New Art in the Master Bathroom {& A Giveaway!}

A few weeks ago I finally got around to sharing my master bathroom progress with all of you. I am very happy about the paint colors and am in love with my HomeGoods Oriental rug. But there was still something missing on the walls. I knew I wanted the artwork to be a little different and without much color.

I was recently contacted by Bigstock Photo to review their artwork.  Bigstock is an easy to use marketplace for quality stock images. They offer over 17 million royalty-free photographs and illustrations from talented photographers and artists around the globe, available for almost any purpose. There are so many options...you could seriously spend your whole day roaming around!

You can find beautiful photography from around the world:

Find this photo Here. 

Find this photo Here. 

There are also some amazing prints of artwork. I am in love with the two below for my own home:

Abstract graffiti Here. 

Boat Watercolor Here.

They even have a variety of prints for the kids!

ABC Sketch print Here. 

Silhouette Wall Art Here. 

Bigstock really has anything and everything to give your home a little pop with artwork! You can even take advantage of downloading images for your own website or for a power point presentation! 

I was very excited to try out a print for my own home. I decided to go with this photograph of a magnificent Elephant. I love how the animal is isolated against the black background. You can see every wrinkle on his hard skin and the wear and tear of his amazing tusks! I just fell in love instantly and knew he needed to be in my home. 

The poster is a 36"x24"...big enough to take up a large part of the wall in the master bathroom. This photograph was printed on high quality poster paper. I was surprised and how durable the paper was. It felt almost canvas like. I think it fits my bathroom perfectly... Don't you?

Now my favorite part of the day!....One of my lucky reader's gets a FREE poster size print from BigStock Photos!! There will be many pieces of artwork to choose from. I can't wait to see who wins!

Click on the Rafflecopter below to enter. You must complete the first entry and then the following steps are extra entries. Good Luck to All! A winner will be chosen at random and announced on the blog next Monday, February 24th! 

a Rafflecopter giveaway


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BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! The giveaway also includes ALL OF YOU winning a free 5-day trial subscription. I want you to feel inspired to update the artwork around your home using BigStock. 

Discount Offer located here: https://www.bigstockphoto.com/free-trial/10aday5daytrial

This 5-Day Free Trail subscription will allow you to try Bigstock and download up to 50 Free Images (vs their standard free trial, which maxes at 35 Free Images). So it would be up to 10 a day, for 5 days, for FREE. Any image or vector, any size. Sign Me Up!!

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Thanks so much for following my little ole blog! I love sharing great products and companies with all of you. Now...who wants to win?

Have a wonderful Monday my friends!



Bigstock sent me the poster for review, however I was not sponsored to write this post in anyway. All opinions are mine and mine alone! 

Nursery Update {Lighting for Less}

If you all have been following Eat.Sleep.Decorate. for a while, you know we are starting to work on a sweet nursery for baby to be. (You can read more about our adoption story Here.) We were officially approved and accepted on December 11th. So at this time we are considered a "waiting family" and are patiently awaiting a new bundle of joy in 2014.

Since we are not sure when a baby will be arriving, we are taking our sweet time with the nursery.  I of course am enjoying every second of it. However, it is quite difficult picking items out without knowing the sex of the baby.  A couple of months ago some of my fabulous friends designed some mood boards to help jump start my nursery plans. I loved each one of them and have pulled some ideas that I will definitely be using in the baby's room. (You can see the nursery plans Here, Here, Here and Here)

One item that I had been keeping my eye on was this drum shade from Shades of Lights. I thought it to be playful, yet a classy touch to the nursery. It comes with the choice of antique brass or satin nickel hardware.

I had my heart set on this until I realized is was $259! I know that isn't that much money for lighting and I have splurged on some great lighting options for my home in the past, but I knew I wanted to use my money wisely in this space. I want to be smart and splurge on other items like the glider-rocker and bedding. So when I came across this pendant from Land of Nod, I knew I had made the right decision to wait on the previous choice!

Even though it is a pendant and not a semi-flush mount, I had my dad shorten the wiring and it hung perfectly! It really is a show stopper when you see it in the room.

(You can see a little peek of the roman shade I have been working on!)

The Light is even 10 times more amazing when it is turned on...

I think the little one will love laying underneath looking up...quite a sight!

So even though I had my heart set on the more expensive light, I am glad I saved a few bucks and decided to go with the Land of Nod pendant. (By the way..it is on sale right now!) I am in love!

What do you all think? Would you have splurged on lighting for the nursery or spent your money elsewhere? 

Have a wonderful start to the week!