I know many of you are HomeGoods fans like I am!
The thing I love about a store like HomeGoods is I can buzz in and pick up a few new accessories to give my home a quick seasonal makeover, without spending a lot of time or money. For busy people like me, that is a very good thing. Since I have a really full and busy schedule most days, I can’t always spend all day on a home improvement project. But with HomeGoods, at least I can still enjoy something new and fun around my house!
This season I have already picked up a few new things.
My favorite updates this season so far have been lamps, pretty bottles and white pottery and dishes (my standard collection!).
This is a HomeGoods lamp I’ve had for a couple of months.
I got the lampshade separately, but it is fun to mix things up sometimes.
You don’t have to limit yourself to how something looks when you buy it!
That is part of the fun, adding your own touch to make it personal and unique.
This dining room buffet and wall is going to keep changing and evolving. My plan for this wall is floor to ceiling board & batten (yeah, my “old house self” is still there!). I think it will give it a lot of character and more architectural interest! Now if I could just find enough time to do it.
Once the walls are done I’ll be able to really get a feel for what accessories will look best.
The backdrop of a room can change everything! Whether you freshen your wall color, put up some wallpaper or add wood, making a change to the walls really can make a difference to how a room feels.
I prefer to keep my accessories simple and unfussy, so adding the board & batten will help me achieve the look I imagine for this space.
Here is another lamp I got at HomeGoods fairly recently. Again, I mixed up the lampshade. It came with a pure white one but I decided I needed to warm things up a little so I switched it out for this one I got from another store. I might cover the pure white one for another lamp. This wall will also be receiving the board & batten treatment! No more swine colored walls.
For a few years I’ve been picking up all sorts of glass apothecary jars, bell jars, bottles and vases. Now when I see a pretty one I just add it to my growing collection. With the light from the window is hard to get a photo of how pretty they are, but I really like having them in front of the window because the colors looks so pretty.
I moved my HomeGoods lanterns from the wintry fireplace mantel and put them on these little half walls between the living room and dining room. I keep battery operated candles in them so they turn off and on after dark so I don’t have to worry about safety. I will probably move the lanterns outside in to the porch in the summer.
My spring mantel is not done because we are still painting the walls in this room. That one section of painted wall you can see on the left is all that is done, yeah, we have to move slowly! For the mantel I want to add a plant to my pot on the mantel to bring a little life and soften that corner. I took down my green apples because they just felt too much like fall to me. You can see I have added a couple of bottles and white dishes to lighten the look for spring.
I also changed out the books that were on the mantel to tone down the fall and winter colors and picked book covers that were more in the fresh blue and green tones. Books can make me think about winter, but they can also make me think about an afternoon at the beach or swinging on a hammock, so I use them year round. This mantel will continue to evolve once we are done with the wall paint. I might get a new more springy wreath too.
Well, those are some little peeks around my ever changing and evolving house. Nothing big, but little changes add up.
So here is the scoop on the HomeGoods Happy Spring Challenge:
Starting this Monday, March 22nd, HomeGoods is inviting all of us to participate in their Happy Spring Challenge, 6 spring challenges that will be held each week for the next six weeks. They are giving away some awesome prizes, including products and a $100 HomeGoods certificate each week.
I’m excited to be a judge for this Happy Spring Challenge at HomeGoods!
Here’s how it works:
1. Each Monday morning for the next 6 weeks, HomeGoods will announce a brand new, Spring Trend that Makes Us Happy, challenge at their OpenHouse Blog, Facebook and on Twitter.
2. To participate, visit HomeGoods each Monday at either their Openhouse Blog, or on Facebook or on Twitter to discover the topic for that week’s Spring Home Fashion Trend.
3. You will have all that week, until Friday at 5PM, to submit photos showing your “take” on that week’s Spring Trend. Just submit your photos via HomeGoods Openhouse Blog, Facebook or Twitter. The winner for that week will be announced on the following Monday.
Not only will you be able to enter to win over at HomeGoods, but you also will have the opportunity to win gift cards over the next few weeks here on The Inspired Room!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! Thanks for entering! More card giveaways soon!
Our first $50 HomeGoods card will be given away this week! You can enter up to three times if you tweet, facebook or blog about the challenge and giveaway. Just leave an additional comment ON THIS POST when you are eligible for another entry! And once you enter here, you can also enter to win cards over at my bloggy friends Between Naps on the Porch and Thrifty Decor Chick!
Happy Monday everyone!
Note: This is your last full day to enter the “big surprise” ad giveaway and enter to win an oh so chic Farmhouse Memo board!
A $50 gift card would be awesome. I’m trying to put the little finishing touches on our ‘new’ house. (I lived with the old ugly dining fixture for 2 years before replacing it with the one I carted over from the old house!)
I could definitely use some new fun things for spring!
so fun! i’d love to win a giveaway someday!
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I love HomeGoods! I was just there this morning! I love everything yellow and orange this time of year.
Your website is great. I would love a HomeGoods giftcard…it’s such an amazing store!
I love your blog! AND I love me a HomeGoods giveaway! Pick me, pick me!
I could really use some new lamps.
Crossing my fingers hoping I win!
Wow!!! And I just found the coolest colorful shower curtains that I want to make into curtains for my kitchen! I love the idea of an old soda fountain/diner look in my kitchen…love that bright color look!!!
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How wonderful! I love love love Home Goods, this is great. Thank you for the chance to win!
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I can spend hours browsing at HomeGoods!
Please pick me
I tweeted about it.
I could find all kinds of ways to spend $50 at Homegoods!!
I could certainly use this for my master bedroom makeover!
I would LOVE a $50 GC to Homegoods! Yay!
I would go to HomeGoods every day if I could!!!
WOO HOO! I’m excited about this one.
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I love Home Goods!
I love Home Goods! a $50 gift card would be great!
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Hello Melissa – I adore Homegoods. So much fun. I really enjoyed looking at your photos. You are right, changing the backdrop of a room can make a big difference. I like your collection of apothecary jars. And that turquoise lamp is fab! Thank you for sharing.
Blessings,
Marie
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Home Goods Rock!
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Would love a gift card!! It’s possibly one of my FAVE stores.
How fun!!! Your site is super fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing your ideas~
Would love a gift card from HomeGoods!!
i love homegoods always have always will.. my first job was at tjmaxx when i was 15
I would LOVE to spend a giftcard at Home Goods!!! I have a ton of things I’d like to get for my home
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Love Home Goods & Love your blog! What a fun contest!
I love Home Goods and I would love to receive the gift certificate.
I am so ready to start decorating for spring and the giftcard to Home Goods would sure help!
I love Home Goods! Just bought some speckled eggs from there and made my own version of a spring wreath for my front door, yay me!!
I love this giveaway! You can’t go into HomeGoods without finding something you never knew you needed. Thanks!
I just tweeted this (http://twitter.com/Smallchic/status/10904214798) and posted it to my Facebook profile.
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Isn’t Home Goods the best? I love your jars and the lamps. It looks so nice.
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Melissa (who I adore),
BIG QUESTION… I see the challenge, but how the heck are these entries going to be judged by the esteemed panel of judges?? On what criteria? Ya know, I am a “go big or go home” kind of a girl… “in it to win it”… what other cliches can i throw in there? “Lay it on the line”.. HOW DO I WIN??
Also, I am sitting here debating whether I WANT to win your HUGE SURPRISE giveaway… is my blog good enough for that kind of coverage??
I want it, but I don’t! What to do?! Ah! 
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You are cracking me up here. Well, I know I judge people on how many gifts they send me. Chocolate works. Coffee cards. The more gifts and bribes you send, the more I notice you. Simple.
I KID!
oh to shop at home goods….i live about 1.5 hours away from one and i try to find every possible reason to visit it
…would love to win this gift certificate 
I’ve never been to Homegoods, but I’d like to visit with a gift card, that’s for sure!
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Question…is this something that we must do as a makeover in our house and we have one makeover a week for six weeks? I am just a touch confused…can you help me? It sounds like so much fun but I can do a whole bunch of makeovers that fast! Help!
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I think you just show how you would show a spring trend in your own home, not really a full makeover. So if (for instance) they said the trend was to use shells, you would show how you use shells. That is what I am thinking!
Got it! Thanks clarifying for me! I really appreciate it. Sounds like fun…count me in!
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I passed on a Blogger Award to you today! Just wanted to let you know!
http://littlebignest.blogspot.com/2010/03/blogger-awards.html
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I LOVE Home Goods and just recently discovered it when a friend shared it with me!
Home Goods is one of my favorite decor stores! I would love 50 more excuses to go shopping there! Thanks for this opportunity!
I just posted it on Facebook!
Thanks for sharing your finds! So fresh and spring-like…
Thanks for the giveaway!
I love HomeGoods and I need lots of stuff for my new house!
.-= Laura Zarrin´s last blog ..More Goodies =-.
I LOVE Homegoods and have been visiting frequently since the recent purchase of our 1982 home, complete with dated wallpaper and carpet and chandeliers (oh my!)
This would brighten our spring. You know what a crazy year it’s been.
Thanks Melissa!
Oh what an awesome giveaway! Maybe if I win yours I will go buy some stuff to compete on the Homegoods site!
I love Homegoods! Thanks for the great giveaway!
I hope I win!