While I've been away from home, Target ran a sale on a king size comforter that fits our nautical theme, and also offered a $15 gift card for a $75 purchase of select items, which included the comforter. The king size comforter we have now has pretty much lived in the guest room and matches the bedding I have on that bed.
We never did get a set of cotton sheets for our new king size mattress (just a clearance set of jersey that now have a hole in them thanks to our newest feline addition Simon and a holiday set of plaid flannel). So I also got a set of cotton sheets. Combined with the RedCard free shipping and 5% off, we ended up saving about $17, plus got a free $15 gift card out of it that we'll probably use in the store when we look at new curtains that are better at light blocking. The ones we have now are definitely not very "room darkening," unlike what the packaging claimed.
I plan on hitting up thrift stores and Goodwill when I get back to Texas, but in the meantime, I did find something for the bedroom on Etsy that I fell in love with. After doing some price comparison searching on eBay and Amazon, it seemed like a really good deal. Some of the other maritime style oil lamps that actually look decent were over $100. This one was $30. I may take to it with some metallic spray paint, though, to give it a different finish, depending on how it actually looks in person.
We plan on hanging it on the wall after I potentially rearrange the room, barring husband approval. I think I want our bed against a different wall because our heads are directly below the window the cats love to jump up in, and then back down on the bed. Our resident fatty Teddy Roosevelt has actually landed partially on my head before.
Since the oil lamp is supposed to be functional (according to the Etsy listing: "this item is functional and/or decorative"), we could use it when the power goes out.
I also picked up some inexpensive navy blue broadcloth that had good reviews with gift card money on Amazon to test out for making a handmade bedskirt on the frame my dad helped my husband build for the king size mattress. Right now, it's looking rather unfinished. If the fabric works well, I'll get the rest of the amount I need.
Our wedding anniversary is in a couple months, and my mom gave us the gift of a matching bookshelf to the one we have in the living room. The bookshelf we have set up right now holds my husband's military photos and awards. (This is an old picture. The stuff on the top and in boxes is already put away.)
The matching bookshelf will showcase my accomplishments (even though they're mostly from high school -- I didn't even attend my college graduation due to unforeseen circumstances). I just need to find a shadow box for a couple things that the resident feline fiends would try to destroy, like my tassels from graduation.
