Fabulous Find Friday: Bamboo Folding Table and Chairs

Fabulous Find Friday Bamboo folding table and chairs gumps

Sometimes those small, corner spaces can be a real headache to decorate. Fortunately, they can also be the most inviting if done properly. This Bamboo Folding Table and Chairs from Gumps is the perfect, small-scale table and chairs than can make a tiny spot both functional and charming. This table and chairs makes these corner windows warm and cozy. We can’t imagine anywhere we’d rather sip sweet tea!

Fabulous Find Friday: Two’s Company Elephant Side Table

Fabulous Find Friday: White Ceramic Elephant Side Table

We’ve been trying to find the perfect, small side table to complement a club chair in Kristy’s sunroom. We ideally wanted to find something small enough that it didn’t overwhelm the space but whimsical and fun enough to pack a punch. When we came across this White Ceramic Elephant Side Table from the Well Appointed House, we were thrilled. After all, $580.00 isn’t terrible for a side table. This little elephant was the perfect accent for the room — or so we thought, until we ran across a similar Two’s Company Elephant Side Table. For $169.99, we will get the same look but have enough money left over for fabulous fabric!

Fabulous Find Friday: Two's Company Elephant Side Table

Fabulous Find Friday: Oval Ring Side Table

Fabulous Find Friday: Oval Ring Side Table

If you’re looking for a modern complement to the decor in any room, this Oval Ring Side Table is a fantastic find. It’s lightweight and open, yet still manages to have a presence all its own. And, what’s even better is that, while it normally sells for $333.50, it’s on sale on Amazon for $105.69. We’re not always fans of matching side tables, but, for that price, we might just change our minds!

Things We Love: Garden Seats

Things We Love: Garden Seats

Sure, they might be called garden seats, but these stylish, durable seats are perfect for dreaming the day away outdoors and in — even in the shower, as this Architectural Digest photo demonstrates. Designer Twila Wilson must have envisioned a leisurely shower when she put this modern, angular garden seat in this bath. Who needs one of those built-in benches, when you can have a seating area that adds so much style? This Angular Ceramic Garden Seat can give your bathroom — or any spot in your house, really — the same look. If I had that view out my shower window, I’d sit and stay a while too.

Things We Love: Garden Seats

This entrance hall, featured in Veranda, shows that you can still have a great space to display flowers (or set your morning coffee) even when you don’t have enough room for a full-fledged table. This seat, similar to the Lattice Garden Stool, is a perfect complement to the casually chic furniture and mirror.

Things We Love: Garden Seats

This serene garden with its tranquil pool looks like the perfect place to relax and recharge. But, let’s face it, those teak loungers don’t come with a cup holder. And all that relaxing can make you thirsty! These unique garden seats, similar to this Garden Stool, hand-picked by one Ms. Phoebe Howard, add an element of design to this idyllic space, without being so overpowering that they take away from the pristine landscape.

Things We Love: Garden Seats

Even a room with a Baby Grand — and a butler — looks a little better when you bring in a surprising element. These garden seats, similar to the Bongo Ceramic Garden Seat, chosen by designer Diane Gordy and featured in Home and Design Magazine, are the perfect size end table for putting beside a club chair. Plus, they’re a chic way to pull together this seating area.

Things We Love: Garden Seats

This mismatched set of garden seats lends the practicality of having a place to set your cocktail to this funky and fun outdoor living room. We love them both, but the one on the left is a look you can borrow for your own home. It’s similar to the Lotus Ceramic Stool. This room was designed by Celerie Kemble.

Things We Love: Natural Fiber Furniture

Things We Love: Natural Fiber Furniture

Nothing brings the feel of the islands to wherever it is you live like the casual chic of natural fiber furniture. This home designed by Dick Fallin, featured in Architectural Digest, actually is in the islands and features rattan lounge chairs with comfy-looking cushions. You can bring the look to your living room with this Donut Rattan Lounge Chair. Now, if only Amazon sold that view.

Things We Love: Natural Fiber Furniture

This Architectural Digest room, designed by Scott Snyder, is an example of how natural fibers (and a pineapple here and there!) can lend a casual feel to your other furniture. The one rattan chair Snyder uses, similar to the Padmas Plantation Polo Occasional Chair, gives a beachy feeling to this room.

Things We Love: Natural Fiber Furniture - Padmas Plantation Polo Occasional Chair

In fact, we actually like the chunky fibers and delicate legs in this round-back chair better than the one in the room! This occasional chair would look great anywhere.

Things We Love: Natural Fiber Furniture

This beautiful room by Robert Trachtenberg, photographed for House Beautiful, uses a natural fiber backdrop to create a neutral, serene palate and adds a punch of interest with the red pillows. While the accessories are really what define this room, it couldn’t come together without the oversized rattan chairs. These similar Cabana Banana Chairs are a super budget-friendly way to get this look for less.

Things We Love: Natural Fiber Furniture Phoebe Howard

Designer Phoebe Howard incorporated this rattan coffee table into her room so that everyone in the room has a place to set their feet — and their cocktail. Whether your house is closer to the seashore or the sidewalk, this similar Hospitality Rattan Seagrass Coffee Table, will make your room just as stylish. And if you want to lose the glass top, that’s entirely up to you.

Fabulous Find Friday! Mirrored Tray Table Double-Take

Fabulous Find Friday: Clover Mirrored Tray Table in White

There’s nothing better than a beautifully finished room — especially when that final touch was an absolute steal. We love, love, love this beautiful Chelsea House Clover Mirrored Tray Table, but weren’t sure we loved it enough to commit to its $550.00 price tag.

Fabulous Find Friday: Country Living Antique White Finish Wood Tray Side Table

The good news? You don’t have to sacrifice style or blow your budget. Check out this incredibly similar Country Living Antique White Tray Table from…. K-MART!! Seriously. This tray table can be yours for the bargain price of $69.99. (It’s on sale.) Better yet, if you decide you’re over the mirrored look in a couple of years (or a couple of months) no biggie. You can afford to upgrade.

TableTop Tuesday: An Affair With a House

Tabletop Tuesday: An Affair With a House

Let’s face it. When it comes to decorating, there are places you can save and places that you must spend. The tables in your home are likely going to be something you splurge on, as you’ll probably keep them for years. But the items on the tabletop? Why spend more than you must?

One of our favorite ways to incorporate great style into the flat surfaces in your house is beautiful coffee table books. Not only do they look fabulous, but they are also a pleasure for you or your guests to browse through — and an even better place for you to get design inspiration.

Tabletop Tuesday: An Affair With a House

There are thousands of great coffee table books out there, but there is only one An Affair With a House. The classic home book, featuring renowned designer Bunny Williams’ 18th-century Connecticut home, is second to none. If you are only going to buy one book, this is the one. While her taste is impeccable, her designs are still approachable, classic and attainable — even for someone on a budget.

Tabletop Tuesday: An Affair With a House

Bunny’s library, for example, is elegant but livable at the same time. You can tell she actually sits on that couch and reads the books in those shelves.

Tabletop Tuesday: An Affair With a House

The pool houses is one of our favorite spots in the Williams’ home. Can’t you just picture lying on one of those chaises sipping a mint julep?

We bought ours on Amazon and look at it all the time. So can you!