Recently, I became infatuated with these from West Elm…
…but not so much with the price tag, which was $14.99 per strand. Almost as if West Elm heard my decorating prayers, they’ve now lowered the price to $9.99 per strand. But that would still cost me $60 for the 6 strands I would need. Sixty clams that I don’t really have for capiz!
Somewhat coincidentally, this past weekend we ended up going to the Easton Mall to meet my daughter’s new college roommate, and a great time was had by all. Plus I happened to spy a West Elm, so I thought I’d swing by to see if they had the capiz! strands.
While they didn’t have the exact capiz! strands that I was looking for, they had several different capiz chandeliers, all of which were gorgeous! And extremely thin and delicate. Super thin and very delicate. Probably too super thin and delicate to withstand 2 dogs, 1 cat, my 2 kids, my sister’s 3 kids, and any assorted other friends and relatives.
The moral of the story is, don’t just think about the beauty of a particular project, but also the practicality.
Usually I’m pretty good about factoring in practicality, but every now and then we all get blinded by beauty. And further blinded by a second reduction in price.
Bottom line, good thing I didn’t spend money I didn’t have on this particular project, because it just wouldn’t have worked.
But I still love capiz!
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