Giveaway: Del Mar Designs

When we purchased our house years ago, one of the first items on our "to-do" list was to overhaul the light fixtures that came with the house. Most of the basement lighting was that old-fashioned "bulb on a pole" lighting and the previous owners had a thing for cheap jelly-jar light fixtures in every hallway and closet.
As we've slowly worked our way through room remodels, we've always changed out the fixtures in the room; either adding a new globe fixture or a ceiling fan with lights.

The great people at Del Mar Designs asked if I'd like to host a giveaway for my readers. Established in 2003, Del Mar Designs quickly moved into the online lighting market and currently has over 3,000 fans and 25,000 lighting fixtures for customers to choose from.

Why choose Del Mar Designs? Besides their vast selection of brand name fans and fixtures like Hudson Valley, Kichler, and Casablanca; Del Mar Designs offers free shipping on most orders over $75 and those under, a very reasonable $8.00 flat rate shipping fee. They also offer free returns on all orders whether defective or damaged or you just plain don't like it.

Their site is simple to use and they provide easy filters so you can find just the right fixture, at just the right price. You can narrow selections by style, color, size and even which room it would look best in as well as brand and price. I really like the fact that Del Mar even tells you what wattage of bulb and how many are needed for each light fixture as well as a pictorial description of the height and length of the product.

Del Mar is offering one of you the chance to win one great ceiling fan; The Minka Aire DownTown Loft ceiling fan with light fixture that retails for $209.95. The Minka Aire fan comes in an oil-rubbed bronze finish with an integrated halogen light.

• Features: · 54" Blade Span · UL Indoor listed · Wall Control Included · 15.25" Height, Top to Bottom · Low Ceiling Kit Compatible

Use the easy Rafflecopter form to enter for your chance to win. The giveaway will end on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 12:01 am EST.  You can tweet daily for extra entries.  The giveaway is open to US residents within the 48 continental states.

Ballard Designs Wishes

Limited Edition Hollywood Pillow w/ Insert
Enjoy the Show: 20"Sq
Film Reel: 20"Sq
Movie Ticket: 12"H x 20"W
Retail $49-$75



Vintage Ticket Plaque
12"H x 24"W
Retail $29




Film Reel Plaques
Small 1 1/2 lbs -12" D
Med 4 lbs -18" D
Lrg 5 1/2 lbs -24" D
Retail $179.00

**CLOSED**GIVEAWAY: Not boring, Not plain, NotNeutral

What do you look for when you're decorating your home? I'm probably an interior designer's nightmare. I tend to gravitate toward those things that are a little funky and the brighter and bolder the better. I mix styles: country and modern and Victorian and mission-style furniture. I especially like those things that make me smile and I was smiling large when I took a look at the home decor items being offered from Accent Furniture Direct's NotNeutral Collection of decorating items.


NotNeutral is a design company that creates design-oriented lifestyle products based on past and current projects by Rios Clementi Hale Studios. Signature pattern and color have become a NotNeutral trademark. Bold, colorful and innovative describe NotNeutral designs. They're patterned for consumers who love color, pattern and versatility...just like me.


And maybe one of you! Accent Furniture Direct has offered one lucky reader the chance to snag the item of their choice (up to $50) from their NotNeutral collection home decor line of items.

Mandatory Entry:

Click over to the NotNeutral Collection Home Decor site and peruse their line of great decorating items. Pick your favorite and leave me a comment telling me which item (under $50) you'll be choosing.

Extra Credit:

1) Follow my blog or take credit if you already do (left sidebar: 1 entry, leave 1 comment).
2) Tweet the giveaway, daily if you're in the mood (1 entry, leave one comment with your twitter id or tweet url).
Easy tweet you can use:

Not boring, not plain, NotNeutral giveaway: Win $50 to spend at the NotNeutral Home Decor site http://454.me/b1oar/

3) Blog it. It doesn't have to be long or wordy but it should link to this giveaway and the NotNeutral collection site. (3 entries, leave 3 comments with your post url).

US residents only. Giveaway will end on Sunday, July 26, 2009 @ 11:59pm EST. I will draw the winner using the randomizer and notify him/her via email. Please leave me a way besides smoke signals to contact you if your email address is not visible in your blogger profile. Accent Furniture Direct will coordinate with the winner to ship their item of choice to them directly; I'm just the middle-man.

Simple Finds Red Letter Words giveaway

Head over to Simple Finds and enter their Red Letter Words giveaway for your chance to win your favorite words sign. I've got my eye on this one:



Giveaway ends 1/28/09.

Green Your Decor and The Battle of the Eco-Friendly Paints

Thinking of painting that bedroom? Which paint performs best? What about coverage? Which leaves little paint odor? Green Your Decor has posted reviews for three eco-friendly paints for you to look at before you undertake your project. There's a review for California Paints, Mythic Paint, and also Olympic Paints where you can also post to win a gallon of Olympic to try for yourself. You have until January 14, to enter for your chance to win.

Susan Fredman Designs

If I ever win the lottery, I'm taking my platinum credit card and surfing straight to this site: Susan Fredman at Home.
My son had the honor of working as an intern this past summer for Susan Fredman Designs in Chicago. She's very talented and he learned so much working there.

Could this wall art be any cuter?






And a little something for the doggage. I adore these leashes:







By the way, Susan Fredman at Home has a 20% off your entire order coupon code good until 10/15/2008. Coupon code is "WITCH".

I'm in love

Isn't this the prettiest thing ever? I do believe I'm going to change out all the outlets and switchplates in my bedroom with these.

Only $13.00 at http://www.floppingfish.com

Then I'm doing the kitchen with these: