Autumnal Decorating

It seems that about half of the blogs I read have had some sort of post about their Autumn/Halloween decorating. It's all quite pretty and crafty, and I'm sure that given enough time and money, I could come up with some decorations that would be somewhere in the same league. But alas, I have neither time nor money.

I also don't have any leftover decorations from years past, because I haven't decorated for Autumn/Halloween in YEARS (unless you count the year that Phil and the girls carved pumpkins that ended up rotting completely more than a week before Halloween).

So, while I was at JoAnn's tonight picking up some Mod Podge for another project I am working on, I decided to look through their selection of 60% off Halloween decorations. There were a couple of things that were cute and I might have gotten if money weren't so tight, but I just couldn't bring myself to get them.

I did get a couple of things, though, like this sign for my front door.


And this lovely carvable faux pumpkin that we may or may not carve.


You know, I almost forgot about the one Halloween decoration that we got a couple of years ago. Our pretty little black cat.


We never put her away, though.

The Power of Color

This is what my family room looks like now. So, what do you think?

Those of you who have been in my family room know that this is a HUGE improvement, at least as far as space goes. Basically, we got rid of the over-sized coffee table my mother gave us when our smaller table broke, moved the chair to another room, and moved the ottoman over to where the coffee table had been.

But, the change that really makes the difference here is the color I added to the room. I went out this evening and bought some new throw pillows, chenille throw, and table cloth, all in deep red. Just adding that pop of color to the room makes it look like a whole new room.

Now, I just need some new window treatments to complete the room. Oh, well... Another day, another project.