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The Look for Less

Elizabeth Boland · Sep 19, 2011 ·

Any designer can make a home beautiful with a large budget, but how do you achieve the look on a limited budget without sacrificing looks and quality? With stores like Ikea, and my personal fav HomeGoods, its easy to furnish a home with a limited budget. I love a good bargain but I hate the idea of clients buying furniture that they do not love just to complete a room. I would so much rather see a blank wall in a family room, than a generic $149 Bed Bath and Beyond print of flowers or Venice. I know its hard and everyone wants their house done yesterday, but a house is never completely finished. The difference between buying three Ektrop pieces and a coffee table from HomeGoods to complete the living room, vs scouring the internet for affordable designer looking items, is what most people have trouble with. Here are a few of my favorite online finds to get the look for less. 



Oly Pipa Side Table $1,700

Wisteria Ceramic Stool $289

Amazon $249.99
World Market $179.99
West Elm $299

Home Decorators $179

Aidan Gray $1,500
Ballard Laurenza 12 Light Chandelier $699

Horchow $760

Wisteria $279
Oly Studios $2,500

Noir $830


Uncategorized Get The Look, Look For Less, Shopping

About Elizabeth Boland

I am a wife, Mom, and an Interior Designer. I love my job, and I love the fact that I get to work with one of my best friends. My Mom and I are partners in our Washington DC based design firm, Wilson Boland Design. In January 2010, we opened an Interior Design Studio in downtown Bethesda, which has evolved just as much as our business!

I started Haute Indoor Couture in the spring of 2011 to share portfolio pictures, inspiring ideas, and fellow designers with our clients and friends. I live for Interior Design and I love sharing my passion and enthusiasm with my readers. Most of the content you will find here is interior design, architecture, fashion, or canine related.

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  1. Tiina of Elce Stockholm says

    September 20, 2011 at 5:21 am

    this is great, and how easy it rally is to find pretty stuff on lower budget! And those chairs for example, they look like they were one and the same! 🙂

    have a lovely day!
    xo, tiina

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  2. White Glam says

    September 20, 2011 at 8:27 am

    I just love your post! i'm all about cheap yet glamous design! Check out at White Glam's blog
    this hall that i design last wekeend with only 80 euros! Can you believe it?
    Xo, Lisete Reis from white glam

  3. White Lacquer says

    September 20, 2011 at 11:11 pm

    I have that exact West elm desk and LOVE it!!!! I was able to get it on sale for $129 though and free shipping…def a proud moment for me. So glad you shared these, you can for sure get what you want for pennies on the dollar.

    xo,

    Patience

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