HGTV's "Copy Our Cover" - The Look for Less Jan's Way! Part V

Hola! Today I'm showing you my choices to copy the HGTV room from it's March 2019 issue. The last post in this series will be what I'd pick for a room I'd put together just for myself.  Here's the room from the magazine:

The Chair

Drum roll.....I chose the Safavieh Couture Clara Quilted Swivel Club Chair.  You can't see it in the photo below, but it has beautifully quilted sides.  The color isn't the light pink of the HGTV chair, but I like the lines and overall size of this chair more than the other pink selections.  The upholstery is also velvet, like the HGTV chair selection, and in addition to the beautiful quilting detail, it has gold-finished tack trim outlining the quilting on the sides and back of the chair.  I like a little bling in a room :)  The price also happens to be the lowest of the pink chair options at $362 (rounded up) at the time I did that post, from Overstock. When I checked today it was a bit lower priced, at $352.  Pictured below.

The Side Table

My choice for the side table is the Edgemod Signy Drum Table with Marble Top from Hayneedle for $76 (free delivery by Fedex Ground), with antique brass finish over iron with a white marble top.  I wanted a bit more bling to go with the gold tack trim on the chair. Pictured below.

The Planter

I couldn't resist this teal beauty with the pretty pink flowers.  It's a rustic style ceramic that contrasts with the more lux look of the chairs and table.  It's the Dahlia 3" Vintage Style Floral Detail Succulent Planter in Teal at Amazon for $18.99.  I'm not an Amazon Prime member, so no free shipping unless my order is over $25  Pictured below.

The Throw Pillow

I stuck with the blingy theme and chose the gold foil leopard print pillow in the 20" x 20" size from Society6 (supports artists who provide the products), not only to keep the bling theme going in the accent pieces but also because I thought it would be a nicer complement to the dusty rose color of the chair and it gold-finished tack trim.  Modern white chic faux gold foil leopard print throw pillow, $40 if not on sale (first time customers get a discount and Society6 runs a lot of sales, so check often on the price).  At the time I made the original post featuring the pillow the sale price was $32. Pictured below.

The Coffee Mug

I liked the designs on all of the mugs that I selected, but frankly, they were just too large for me.  I settled on the beautiful set of two Hand Painted Mosaic Mugs Set at World Market for $16 because I like options and I thought the colors in the two cups beautifully complemented the colors in the art work and the frames (black and white frames) as well as the black accent color in the area rug - more about the rug a bit later.  Pictured below.

The Art Work

I only selected six pieces for my "looks for less," post on the art work.  These are the five I settled on - you'll see them in the montage below.  No, they're not four still lifes plus the butterfly :)

(1) "Singing Season Wall Art" by Heather Craig at Great Big Canvas in the 20" x 16 size (unframed), for $21.
(2) The free blue Swallowtail butterfly photo that is free to copy and print from Shutterstock.  You can print it out in any size you want.  There are simple black frames available at Family Dollar in the 5" x 7" size for $1.50 each or you might have something on hand that you can use, and pay zero for a new frame.  The framed butterfly (an actual insect, which I don't like the idea of) that HGTV selected was 6" x 6" for $50.  I visited the website today and the photo of the butterfly I saw is now in Row 21, there is another a few rows below it, a beautiful blue and black Swallowtail butterfly.
(3) "Party Cat" at Society6 by Frankie Print Co., 13" x 16" size (unframed), on sale at the time I did the original post for $18, regular price $24. 
(4)  "Tuxedo Cat Napping Chair" at Society 6 by Lara Lee Meintjes, 17" x 20" size (unframed), on sale at the time I did the original post for $29, regular price $38. 
(5) "Still Life with Turquoise Bottle" by Sylvia Paul at Great Big Canvas in the 16" x 16" size (unframed), for $16, a price reduction from the $20.99 in my original post on the art. 

The Rug

I selected the Now House by Jonathan Adler Martine Collection Area Rug in Blush, the 5' x 7' size.  Right now it's on special again for a reduced price of $168 (with free shipping).  When I first found it, it was $157 but did not include free shipping; then the price went up to $180 with free shipping.  So, check often if you want this rug. I selected this because other than the goldish-yellow, it had the colors featured in the HGTV rug and while not a checkerboard (squares) pattern, it had a geometric diamond or lattice/trellis pattern.  I judged it the most versatile of the rugs I found that would complement the overall look of the room, in which the chairs would be the stars.

The Total Cost

Total Cost for HGTV cover (does not include the cost of the beautiful area rug also featured):  $3,392.50. 

The cost for my room selections without the rug:  $974.00 (that includes two chairs at $362 each).
The cost for my room selections with the rug:  $1,154.00. 

Note:  I selected the higher price on my selections because sales prices aren't guaranteed, depends when you find the items and whether you hit sales or are using offered discounts. 
 

The final post in this series will be my personal choices for this "look for less" room, if I had a small fantasy space to decorate.  I visualized this room in a small enclosed porch.  

HGTV's "Copy Our Cover" - The Look for Less Jan's Way! Part IV

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Finally here, the rugs!  A reminder of the cover, HGTV's March, 2019 magazine:

Part I: The Chair.
Part II:  The Throw Pillow, the Side Table, The Coffee Mug and the Planter.
Part III:  The Art.

The Rug

The part I left until now - the rug.  I spent a lot of time trying to track down the particular area rug HGTV used in this spread, with zero success.  The first place I started was at the back of the magazine in "[sources]" where all items used in the magazine are listed and where available, sources given.  Unfortunately, the only description provided under the rug was "pbteen.com."  So I went to pbteen.com and searched in vain, several times.  Couldn't find anything remotely like the area rug used on the cover.

That left regular shopping and my particular brand of hunting.  I'm not particularly gifted in search techniques, but I am can be pretty relentless and I try to apply common sense.

The first thing that I thought about the rug is - looks like a luxurious hand-crafted rug, maybe custom made. I ended up at Anthropologie after several different word searches using my words and similar and found this rug - not available since November 2017.  Sigh.  You'll have to scroll down on the Anthropologie page a bit to get to the rug, described as a hand-knotted cotton and rayon rug with a textured, latticed geometry -- "Hand-Tufted Trellis Rug."  No size, other color options or prices were shown.  Pictured below:

Not the same, but in the ballpark.  Three of the four main colors are there: pink, white, goldish yellow; rather than black, the dark part looks like a charcoal gray.

Although this beautiful rug is no longer available, and I didn't find anything exactly like it elsewhere, it did give me an important search clue/clues  the words "trellis" and "lattice."

I subsequently found lots of "trellis" or "lattice" style rugs, but nothing really close to the rug used on the HGTV cover.  So, I switched gears and tried to concentrate first on more geometric rugs with the room's colors in it; I then added a whole bunch of oriental style rugs with all of the colors used in the room, and then culled most of them out. Many of them were beautiful, but not remotely similar to the cover rug, so out they went (but I kept some, as you'll see).

And on the day I did one last search, at Amazon - I came across this rug:

The rug (pictured above) is from the Now House by Jonathan Adler Martine Collection 5' x 7' area rug in blush, 100% wool, hand-made in India.  It doesn't feature square blocks of color, and there is no goldish yellow.  When I priced it, it was $157 and some change, plus shipping and sales taxes, for a total of $184.06.  Today the same rug is priced at $180.29 (but sales tax not added yet) with free shipping.  The free shipping option wasn't available when I sourced the rug - but at that time Amazon was pushing membership in Amazon Prime and was offering free 2 day shipping for trying it out for a week.  Now the free shipping on orders over $25 appears to be available again.

Other geometric options to consider:

From Wayfair, the Gus Modern Element Rose Hand Tufted Wool Blush Area Rug, in the 5' x 8' size at a whopping price tag of $795 (pictured below):

It's got the pink, the goldish yellow and the white, but tones of gray rather than the black accent in the cover rug, but not a lattice or trellis design.

This is also a color-block style rug, but a lot less expensive, offered by Target through Google Express, its a 5' x 7' Color Block (Hand Tufted) Area Rug in Pink by Project 62, 90% wool/10% nylon with 100% cotton backing, on sale at $152.99 (reg. $179.99) (pictured below):

Simple and sleek, but it doesn't have any of the goldish yellow color and very little pink.  Still, for the size and the fact that its mostly wool with a good cotton backing, and hand-made to boot, it's a great bargain.

The rug below was found at houzz, Well Woven Vettore Naomi Modern Geometric Print Area Rug in Pink, 5' x 7', polypropylene, $116 (shipping extra):

No goldish yellow, no black, but the polypropylene makes it soft underfoot and it would be easy to clean.

From The Home Depot, below is the Rugsmith Memphis Mid-Century Modern Geometric Blush Area Rug, 5' x 7, $152.27, free delivery.  This rug is 100% nylon with a cotton backing, made in India, non-shedding and easy to clean:

This option is definitely on the pastel pink side of the equation - no black, no white, no goldish yellow.

The next few rugs go in a different geometric print direction:

From Joss & Main, below is the Nichole Beige Area Rug, 5' x 7', $107.99 (reg. $252.00), in polypropylene:

There isn't any goldish yellow in this rug, but there is some black, pink in a couple of different shades, shades of gray, shades of blue, and white.

A similarly patterned rug found at Joss & Main but with different color tones, the Lady Leila Rose Red Area Rug, CosmoLiving by Cosmopolitan, 5' x 7', on sale for $76.99 (Reg. $199.00) (pictured below):

This rug has a lot of pink in it, maybe not enough white and goldish yellow.

Below are the non-geometric rugs I selected, primarily for the colors used, keeping in mind that one of the swivel chairs I selected wasn't pink but magenta, and thus some of the art was also selected with more "reddish purple" tones, and some had more turquoise/teal/aqua tones - you'll see why in a couple of the rugs below.

This rug, found at Wayfair, is the Mistana Bangou Cotton Pink Area Rug, 5' x 7 ', $154.99 (Reg. $243.52) (free shipping), pictured below:

As you see, a classic medallion "oriental" in pastel shades of pink, goldish yellow, a little bit of purple and blue.  Very different from the "checkerboard" or "trellis/lattice" pattern of he HGTV selection for its cover!

The rug pictured below is from Rugs USA, the Chroma Mosaic Medallion Rug in a (vivid) pink, 5' x 7', polypropylene, $69.50 after discount (Reg. $139):  

From AllModern, below is the Bungalow Rose Loneruck Aqua/Pink Area Rug, 5' x 7' in polypropylene, $91.99 (Reg. $198) (free 2-day shipping).  The image doesn't do it justice, with multiple soft tones of pink/lavender, blue, and yellow to gold:  

The rug below is from Wovenly, the Etugen Contemporary Ikat Rectangular Rug in cream.  Yes, the color is described as cream, although the written description of the rug notes "vibrant shades of bright pink hues."  This rug is 5'3" x 7'6", polypropylene, made in Turkey, $123 (reg. $205):

The last stop will be where I put together two rooms - my personal choices/preferences and a room I think most copies the HGTV March 2019 cover.  Stay tuned!

HGTV's "Copy Our Cover" - The Look for Less Jan's Way! Part III

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More snow is on the way, sigh.  I've brushed up on my ice-skating skills, meanwhile, because most everything is still pretty much covered in a coat of ice from the last snow covered with sleet storm we had last weekend.  No spring in sight in this neck of the woods!

This was the challenge I set myself - see if I could do this room for less.  It's HGTV Magazine's March 2019 cover.

Part I.
Part II.

Today I'm looking at art.  Because it's so personal in taste, about the only thing you may recognize as similar to the art picked out by HGTV is the Swallowtail butterfly - but you'll see my own take on how to do it for way less than the $50 price tag HGTV paid for a 6" x 6" framed print!  I tried to stay true (more or less) to subject matter, picking out several different still lifes and other prints that reflect the colors in the room.

HGTV's total for the artwork it selected was $415.00 for pieces of arts, four of which did not include the frames/glass (an additional cost). All of the art I selected is available in various sizes at different prices, so you can pick the sizes you like to create your gallery wall once you settle on frames.

The Art

This poster/print is from Great Big Canvas, it is "Still Life with Turquoise Bottle" by Sylvia Paul, in the 16' x 16" size, unframed, $20.99.  This print, like others at Great Big Canvas, is also available on canvas, framed prints and wall peels.  Pictured below:

Also from Great Big Canvas, poster/print "Singing Season Wall Art" by Heather Craig, in the 20" x 16" size, unframed, $20.99.  Pictured below:

How about a free Swallowtail butterly print?  Fly on over to Shutterstock, scroll down to about row 23 or so and check out the very last butterfly photo at the end of the row - I swear its the same butterfly with the same intense and beautiful blue and black covers and markings!   Print on white paper, insert in your own frame and voila!  Best of all, you can print this out to a size you like, you're not limited to the 6" x 6" size.  Pictured below:

From Society6, this is "Party Cat" by Frankie Print Co., on sale at $17.99 (reg. $23.99), 13" x 16".  Pictured below:

Also from Society6, this is "Tuxedo Cat Napping Chair" by Lara Lee Meintjes, on sale at $28.49 (reg. $37.99), 17" x 20".  Pictured below:

This print is a switch to a totally different direction - an abstract with perfect colors!  It's from Society6 as well, "Pink Sky II Art Print" by lalunetricotee.  I picked out a larger size for it to add variety, it's 22" x 26" on sale for $31.49 (reg. $41.99).  Pictured below:

I like the art at Society6 - tons of art prints in varying sizes available at reasonable prices.
I also like Great Big Canvas for poster/prints in larger sizes at reasonable prices - a large selection of everything under the sun to satisfy eclectic taste.  For vintage and antique botannicals, I like The Graphics Fairy.  And there's Pinterest that offers hundreds, maybe even thousands, of pins of art work, like this page of classical style still lifes.

I have a stash of frames from various pieces of art and purchased to frame poster/prints, etc. over the years, and that's my first "go to" stash if I want to frame something.  Spray paint or craft acrylic paint in white and black is usually on hand to change a frame color in a flash.  I also have my go-to sources for inexpensive new frames:  Family Dollar, Michael's and Joanne Fabrics. There's a Family Dollar just a few blocks from my home; I order frames from Michael's and Joanne Fabrics online rather than toting them home on the bus.

Here's a handy guide for the size of frame (if it has a mat included) to purchase for standard size prints to take the guessing out:  Standard Picture Frame Sizes.

The last part of this challenge was the most daunting - picking out area rugs.  Stay tuned!

HGTV's Copy Our Cover - The Look for Less Jan's Way Part II

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My goal is to try and find options to replicate in similar colors and "feeling" if not identically copy the exact pieces in HGTV's March 2019 "Copy Our Cover" feature:

Part I link: Chair options.

The Throw Pillow

The HGTV pillow selection is the Hound and Partridge Leopard 20" x 20" cotton pillow in butter yellow, $41.50 at zazzle.

The first option is from Society6, the Modern white chic faux gold foil Leopard Print throw pillow, $39.99 for the 20" x 20" size when not on sale, currently on sale for $31.99, pictured below:

The second option is from the roostery.com, the Catalan throw pillow in summer leopard in yellow, by domesticate, cover only, in 18" x 18" size (the only square size available), $37.  Available with pillow insert for $8 more, pictured below:

The Side Table

HGTV's selection is the Gabby Annie 24" H x 19 1/4" diameter resin side table, $471 at houzz.com.

I concentrated on looking for (1) similar shape (drum table; hour glass table) and (2) much lower price!  I didn't restrict myself to resin.

I love the glam of this table.  It's much smaller than HGTV's selection, but it's got an antiqued hammered copper metal finish from Uttermost.  This is the Cutler Drum Shaped Contemporary Drum Shaped Accent Table, 19.875" H x 13 1/2" diameter, at Sleek Modern Furniture, $140.80, pictured below:

This equally glam piece is about half the price of the Uttermost table above!  It's the Edgemod Signy Drum Table with Marble Top, an antiqued brass finish over iron base, 19.3" H x 15.75" diameter, $75.60 at Hayneedle, pictured below:

Next up is Holly & Martin's Ocala Hyacinth Accent Table (natural finish), 19" H x 17.5" diameter, $70.97 at Overstock.  The table is made out of iron, rattan and water hyacinth, pictured below:

I'm thinking I've developed something of a fetish for metal tables, hmmm, for my next selection takes us back to a gorgeous copper finish.  This is the Antiqued Copper Drum Accent Table at Pier 1, 24" H x 18" diameter (close to the dimensions of HGTV's selection), mango wood top with iron base finished in a copper patina finish, $199.95, pictured below:

I found this understated sophisticated beauty at Overstock.  It's the HomePop Hourglass Metal Accent Table in Gold with Mirror Top, 22" H x 17" diameter, $67.99, pictured below:

The Planter

I had a hard time with this match up, not because there is a lack of options but because there are far too many!  HGTV's selection was one of a pair from Wayfair, the Fegley Retro Chic concrete planters in teal at $30 for mixed set of 2, smaller one chosen at a mere 3 1/4" H.  That's pretty short, but it looks about 7 inches or so wide.  You may not be able to see it very well in the HGTV page here (but if you have the March 3019 magazine it's quite clear on the cover), but the coffee mug, which is an 8 ounce regular coffee mug, is a little over half the height of the planter - so the planter can't be only 3 1/4" tall!  But I stayed within those parameters when shopping for my picks.  There are endless selections if I'm not limited to a 3 1/4" height!

Both of my selections are from Amazon.  The first is offered by My Gift, Rustic Style Turquoise Ceramic Floral Design Succulent Plant Pots/Mini Herb and Cacti Planters, 3 1/4" H x 3" square width, $19.99 for a set of 3, pictured below:

This is the Dahlia 3" Vintage Style Floral Detail Succulent Planter/Plant Pot/Floral Pot in Teal, 3.7" H x 4.7"W x 4.9"L, $18.99, pictured below:

I like the rustic/rough texture and the pop of the pink flowers with yellow stamens - these delicate pink and yellow accents really pick up the color scheme in the room!

The Coffee Mug

HGTV's mug selection is the Recreation Center Grid 8 ounce clay mug, $40, bando.com.

Suffice to say I doubt I'd ever pay anywhere near $40 for a coffee mug, but I was appalled at how expensive "decorative" mugs can get!  I found some designs I really liked, but the mugs were often ridiculously large - I mean, seriously - who drinks their coffee out of a 21 ounce mug?

Something does not compute.  This is Target's Threshold 21 ounce Stoneware Mug Pink/White.  It is decorated with tiny little gold "flowers" and has a "brownish purple" handle (per a Q/A at the website).  It's dimensions are 3.75" H and 5.5" W, $5.99, pictured below.  I just can't see this mug holding 21 ounces of liquid!  Am I wrong?

This selection is also from Target's Threshold collection, a 15 ounce Porcelain Hello Gorgeous Stackable Mug Pink/Gold, 3.52" H and 5.35" W, $5.99, pictured below:

If you like options like I do, you may fall in love as I did with this painted pair of coffee mugs offered by World Market.  Either one of these would work well in the room's color scheme:  Hand Painted Mosaic Mugs Set of 2, 4.53" H x 3.74"W, 14 ounce each liquid capacity, in shades of black, white, yellow, blue, pink and turquoise, $15.98 for the set, pictured below:

I also took a look at Zazzle and found this mug - along with four variations for styling options for an additional cost:  Coffee mug with eclectic pink and yellow design, 11 ounce, 3.8" H x 3.2" W, base price of $16.75, standard mug pictured below:

Art in the next post, then the hardest selection of all - an area rug!  

HGTV's "Copy Our Cover" - The Look for Less Jan's Way!

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So, here we are, nearly to March which according to the old saying "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is never true where I live.  In this neck of the woods, you NEVER know what you're going to get for March.  Most people expect some kind of spring in large swaths of the U.S.  But here we might get more blizzards and ice storms and well below "normal" temperatures.

An ice storm on February 23rd; sustained winds of 50 to 65 mph or higher and falling temperatures on February 24th, way below freezing (and sub-normal) temperatures for the entire next week with snow expected (up to 5 additional inches) on February 27th. March welcomes Wisconsinites by spitting on us.  Gee thanks, Mother Nature.

Housebound once again because I refuse to try to kill myself walking on iced-over sidewalks in 60 mph winds, I'm entertaining myself by re-creating my own version(s) of the March 2019 HGTV "Copy Our Cover" feature. I really enjoyed it,  because I am partial to pink, although at present I don't have it in my home decor (with some important exceptions, as you'll see a few posts from now).

Here's the look:

The items total to $3,392.50 (that's my little scribble in the lower right corner).  So, I set out to find items that can give the look or the feel of the look.

The Chair

The chair featured in the HGTV article is the "Stevie velvet chair in ballet pink" at shopsocietysocial.com, for $1,200.00.  It's a swivel chair - fun!

But I wouldn't pay $1,200 for one chair!  So, here are some I found for less money:

Above is the Mercer 41 Jax Swivel Barrel Chair in pink, $429.99 at Wayfair.

Above is the Abbyson Jaxson Velvet Swivel Chair in pink, $394.39 at Overstock.  

Above is the Safavieh Couture Clara Quilted Swivel Club Chair in dusty rose, $361.67 at Overstock.

I couldn't find a skirted to the floor option in pink that was less than $1,200, but I did find this kicky alternative - see what you think: The sweetest deal of all - this is the Cynthia New Velvet Swivel Chair with loose cover in fuchsia, $185.99 from GDF Studio available through Walmart, pictured below:

I wouldn't call that color "fuchsia" by any stretch of the imagination; it's purple!  But I love the skirt to the floor and it's overall shape, and the fact that the swivel mechanism is hidden.

Right now I'm planning on doing the area rug last - simply because I found so many options that I fell in love with that offer options with the colors (including options to go with the "fuchsia" above), but there are so many of them.  Next up, the one featured throw pillow and the side table!