I am so excited to be back today to kick off another month of the October Verse-A-Day Bible Journaling Challenge. I have absolutely loved seeing everyone’s work for the last two months and I am super excited to see what everyone does with the verses for this month.

Make sure to invite you friends to join us. We will be sharing our daily work in our Facebook Group Beginner Bible Journaling. Also if you share your Bible Journaling on Instagram be sure to use #BibleJournalingwithSheena.

Make sure you save the photo below so you can easily join us each day and I hope to see your work in the Facebook Group and on Instagram. As always if you have any questions feel free to leave me a comment or contact me through email or social media!!

Home Matters Linky Party #155

September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 Sheena

Welcome to the weekly Home Matters Linky Party. A great place to come, share your blog posts, and make new friends.

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Thank you for coming to share your awesome projects, recipes, and more with us this w eek. We love having you here! Take a peek around the links and be inspired!

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Lorelai at Life With Lorelai:
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Michelle shares Farmhouse Style Fall Home Tour – Fall Blog Hop

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You’ll love this Caramel Pecan Pumpkin Roll Recipe from Lorelai

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Colleen shares her Adirondak-style Hot Cocoa Bar

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Get this Free Party Planning Printable from Sheena

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Donna shows us her Fall Themed Mantel

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Kahlua Pork Recipe – be tempted by Nicole

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Julie brings us her S’mores Hot Chocolate Recipe

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Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pasties with Butterbeer Frosting from Harry Potter — I mean, Emily

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Nina shares Fixing Up Our Old House – Family Room

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Make this DIY Corrugated Pumpkin Sign with Sahana

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Skulls & Bones Halloween Party Food from Marci @ My Heavenly Recipes

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Farmhouse Style Fall Pillows from Heather @ Centsible Chateau

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Harvest Sign from Jennifer @ The Magic Brush

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Maple Roasted Acorn Squash With Bacon from Kim @ Cravings of a Lunatic

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Home Tour

Making Over my Laundry Room for $51.30

September 27, 2017September 27, 2017 Sheena

I can’t believe we are at the end of the $100 Room Challenge, but I have sure enjoyed this month and getting to see what everyone has been doing on such a tight budget. Going into this challenge my biggest decision was using as much of stuff that I have on hand as possible. I spent a good bit of time on Pinterest looking at pictures of other people’s laundry room makeovers and every time I found something I liked I tried to think to myself “what all do I have on hand that I can use to make this”.

As I mentioned in week two, this room had become a dumping grounds of everything that didn’t have a spot since we moved into our house. So I spent plenty of time decluttering the laundry room.

Then I moved on to painting the laundry room in week three, I knew I couldn’t really afford to spend $100 on paint (that was what happened in the school room makeover) for this project so I checked to see what I had on hand. It didn’t go as I originally planned, but I am very pleased with the outcome of the colors!

So lets talk about the projects I completed in the laundry room.

Between the Stud Closet

I promise I will have a post all about this closet in a few days. My family has been going through some stuff so I am a little behind on my blogging, but I will have it up in a few days. I had seen this closet on Pinterest for years and I just loved it!! I really wasn’t too sure about doing it. But when I talked to Adam he was pretty sure we could make it happen. I decided I didn’t want a door on it, because I knew my swiffer was shaped weird and I wasn’t sure the door would close with the swiffer in it. For this project I had to purchase the inside panelling wood, the trim and the hooks. We didn’t use much of the panelling wood, but I am excited to say I will be using the remainder of it for the RV repairs from the water damage.

Panelling wood: $13.96
Trim: $5.60
Hooks: $1.96
Paint: FREE (I had it on hand)

Floating Shelf

For years I have wanted a floating shelf in my laundry room. We always talked about at the old house, but we moved before we ever made over the laundry room. For the floating shelf we did it slightly different than how most tutorials show you online. Instead of using the paneling wood around the edge we decided to putty the edge, sand it down well and then paint it.

Wood: FREE (some of the wood was scraps my husband had at his office and some of it was left over from the dog bed we made right after we moved)
Paint: FREE (I had it on hand)

Shelf Organization

During this project we changed the recipe for our laundry soap (once I know I love it, I’ll share it). We use to make a liquid soap and my original plan was to put it in the drink dispenser. But we changed to a powder so I had to find something else to put it in. All the glassware was gathered from around the house. The labels on the glassware were some labels I purchased years ago and had on hand. I love to label everything so when I find a good deal on something I usually buy a good many of them. The lent box was made from a pop tart box and some vinyl I had on hand (I am going to share more about it soon as well).

Glassware: FREE (gathered from around my house)
Labels: FREE (already had on hand)
Lent Box: FREE (made from recycled items and items on hand)

Laundry Sign

The one thing about taking out the wire shelf was where to hang the extra clothes hangers. I had seen this laundry sign on Pinterest and I knew I wanted to make something like it. I must say my son was a ton of help in making this. My original plan was to use PVC pipe. But I couldn’t find anything to use to attach the pipe to the wood. Then Noah mentioned using a wooden dowel and from there we figured out how to make it. The tall piece of wood was made from pieces leftover from when we had our privacy fence put up. I picked up the dowel from Hobby Lobby and the end is also from Hobby Lobby, but I had it on hand from when I purchased it years ago for a project and only used one then. I did the lettering with some vinyl I already had on hand.

Wood: FREE (leftover from privacy fence)
Dowel: $2.39
End Cap: FREE (already had on hand)
Paint: FREE (already had on hand)
Vinyl: FREE (already had on hand)

Art Work

The last thing I did was look for some art work for the room. I debated on creating a wall art with vinyl, however, life got the best of me and I had to come up with another idea. I had seen some cute FREE printables on Pinterest so I decided to go back and grab them for my art work and frame them. The first printable I found was this adorable Laundry Symbol Guide from Shannon at Everyday Best. I felt like it was fitting and I just loved the chalk look it had. The next printables I found were these cute sayings from Haley at The Mountain View Cottage. I didn’t use all of her printables, but I chose my favorite three to print and frame. Now I tried to be really thrifty with my frames, but they were probably the one thing I kinda splurged on, but they were 50% off at Hobby Lobby.

Printables: FREE (make sure you check out the ladies blogs above if you are interested in printing your own)
Frames: $23.06

Finally I cleaned off the top of the refrigerator and gathered the remaining supplies that needed to stay in the laundry room and organized them in two fabric boxes I already had on hand. I am super excited about how cute my room is and even more excited that I came in way below budget only spending $51.30!!! A few things I didn’t note above that I spent money on was the cap for the gas line and the outlet cover and light switch cover.

If you missed any of the previous weeks make sure to check them out and don’t forget to click the link below and see everyone’s else reveals!!

WEEK 1 / WEEK 2 / WEEK 3

Linky Party

Home Matters Linky Party #154

September 21, 2017September 22, 2017 Sheena

Welcome to the weekly Home Matters Linky Party. A great place to come, share your blog posts, and make new friends.

Home Matters Linky Party #154!

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Autumn has officially begun and we are loving all the beautiful fall inspired crafts, recipes and decor ideas! We have loads of talented bloggers sharing their inspiration and creativity. We know you will find things you love!

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Lorelai shares a beautiful Halloween Mantel Decor in Orange, Black & Purple

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DIY Farmhouse Stenciled Pillows that you will love from Michelle

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Say, “Hello!” to our September 2017 Co-Hosts and Guest Co-Host. Share some Love by Visiting and Following them all on Social Media!

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Customizing Cabinets shared by Emily

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Sheena shares Fall Hard For Fall Design Themes

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You will love this fall project with Pumpkin Painting brought to us by Nicole

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Donna brings us Bless This Modern Home Canvas Sign

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DIY Emoji Pumpkin Window Clings from Sahana

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Nina shares great tips with Lessons In Frugal Living

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Check out this yummy recipe for Slow Cooker Chocolate Mousse from Julie

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Colleen shares her beautiful Farmhouse Fall Home Tour

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Happy Autumn! We’ve got you covered for Halloween and Fall with great recipes and decorating ideas!

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Slimy Slurpie from Liz @ Eat, Move, Make

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Darling Halloween Ghost Cookies from Maria @ Tinselbox

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Softer Side Of Fall from Yvonne @ Stone Gable

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Spiced Pumpkin Mousse from Aly @ Cooking In Stilettos

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Pumpkin Pillow Boxes from Lindsay @ See Lindsay

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RV Living

Replacing Rotted Wood in your RV

September 21, 2017September 20, 2017 Sheena

Finding rotted wood in the RV has really slowed me down on my plans for renovating it. However, I did find out there isn’t a currently leak in the RV, which is awesome!! I just need to replace the rotted wood before I can move forward with my renovation.

In my last post about renovating the RV I was sharing some of the stuff I have removed from the RV and how I stopped once I found all of the rotted wood. After some rain and learning the RV isn’t currently leaking I decided to get back to work. I still had to take out this night stand

and this closet to finish up my demolish work.

Taking out the night stand wasn’t too hard once I figure out how it came apart. Remember I am trying to take everything apart carefully to save as much of the wood as possible. I do still have this one piece of wood that is screwed into the wall from the outside to remove.

Once I started taking the closet out I found some previous damage that had been patched. Since this wall is going to be exposed I decided that I wanted to repair it better than how the previous owners had repaired it.

Originally my plan was to take down the wall to the right side and replace it with new wood, but leave the wood for the wall to the left up. However, after taking off the trim I decided I am going to leave the wood up that is currently there and I am going to put new wood over the whole wall to give it an extra layer of insulation.

The next repair I have to complete is the wood below this storage door. As you can see it is completely rotted.

I am planning to cut out the rotted wood and replace it with new piece of wood. Also since I am not going to be using this storage door so I am going to figure out how to seal it off so that it is tightly closed and sealed. Hopefully then there won’t be any issues with it leaking in the future. We are pretty sure this storage door has previously had issues with leaking.

The final repair I have to make is the floor. In front of the storage door and in front of what use to be the closet and below a window are some soft places in the wood. I have debated back and forth on how I wanted to repair this. Originally I wanted to peal the flooring back and take up the old wood. The person we purchased the RV from had repaired the floor by laying new plywood down on top of what is already there. However, after taking out the nightstand and the closet the plywood he had down won’t quiet work and I would prefer it to be one solid piece. So I have decided I am going to put down new plywood over the existing flooring. Where all the plywood will be is going to be a bedroom so making it look nice will be relatively easy.

So lets see what all repairs I have to make:

New wood for wall.
New wood for wood under the storage door.
New plywood for floor.

I am hoping to use as much of the wood that I currently have on hand as possible to make these repairs. Then I will be ready to remove the staples in the walls, patch the walls and prime the walls.

Home Tour

$100 Room Challenge ~ Laundry Room Week 3

September 20, 2017September 19, 2017 Sheena

Wow!! I can not believe this challenge is almost over!! In case you are just now joining us and have no clue what I am talking about, I am currently participating in the $100 Room Challenge that Erin from Lemons, Lavender and Laundry started about two years ago. The purpose of this challenge is to make over a room (or area) in your house spending no more than $100 and and completing it within a month!!

I chose to make over my laundry room and I have been attempting to use as much stuff as possible that I already have. You can check up on what I have done so far:

WEEK 1 / WEEK 2

This week I have focused on painting my laundry room. When I first started this project I just “knew” I wanted to paint three walls light turquoise and an accept wall behind the washer and dryer a darker turquoise. Then I went to the storage building to gather my paint I had on hand to find out “oops, I only have less than a quart of the light turquoise paint”. One thing I am trying really hard to do is use up some of the paint I have on hand before I purchase more paint for this house. So, what colors do I have on hand that will work…

PINK!!

Yes I totally said pink!! I had almost a whole gallon of a light pink and about half gallon of a darker pink. Alyssa’s room maybe next on my room make overs so I can use up some pink paint. So I decided to paint three walls light pink and my accent wall light turquoise.

If you follow my Instastories then you saw lots of behind the scenes pictures and videos of my projects from this past weekend!! If you don’t follow my Instastories you really should!

Along with painting my walls this weekend I wanted to remove the copper for the gas line that runs through the laundry room for a fire place/stove that we don’t use, do a good deep cleaning of the laundry room including cleaning my washer and dryer and replacing the dryer vent. The dryer vent in the laundry room from the previous home owners had a rip in it and we had purchased a new one to replace it and never did it. Also I wanted to clean the floors well since I had the washer, dryer and refrigerator out of the laundry room. Also, I had two projects I was working on.

The first project is a between the studs broom closet. That project has been rather interesting to complete and I am actually still working on it. But you can see a work in progress picture of it below. I can’t wait to have it finished and I plan to share a full tutorial on it Monday, so make sure you don’t miss that. I still haven’t figure out how to make the urinal work so if anyone knows anything about it let me know. I have tried using a screw driver to turn the little slotted thing and it doesn’t work.

My second project for this past weekend was a floating shelf above the washer and dryer. The one thing we did differently than most of the tutorials online is we did not use paneling around the edge. Instead we used pudding to fill in the holes and make everything smooth. Then we sanded it well and I put a coat of white paint on it to match the baseboards. Here is an in the process picture, we are not quiet done finishing it yet. But I’ll show you finished next week during the reveal.

I have a few more projects I am working on finishing up this week and then I will be back next week for a grand reveal!! Lets see how I am doing so far on my budget:

Wood panel for between the stud closet: $13.96
Flare gas cap: $3.39
Light switch cover: $0.47
Outlet cover: $0.47

TOTAL: $18.29

Be sure to stay around a while and check out what everyone else has been working on by clicking the link below!!

Home Tour

Fall Hard for Fall Design Themes

September 18, 2017 Sheena

Fall brings out the best in my design desires because, to me, it feels like a time of transition more than any other season. Filled with options for color, theme, and expression, I love to bring out the feeling of the changing seasons with the fall decor options I choose.

Looking for fall decorating ideas on the internet is a great way to get started and sites like Shutterfly have resources to help you augment your own designs.

Some ways I like to bring fall decor to my door:

Nature’s Splendor on the Hearth

This starts with the feeling of bringing the season indoors. For the mantel, I like to use leaf garlands as a base for design along with decorative gourds in both classic pumpkin and other squash varieties. Then I top off the design with a fun photo or sign with an invitation to my guests to come in and stay a while.

Stylish Tablescapes

While the bounty of fall explodes in oranges and reds, it’s also nice to take a breath from what can be an overwhelming amount of color and create an elegant and clean table that highlights the season in style. Simple white gourds on a white tablecloth is a gorgeous way to be able to focus on what’s really important at your table: your food!

That being said, I also like to use cute place cards to make sure that everyone has all the feels at my Thanksgiving table.

Outdoor Fall Fun

Though summer is over there are wonderful ways to keep your outdoor spaces fully dressed for the season. Along with the jack-o-lanterns on my porch, I fill my planters with fall foliage. Try some straw and mini-gourds to accent the fall feeling.

The important thing is to have fun with your fall design, but also to give your design some room to breathe. With all the wonderful ways to prepare for fall, it’s easy to overdo.

My big suggestion is to make sure you have some places for the eye to rest and to focus on a few elements rather than let the cornucopia of fall tumble all around your house. Statement pieces will tell your best fall story. Have a glorious autumn!

Linky Party

Home Matters Linky Party #153

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 Sheena

Welcome to the weekly Home Matters Linky Party. A great place to come, share your blog posts, and make new friends.

Home Matters Linky Party #153!

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Autumn starts next Friday! Are you ready? Well, you are in the right place, so thanks for stopping by to party with us! We have loads of talented bloggers sharing their inspiration and creativity. We know you will find things you love.

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Michelle shows us her Farmhouse Style Neutral Fall Mantel

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Say, “Yum!” to this German Pancakes Recipe from Lorelai

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Say, “Hello!” to our September 2017 Co-Hosts and Guest Co-Host. Share some Love by Visiting and Following them all on Social Media!

Come join the fun and link your blog posts at the Home Matters Linky Party. Find inspiration, recipes, decor, crafts, organize, home, garden, repurpose, upcycle -- Door Opens Friday EST. Lorelai…

Sahana at Vikalpah:
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Nicole at Mom Always Finds Out:
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Emily at Domestic Deadline:
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Sheena at Sheena Lynn Blog:
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Colleen at Life on Kaydeross Creek:
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…Sheena gives us a Home Tour – Decorating For Fall

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Industrial Farmhouse Kitchen Lighting from Emily

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Nina asks What’s Your Side Hustle?

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Check out this DIY Dollar Store Fall Wreath from Donna

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Julie shares super tasty Crockpot Asian Honey Chicken

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Make Ribbon Pumpkins with Sahana

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Colleen shares her Antique Hutch Makeover

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Get the flavors of Fall with Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe from Nicole

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We have beautiful ideas for your Autumn decorating and some delicious seasonal recieps too. Enjoy!

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Free Fall Printable Autumn Garland Decor from Janine @ Happy Happy Nester

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Farmhouse Pumpkin Bucket from Erin @ How To Nest For Less

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15 Fall Garden to Table Recipes from Angie @ Angie The Freckled Rose

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Easy DIY Leaf Stamped Dish Towel from Bev @ Flamingo Toes

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Popcorn Boo Bark from Jessica @ Living La Vida Holoka

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$100 Room Challenge ~ Laundry Room Week 2

September 13, 2017September 12, 2017 Sheena

In case you missed it last week I am currently participating in the $100 Room Challenge with Erin from Lemons, Lavender and Laundry along with lots of other awesome ladies. I decided to make over my laundry room and my goal is to use as much stuff that I already have on hand as possible. If you missed it make sure you check out week 1.

This week I decided to declutter my laundry room. Like I said this room has been a dumping ground for lots of stuff that just doesn’t belong. Surprisingly after taking out all the trash and putting stuff away where it properly goes I did not have anything to sell or donate. I do actually have a good bit of stuff that needs to be organized, but that will have to wait till after the painting is done.

Here are some pictures of how it looks after taking all the extra stuff out of it.

Now that there isn’t anything behind the door it opens all the way and you can actually see the urinal. It doesn’t currently work and we are hoping to be able to figure out what is wrong with it and how to fix it. The girls really want to take it out, but surprisingly I don’t. Having two sons with friends its kinda nice to have. Especially since Noah’s bedroom is basically across the hall from the laundry room.

I do still have a good bit of stuff on the shelf above the washer and dryer. But it will all be staying in the laundry room.

Make sure you come back next week so you can see how I decide to paint the laundry room. My goal is to use paint I currently have on hand. I have a good many different colors from all the projects I have done over the years and the accent wall colors the children have had. So what color do you think I will use??

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Decorating for Fall

September 11, 2017 Sheena

I am so excited to be decorating our new house for fall today!! One thing that has really helped the children with making our new house our home has been seeing our season decorations put up!! I decided before we moved that once we moved in I was going to start decluttering my holiday decoration boxes. Now I only have two boxes for fall!! I am excited to say that I have used everything I had on hand.

Lets check it out!!

Coming up the front porch I have my fall color pots I made a few years ago. I am so happy with how they have held up over the years with the weather. I still need some mums to put in them and then I will put my “FALL” letter picks in them, but when we were at the store the other day the mums did not look too great. Anyone who knows me knows I am not too good at keeping my mums alive so we decided we probably shouldn’t buy those. Once I get some mums, I’ll share a picture of them on Instagram.

On my front door I have my mental pumpkin that I purchased at Hobby Lobby a year or two ago.

In my dining room my table is all decked out. It has my red table cloth with my leaf table runner and the placemats I made a few years ago. I have one for each child and their handprints are on them as a turkey from the year I made the placemats. I told the children we are going to add another handprint to the placemats this year. In the center I have my flower holder Adam and I made several years ago. Its actually reclaimed wood from the privacy fence that blew down at our old house after a tornado. In the flower holder I have some fall leaves with some glitter pumpkins and some blue berries to give it a pop of color!

Moving on into my office I have decorated the mantel above the fireplace. I have a picture frame with a picture of the three big kids from the first Halloween Adam and I were together. On either side of the picture frame I have some pumpkins that I made a few years ago. They are just some little pumpkins that I picked up at either Dollar Tree or Hobby Lobby and then used stickers to put the children’s names on them. Then I laid some of the lose blue berries between the pumpkins to tie in the color in my dining room. I do want some fall color flowers to put in my vase Noah made me for my birthday.

I have some pumpkins I am going to spray paint and put on the fireplace. Once I get that done I’ll share a picture of it on Instagram, so make sure you keep an eye out for it.

This year I have two tables to decorate, and I am so glad!! In my kitchen I have my tan table cloth with my orange placemats. Then across the back of the table I have my cornucopia with some veggies in it and glitter pumpkins on either side. I have had most of this decor for years!! I think the veggies may need a freshing up this year or next. Maybe I will get a chance to do that this year and I will share it with you.

In my living room, I have my light up pumpkin sitting on the end table on a leaf placemat that matches the table runner in my dining room. I have had this pumpkin since I was younger than the big kids. I am so glad I still have it!! I have not used it for several years, but this year I did!!

Finally under our TV we have this gas fireplace/stove (its for sale if you want it) and on it I have used some of the leaf placemats to cover the top. Then I have a picture frame with a picture of all four children from a photo shot we did a few years ago with Sarah Pharris. I have this metal pumpkin with light up tea candles in it and a glitter pumpkin sitting between the two.

I just love how our house looks for fall!! Be sure to check by later this month or the first of October when I add in our Halloween decorations. I like to put out my fall stuff in September and keep it out through Thanksgiving. But for the month of October I like to add in my Halloween themed decorations.