Sofas For Under $500

For the next few $1000 budget designs I’ll be sharing, They’ll be living rooms and I’ve budgeted half the total budget to the sofa. I’ve rounded up a few other options just in cases stock becomes unavailable or you just want to switch up the color/style a bit. Over the next 6 weeks, I’ll be sharing a design centered around each sofa shared below. So make sure you’ve subscribed to my email newsletter so you’ll get a reminder when those go up.

Favorite Sofas Under $500 (Prices fluctuate based on sales)

Yates Sofa $298 | AdecoTrading Sleeper $469

Madison Home USA Sleeper $488 | Remark Sofa $480

Kelsie Sleeper $339 | Solstice Sofa $424

Got any other favorites? I’d love to know! Maybe I can work a design around it soon!

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My best Amazon Prime Purchases Ever

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Indigenous Owned Shopping Faves

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Steel Gift Ideas For 11th Anniversary

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Lower Waste Full Face Routine

From care to cosmetics, beauty routines can create a lot of plastic waste. Plenty of brands are creating effective and exciting products in low to no waste packaging nowadays. In my quest to replace my routines with a lower waste full face routine, I’ve discovered so many products I just have to share. My focus…

Make It DIY Lunar New Year Decorations

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The Useful List Of Practical Gifts

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Honoring Indigenous People for Heritage Month

I am sitting here, stuck, trying to come up with the best way to honor Indigenous People for this year’s Native American Heritage Month. While not indigenous myself, I do live on their land and benefit from work they’ve done. I want to give back communities that I admire and respect. Therefore, I want to…

Dark Halloween Art Print Collection

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Is it safe to buy makeup on Poshmark?

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Dark Autumn Art Print Collection

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Autumn Bucket List (Things to do in Fall)

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Starting LDN and everything else I’ve tried for CFS so far…

I’ve been taking low dose naltrexone (ldn) for just over a month at this point and I wanted to share an update on how it’s been going thus far. I started taking ldn because I tried everything else in an attempt to feel better. At my last PCP appointment, I told him I’d be trying…