Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Fall Tour of Homes


I love fall decorations and I usually do much more than I've done this year. And, I do plan to do a little more, but I'm waiting until closer to the Boo!Bash2, which is only 11 days away! I'll try to post more photos when I get it all done. But, in the meantime, here's a quick tour of what I have gotten done.
I'll start my tour in the kitchen. This is one of my favorite pieces of furniture, and a favorite for decorating as well! I made the banner from scraps of other projects and really did it just for fun, but ended up liking it, especially on this cabinet!


Here's a close up of the top...the copper piece that the pumpkin is sitting in was from Hobby Lobby, on clearance for $2. It was not copper, but I spray painted it and added the feathers you see at the bottom of the pumpkin. I love how it looks with my copper chicken basket.


These are permanant residents in what I call the "chicken coop". It's a yard sale find that I bought a couple of years ago for $10. I have paint to paint it white and chicken wire to go in the doors, but as of yet I haven't managed to get it done!



I change the tapers in this white candleabra often. Most recently, it held gold tapers and an amber colored ornament hanging on it...but I changed it for Halloween. I'll put gold back in for Thanksgiving, then switch to cranberry red for Christmas. After Christmas, it's back to black to match the toile curtains!



The chicken coop.

Here's my Halloween tree...a little different this year than in years past, and it looks prettier in person than in these pictures...I bought a bunch of foam masks and glittered them up....




This turquoise feathered mask came from New Orleans!!




The Halloween Tree!


These hydrangeas came from a bush in my brother Michael's back yard...they were fresh in this picture.....



And here's some of them after being dried. This is my mantle in the living room.


More pictures coming soon! Be sure to check out everyone's homes in the Fall Tour of Homes!
The links are in the post above this one!
Thanks a lot for looking!
Happy Haunting!
Cathy
Edited to add: Ok, for some odd reason this posted wrong...I'm sure it was nothing I did...well, it really probably was, but I have no idea what. So, anyway, the links for the tour are in the post BELOW this one instead of above! Also, the spacing is weird...so please forgive me, just enjoy the pretty pictures everyone has posted!!















4 comments:

BloggyMom said...

Love your decorations.

starflake said...

I love all the garlands and that you keep a Halloween tree. So festive! And if you ever want to give away that little wooden pumpkin, you know who to call. *wink* ;P

LBP said...

I love, love, love your Halloween tree!!! Your fall decorations are very pretty. I may have to copy cat! LOL!!!

Blessings

Linda

Shakerwood said...

The mantle garland is great, Cathy. I have a place still just over the kitchen sink that could really use it!