Bats and crows! Ghosts and skulls! Welcome to a Fun Halloween Mantel! For me, Halloween is a fun holiday. My favorite part of Halloween is the trick-or-treaters. And to make sure they feel welcome to ring our doorbell, we hang ghosts from a tree in the yard, have jack-0-lanterns lit up, string purple and orange…
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Fall in the Kitchen 2018
Welcome to Fall in the Kitchen 2018! Our kitchen has light yellow walls (Benjamin Moore “Hay Stack”), and the same molding and floor board color as the rest of the house, which is Sherwin Williams “Arizona White”. These colors are flexible and easy to work with all year round, but especially in the fall with…
2018 Fall Living Room
I have happily plunged head first into decorating my 2018 Fall Living Room. Filling my home with fall colors and decor gives me a sense of homecoming. Something deep inside me responds to the warmth and range of colors that are so welcoming and comforting. The richness and variety of and textures, the shapes…
How to Decorate using Alternative Fall Colors
No one was more shocked than I when I learned many people in this world are not completely and totally besotted with the orange, russet, and terra cotta colors of fall. But when I actually stopped to think about it, I realized it might be a good challenge for me to create a few ideas on…
How to Style Window Countertops
Mine can’t be the only home in America with an awkward spot that is a challenge to make appealing. We all have them, right? A nook in a corner, a shelf that is a little out of position, a open spot in a hallway, an angled corner that doesn’t make sense. Their location, size, position, or…