Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Fall decorations for the kitchen....



This is a red cabinet my sister-in-law gave us...well me! you know men
don't care about stuff like this! :) and I just love it... she had it sitting in her
garage ....can you believe it...I was so happy to get it....

and.... its one of the many things that I decorate when the seasons change...



got the pumpkin vine at Hobby Lobby..wanted one last year and waited too
late.... as I often do...

I have another vine in the family room which i'll post later...






aren't these chickens cute! got them last year on clearance from my
other FAVORITE store...Pier 1 !!!










see this cabinet was screaming for some decorations!



on to the kitchen...would love to do something with the cabinets...paint
them a color but my husband might not be to happy..

wouldn't they look good painted RED....WHITE...or if i had the nerve BLACK? :)




and YES...crossing my fingers for stainless steel appliances one day!







see the pumpkin tucked in? got them (there another one across the room)
at Hobby Lobby and if you could see the back of it it's empty...it's cut in half
if you can imagine...hollow on the other side so it can be hung on a wall...
neat huh? I thought so for $6.....









pumpkin on the other side that I was telling you about...


sign says GIVE THANKS...got it at Fred's on clearance last year...


need to glue the stem back on this pumpkin...it's been tossed around
in the attic...:)








just HAD to have a red tea kettle..















I'm really enjoying blogging more that I thought I would..maybe it's
giving me a sense of accomplishment...

I hope you all enjoy the pictures and will continue to have a blessed week!


Happy Decorating,
Andrea

Friday, October 23, 2009

Fall decorations for dining room.....



Re-did my dining room chandelier...before it had some beige shades on them and
since red is my FAVORITE color i found these shades on sale and it looks so much
better especially in person...


dining room pics coming up next........













found these runners at Tuesday Morning........







got these charges last year during Christmas and decided this year to pull them
out for Fall,Christmas and again at Valentine's....





dining room table is still a "work in progress" not too please with it...feels like it's
missing something.....maybe glasses,napkins...stuff like that huh :)

next is my hutch which I really like.........it's missing the "wow" factor as well..I'm
trying.... :)



before pic of dining room hutch...needs a coat of color doesn't it? a pic of the dining
room table is my side bar...the set wasn't a match just tried to put them together...












Love my soup tureen...



collect Southern Living Christmas cookbook...




a better pic of the tureen...









found the pumpkin plates at Pier 1 last year after the season got a
great deal on them...




as you can see at one point in time my theme was blue dishes...now it really doesn't
matter I don't have a theme any more trying to get away from some of that but I do
like the dishes just want to add to them...

any suggestions are welcomed...

I hope you guys have a really great weekend...looks like rain's coming to S.C but I'm
not complaining!

Happy Decorating,
Andrea

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Front Porch decorations....



Hey guys! it's time to decorate the front porch..so...this is gonna be my mailbox flag
i always change those out for the different seasons...it's not up because it was too
dark out last night :)





and this is gonna be the house flag... I started doing those last year...got this flag
on clearance at Lowe's...it's very pretty in person....




my door wreath...wished it was bigger but that's ok..and looking at it now I have thoughts
of maybe using a orange and green gingham ribbon instead of the one that's on it now..
hmm......and maybe some feathers........



got my mum last weekend beauty isn't she? someone told me that you can plant
these and they'll come back next year...didn't realize that...guess i'll be doing that
from now on...makes me feel like I'm getting my monies worth...




these poor scarecrows...they have been moved around from place to place and have
held up well...thanks guys! the one in the chair was having issues and didn't want to
stand! grrrr...









and these toparies have seen so much change that their loosing their leaves but I think
they still have some more use in them...dressed them up with orange lights and plugged
those bad boys in!



I decided to start using pillows with weather resistant fabric on them so during the
summer time when all the patio furniture & pillows are out in stores.... I think ahead
to what would look good during the other seasons and use those colors.... these
pillows go great with my fall stuff...

Happy Fall Decorating,
ag

Friday, October 2, 2009

It's Here! ..... It's Here!!!!!


Hey Y'all...

I have been waiting for this box to arrive for almost a week now! Last week while
sitting on the couch watching my favorite fragrance person Mr. Harry Slatkin on QVC
I made a impulse decision to order what's in this box.....Eeeeek! i'm so excited...:)




see it says QVC on the box!



I began to open it up and started pulling out the contents....




Yes! it's a Slatkin & Co. candle...I love these candles they are the best. Does anyone
else out there like them??? the smell lasts and lasts "forever"!




not only did it come with 2 candles it came with a figural...that's what reeled me in!





It's a Gingerbread house! so...so cute!!!




here's a close up of the 2 candles...in the store you have to buy the candles individually
and they don't even sale the figural at Bath and Body Works....




isn't it cute?!...sorry y'all it doesn't take much to excite me...and (ding!) just had an idea...
like my fall tree on another post this "baby" is gonna stay out for Thanksgiving..of course
Christmas...through Winter and Valentines day I can build on all those themes!... you go girl :)

see...when I buy something "seasonal" I always try to think of how many ways I can use it
and for what other seasons that it can be used in...trying to stretch a budget ya know....





side view...and it looks that way all the way around...so it can be put out in the open and
look the same on all sides...





so when using it with a candle the figural comes with a base to sit it on and then just sit
the Gingerbread house on tip...cute...cute...




I wasn't gonna light it but just had too...





inside view....so guess I'll be lighting candles this weekend which I like to do when it
gets cold...if anyone else out there purchases one of these let me know I'm interested in
hearing your experience .....

also along with this Gingerbread house they were advertising a Polar Bear with the 2 candles
and the cost was almost $40 (don't quote me) and with the shipping and handling it came to
$50.77 which I think is good just the 2 candles at Bath and Body Works alone are almost $15 a piece...

So be blessed and have a good weekend everybody..

ag