Our Boring Halloween Mudroom!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you were to ask my son what is second favorite holiday is, he'll quickly tell you it's Halloween!  He's at that age (7) where he wants things scary and spooky, not cute and childlike.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sooooo, when I finished decorating our mudroom for Halloween (admittedly, the only room I splash a bit of spook around), needless to say, he wasn't as impressed as he has been in years past.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMAH4vH8I40A-Xj-V6hU9HlaLJ8lwdmJUzNAZBEIzsuRa22kl09QDc4bNIYlFVplFg1ulXVHQ0bEBR02MLV14GuE42Y3eJSzjKuuZFeS4OCNJvGbkpsNAPuTYtc76KWbJku_SZt_-ZF8/s1600/fallmudoverall1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMAH4vH8I40A-Xj-V6hU9HlaLJ8lwdmJUzNAZBEIzsuRa22kl09QDc4bNIYlFVplFg1ulXVHQ0bEBR02MLV14GuE42Y3eJSzjKuuZFeS4OCNJvGbkpsNAPuTYtc76KWbJku_SZt_-ZF8/s640/fallmudoverall1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I asked if he liked the new "BOO" garland, he said, "sure, it's cute, but, it's not scary ... at all."  Okay, fine.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPaqnWTddGG0UiLJDVvDNlGweJyaETQe_XvbSrLRhYr1B8OwZT24AH78gpx42ne8hnGV0ChOKkyKoVsd26C_FvR784jJBwb0BrNqdc6gMTJFHGgkfFPyreJd4YTbrTmJcitDrvZR6JgQ/s1600/fallmudoverallgarage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPaqnWTddGG0UiLJDVvDNlGweJyaETQe_XvbSrLRhYr1B8OwZT24AH78gpx42ne8hnGV0ChOKkyKoVsd26C_FvR784jJBwb0BrNqdc6gMTJFHGgkfFPyreJd4YTbrTmJcitDrvZR6JgQ/s640/fallmudoverallgarage.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What about the mice running here and there?!  Nope, boring.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dKrDtn-lkPJXYnA5WtYGy3btEgPW6mexYld-QTV78G6xe14-w19KxtiBPBgV2FYsJ5dJG7nyXhELHwdpauAcxESgVxdKFABBTePyVXLHyh4Y2JuXtv5hfJcOCua32sGXdb84AfBdWCg/s1600/fallmudcounter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dKrDtn-lkPJXYnA5WtYGy3btEgPW6mexYld-QTV78G6xe14-w19KxtiBPBgV2FYsJ5dJG7nyXhELHwdpauAcxESgVxdKFABBTePyVXLHyh4Y2JuXtv5hfJcOCua32sGXdb84AfBdWCg/s640/fallmudcounter.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surely, the spider taking over our family wall and turning frames crooked with its huge web takes you "aback," right?  "Sorry, Mommy, but, no."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dXHutWniKbJ5dN0PHVJsy-MYCcwCozdhHaGDTMWbEwb9x-S10iKKq4UH0EjnjLknFFDbWOvyUyS_r3eGn6LawYaZBGAOypQ8ILGYgbXq1hxegmuHJYOGMrefW0QiKTY2KU1hPK-Czlc/s1600/fallmudpicture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dXHutWniKbJ5dN0PHVJsy-MYCcwCozdhHaGDTMWbEwb9x-S10iKKq4UH0EjnjLknFFDbWOvyUyS_r3eGn6LawYaZBGAOypQ8ILGYgbXq1hxegmuHJYOGMrefW0QiKTY2KU1hPK-Czlc/s640/fallmudpicture.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISyERGHK8H0cIh7F06-aBk5tkj6qo2hj6KIF_xhP03SDIAwiwhvc4Jem-zhw3_5_fzytbtdpIAgy6Zzn6UMr8cflJdadFTEA28Na141cgTsD8LnhrQ8XYn9xI3J1iz9XUGn5sQtXdYEE/s1600/fallmudart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISyERGHK8H0cIh7F06-aBk5tkj6qo2hj6KIF_xhP03SDIAwiwhvc4Jem-zhw3_5_fzytbtdpIAgy6Zzn6UMr8cflJdadFTEA28Na141cgTsD8LnhrQ8XYn9xI3J1iz9XUGn5sQtXdYEE/s640/fallmudart.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yup, apparently, spiders aren't scary one little bit, especially when they're sparkly!  Who knew?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LdKdQlOxeKJEIOfNlAJuweAJUw5we9K5B-rNB86aU51yBgVIJ5vXhAaihBovH-Bv_G2XWQ_ag0uadOVt44cbSj-teCgtWvg-SrNSraKTo6lh5sBuFFU7sAFDo9-1iV-FMYVhFFTlOcQ/s1600/fallmudsoffit1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LdKdQlOxeKJEIOfNlAJuweAJUw5we9K5B-rNB86aU51yBgVIJ5vXhAaihBovH-Bv_G2XWQ_ag0uadOVt44cbSj-teCgtWvg-SrNSraKTo6lh5sBuFFU7sAFDo9-1iV-FMYVhFFTlOcQ/s640/fallmudsoffit1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Neither are the birds who are ready to attack.</span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJwyAvCp2ojxUj9-Dd56LDkpSxPEsgYEUDn4sYLwJVqsh8X7EaBQA4YOVgwjZIs1qDiU_BrvttG9F2-FA4zSQOlVU7cXoLCbso2ldswr1w8pAZnVac1Ut_OjRadvEHBs3Muu7Uz3SMOM/s1600/fallmudsoffit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJwyAvCp2ojxUj9-Dd56LDkpSxPEsgYEUDn4sYLwJVqsh8X7EaBQA4YOVgwjZIs1qDiU_BrvttG9F2-FA4zSQOlVU7cXoLCbso2ldswr1w8pAZnVac1Ut_OjRadvEHBs3Muu7Uz3SMOM/s640/fallmudsoffit.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, at least he approves of the candy,</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirny4UOpH7Q0VqmMr_l2qy0kz9jyB7rToNHupUAmyZH6bErQ3-p9LYnQxk2tYy41P-qVEUm3O8HnbT3U5cG23b1TkXSfjMbOBRODwEqP4-5Wyx2ruLItN5SlR9wHK1TvDHxbZdf8bQG_0/s1600/fbmudcandy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirny4UOpH7Q0VqmMr_l2qy0kz9jyB7rToNHupUAmyZH6bErQ3-p9LYnQxk2tYy41P-qVEUm3O8HnbT3U5cG23b1TkXSfjMbOBRODwEqP4-5Wyx2ruLItN5SlR9wHK1TvDHxbZdf8bQG_0/s640/fbmudcandy.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">especially since the eyeballs are edible!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2W8SGwSyGr80vthUQPUW-99GLH_2cmauDifwSjkigmNksTuqEPiOIgxs8MfW1mw55eFfalGItU5I_jQVstg4JQIhsHVE6vio5ULOjGQKAfpY399kuGwkhAAmy-hshq2AvnCEI_CqWLKY/s1600/fbmudcandy1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2W8SGwSyGr80vthUQPUW-99GLH_2cmauDifwSjkigmNksTuqEPiOIgxs8MfW1mw55eFfalGItU5I_jQVstg4JQIhsHVE6vio5ULOjGQKAfpY399kuGwkhAAmy-hshq2AvnCEI_CqWLKY/s640/fbmudcandy1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sounds like I've got my work cut out for me next year.  For now, our "cute and childlike" Halloween mudroom will have to do!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytXV9BZLLkof2qqXBf7e90fpbNk3mtgwcqkZsiakZzPlv8VwOIXY5nVbr2Vpgw-F1I1_rq2FTbrr-eGjoumIzawVv9dBgXtLiYYgV2j-zLAgB9SmKJImhv6CQ7BuIPJljDUgaMnAOdXo/s1600/fallmudoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytXV9BZLLkof2qqXBf7e90fpbNk3mtgwcqkZsiakZzPlv8VwOIXY5nVbr2Vpgw-F1I1_rq2FTbrr-eGjoumIzawVv9dBgXtLiYYgV2j-zLAgB9SmKJImhv6CQ7BuIPJljDUgaMnAOdXo/s640/fallmudoverall.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by our boring and "non-scary" Halloween mudroom!</span></div><br /><br /><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" style="width: NaN%;" />

Our Boring Halloween Mudroom!

If you were to ask my son what is second favorite holiday is, he'll quickly tell you it's Halloween!  He's at that age (7) where he wants things scary and spooky, not cute and childlike.Sooooo, when I finished decorating our mudroom for Halloween (admittedly, the only room I splash a bit of spook ar…

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Tiny Changes in our Master Bedroom

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I owe our bedroom an apology, as I always tend to forget to share little goodies in here ...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjvlVfnfiBIdS0Lt4JVfRMr7G7f5dLymuXjwNAax0ILW_w9XQ-ziE4e3QwRUamnoYVgC1adELFUiAD2nzAxnenz2mdeUPY5fNtSCgetQUKbM8jZz476GHcAIKXo-_fTlRaGC-S94FsDg/s1600/fallbedoverall1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjvlVfnfiBIdS0Lt4JVfRMr7G7f5dLymuXjwNAax0ILW_w9XQ-ziE4e3QwRUamnoYVgC1adELFUiAD2nzAxnenz2mdeUPY5fNtSCgetQUKbM8jZz476GHcAIKXo-_fTlRaGC-S94FsDg/s640/fallbedoverall1.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">whether it's orange pillows added for the season,</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5o2vzG-8tzk8PKUJ11vxK3pL5iH_r4tl8vqdZX5m6SNJJAMv5VdnysrLVDqpc3GyWx-0ur-srmKxb3C3hGGjNLH8uYx2xJMRBNCuIP8HK5WapMAMqbuS3OB6f1Bsvo29XmTMhR0AwK0U/s1600/fallbedroombed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5o2vzG-8tzk8PKUJ11vxK3pL5iH_r4tl8vqdZX5m6SNJJAMv5VdnysrLVDqpc3GyWx-0ur-srmKxb3C3hGGjNLH8uYx2xJMRBNCuIP8HK5WapMAMqbuS3OB6f1Bsvo29XmTMhR0AwK0U/s640/fallbedroombed.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a pretty mirror that came home with me earlier this summer from Home Goods (that used to be white, but quickly turned gold, thanks to a quick paint job),</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhN7IuvlC6PHbiGZwGlMFTzO5t5SOKWVFxk55ePxgD4TH-1rH204FueC0jDon_QzDhZTs7U7XcdYynoB6D1grWkdVGPbOOI1_GYRMcaZwT-gK4-XBrE3wiRyCjhtLi7gxxjKkhBGXNgv0/s1600/fallbedroommirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhN7IuvlC6PHbiGZwGlMFTzO5t5SOKWVFxk55ePxgD4TH-1rH204FueC0jDon_QzDhZTs7U7XcdYynoB6D1grWkdVGPbOOI1_GYRMcaZwT-gK4-XBrE3wiRyCjhtLi7gxxjKkhBGXNgv0/s640/fallbedroommirror.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or, even a pretty new comforter set from Tuesday Morning and cute pillow from Home Goods.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7U1hF85OwnCc-MHYRHGaANaqV_jYYBpW4S0dzV7s82VskM2rmxVEhb9zaAgRpa7OB4pF5wj5M-KblDhhm_IR-7O2PD6okVmZD5jraJWStPmT56Vx47sGrjCgagnvImjR2gFQimuTaJl0/s1600/fallbedhisandhers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7U1hF85OwnCc-MHYRHGaANaqV_jYYBpW4S0dzV7s82VskM2rmxVEhb9zaAgRpa7OB4pF5wj5M-KblDhhm_IR-7O2PD6okVmZD5jraJWStPmT56Vx47sGrjCgagnvImjR2gFQimuTaJl0/s640/fallbedhisandhers.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the gash on my "pleather" top flea market find ottoman got larger, I forgot to share how our faux animal rug came to rescue in covering said gash up!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRvSPFeEEKfJiccQFu1XJMb4t5zdQvZTPDhCmb0f_AOC5RBEM8CNvA1XlPCv3TPYn9TqIB83h_-zj2rEhTmfrLv5n_nfltvDquwLOL3mB3fvplcn2f7T1qVr8LgyS0b7WceqHy_s-zUI/s1600/fallbedroomchair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRvSPFeEEKfJiccQFu1XJMb4t5zdQvZTPDhCmb0f_AOC5RBEM8CNvA1XlPCv3TPYn9TqIB83h_-zj2rEhTmfrLv5n_nfltvDquwLOL3mB3fvplcn2f7T1qVr8LgyS0b7WceqHy_s-zUI/s640/fallbedroomchair.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, when I added an orange runner to our painted bench, I walked right by it time and time again without my camera.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiIsOhLXkfnD0h_bZ_JlTE36b9Q6r1XvFFAvWGholZ4KWNQo2zunZqXTDZ3cvLz1Jk9u0Rz30sIYT6JEHEZj3bK281KjcVm_2-TWq-zfmcuikBxNB2UFT_lOpTZvnNTAPKFnDvpaT98U/s1600/fallbedroombench.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiIsOhLXkfnD0h_bZ_JlTE36b9Q6r1XvFFAvWGholZ4KWNQo2zunZqXTDZ3cvLz1Jk9u0Rz30sIYT6JEHEZj3bK281KjcVm_2-TWq-zfmcuikBxNB2UFT_lOpTZvnNTAPKFnDvpaT98U/s640/fallbedroombench.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZhLUkMbOM1XTYF2C6JZpL52lDTRu84NZg29ROC7Fcr0ZgfYbt-LUqHbWTz1MRsiE2wDKD_YoUyrHjIWrxhp4PCPb0Q-A6CJ1m0A1IUN5zqTLUSWvJys0j9mhKIkW13WuaYOwzUlKBXY/s1600/fallbedroompumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZhLUkMbOM1XTYF2C6JZpL52lDTRu84NZg29ROC7Fcr0ZgfYbt-LUqHbWTz1MRsiE2wDKD_YoUyrHjIWrxhp4PCPb0Q-A6CJ1m0A1IUN5zqTLUSWvJys0j9mhKIkW13WuaYOwzUlKBXY/s640/fallbedroompumpkin.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember when I added my World Market wing chairs to our dining room ... well, somehow they found their way in here earlier this summer ... they like playing musical chairs, I suppose.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkB30kpaFBHh0cGeXMWX9Vwvvhah8lo0_mSJb7K7BgCqYrYUh6e-aTH3Za7BZOfZCDqcWhCvTBWHNjTZFAlhQgYHDWL8Uz9Ilgg9mi3qTzALZXF2Y9f3KljYzppgc8eaQ7ekFPhM5PNVE/s1600/fallbedwicker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkB30kpaFBHh0cGeXMWX9Vwvvhah8lo0_mSJb7K7BgCqYrYUh6e-aTH3Za7BZOfZCDqcWhCvTBWHNjTZFAlhQgYHDWL8Uz9Ilgg9mi3qTzALZXF2Y9f3KljYzppgc8eaQ7ekFPhM5PNVE/s640/fallbedwicker.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, at least I can't feel badly about this piece, as it hasn't changed with the swipe of my paint brush ... YET, anyway.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MEElSTBg2cb_jh1OifFVg7vqLY_8p4Qa6D1PmSxZQAPZ5UyK7m5B5-dQfe6xWGej2ZPALuLvr6zikOIUoJh4E37H00bIKP7DIYLjesYSZRiCyNpOTf0IMdotEZ2-qTB0G7T8xuqy5q8/s1600/fallbedroomdresser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MEElSTBg2cb_jh1OifFVg7vqLY_8p4Qa6D1PmSxZQAPZ5UyK7m5B5-dQfe6xWGej2ZPALuLvr6zikOIUoJh4E37H00bIKP7DIYLjesYSZRiCyNpOTf0IMdotEZ2-qTB0G7T8xuqy5q8/s640/fallbedroomdresser.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The matching armoire has somehow also been spared from my paint brush ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzevs7fX_UYhLVZR_JOyQ8kAFtxt-fxueQvtawp113e0aAryggrqwY2zvpbPQWhDznoFY6pkgrcU9RoNJpKZQLYe2Dk-fv5zvtN77XdFaLC3HmPonKZlWrtktxGvkk1754gQmYS4aq498/s1600/fallbedroomarmoire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzevs7fX_UYhLVZR_JOyQ8kAFtxt-fxueQvtawp113e0aAryggrqwY2zvpbPQWhDznoFY6pkgrcU9RoNJpKZQLYe2Dk-fv5zvtN77XdFaLC3HmPonKZlWrtktxGvkk1754gQmYS4aq498/s640/fallbedroomarmoire.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">too bad I can't say the same for what "used" to be a square, white plate.  Yup, there aren't many things that I won't paint!  I'm sure you can relate.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3gwzBh1Qw2x-Ks-JmquECLDu1OI7gl7RiBSa1MRdcCx4U78wMwl14zYeOpTjpaLl2FL40nD6fYsPRQ9GdfQxgdrFs13MvPENZbbJomhfdmEptXd3IdPQZWJH2QTFOpRQriV4XIpGXj4/s1600/fallbedroomplate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3gwzBh1Qw2x-Ks-JmquECLDu1OI7gl7RiBSa1MRdcCx4U78wMwl14zYeOpTjpaLl2FL40nD6fYsPRQ9GdfQxgdrFs13MvPENZbbJomhfdmEptXd3IdPQZWJH2QTFOpRQriV4XIpGXj4/s640/fallbedroomplate.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I hope that our bedroom forgives me for neglecting it.  I'll try to be better about that.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopEeMbNF-LXESPqEPMclfQ1f8jWXbYVs0gKF8bDIOGqRWNTb2kmOTB-2uLQdjV7KxBRCrn2nJ_a8hfDHXTzln5euoYlKjD3XQ-VlZUvMSeYiY1OorLqCaE0WKVv7UBdhbkCoUWss2gRk/s1600/fallbedroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopEeMbNF-LXESPqEPMclfQ1f8jWXbYVs0gKF8bDIOGqRWNTb2kmOTB-2uLQdjV7KxBRCrn2nJ_a8hfDHXTzln5euoYlKjD3XQ-VlZUvMSeYiY1OorLqCaE0WKVv7UBdhbkCoUWss2gRk/s640/fallbedroom.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please tell me you have a room that you tend to neglect, too!</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span><br /><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" style="width: NaN%;" />

Tiny Changes in our Master Bedroom

I owe our bedroom an apology, as I always tend to forget to share little goodies in here ...whether it's orange pillows added for the season,a pretty mirror that came home with me earlier this summer from Home Goods (that used to be white, but quickly turned gold, thanks to a quick paint job),or, ev…

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Our Fall Front Porch

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't you just love when you open a seasonal bin full of Fall "stuff," only to find a forgotten bag from "Michael's" containing garland that you scooped up after the season last year for 75% off?!  I sure do!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwSt80c6D7AFB2PryTY0ybYOzju1wwrH-FVZYWwkoxv6GUtRIL4f3ltqBT8TuaB2iqHiHSqPHSabKU_oOOZ8ysQ5RWljQhEhM6dL9U-D8llkY39LfcPx5q-kRXk6rqlh0-OTIEAWhW9I/s1600/fallfrontporch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwSt80c6D7AFB2PryTY0ybYOzju1wwrH-FVZYWwkoxv6GUtRIL4f3ltqBT8TuaB2iqHiHSqPHSabKU_oOOZ8ysQ5RWljQhEhM6dL9U-D8llkY39LfcPx5q-kRXk6rqlh0-OTIEAWhW9I/s640/fallfrontporch.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to that forgotten purchase, our front entry got a colorful Fall addition this year!  Of course, I couldn't stop there ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76ThfV-09AppDwasDqi4gxzRlqO2m6pFTS35XBhw0p4dv-npojOPzzkX8pGEXzwLnCq7gCHDnQu17GRVZN1agvErKTieQiQBW3cw73OjYaNqLcspPjj3QOkmesMR_tSYh2TbqSYnKOro/s1600/fallfrontporchclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76ThfV-09AppDwasDqi4gxzRlqO2m6pFTS35XBhw0p4dv-npojOPzzkX8pGEXzwLnCq7gCHDnQu17GRVZN1agvErKTieQiQBW3cw73OjYaNqLcspPjj3QOkmesMR_tSYh2TbqSYnKOro/s640/fallfrontporchclose.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had to add in our pumpkin topiaries (that take less than 10 minutes to make) ... they've become part of our Fall family, as I keep bringing them back year after year.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyioGhdeldubjq5a1zpe77jmi5s9JoMeQUDUl493i4-vr-haw-0qbN1bPVDZ8a0a26kg8723LCxpE5O_XK9H8AKdhCXLny-Wk7uo0z4Gyfj7f-psflRRHE3GNW7rdi5J7ghkEJIJNF_U/s1600/fallfrontporchtopiary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyioGhdeldubjq5a1zpe77jmi5s9JoMeQUDUl493i4-vr-haw-0qbN1bPVDZ8a0a26kg8723LCxpE5O_XK9H8AKdhCXLny-Wk7uo0z4Gyfj7f-psflRRHE3GNW7rdi5J7ghkEJIJNF_U/s640/fallfrontporchtopiary.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_jzQDrrVXknEPy4FrLS_VW6UUQgx0a0Um2KD7PVUV6SvI6qbCEl-YDNzp0mgs3IHZUVrdY7P0i7LP8LmiLmDKNvX3RIkMxAuHWHSUd8CU_kuHKpFEQwfuu74v2QjGFJJcBcFNeFCyBE/s1600/fallfrontporchtopclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_jzQDrrVXknEPy4FrLS_VW6UUQgx0a0Um2KD7PVUV6SvI6qbCEl-YDNzp0mgs3IHZUVrdY7P0i7LP8LmiLmDKNvX3RIkMxAuHWHSUd8CU_kuHKpFEQwfuu74v2QjGFJJcBcFNeFCyBE/s640/fallfrontporchtopclose.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It wouldn't be Fall with a few mums and scattered pumpkins now would it?  And, since this wobbly $8 ladderback chair would undoubtedly collapse if I tried to sit on it, I decided to bring it out here to be part of this simple Fall vignette:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-g0c2X_LwGvZ7scdoar5GquutQNjfkLlhUKMLTqM1aDK3a3k7P85DpeUUPfFErzHsLG3VZW23v6csBNcXuXLNQNmpZ9iw5qcKEPAY74GVKiVpd4g0w5XQ8t1anIBKHFLDq_fJIhvOBs/s1600/fallfrontporchchair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-g0c2X_LwGvZ7scdoar5GquutQNjfkLlhUKMLTqM1aDK3a3k7P85DpeUUPfFErzHsLG3VZW23v6csBNcXuXLNQNmpZ9iw5qcKEPAY74GVKiVpd4g0w5XQ8t1anIBKHFLDq_fJIhvOBs/s640/fallfrontporchchair.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soon, little trick-or-treaters will be ringing the doorbell (hope they don't attempt to sit on the wobbly chair ... the trick will be on them ... oops)!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5D7o16X3fkA55PndOLTl8_KZ_qltAlkE8mnpSRDP0QdL6hRkF-0Dp7I7_8AcvZIQxC2fImDBCIZ5yxUvfJocQydiyfigH4o6wdrMlMIghkHc79qiG0ZPmhWvWTDLYTEcBdU9ftwPXQtI/s1600/fallfrontporchtrick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5D7o16X3fkA55PndOLTl8_KZ_qltAlkE8mnpSRDP0QdL6hRkF-0Dp7I7_8AcvZIQxC2fImDBCIZ5yxUvfJocQydiyfigH4o6wdrMlMIghkHc79qiG0ZPmhWvWTDLYTEcBdU9ftwPXQtI/s640/fallfrontporchtrick.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, while I love real pumpkins, I'm liking our faux ones, since they'll last all season (annnd, can't get squished in the road if a Halloween prankster decides to try and be funny)! </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdSJhDjAcnZOF11CGdpN9w7RdMR0SO21VEAvfRpyuUAeI5_TUrWPdLplq2GkJO8jwOmKwfqmbRvOWLRj8T-97k6JTFAkVFSbXtYEUWJ4a3k-BVW11sEDeJL4F0hOka8aSqMLjBXVdGxE/s1600/fallfrontporchmum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdSJhDjAcnZOF11CGdpN9w7RdMR0SO21VEAvfRpyuUAeI5_TUrWPdLplq2GkJO8jwOmKwfqmbRvOWLRj8T-97k6JTFAkVFSbXtYEUWJ4a3k-BVW11sEDeJL4F0hOka8aSqMLjBXVdGxE/s640/fallfrontporchmum.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, I had to add one of my crazy mesh wreaths for the season ...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hMLEMszEj30xOVEweDs3fU-Lz0a_MvPfc9OCrI7XTWSnLmQF2hBA96Qf3GVghPNyLGE7p7Xk21-FsMnWy9TBfLhla5aVSSHELQiWkSnxwn5jCl9PjBQZOL3hiQSFK2Qfv9G8ktKTmCg/s1600/fallfrontporchwreath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hMLEMszEj30xOVEweDs3fU-Lz0a_MvPfc9OCrI7XTWSnLmQF2hBA96Qf3GVghPNyLGE7p7Xk21-FsMnWy9TBfLhla5aVSSHELQiWkSnxwn5jCl9PjBQZOL3hiQSFK2Qfv9G8ktKTmCg/s640/fallfrontporchwreath.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which, for a few weeks, has been replaced with a Halloween wreath I made ... gotta have mesh ... and LOTS of it!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHZDVwL8IOJjPZ-_35FCHu_gojEBUUBuWra3TwlT4mLpL-AoaA5f3P6GKr26EKVhA3P6QJpHmAVnYiWmp4wioKNXKNDmJ-GLiI87NYjNXNHLSbIxnrPrGsDNn9Rp7Anels8IkPr6YLXU/s1600/fallfrontporchhalloweenwreath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHZDVwL8IOJjPZ-_35FCHu_gojEBUUBuWra3TwlT4mLpL-AoaA5f3P6GKr26EKVhA3P6QJpHmAVnYiWmp4wioKNXKNDmJ-GLiI87NYjNXNHLSbIxnrPrGsDNn9Rp7Anels8IkPr6YLXU/s640/fallfrontporchhalloweenwreath.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love the garland lit up in the evening!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszcgkO68MM57r1cK9KzWuZDyS1yyDdVgA47mKPEbwdq2BJdJPsVi6xdYg95U-vN8aiR519-1uI34_HiwNi5lY-I2-woc-0MbzH0dWPubpm4NmkqpKaht8_G9q0QbDmRsLiCVia3ciooE/s1600/fallfrontporchlights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszcgkO68MM57r1cK9KzWuZDyS1yyDdVgA47mKPEbwdq2BJdJPsVi6xdYg95U-vN8aiR519-1uI34_HiwNi5lY-I2-woc-0MbzH0dWPubpm4NmkqpKaht8_G9q0QbDmRsLiCVia3ciooE/s640/fallfrontporchlights.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, and my apologies to our corn stalks ... I had every intention of adding Fall bows to them, BUT, when I went to do so, two large lizards (which, to me, translates to huge dinosaurs) jumped out of one of them, thus, preventing me from wanting to get too close to them ever again (ha).  Maybe next year! </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyL5YSt-wK-AqoCiSxl2z6w4auzplPyVOaUxVLRpRbQunoKvF9DFLAPVo93me9JssVYYh96rHWBpquLIT1d6-DBgnw1iaq4BQRgej3zQDiYZ7cEFr2361WIhR6XhxLVigXgll5qeHX3M/s1600/fallfrontporch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyL5YSt-wK-AqoCiSxl2z6w4auzplPyVOaUxVLRpRbQunoKvF9DFLAPVo93me9JssVYYh96rHWBpquLIT1d6-DBgnw1iaq4BQRgej3zQDiYZ7cEFr2361WIhR6XhxLVigXgll5qeHX3M/s640/fallfrontporch.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for visiting our Fall front porch!  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvFXKwtMXHCNpg_1wy_oWKYkcvSiSCQLSimlSuhkCx0mC7H5QpmWMpG4JxyI6cIPpev19PBH-MVhlICwllE_sAu-yesXHnhtVOVkBCTUPVlVSO0ZldVUTvm58kFnbl4giBw5foIP43cA/s1600/porchcollage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvFXKwtMXHCNpg_1wy_oWKYkcvSiSCQLSimlSuhkCx0mC7H5QpmWMpG4JxyI6cIPpev19PBH-MVhlICwllE_sAu-yesXHnhtVOVkBCTUPVlVSO0ZldVUTvm58kFnbl4giBw5foIP43cA/s640/porchcollage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, thanks to the gals who invited me to be part of a fun "Fall Porch" tour, where 24 other bloggers and I  are sharing our seasonal entries!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNUZlNnSKgvDkVh4lj_xfwCdyJ5ZAcK7eAJHNcK-s7lQom0vhIPYikts8sAZBPqpmp_-mTBzkDMDtQnt8HhxALWTKZf7xlQzjXJYl2rz1zfR5kTIiMlybzW-EOjrxgA9p0RfuNKO6h8o/s1600/FallPorchTourButton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNUZlNnSKgvDkVh4lj_xfwCdyJ5ZAcK7eAJHNcK-s7lQom0vhIPYikts8sAZBPqpmp_-mTBzkDMDtQnt8HhxALWTKZf7xlQzjXJYl2rz1zfR5kTIiMlybzW-EOjrxgA9p0RfuNKO6h8o/s640/FallPorchTourButton.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be sure and visit the other gals ... you're sure to be inspired!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Monday, Oct 14th</span></strong></em><span style="font-size: 20px;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">1 ) <a href="http://www.worthingcourtblog.com/2013/10/fall-porch-tour.html">Worthing Court</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">2)  <a href="http://mysoulfulhome.com/front-porch-blog-tour-fall-decor/">My Soulful Home</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">3)  <a href="http://www.everydayhomeblog.com/2013/10/fall-front-porch.html">The Everyday Home</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">4)  <a href="http://www.oursouthernhomesc.com/2013/10/southern-fall-porch-southern-home.html">Our Southern Home</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">5)  <a href="http://www.creeklinehouse.com/2013/10/the-talentless-decorators-guide-to-fall.html">The Creek Line House</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><em><strong>Tuesday, Oct 15th</strong></em> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">1)  <a href="http://adventuresindecorating1.blogspot.com/">Adventures in Decorating</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">2)  <a href="http://www.attagirlsays.com/2013/10/15/simple-fall-decorating-ideas-front-porch/">Atta Girl Says</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">3)  <a href="http://www.glitterglueandpaint.com/fall-porch-tours/">Glitter Glue and Paint</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">4)  <a href="http://cottageatthecrossroads.com/fall-porch-tour-2013/">Cottage at the Crossroads</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">5)  <a href="http://topthistopthat.blogspot.com/2013/10/fall-porch-tour-2013.html">Top This, Top That</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><strong><em>Wednesday, Oct 16th</em></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;">1) <a href="http://www.settingforfour.com/">Setti</a></span><a href="http://www.settingforfour.com/2013/10/five-fall-porch-decorating-tips-to-add.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;">ng for Four</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">2) <a href="http://www.dejavuedesigns.com/little-bity-porch-big-ole-letter/">Deja Vu Designs</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">3) <a href="http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com/2013/10/plate-addicts-fall-porch-tour-2013.html">Confessions of a Plate Addict</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">4)  <a href="http://www.houseontheway.com/fall-porch-tour-2013/">House on the Way</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">5)  <a href="http://www.majhofftakesawife.com/">Major Hoff Takes a Wife</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><strong><em>Thursday, Oct 17th</em></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">1) <a href="http://vignettedesign.blogspot.com/">Vignette Designs</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">2)  <a href="http://cupcakesandcrinoline.com/2013/10/fall-porch-2013/">Cupcakes and Crinolines</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">3)  <a href="http://debbie-debbiedoos.com/">Debbiedoo's</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">4)  <a href="http://www.justusfourblog.com/2013/10/hanging-porch-fall-porch-tour/">Just Us Four</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">5)  <a href="http://www.circa-1929.com/2013/10/my-turn-my-fallhalloween-porch-tour.html">Circa 1929</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><strong><em>Friday, Oct 18th</em></strong> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">1)  <a href="http://backporchmusings.typepad.com/blog/2013/10/sweet-autumn-day.html">Backporch Musings</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">2)  <a href="http://www.mrshinesclass.com/2013/10/18/fall-porch/">Mrs. Hines Class</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">3)  <a href="http://www.plumdoodles.com/2013/10/18/decorate-front-porch-fall/">Plum Doodles</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">4)   <a href="http://muralmaker1.blogspot.com/2013/10/fall-porch-tour.html">Just Paint It</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">5)  <a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/10/fall-on-front-porch.html">Stone Gable</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Sponsored in part by:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Front Porch Ideas" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-2567" height="112" src="http://www.everydayhomeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fpi-full-header-750x141-705x132.jpg" width="600" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.front-porch-ideas-and-more.com/"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Front Porch Ideas and More</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">and</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hometalk.com/"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><img alt="Hometalk.com" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2568" height="285" src="http://www.everydayhomeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/HometalkLogo03_thumb.jpg" width="466" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also sharing here,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stone Gable/<a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/10/tutorials-tips-and-tidbits-69.html#more">Tutorials, Tips and Tidbits</a></span></div></div><br /><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr68/jbbecca/blogsig_zps4ebbd032.png" />

Our Fall Front Porch

Don't you just love when you open a seasonal bin full of Fall "stuff," only to find a forgotten bag from "Michael's" containing garland that you scooped up after the season last year for 75% off?!  I sure do!Thanks to that forgotten purchase, our front entry got a colorful Fall addition this year!  …

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Our Fall Kitchen ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greetings, friends!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Okay, so if I don't do any other decorating for Fall in our kitchen, the one thing that I'll always incorporate is our Fall family tree!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0d5NXgPCZKNw72D_uXXKnGxjCG2sfCI-NON6SlMRKvXuF1eGSilbnaOIU4IGDk7Zwye0iG9FnGE8EWb5lPo_4T3XDfZBRy9RhMx138sR6KbM6Rakp7AZP8d3rOxix2INrIkqd80LRyWw/s1600/fallkitchenoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0d5NXgPCZKNw72D_uXXKnGxjCG2sfCI-NON6SlMRKvXuF1eGSilbnaOIU4IGDk7Zwye0iG9FnGE8EWb5lPo_4T3XDfZBRy9RhMx138sR6KbM6Rakp7AZP8d3rOxix2INrIkqd80LRyWw/s640/fallkitchenoverall.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In years' past, we've pulled out one of our big ol' Christmas trees for the Fall family tree, but, last year and again this year, I've opted for a simple tree on our island, full of faux branches with lights and real branches that I snagged from the woods:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWr8B5JxwvYo5T75fiK-Dl2cQStaM-_X3_xDS72dy_KqJRQSEN0elZeI_ybupLYSWou_NMsxnsCXROy7Yz4yVTf4u7VSC_a8cXiBWDSfMT6XD75cJ1rv4OAQmGjTh75nMyFbM2qF4AY8/s1600/fallkitchentree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWr8B5JxwvYo5T75fiK-Dl2cQStaM-_X3_xDS72dy_KqJRQSEN0elZeI_ybupLYSWou_NMsxnsCXROy7Yz4yVTf4u7VSC_a8cXiBWDSfMT6XD75cJ1rv4OAQmGjTh75nMyFbM2qF4AY8/s640/fallkitchentree.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is one of my favorite "trees" because I love adding pictures of years gone by (such as this one of my younger sister modeling a new purse for my grandparents and great aunts (all but one who have since passed) ...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YoEfJwXWEP4_33K6xqh0_TiUm1J75PrS7KPJBF8FEbcVQy6lzJKDrbcarboxuHfqlBQDx20HUsHJ0R9GLKeLksLVu3Lrff0ukmcft36PQYVIxipcbjocB-35SdWqsmME80PUNUy29N8/s1600/fallkitchentree2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YoEfJwXWEP4_33K6xqh0_TiUm1J75PrS7KPJBF8FEbcVQy6lzJKDrbcarboxuHfqlBQDx20HUsHJ0R9GLKeLksLVu3Lrff0ukmcft36PQYVIxipcbjocB-35SdWqsmME80PUNUy29N8/s640/fallkitchentree2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a few glittery ornaments and familial sayings ...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1SpXii3G6pXNBSkad6qLEEtiZGS9X0pk0kfIC8p6n_lTxjzmC0cZafwauujMpyGRSDeW92MP9_Gq9mplUyyOcZVSqfIb1zbHiHoLK7_IaKU9xdsyh21Yii5e0qFCGgXiEfmJR7HqpRA/s1600/fallkitchentree1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1SpXii3G6pXNBSkad6qLEEtiZGS9X0pk0kfIC8p6n_lTxjzmC0cZafwauujMpyGRSDeW92MP9_Gq9mplUyyOcZVSqfIb1zbHiHoLK7_IaKU9xdsyh21Yii5e0qFCGgXiEfmJR7HqpRA/s640/fallkitchentree1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, moments that I'll never forget ... such as the moment I met my son for the first time (please pass the tissues)!  </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfPkKPeVbApW3-A-34Sh5J3egH-YauNxpUIqf08sANY0oKDov-0NAaiFscW1ru4baq0jOYwlA_olDiLMrsTVb3N7Auu1qw6czMJGe8EsuuDpH7SzhgX3YQRmkNMZCm3V4yIxc5GC6HmA/s1600/fallkitchentree3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfPkKPeVbApW3-A-34Sh5J3egH-YauNxpUIqf08sANY0oKDov-0NAaiFscW1ru4baq0jOYwlA_olDiLMrsTVb3N7Auu1qw6czMJGe8EsuuDpH7SzhgX3YQRmkNMZCm3V4yIxc5GC6HmA/s640/fallkitchentree3.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love being surrounded by family and friends this time of year!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, because of the saying the "apple doesn't fall far from the tree," I thought it only fitting (and corny at the same time) to add a few faux apples beside our tree (har har)!  But, because I've had these faux apples a few years, the acrylic overlay was starting to crack a bit ... thanks to Ruthie's fun and easy project at Sugarpie Farmhouse, my plain, cracking apples got a new look!  I fancied them up by following her tutorial of dipping them in mod podge, mixed with cinnamon paint (to resemble caramel) and then coating them with corn cob liner (to resemble sweet nuts)!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUGyBuAkb_mlaLfkCFD-wdGKdUYxhFGi3E1bVQbdu3Yqt5rGIHG-XbyDllUqr7IufvKqM-7hHggdmmJgzZwquroSq4qwmrPyVZJVh2rvFWRH8NPQhPDWNiES06I7l0eB43w40ZZgIvSU/s1600/fallkitchenapples.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUGyBuAkb_mlaLfkCFD-wdGKdUYxhFGi3E1bVQbdu3Yqt5rGIHG-XbyDllUqr7IufvKqM-7hHggdmmJgzZwquroSq4qwmrPyVZJVh2rvFWRH8NPQhPDWNiES06I7l0eB43w40ZZgIvSU/s640/fallkitchenapples.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yummy!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUZNJVx1rr0k3WMY-bXT5E1f7vWhPbXVv29VOIJHrJUyHN2eRCVQ5jYQ67nRfuGNJGRq3UbYUZfQLOHwnsTDBHohFj2HoxkMHfMqE4k2gTknBOzx4WoAOABDHf38yEUHIBmcFmfF_dUQ/s1600/fallkitchenapplesclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUZNJVx1rr0k3WMY-bXT5E1f7vWhPbXVv29VOIJHrJUyHN2eRCVQ5jYQ67nRfuGNJGRq3UbYUZfQLOHwnsTDBHohFj2HoxkMHfMqE4k2gTknBOzx4WoAOABDHf38yEUHIBmcFmfF_dUQ/s640/fallkitchenapplesclose.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">On the other counters, I chose to keep it pretty simple ... just adding faux pumpkins to one of our canisters ... tying seasonal ribbons around the tops of the canisters ... and, layering a cute Roo tray behind them:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_cdqHy9Cb1Irxwk8vNKY6ACBofhxj7KKyyuLysZ1gYroM1cTdg1i1DIrIUtuUfZdys6kyT4IygBwQEOezLuV8iYjhON4KtLzkYEKD4xl8V0ErXfGOeVmJbuxhHqZlqcetp7hgXbHIFn8/s1600/fallkitchencanisters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_cdqHy9Cb1Irxwk8vNKY6ACBofhxj7KKyyuLysZ1gYroM1cTdg1i1DIrIUtuUfZdys6kyT4IygBwQEOezLuV8iYjhON4KtLzkYEKD4xl8V0ErXfGOeVmJbuxhHqZlqcetp7hgXbHIFn8/s640/fallkitchencanisters.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A cute "cow" print (from Home Goods), leaf plate and pumpkin nestled in raffia help out this little vignette:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFW7D52ozj4E2ZqE2Horb5EsvcO6ETQ3_tMWK9-1W7ea9sHtRW7IenigrVR29WU1xXijekNFIPBi_Sgs1EyjBechyphenhyphenl9LtrPZM2bM_HtnYtj8OI2wID7ZBnS4ffvVH85sGEGzGPHnVd_hE/s1600/fallkitchenvignette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFW7D52ozj4E2ZqE2Horb5EsvcO6ETQ3_tMWK9-1W7ea9sHtRW7IenigrVR29WU1xXijekNFIPBi_Sgs1EyjBechyphenhyphenl9LtrPZM2bM_HtnYtj8OI2wID7ZBnS4ffvVH85sGEGzGPHnVd_hE/s640/fallkitchenvignette.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvEO_6d8OGkxelGhawxyyitSnVYmTdhd0gKC2B20n_2jZW-0OdvDB-M6ShRVwlCUzk7Hxg_VSQQY-MLIESYEM4Sq896DwJ1Z8W_CP1lVlbtxa4N5PdfMmRvNRavyCQgxP6d9lzdmg0ds/s1600/fallkitchenvignetteclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvEO_6d8OGkxelGhawxyyitSnVYmTdhd0gKC2B20n_2jZW-0OdvDB-M6ShRVwlCUzk7Hxg_VSQQY-MLIESYEM4Sq896DwJ1Z8W_CP1lVlbtxa4N5PdfMmRvNRavyCQgxP6d9lzdmg0ds/s640/fallkitchenvignetteclose.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annnd, to add a bit of color to our plain lampshade, I wrapped leaf garland (that I had on hand) around the top of the shade!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5oZ9wHmnlSa5rQ_9kTHGle8sMS6aCCnPVdy43cYTzczXS4oXLDGGXtCeMm_Z5KWOZK5d1M2aUjw-7K_3Ul_n1qBR61uhGDwR0YQYEDs7E6cGZGvv7LBxWK7-tBlXXaZQFIHc9fTbgbx8/s1600/fallkitchenlamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5oZ9wHmnlSa5rQ_9kTHGle8sMS6aCCnPVdy43cYTzczXS4oXLDGGXtCeMm_Z5KWOZK5d1M2aUjw-7K_3Ul_n1qBR61uhGDwR0YQYEDs7E6cGZGvv7LBxWK7-tBlXXaZQFIHc9fTbgbx8/s640/fallkitchenlamp.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, with leftover orange ribbon, I added a bit of it to our shelves to give them a little punch of Fall, too!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJz4lusHmK8JJmIcHnMKsZeGuEMUH13MMK6dVsDxY592AWykwpBtQWgO-HbtF3sV29kYWp5GzEfr-b5qiY5naRCBWumMPFKqF6CIXs4Hgi3PHQCAUv1eg-8zPaVEzYXM8FJqkYF92X8w/s1600/fallkitchenshelves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJz4lusHmK8JJmIcHnMKsZeGuEMUH13MMK6dVsDxY592AWykwpBtQWgO-HbtF3sV29kYWp5GzEfr-b5qiY5naRCBWumMPFKqF6CIXs4Hgi3PHQCAUv1eg-8zPaVEzYXM8FJqkYF92X8w/s640/fallkitchenshelves.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pretty pumpkin platters (from Home Goods), faux pumpkins, leaf garland and wheat help to "Fallify" the soffit a bit:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1C-O6IPx5lN-4qUWzyIoAIgcQZggaKULnXETNFA6-DWBixQuKx3QTgSU4-JkvLD3FGwD1aipH6J0JdQi1W-mJpd5MKguETT587yu4KfWV6fWAdtge2bo4QwRzeciwvpSfzvwfv6WlUAc/s1600/fallkitchensoffit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1C-O6IPx5lN-4qUWzyIoAIgcQZggaKULnXETNFA6-DWBixQuKx3QTgSU4-JkvLD3FGwD1aipH6J0JdQi1W-mJpd5MKguETT587yu4KfWV6fWAdtge2bo4QwRzeciwvpSfzvwfv6WlUAc/s640/fallkitchensoffit.jpg" width="572" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course I had to add string lights into the garland, too, for a little bit o' Fall glooow:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmrxkl6K54y0iHIWw11cZ5kNgpMIbaW7PYDu7pB1UeHmpLker4mXXGBlV3wExqN0LswuqShQH7dx44ZqOLN0tm7kj-XYji9_zN-SqZphBvES4SOFIHhssBUTHlZcbyClTWdKuaOb7KDA/s1600/fallkitchenlights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmrxkl6K54y0iHIWw11cZ5kNgpMIbaW7PYDu7pB1UeHmpLker4mXXGBlV3wExqN0LswuqShQH7dx44ZqOLN0tm7kj-XYji9_zN-SqZphBvES4SOFIHhssBUTHlZcbyClTWdKuaOb7KDA/s640/fallkitchenlights.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you happen to notice the cute Roo rug?  I spotted it at Tuesday Morning and just had to grab it!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXa6meOYUZxiiIMDLrhvmhIT7ruMnEI99Esm4sOfIVCRjVfY4h0uCIJOply6t-fPkn0L3Zf93iDvECdFda9TIcC7unW927cfl57gGIosISw0Orx2Cne5itDiocFg3-25jfiB4KLtryrQ/s1600/fallkitchenrug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXa6meOYUZxiiIMDLrhvmhIT7ruMnEI99Esm4sOfIVCRjVfY4h0uCIJOply6t-fPkn0L3Zf93iDvECdFda9TIcC7unW927cfl57gGIosISw0Orx2Cne5itDiocFg3-25jfiB4KLtryrQ/s640/fallkitchenrug.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">And, thanks to a yummy "Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin" candle (from Bath and Body Works), our kitchen "smells" like Fall, too!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaa-W7y7utm4WR3DalAKcy774q4mkmvNxTvtrt3ONisVALKew-gPBOCaZ9VSUOXaeEJulFgybG-IX5ofUiJNNJkUaKnHsZbgOGQDgEhILJhWYoLvSDSzv81F2x80H-v63X3kUcpBeGDA/s1600/fallkitchencandle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaa-W7y7utm4WR3DalAKcy774q4mkmvNxTvtrt3ONisVALKew-gPBOCaZ9VSUOXaeEJulFgybG-IX5ofUiJNNJkUaKnHsZbgOGQDgEhILJhWYoLvSDSzv81F2x80H-v63X3kUcpBeGDA/s640/fallkitchencandle.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for visiting our Fall kitchen!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Our Fall Kitchen ...

Greetings, friends!Okay, so if I don't do any other decorating for Fall in our kitchen, the one thing that I'll always incorporate is our Fall family tree!In years' past, we've pulled out one of our big ol' Christmas trees for the Fall family tree, but, last year and again this year, I've opted for …

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