Stylish End of Bed Benches, Tips for Taming Extra Cords & Cables, + Favorite Memorial Day Weekend Sales!

Hi friends! It’s been a busy week getting re-settled back in CT and catching up on projects after being in NC for ten weeks. The final details of our master bathroom are taking shape so beautifully – I can’t WAIT to finish it up and show you! Today I’m sharing a quick “View It, Do It, You It!” post with a few fun projects I’ve been working on. It includes some stylish options for end of the bed benches that I found while looking for one for our NC master bedroom (“View It”), a simple solution for organizing all of your extra cords and cables (“Do It”), my favorite home decor finds that are part of the big Memorial Day weekend sales (“You It”). Let’s get to it…  (affiliate links included in post – full disclosure statement available {here})

I’m starting to work on a plan for our master bedroom in NC (our only furniture in there right now is {this bed}) and one of my must-haves is a bench for the end of the bed. I love having a spot to sit while I’m putting on my shoes and also have a place to pack and unpack suitcases, lay out clothes, and stack our throw pillows when we go to bed. In our current master bedroom, we have a pair of {these teak camp stools} at the end of the bed that have worked really well for us:

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In my oldest daughter’s room, we have {this gorgeous bench with white leather lacing}:

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And in our NC guest room we have {this dark blue woven bench}:

In my search for another end of bed bench, I found SO many beautiful options that it’s hard to choose! I put together my favorites to share in case you’re on the hunt for one too:

Click to Shop Each Bench: 1. Bandelier Wood Bench  |  2. Wythe White Windsor Bench  |  3. Malibu Woven Bench  |  4. Avalon Rattan Bench  |  5. Boro Stripe Seneca Bench  |  6. Riviera Bench  |  7. Sunwashed Riviera Bench  |  8. Dotted Edlyn Bench  |  9. Bedford Bench  |  10. Leather & Teak Samuel Bench  |  11. Etta Rattan Chaise  |  12. Carson Backless Bench  |  13. Elisabeth Upholstered Bench  |  14. Andes Bench  |  15. Solley Wood Bench  |  16. Costa X-Base Stool  |  17. Oak Spindle Bench  |  18. Teak Camp Stool

Which one is your favorite?

I few months back I decided to tame our cord and cable clutter because I swear that every storage drawer you opened in our house had a few random ones laying inside! My first step was to gather them all in one place so it would be easy to see what we had duplicates of – yikes…

I only know what about 10% of these cords are used for so I recruited Jeff to sort them – we made piles of the ones we were keeping (the categories we sorted them into were TV, USB, Extension, Coaxial, & Misc.) along with a pile of the ones we didn’t need anymore and would donate (someone gave me the tip that Best Buy has bins for recycling old cords and cables!).

Then I used {these multicolor reusable cable ties} to tie each cord and cable compactly:

The cable ties come in five colors which made it easy to organize them by type so we’ll be able to find what we’re looking for at a glance: 

Instead of extra cords and cables strewn all over the house, we now have everything organized and easy to find in one small woven basket:

Memorial Day weekend is one of the biggest sale weekends of the year! After scouring all the sales, these are my favorite buys:

1. {This white bench} is darling and over half off this weekend – I love the design of the spindles!

2. {This pair of stylish yet classic Windsor chairs} is 20% off and available in four colors – I recently bought a pair in white.

3. {This gray crosshatch pillow cover} is only $18 (which is 60% off!) in the 20 x 20 size that I have it in:

4. Rifle Paper Co. has their entire site at 30% off with code FRESH {here} – they have their beautiful prints on everything from {these pillows} to {these file folders} that I have in our kitchen command center drawer:

5. There are some great deals on Dyson cordless vacuums if you’ve been thinking about getting one –  I LOVE mine! I researched it heavily before buying and recommend that you get a v10 or v11 (the two most recent models) and either the Animal or the Absolute model (the Absolute is the same as the Animal but with an extra hardwood floor brush). I have the v10 Animal and while I have a lot of hardwoods, the one that works on all floor types works great on mine and goes right from hardwood to rugs without a need for a brush change. The best deals I’ve found this weekend are on Dyson’s eBay shop where they sell them both new and used – the best deal on a new cordless Dyson is the v10 Absolute for $399 {here} (using code PICK2SAVE that takes 20% off) and the best deal on a refurbished cordless Dyson is the v10 Animal for $259 {here} with code PICK2SAVE (refurbished models come with a 6 month warranty).  

6. So many of you have told me how much you love {this blue and white vase} when I shared it a few weeks back – it’s on sale again for only $12!

7. Serena & Lily has had 20% off for a few weeks now but it’s ending after this weekend so snag anything you’ve been eyeing {here} and use code LIVEWELL for the discount. A few favorites are {these dip dyed stools}, {these counter stools}, and {these pillows}.

8. {This rattan coffee table} looks like something you’d find at Serena & Lily but for less – get 25% off with code MEMORIAL.

9. Pottery Barn is having their Buy More, Save More event which is the best time for larger purchases like {this faux fiddle leaf fig tree} I have in our family room in the tallest size. 

10. Anthropologie has 25% off all clothing, shoes, and accessories this weekend with AnthroPerks (it’s free to join) – I have and love {this ruffle sleeve} v-neck top and {this cute lace top} that comes in several colors (but is selling out quickly)! 

11. {This light blue and cream patterned rug} that I got for our NC living room is 60% off this weekend with code MEMO60. Unfortunately it’s sold out in several of the available sizes but also check out {this dark navy version} of the same rug which is more fully stocked.

12. The upholstered bed that I’ve bought for two rooms because I love it so much is on sale on All Modern this weekend {here} – AND get an extra 15% off with code LETSGO. Mine is the Zuma White fabric which is a great goes-with-everything creamy white:

And with that… I hope you all have a wonderful weekend spending time with those you love and honoring those we’ve lost. So thankful for all of the men and women who have laid down their lives to give us the freedom we so often take for granted. 

XO,