Save & Spend: Graphic Print Chairs

Decor is what makes your home, home. The gems you put in your home can hit the wallet pretty hard, so here is a new installment for this little blog titled: Save & Spend. It will feature items for the home that are affordable and their counter parts that are a bit cheese.

Today's feature: Graphic print chairs. They are a fun way to add a funky and bold accent to any room. Fabrics can include geometric and nature inspired prints. Here are two chairs from two of my favorite places:

The SAVE: 

Target's Bird & Floral Print Armless chair in Brown

{ $299, available in more colors }

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The Spend:

Anthropologie's Astrid Chair in Naive Chocolate

{ $1,298, available in other patterns and colors }

These chairs are adorable and will work best with neutral, solid furniture pieces. Pattern fabrics are a great way to punch up your decor, but they make the biggest impact when paired with complementary patterns that share a color scheme. So if you go with one of these graphic prints I would pair a more simple stripe pattern with them. Go bold in your home!

© The Simple Wife

Christmas Purchases

My dear, darling sister, an avid blog reader who saw my Christmas wishes, gave me an Anthropologie gift card for Christmas this year. So Mr. Grubbs and I braved the mall madness to go and stimulate the economy with a little shopping. Armed with my free money and a little more from a very sweet relative, I was ready to spend. But the only problem was that the store is completely amazing and I couldn't choose. See I'm a thrifty gal, so I am not used to spending upwards of $60-100 on ONE shirt- don't misunderstand, Anthro has AMAZING clothes that are worth the money, it just isn't my daily routine to spend so much, but I was ready for the task. But then I couldn't decide if I wanted to be mindful and get 2 less expensive things or one really great piece. I found this adorable shirt that I feel in love with:

Then a dilemma arose. I also found this necklace that I also had to have but would put me over my limit:

To the rescue, Mr. Grubbs!! He bought the necklace for me, so sweet! Now I have a gorgeous new outfit to indulge myself in. I think I'll pair my lovelies with some matchstick jeans, tall boots and a cinched belt. Perfect! I hope to visit Anthropologie soon, I'm saving my pennies!!

© The Simple Wife

Adoration: Anthro's December Catalog

It is not often that I am in love with expensive things, but Anthropologie is one of them. I enjoy the eclectic chic style of the clothes, the girlie accents, and wonderful fabrics- all of which put the clothes way out of my price range- hence everything I feature on here is from Target! But when I opened my mailbox today I was struck by the love bug. Every page in the new catalog contained something amazing so I had to hit the website and lust for all the new jewels. From sweaters, shirts, necklaces, to bags and home accents. These are a couple of my favorites, oh maybe one day...

I love them all. Please Santa, I have been very good this year...

© The Simple Wife