Where do you find inspiration for your home?

[The Nester]

I find it EVERYWHERE!

Walking through Target, driving through a pretty neighborhood, watching Pushing Daisies {when it was on} all over the place! Do you have a favorite magazine, website or person who inspires you?

[Darla]

Well, wish me luck. I'm going to go to Wal-mart (my only place for the tiniest bit of fabric in this area) for inspiration today. I need some cute fabric for some cabinets in my bathroom (tired of my stuff howing behind the etched glass doors). AND I'm gunna recover that catbed (LOL). Ugly thing.

[Cara]

Good luck Darla. Maybe I'll do the same thing.. I want something new in my kitchen!

[M3]

Good luck! Fabric is the cheapest way to update a room!

[Darla]

Thanks!!! Wal-mart came through for me in a BIG WAY (and so did the antique store/gift shop that I stopped at).

[Gabreial/Vintage Indie]

I also wanted to add Etsy for inspiration,.

[Beck]

I wish I found inspiration SOMEWHERE - I am definitely lacking in this area and my poor house SHOWS it.

[Reynie]

I love my magazines--Cottage Living and Country Home. I get a few others but those are my favs! Also, whenever I go to yard sales I get inspired. I pick stuff up and think what I can do with it. Of course, it usually doesn't happen for several months weeks later....

[melissa @ the inspired room]

Hi Alyssa! Truth be told, I don't decorate for myself much either (people pay me to help them with their houses, but I just don't spend much time on my own). With that said, when I do decorate, I do it for next to no money and spend as little time as possible on it. Most everything in my house was given to me, or found through a consignment shop, thrift store, garage sale or discount store! And I am not very crafty or patient, so you won't catch me painting or sewing to decorate either. I like instant gratification!

I know most bloggers seem to be decorating every day, but I only get serious about decorating when I am moving, or when we are going to have a party (which is a couple of times a year)!! Then I get serious and we work our tails off on some new project! LOL!

The other thing we do to save money is we buy gifts for each other that are actually for the house! Instead of buying jewelry or clothes or electronics, etc, we spend it on something new for our decor. After 21 years of marriage, we have been able to get quite a few things that way!

[M3]

Ah, remember the days that a new vacuum would have been an insulting gift? Now, it is more like, "Oh, please, please, please, will Santa get me a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer? I've been such a good girl!"

[Darla]

bwahahahahahahah YESSSSSS!!!!

[M3]

So far, Santa hasn't been listening, so I'm having to continue this whole good-girl routine far longer than I anticipated!

[M3]

Target chic! IKEA "European Design House"! WalMart "for the masses decorating", and finally, "Honey, can you build me a "this"?" Copy, copy, copy! It is not how much you spend, it is how you put it together!