Window Shopping Wednesday: EQ3 Warehouse Sale

As you may have noticed, we've disappeared. My mom even sent me a text to ask if Grandpa Joe died. I've been working a fair amount, and our evenings have been getting filled right up! We'll keep trying to blog as much as we can, but forgive us if we miss a day - or fifteen - now and then. We do have a bunch of exciting posts planned and during our busy evenings we've started moving forward some of our renovation projects so we'll finally have some updates for you. 

First off, Window Shopping Wednesday. While taking a break from some of our other projects, we got a chance to hit up the EQ3 Warehouse Sale on opening day. It's open through June and we'd definitely recommend it! There's a lot of stuff, and some pretty decent discounts. 

Here's a look at what we saw while we were there (excuse the cellphone quality photos with no editing):

Philip's Photos

At some point we need a new bed frame, ours can probably never be taken apart and put back together again, it's pretty done. Screws are stripped, this last time we had to improvise a bit. Here's a bed frame Philip liked as a replacement. It would look great with our green and ivory duvet!

These chairs are really fun and they have tons of patterns!

We could really use a new living room rug. Ours could be vacuumed every day and still look gross.

These pendant lights were interesting, they have a barrel style in this light that I love!

We thought about buying this dining room table, because it actually shrinks to be a decent size for our basically non-existent dining area. We thought it'd be better to wait till our kitchen is done though and we know how much room we have. 

Cassy's Photos

I am loving this cobalt blue wheely desk. I'd use it as my office console table, 

but I'm aiming for a dresser in that spot for storage.

I loved this light, except for the fact that the light bulb gets put in on the side so it's not as clean looking. It definitely tempted me for the guest room though. 

We've wanted the Boom bookshelf forever, and have never seen it at this sale. This time it was there, along with a new walnut version that we liked even more!

We almost bought this couch, except for the left hand side was slightly darker coloured. No good. It was a neat shape though and would look beautiful in our living room. 

I'd love to lounge on this and read a book. 

We'd recommend you stop in at the EQ3 Warehouse Sale this month, even just for a browse. It's off of Gateway by the MPI, and there are great deals to be had. Let us know if you find anything to take home!

Window Shopping Wednesday: EQ3

Over the long weekend, between having a belated Valentine's date lunch at Joey (be mine, California Chicken Club) and picking up my mom at the airport, we had the opportunity to stop in at EQ3 Polo Park. Here are some of the great items we found - but didn't take home!
(Oh, and check it out: Philip made our little weekly event its own logo. So cute and pink!)
Now, back to the lusting over overpriced decor being totally content with the things we have! (While admiring a few things that reflect qualities we appreciate.)

Don't be surprised if we come home with this when we renovate our kitchen/dining area. We were both crazy about it. Our dining room at the condo also had an EQ3 barrel light, but this was definitely tugging on both of our heartstrings. Also last night - I guess I must have been thinking about this post - I had a dream about this light. It was mixed in with nightmares about hospital catastrophes, but at some point during  the madness I bought a knockoff of this light at Costco, but then it turned out it was more expensive! Talk about a nightmare.

If I didn't live with a boy and could have all pink and purple glasses...
this is where I'd start...

This might be showing my lack of green thumb, but I am totally loving the idea of these herb cutting scissors. They have 6 blades so you can easily just chop away! 

I really like the subtle pattern on this pillow.
Maybe another daybed addition.

This last piece is no where near a new arrival, Philip & I have been wanting it for 2 years...but it's a bit more than we can justify spending. The shelves are all angled differently so it looks like an optical illusion a bit close up.

What's your favourite? Done any recent shopping at EQ3? Our entertainment unit and coffee table are from there, making a good mix between splurges and cheap finds in our living room. 

After this next week we don't have any Window Shopping Wednesday's in the hopper, any stores you'd like to see us explore? A weird number of sites don't have online shopping options - Crate and Barrel, Ten Thousand Villages, Pier One Imports, Superstore, etc. so I'll have to make some journeys - which could be dangerous on the wallet. Today I'm going to Ikea again so maybe I'll take a few photos. Hope you're enjoying this new series and it's inspiring you in your own home design pursuits!