Ugly Sofa Curtains inspires new linens

  The Results are in and: THE SHADES ARE AMAZING!

  It took a while for Ugly Sofa to deliver my Roman Shades. Ugly Sofa says that they X out all of the curtain tags/boxes so that you cannot return them to the Pottery Barn Teen store. However they did not X out anything on my packages! I could have given them as a gift and no one would have known except for the fact they are 63 inches long instead of 64 inches long. Since my windows do not depend on it being 64 inches long it is okay! They arrived as if I purchased them off of Pottery Barn and paid a crazy amount of money.

  I bought my Curtains the weekend after Thanksgiving and I had to wait a long time! In fact I had to contact them via email for them to send out the curtains. But they came perfectly and after a week or so I should have contacted them. So that is the only draw back but I think they are pretty much a mom and pop store. I still could not beat the savings on the curtains!

These is the Grosgrain  ribbon shade from Pottery Barn that you will pay
$239 more if you buy at Pottery Barn rather than Ugly Sofa.
That is a lot of money for black out lining!

  The Shades are not black out lined but my bedroom is on the side of the condo that does not get a lot of sun so it is actually perfect. At the price of $29.98 including shipping, the 20% off coupon and price of two Roman Shades-- I think that was a great deal! In fact I just put one of the window shades I was going to put up (but never did and are still good) on eBay and I purchased another one of these shades because I love them! Also it is much cheaper and I did not like the other one that much especially for the price! I really just wanted to purchase these on Pottery Barn but they are crazy expensive I could not even afford one of them! The grosgrain ribbon shades are $249 plus 10% of the final price is the shipping charge at Pottery Barn!

My shelves are up with some items!

 My Bedroom is slowly coming together but as I said my husband had gone away on vacation was home a couple of days and then went in for Gallbladder surgery. Three days ago the last part of Silicone was added to the shelves and the room is starting to take shape. Slowly I am cleaning out the living room, getting rid of Christmas decoration and organizing the bedroom. There are still paint touch ups and some removal of items to go into our storage unit. I still need to do a lot of organizing but it is coming along!

  I also purchased a new duvet cover, a couple Euro shams, a couple standard pillow covers and some personalized pillows from West Elm. They were 20% off and today I woke up and there was free shipping. I called West Elm and since I ordered last night they gave me the free shipping and are going to reimburse me the shipping! It never hurts to call customer service if you buy an item and the next day it goes on sale or there is an offer of free shipping.

   I already have purchased the West Elm Duvet in Feather Gray Stripe in size King for one of my comforters but I just bought one in size queen for the other comforters that I have. I have another set of duvets for the spring/summer but it never hurts to have change of duvets so you do not have to dry clean your comforters as much.

    I wanted back up for the personalized Feather Gray Stripe Euro Sham. I got two of the Euro shams personalized with my dog Penny's name in Citron.

   I wanted back up for the personalized Feather Gray Stripe so I got two of the Standard shams personalized one with my name and one with my husband's name in Citron.

  I do not have a lot of Euro Shams for my Euro pillow so I wanted to get variety for the bed. These Sol Stripe in Golden Gate were such a steal at West Elm and were the right colors so I purchased them.

  Then I got four of the regular Shams in Sol Stripe in Golden Gate so that it would be able to mix and match the duvet with the different shams for variety.

  I really wanted to get this sheet set with extra standard pillows and personalize them but I think for on sale $70.00 for a sheet set plus another sham set at $22 for a total of $92 was pretty steep price. The sheet set is so cute and I love to be able to monogram! I think am either going to wait for a better sale price or to see if i could get something like it at Home Goods. I think I could probably get this set like this for $45 at Home Goods or I will shop for another sheet set that might be better.

  The sheet set is only 200 count so it is not like it is Egyptian cotton with a high thread count. I am also wondering if it would be too much with all of the wide stripes in the duvet etc. I had already spend a great deal of money last night so I did not want to spend anymore. Luckily I am selling some items on eBay so that should counter act my spending on these linens. But sometimes you need fresh linens to perk up a place!

 West Elm Stylist also suggests using white cotton linens for the base so you have a place to rest your eyes. How do you layer your bed?

I Wish I Found this Website Three Weeks Ago!

 

  In honor of Thanksgiving I would like to sing the praise of a great website that my friend told me about Ugly Sofa. Sure it was too late before I invested $350 on Roman Shades. I got two Pottery Barn Roman Shades for $29.56 after using a web code I saved $4.00. They are similar to the shade that I wanted from Pottery Barn that cost $249 each! Except the ones on the site are 63 inches long vs the Pottery Barn ones that are 64 inches long. Since that is still long enough for my windows I don't mind the one inch difference! I would mind it on a pair of pants since I am tall but not for my window shade!

 I have not received the items yet but so far this seems to be a great deal and they were on clearance on the website. They apparently buy unsold/slightly irregular/or already monogrammed items from Brands like Pottery Barn, Land of Nod, Pottery Barn Teens/kids that might be slightly irregular I am guessing. Then they X out the names of the shades. But for under $30 for two roman shades if it does not work out I will not feel so guilty if I have to donate the Roman Shades. However I hope that the Shades work out because I really need some Roman Shades and soon!

 They allow returns but it is very narrow here is the policy: 

Shipping & Returns

Shipping
We can ship to virtually any address in the US and Canada. We charge actual shipping costs within the US and Canada. Please allow 2 business days for processing normal orders. UglySak Bean Bags, Ugly-Where Chairs, Idea Desks and Loungers can take a little longer for processing. Allow 5-7 business days for ground shipping. All shipments are automatically insured with the carrier.

During the holidays, shipping is slower due to the demand for our products. Our holiday rush began in Mid-October this year. We guarantee any order (within the US) through December 15th to arrive before Christmas.

Returns Policy
Returns must be postmarked within 72 hours of the original shipping arrival date and should be sent prepaid. We will not accept CODs. All merchandise returned must be unused and in perfect condition. Packing slips are required for all returns. Indicate on the back of your return form the reason of your return so we can serve you better in the future. We recommend you to send the package back to us via traceable carrier and to insure the full amount of the merchandise you are sending back to us. We are not responsible for missing packages.

Returns are processed within 14 days after we receive the merchandise. You will receive a confirmation by email when your returns are processed. We will not be able to process your return without having your original order back to us. We will offer a credit for the original purchase for the purchase price of the merchandise, excluding actual shipping cost. You can use this credit to purchase other items in our store. Shipping costs will only be refunded when the return is a result of our error. We have the right to deny credits if the merchandise returned does not meet our return policy requirements. If you have any question regarding return/exchange, please email us Monday – Friday (except holidays) between 10AM – 6 PM PST.

 Etsy and EBay are another good resource before purchasing from websites but I did not find any right ones that could be shipped out in a limited time frame. However it is funny because we still have to retouch the paint so we cannot put up the shades yet. It is going to be even more delayed because Jonathan works all weekend/then goes away until Thursday. So Hoping that these shades come quickly! I got a discount of 15% off the Shades Store and it would have cost $800+ for two basic custom Roman Shades. Compared to The Shades Store, Pottery Barn does not seem so bad!