginning, you have read about my very first Jo Malone London experience! I am obsessed with this line of scents and layering them to create different scent profiles! I am linking a few amazing deals that are the perfect starter set and travel size bottles that not only last a while, but are the perfect size for travelling! I plan on grabbing this big bottle of Woodsage and Sea Salt body wash because I have fallen in love with it and am currently out of my smaller sizes! The next item is this makeup mirror! I have owned this for a little over 3 years and is the greatest mirror that I have ever owned! It’s lightweight and easy to travel with and it comes with both a magnifying attachment and a phone attachment. It is a great investment piece and is a steal of a price right now! Next up is this Tula bundle! Its the perfect selection for those who want to try this skincare out! I can tell you that I love all of the products in this kit! Especially that eye stick!!!
Lastly are my must have fall transition pieces! First off, I will be grabbing these jeans! I recently purchased a pair of white denim and now I am grabbing these while they are on sale! They are so buttery soft and flattering! I am grabbing another pair of Spanx leggings in a smaller size. Last year I sized up according to reviews and they were too big and constantly rolled down. This year I am ordering my true size! This camo jacket is the perfect lightweight piece for the mild Texas falls and it also cinches in the waist for a more flattering fit! Next up are these cute booties! I always look forward to a pair of cute new booties every fall. I love that I can wear these with shorts and dresses now and with denim and chunky sweaters when it cools off! Sweaters, oh my goodness, I love sweaters! I love the large cowl neck on this sweater and I love how chunky this sweater is! I’m not sure if I will keep one or both, but I cannot wait for sweater weather!
I hope you liked all of this year’s picks! Head on over to my IG and my Like to Know it for more up to date Nsale coverage as I will be consistently checking stock and creating collages based on what is in stock throughout the sale. Happy Shopping!!
Out of all of the rooms that I have painted in my lifetime, never did I realize how complex this process can be! When we moved into our home 4 years ago, we knew that it needed some TLC. Even though the previous owners had an interior designer help them with the décor of the home, there were just some tastes that were not for us. I mean, HELLO aqua venetian plaster in the master bath!!! It took two years of being nauseated every time I walked into my bathroom before I took a gallon of Kilz and a paintbrush to those walls! It was so taste specific and gross that I had no problems covering up a job that I know cost thousands to apply! This is where our dilemma started. The pretty white that I chose to paint these walls did not coordinate with our floors and trim (insert face palm)! I mean, I don’t even have a before photo of this room because it was THAT. BAD!
When we first started painting our bathroom, I chose a popular white color that didn’t coordinate with our almost 10 year old off white trim and brown-ish tiles and features. Since, I have been staring at those walls trying to figure out where I needed to go next. Thankfully, I have located a pretty creamy white (or possible a blush white) that will coordinate and I will be tackling this project, next!
Okay, so lets talk the technicality of paints… did you know that all paint colors have undertones? I myself happen to be sensitive to purple undertones. I would look at the dark greige on my walls and see the purple shades… If you know me, you know that purple is one of my least favorite colors (I blame my mama for this one). So, it just bothered me. But this is not totally why we repainted these walls. See, in 2012-2013 -ish, Benjamin Moore reformulated their pearl finish paint and guess what is on my walls?! You betcha! We had walls that we couldn’t touch up, with 4 boys, that was not an option. I had so many little white dings that stood out like a sore thumb and It drove me batty!
Lets talk LRV! So aside from undertones you have a paint’s LIGHT REFLECTING VALUE. On a scale from 1-100, the LRV tells you how much light will be reflected in your room. 1 being super dark and 100 being bright. I knew that I wanted our main living area to have a LRV of at least 65 because our space is lacking in recessed lights and adequate light fixtures, but that is a “whole nother” post, y’all! Plus, our previous paint color was in the mid 50 range so I knew based on that, we needed a color with a higher LRV!
For instance, my breakfast nook and dining area went from an LRV in the mid 50s to an LRV of 78! They now look fresh and crisp and tie in perfectly with my kitchen. We went with Benjamin Moore Navajo White, mostly because that’s the color of our kitchen, but this is where I actually started researching all of this. Our trim in our home is Sherwin Williams Navajo White which is a creamy, yellowish color with yellow and brown undertones. Remember our Master Bath, the trim totally clashed with the BM White Dove that I attempted to paint it. I’ve figured out that yellow and purple undertones look best on the walls within our home.
That being said, I used Kylie M Interiors website to cross reference every greige color that Pinterest suggested. This cut down the amount of sample cans that we purchased. We narrowed it down from 5 to our top 2 in TEN MINUTES! We were torn between BM Classic Gray with a LRV of 75 with passive purple undertones. Passive means that the undertone is livable and very unnoticeable, if anything it should reflect the tiniest bit of pink. Our second is BM Edgecomb Gray with an LRV of 63 and its a greige that pulls a little more on the beige side. While Edgecomb Gray is what we would normally lean towards, we have gorgeous custom burlap curtains that I want to pop in our living space, so we were so torn!
Ultimately, we chose BM Edgecomb Gray and we have lived with it for the last four months and I love it just as much now as when it first started going up on our main walls! It is the perfect traditional creamy shade and compliments our brown tones throughout our home while still giving it a much needed update and brighter look. We did break up the monotony by painting our breakfast area, kitchen and dining room BM Navajo White and we could not be any happier! Now off to the next projects! Re-painting our master bath and a powder bath remodel!
I hope this blog helps you on your journey to finding the perfect paint color! I have since used these tips to pick out colors for our other rooms and I cannot wait for those big reveals!