Well, It's Fall, Y'all.... At my home

Edited to add:  I'm "repurposing" this post to link up with Funky Junk Interiors "Saturday Nite Special" party about vignettes!

It's Fall Y'All!

I know, I know... It's BEEN fall for a bit now.   My seasonal decorating always seems to be a bit on the schitzophrenic side.  Meaning that, I will decorate and REdecorate the same thing probably right up until it's time to put winter stuff up.   Does this happen to anybody else???   C'mon.. It can't be JUST me!

Anyways, continuing with my little house tour, I thought I'd throw together a few little *vignette* scenes of fall throughout my home.   I'm trying to just show glimpses, so that I don't give away too much!   I want to keep going with my redecorating *room by room* and wait to show entire rooms at the big reveal.   Sounds more like a Cheap THRILL than a cheap frill, but whatever *wink*

These particular photos were taken just this AM, so I apologize if the lighting isn't the best.

My sorta plain and simple Fall Front Door

Loved these cornstalks...... And I'm also liking the idea of having them on either side of the door to kind of "flank" our front entrace.    Flank is a word, yes?  

Now, this is certainly not the Front Door Of My Dreams..., but we're taking baby steps here people!

Below is another of my spray painted wicker basket projects.    

I truly LOVE me some black with my fall colors!   You can read about another cool painted basket project right here.  No, really - it's RIGHT HERE!   :)

Some fallish arrangements on the outside...

Loved this tiny weird little pumpkin/gourd

Another part of the front garden....

The pumkins have since been rearranged actually.   See? It's the Decorating Multiple Personality in me.

The Big Black Pot above is something that probably needs a little makeover, but I kind of like   the way the paint is starting to peel off because I didn't bother to prime or seal it   the aged and weathered look.

On we go..

The small table below has been moved into my entryway.   Her name is Phyllis.   I found her at Home Goods for $20!  The finish is meant to be distressed, which I love, but there was one little piece of it that you can tell was not INTENTIONALLY distressed, so I was able to talk them into discounting it!  Sometimes I hate taking advantage of salespeople, but they really don't mind.  It's always worth asking a manager if a discount is available!

Wish I took a closeup of the platter - it reads "Welcome Home - The Good Stuff is in Here".   I love having that sentiment greet us at the door!

As a consolation prize for not seeing that closeup.. here is a closeup of the pumpkin pedastal...

It was an old brown thing that I painted.  Looks SOOO much better now and the oranges really POP against the creamy white..

Here's a good tip:   Use craft ribbon to embellish certain things.  If this is even attached with anything, it's a Glue Dot.   That way, the ribbon can be changed out with the seasons!

Some fall things on my Hutch That Will Soon Be Painted...

The above tray holds a collection of treasures found by my five year old daughter last week.  Leaves, acorns, pinecones....  Great way to keep her busy and involved in the fall decorating!

Even "Martha's plates" along the top got in on the fall action.

I am lucky in that my home has a very open floor plan on the first floor.   The entry way is large and opens up directly into the kitchen and also living area.  

The photo below is along the top of the kitchen island and it is one of the first places that the eye sees when entering, so I always try to dress it up all special like.

You can see my Big Black Fork in the background!   This was one of my first spray paint projects at the end of this past summer and really got the ball rolling, so thrilled I was with the transformation.

Here he is close up. 

Again, dressed up a bit with a fall bow that can be changed out for winter!

Below is yet another spray painted basket project with some fall berries..

Windows above my computer area in the kitchen..

I like having not ALOT covering the windows to really let the light in, so it's just a simple white scarf along the top for now, with a fallish garland added.

Below is a little corner right before entering our Family Room.

These are old, big, and wonderful candle holders.   That I am actually using as pumpkin holders for the time being, because why not?   They look just delicious with a plain white pumpkin and some fall "dressing".

Creepy crawly Spider greets us in the family room.

And a small Halloween display on the sofa table behind our loveseat

My Mantle.

I have to say that it is pretty strange this year that it's not really all decked out for fall.   Usually EVERYTHING ends up on top of this great mantle and fireplace.  I was in the middle of taking stuff down and putting "stuff" back up and just happened to like this arrangement for some reason.   The simplicity of it maybe.

I should put a couple of *something* round after the "B" to spell BOO...

The below photo has absolutely NOTHING to do with fall.  I just like it.

Tiny bit of fall swag above a corner cabinet.

I've got this lovely BIG long basket sitting along the top of our TV right now - I've been meaning to give her a Paint Job as well, but have not gotten around to it yet.   Right next to it sits another contribution from my daughter.

There is a bit o' fall in the kitchen as well.   Again, I'm not showing alot of any of these rooms quite yet.

This cute sign hangs on the door to our basement.

Another letter B.  Anyone care to guess what our last name begins with? 

Along with a painted candlestick holder adorned with a gorgeous fall tassel, Nester-style.

And a vintage Halloween sign above.

And that's pretty much it for now!   I'll probably decorate AGAIN for fall sometime before Thanksgiving, so I may be doing this all over again soon.   

I'll leave you with my one last Favorite Photo Even Though It Has Nothing To Do With Fall.

Nope, I don't really know why either...

Do you love decorating differently for the seasons?

Smiles and Hugs,
Joyce

Fall Wicker Basket

Okay, so I really REALLY love baskets.  All kinds, all shapes - I must have literally almost 100.  I used to hang them from the ceiling at our previous house, but it never seemed to look right here.   Trouble is, they all seem to be some different version of wood.


Not that there is anything wrong with that.  Not whatsoever.   But, they tend to take on some kind of dingyness to them and they are all varying shades of the same thing.   Nothing looks like it wants to work together.  

So enters my new best friend, Spray Paint.   I have been spray painting everything lately (or at the very least finding things that I WILL spray paint the next chance I get)   My poor dog is cowering in the corner - he thinks he's next.

Here's a batch of them drying in the sun....

This is what happens when you take an ordinary wicker(ish) basket and introduce him to Valspar.

The end result of this particular basket - it's the largest on the top left corner of the above photo.

A definite improvement, but I still needed to add something.    I grabbed this

and these

and went to work adding some fall "festivities" to the mix.    The foliage (for lack of a better term) has probably seen better days, since I've been stealing from it here and there.   

Some of the berries were used for this fall project

And some other pieces had been used for the candlestick "redo" on this project here

So the back was looking pretty sad and "unfluffy".   I have no real fix for this.  I just figure that will stay in the back and anybody who notices will be too polite to say anything.   So much of my life is like that.

Anyways, attaching the garland was very, very easy to do.   I simply held a piece up and figured out where to adhere it with some floral wire.   I am positve that there are better and more "permanent" ways to achive the same thing.  But since this is not for my store or a gift, it will just be used here at home.   The good news about that is also that the garland can easily be taken back apart and replaced with something else for each season!

So you'll be sure to meet this basket again.  :)

I basically wanted to make sure that wherever the wire was attached, it would be covered by a leaf or another part of the garland and not stick out like a sore thumb bright shiney gold piece of wire.

The leaves do seem to cover it up very well!

So after attaching it on each side (or maybe in five different spots altogether) we have our end result

TaDa!

I so love the way these colors look together for fall.   Here's another view :

But that's just in an upstairs hallway and I wanted this little beauty somewhere that we actually ARE.  So I ended up bringing her back down to the family room on my hearth.

Cute!  I love it.  This would be great for newspapers, magazines or even a little stash of firewood.   Here's another cute tip:

Turn a basket upside down and it becomes a GREAT area for a small display!  

Total cost ZERO and time was approx. one and a half hours (even counting waiting for the paint to dry - I think you are actually supposed to Prime it first and wait a much longer time, but whatever.)

Now I just can't figure out which I like better!  Either way could hide a bunch of yucky - very useful.

By the way, I am linking up to Reinvented's Trash to Treasure Tuesday (if I'm able, since it is Wendesday LOL!)   Be sure to  check her out here!

Have a great day!

Smiles and Hugs,
Joyce

Cheap Frills PEEP Show

Are you a Peeping Tom?   Do you love a little Peep Show every now and again?  

Seriously, there is nothing I like better sometimes then getting a look into somebody else's home.   Hubby laughs at me because at night, I try to scope out the houses that have not pulled their shades yet and see if I can catch a peek at their furniture, or decorations, or window treatments.....

Since this whole thing is kind of a chronicle of my adventures in Repurposing and Redecorating, I thought I'd share a quick Peep Show into my home.    So you can cleary see what I am up against!

Here's a peek into my front hallway/entry way right now.  It's actually better than it was a day or two ago.  Hubby came home and thought it looked like a scarecrow threw up - Fall and Halloween decor and pumpkins EVERYWHERE.    Need to find a home soon for all these fall goodies........

Oh, and that crazy checked fabric over the windows?    Soon to be a "mis" treatment - Hung it there about 2 weeks ago to see how the colors looked and have not done a thing to it since......

Also, this hutch that is in my entry which is driving me just crazy.   It's very pretty, but the wood is just too dark in my opinion.  I have some lovely china that supposedly belonged to my husbands great grandmother displayed there right now, but anything I put on it just fades into the background.   I'm hoping to get a paint brush to it soon, and give it a makeover - I'm thinking a light creamy color similar to the trim in this room....

Do you all have areas of your home that need some attention?? 

.......Scrawled out by the Cheap Gal