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This week in Smarter Home and Garden Blog:

• Comment on this week’s Photo of the Week: Your trippin’ Silly Bookcase!
• Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Where can I save the most money on Vanity Sets? Finish reading about discount bedroom furniture…
• Bam-Bam! Sleeping amongst boulders or jumping on a pile of rocks sound inviting? Well it should, even if you are not a masochist. Check out the awesome surrealistic rock pillows at Livingstones…
• Shop for this unique Valentine Gift, heart-shaped teacups and saucers by BitsandPieces.com!
• Don’t let the gloomy chill of winter get you down, let’s think ahead! Save money on the perfect Margaritaville Salt Rimmer and Lime Set! Only $9.95 for a four piece set…
  

As always thanks for reading and by all means please let me know if you have any comments or tips! -Michelle

Have a cup of steaming hot love! If your lady love or gentlemen caller is a fan of the TEAS, consider purchasing this heart shaped teacup and saucer set by BitsandPieces.com!

Beverages take on the shape of a heart within the cups sculpted interior, no sugar needed because that design concept is dripping with sweetness. A unique and thoughtful gift for any occasion.

Was: $12.99 Now: $7.99

To purchase this heart shaped teacup and saucer from BitsandPieces.com, click here.

To shop for discount drinkware, assorted Teacups and Saucers, click here.

Check out this great deal I found at West Elm! They have NEW metallic double-banded barware, the one pictured above is platinum but it is also available in gold. Cocktail hour will sparkle with crystal-clear glasses, rimmed with two metallic bands. They are dishwasher safe and shipping is FREE.

I think they are beautiful, affordable and dapper, simply put they are B.A.D.! Ha!

• Martini glass: (set of 4) $29.00
• Champagne glass: (set of 4) $29.00
• Wine glass: (set of 4) $29.00

To shop and purchase these discount drinkware sets, click here.

To visit West Elm, click here.

There is nothing worse than a bathtub with harsh angles…check out the buttery smooth Laguna Basic wooden bathtub at FurnitureStoreBlog.com.

A Blinkdecor favorite, textile designer Jessie D’Angelo, presents a handmade collection of merino wool number pillows done in vibrant color combinations.

The men at Uncrate suggest the 5 in Uno glasses, the set includes glasses for spirits, port/dessert wine, dinner wine, water, and cognac/brandy, all of which nestle together to create the shape of a stylized flower.

Colors communicate temperature with modern designed kitchen LED faucet from Guglielmi… the color changes according to the temperature of the water dispensed…dance of lights…

And this week in the Smarter Home & Garden Blog we covered:

• Bone China Tea Sets and the battle between coffee and tea drinkers…
• We continue our Halloween Decorations series with the second installment…ghoulish high resolution images you can decorate your windows with..
• Now it’s coffee time! Check out a wonderful Coffee Time Set from Plastica…
• Lastly, decorate your way to $50,000 dollars! FearNet is hosting a contest where you submit 60-90 second video of your decorated Haunted Home and they will pay your rent or mortgage for a year or $50,000 dollars!

Since I recently posted about tea and the benefits of tea drinking, I decided to reach out to my coffee drinkers this time around. I read about this wonderful coffee time set from Plastica on Outblush this morning.

When you are hankering for your morning cup of java or evening ritual of a good cup of coffee, the Coffee Time Set by Plastica ($49) makes a perfect companion. The six cups and saucers is a great set to have handy for the home or office when a little caffeine is calling your name.

I figure it would make an ideal housewarming gift, wedding gift or office gift. You can use it for tea or coffee technically or serve with a nice dessert. The possibilities are endless folks.

Here are the stats:
Set of 6 cups, 6 saucers, and 1 tray and comes with 6 elegant stainless steel stirrers.
Design by Tous Les Trois
7″ x 5″ x 2 1/2″
$49.00

To purchase the set at Plastica, click here.

For more coffee cups & saucer sets, click here.

As I was doing my morning search for interesting items to enliven your lives, I came across this beautiful tea set made from bone china. Now in all honesty I am not that educated on the wonders of tea and all their therapeutic and medicinal properties. What I can say is that it is much cheaper than coffee and doesn’t make your breathe smell like Union 76 gas station worker. For those reasons alone, I think I am going to start drinking teas!

Back to the heart of the matter, so the fine bone china tea set I have displayed above is offererd by 2Jane.com for $60.00, originally it cost $75.00 (you save $15). Beautiful in black and white, this 3-piece set is an elegant addition to any table setting. It holds 8 cups. So as I mentioned I am no tea expert, so initially I thought that these prices were pretty steep. Turns out for bone china, its a great deal!

The more I researched the higher the prices are, sometimes you pay more than a hundred dollars for one piece of a set! Well I like the contemporary and simple feel of the set listed above, but for you fancy folks who like brunching with the Queen Mum and all that I found this great deal for you.

Look forward to tea time with Royal Albert’s Moonlight Rose Tea Set. Bone china is delicately handpainted with breathtaking blue roses and soft green leaves. Accents in 22K gold create a legendary presentation. This set was originally $200.00 but is now sold for $99.95. If my grandma was still alive she would love this, although she would never let anyone use it and store it in a glass cabinet…too be observed, admired but never touched!

For more bone china tea sets, click here.

Have you noticed my pension for avant-garde designs yet? No? Well pay attention!

Question: What makes these particular cognac glasses so glorious?

Answer: Design! Design! Design!

Brought to you by the lovely chaps at the MoMA Store, these cognac glasses were designed with bouquet, temperature, and volume in mind. The graceful wobble shape of the glass increases the pleasure, deep color, and movement of the liquid. They are made of hand-blown glass and costs $50 dollars for a set of two.

Seems like an ideal gift for fathers, husbands, and brothers. I would state that men in particular would be drawn to these glasses. Let’s just say, Sigmund Freud would argue that there is something “maternally nurturing” about there form, if you get my drift (wink, wink).

Check out: MoMA store

Source: Luxist by Rigel Gregg

Ps. Thanks for the tip from a Smarter Home & Garden reader, keep em’ coming!