Ceramic Garden Stool - A Steal!

I've been coveting ceramic garden stools ever since I saw them featured in my House Beautiful magazine awhile back.

You know the ones...

you see them everywhere...

Here's what House Beautiful had to say about them...

But they are oh, so expensive!

I've searched high and low for a good deal on one.

Ballard Designs has them for $139

Target sells them for $169

Pottery Barn sells them for $159

But the best price I found was at Wisteria for $99 (on sale).

I still wasn't willing to spend that much.

I resigned to the fact that I would never have one.

Then I got a tip from Beth over at The 7 Daggetts. 

She found garden stools at Big Lots for $10!

That's right, I said TEN DOLLARS!!!

And they are EXACTLY the same as the ones from Ballard Designs, Target, and Wisteria.

Thanks, Beth!!!!

So of course, I packed all of the kids up this morning and raced out to Big Lots.

I searched the whole store and finally found them in the back corner with the gardening supplies (duh!).

I had a hard time choosing between red, blue or white, but ultimately settled on the white one.

The price tag was marked at $20 (still a killer deal!), but when the cashier rang it up I found out it was 50% off.

I am beyond thrilled at my purchase. 

In fact, I think I may go back and get the blue one too :)