I was recently contacted by the lovely people at HomeSense who asked if I would like to be sent a voucher to spend in my local store so I could get to know what the brand was all about and what they stock. Ummmm, YES PLEASE!

This has come at the perfect time too as of course I am decorating and accessorising our abode so already had lots of bits in mind that I wanted or needed to buy.

I have actually shopped at HomeSense before - Our funky stripey bathroom towels are from there and in our flat we had a few accessories we had bought from there also, but for those of you who don't know or haven't heard of the brand before, this is a little summary of what they are about:

If you have ever shopped at or do shop at TK Maxx you will know they have a HomeSense within them in the larger stores where you can browse at pretty things and pick up a fab bargain.

I first went to HomeSense a couple of weeks back to have a look around at what they had with a mental note of what I needed and came away with a couple of new purchases. My first buy was a set of new tea towels which we were desperate for! Ours had long since seen better days and I wanted some girly, pretty ones as I want the kitchen to eventually be 'girly' and 'pretty' (much to the annoyance of my husband!) These tea towels are cute and eye catching. On that same trip I also spotted a cushion in the sale for £7 which was exactly what I was looking for for the bedroom. I have wanted a cushion for the bed for a while and the colour of the flowers on this cushion are almost exactly the same as the green wallpaper we have.

FIRST SPREE: Cushion for £7 and set of three tea towels for £4.99

On my second trip there this week to spend the remaining part of my balance I had hoped to find they still had my tea towels as I wanted to get some more deciding three was definitely not enough but alas they had none. That is the thing with HomeSense though, a lot of stuff can be unique so if you spot something you love it is best to get it! That is a positive comment about them though as it is nice to know you are buying something that potentially no-one else has (or at least they don't have exactly the same one).



Instead of expanding my tea towel collection I bought a new vase for the living room which was in the sale for £7, needed for the 'twig lights' we had to go in there. The vase is clear and a dusky pink shade which I love. I wanted a simple vase because of the floral wallpaper and like that this has a slight tint to it. I also bought a new candlestick / candelabra (not quite sure what this is classed as? Candelabra I think!) for the dining table and cute, floral, GIRLY oven gloves for my ever  - becoming  - girly kitchen! Like the tea towels, our current oven gloves were passed their best days.

NEW VASE: Love the dusky pink! Bargain at £7 in the sale.

GIRLY!: Oven gloves £3.99

TA DA! New candelabra for the dining table £7.99

So that was it! £30 gift voucher spent (OK I did go over by 97p) and I must admit, I got a lot more bit's than I thought I would do! I am extremely happy with my purchases, I do think the accessories in your home are just as important as the decor.



What do you think of what I bought?



Have you shopped in HomeSense before and what did you think of it?