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The content of Bargain Hunting and Chatting with Laurie is geared toward those who want to decorate a home on a budget, with emphasis on tablescaping and vignetting.  The majority of the readership is female.

About Laurie: My husband and I have been married for 43 years.  We have two grown children, both married, and five grandchildren, ages three months to 11 years.  I began this blog, as a hobby, in October, 2008 and developed a loyal following.  In mid-2012, I began to actively work to increase readership, and BH&CwL is now showing steady growth. 

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270 Facebook followers

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Bargain Hunting and Chatting with Laurie is a friendly place. My posts are “down-to-earth” with  humor sprinkled throughout.  Many of my readers have been visiting BH&CwL since its inception, and have continued to be loyal readers.  BH&CwL is gaining new friends every week, and my on-going efforts to increase readership will produce continued growth. 

If you are interested in sponsoring/advertising on my blog, or if you have questions about advertising on my blog, please email Laurie at bargainhunr@gmail.com

. Let’s grow together.  Laurie

OUR SUNROOM

Thank you for visiting.  laurie

OUR FAMILY ROOM

 

 

Thank you for coming to see our family room.  laurie

FOR WORTHING COURT

I am so honored to be featured on Suzy’s beautiful blog today – especially after seeing all of the other wonderful homes she’s featured.  If you’ve missed them, you need to go back and check them out.  Not to mention Suzy’s wonderful home.  Wow!  I am in great company.

I blog at Bargain Hunting and Chatting with Laurie.  As my blog name implies, I am a chatty person, and I’m also a bargain hunter.  I didn’t think my blog title should reflect it, but I am also a hoarder collector. Until I watched that Hoarder’s show, I thought I was a hoarder, but those people make me feel better about myself!  I do have a difficult time getting rid of stuff.  If you are a bargain hunter and a collector, your home probably does not contain much that matches the rest of your décor (at least that’s the way it is with this bargain hunter/collector). 

I’ll start the tour of my home in the front entry hall, even though it is seldom used.  Everyone comes to our back door.

I grew up in this house.  My parents built this house in 1949.  When they were both gone, my husband and I bought my sister’s half and remodeled the house for ourselves.

As is normal in a home of that era, the entry hall led into the dining room on one side and the living room on the other side.  We refer to the former dining room as the study/music room.  I’ll confess, it is not often used for studying or for music (unless you count my CD player).  This room is where my laptop and my “crafting supplies” live (although not much crafting goes on around here either).  All of you know that there is a lot of computer use going on here though.

Since it was formerly a dining room, the study leads into the kitchen, which we remodeled. 

From the kitchen, I can see into our family room, which we added in our remodel.

See what I’m talking about?  Collections and mismatched furniture everywhere.  That’s my “style”.  Years ago, I read that if you love something, buy it, and it will coordinate with the rest of what you have.  I may have taken that advice a little too far, but we do enjoy living here.

Our grandchildren often eat at the coffee table, so I have stools under it for them to use.

From the family room, you can see our sunroom (I just hope you can’t see our swimming pool in the backyard which currently has green water in it).

The “ladder” in the sunroom leads to my husband’s home office.  (I’m not allowed to photograph it.)  To be honest, he doesn’t use it very often, and I have stashed so much junk up there, I can’t share photographs of it. (There may be signs of a potential hoarder in that room!)  There is a small powder room at the end of the sunroom.  It is only used by swimmers and has evolved into a flamingo theme, because people keep gifting me with flamingos.

Our master bedroom is always a work in progress (without much progress).  I hung toile tablecloths as curtains when we moved in 10 years ago.  They were SUPPOSED to be temporary, but they are still  there.  You may notice that the chandelier in our bedroom matches the one in the study/music room (formerly the dining room).  That’s because our bedroom was previously the formal living room.  We don’t live very formally, so it became the master bedroom.

This wall where I have a buffet (yep, I have a buffet in the bedroom) is where the opening was between the entry hall and living room.

Suzy, I am so flattered to have been asked to share on your blog.  Thank you so much.  Laurie

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April 29, 2010:

Cote De Texas
Designs by Gollum
That Old House
Back Porch Musings
Between Naps on the Porch
Hidden Promise
Mary's Meanderings
Tomarie's Cabin
Delusions of Grandeur
Christine's Home and Travel Adventures
Confessions of a Plate Addict
Vignette Designs


June 10, 2010:

Nancy's Daily Dish
Hyacinths for the Soul
Sweet Something Designs


July 9, 2010:

Applestone Cottage
Prior
Sullivan and Murphy
Mary's Meanderings

July 24, 2010

Once in a Blue Moon

Dogs Mom Learning to Blog

Common Ground

Three Pixie Lane

August 27, 2010

Vignette Design

Three Pixie Lane

Cottage Hill

Happy to Design

A Scrapbook of Inspiration

Savvy Southern Style

October 8, 2010:

Food for Thought

Savvy Southern Style

Confessions of a Plate Addict

Three Pixie Lane

Creative Journeys

The Little Round Table

Saturday Morning Treasures

January 7, 2011:

Words on Wheeles

A Stroll Thru Life

The Tablescaper

Sweet Nothings

Antique Style

Creative Journeys

Cozy Little House

February 18, 2011:

Cote De Texas

Savannah Granny

Selep Imaging

March 25, 2011:

French Country Cottage

Le Chateau Des Fleurs by Frenchy

Lady Katherine Tea Parlor

Happy To Be

Granny's Attic

Lynne's Gifts From The heart

No Minimalist Here

A Southern Belle With Northern Roots

White Spray Paint

Fresh Cut Flours

June 14, 2011:

Girl In Pink
Maison Decor
Tablescapes at Table 21

January 9, 2012

Make the Best of Everything
Yellow Blackbird
Chapel Hill to Chickenville
Skip to My Lou
The Shabby Nest

January 24, 2012

Make and Takes
The Savvy Shanty
The Graphics Fairy
Katie Rose Cottage Designs
Mamie Jane's
This is Ann of Paper Doll Land

March 1, 2013

Worthing Court