Fall Home Tour

Welcome to my home! I have added small touches of Fall throughout our living space so that we can feel festive all season long. These are items I've accumulated over the years so if you want to know where something is from, just leave a comment and I'll get back to you! Also, on snapchat today I did a little tour of my kitchen... since it's such a small space, it's easier to see on video.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also Luke 12:34

Front Door Update {DIY Wreath & Bow}

Over the weekend we made some updates to our front door. I started by painting it roasted coffee by Valspar. It was white before and showed every speck of dirt which I h-a-t-e-d. I'll be painting my back door the same color for that very reason {my dogs like to scratch on it to let me know they are ready to come inside and it just looks horrendous at this point}! I also made a new wreath to go with the newly painted front door and both of them together make this update my favorite!! {Other than Fall and Christmas, my front porch is American themed}

This was the sad excuse I had for a wreath before. Yeah, I can't believe I even let that thing hang for everyone to see. Ugh! It was faded from the sun and missing flowers and berries... it was just gross.

 

So I went to the dollar store and bought two bundles of red flowers and two bundles of white flowers {$4}. Next, I ordered the star burlap ribbonfrom Amazon {$9.99- and I have some leftover to use for something else}.

I kept the grapevine wreathand greenery and threw away the old flowers and berries. I cut my new flowers and left about 2 inches of stem on each one {so that I could poke them into the wreath without having to use glue}. Alternating red and white, I lined the wreath with the flowers. I was trying to mimic the stripes on the American flag.

 

The next task was to make the bow. I gathered my supplies: something I could use to tie {anything will work, really}, measuring tape, the ribbon, and scissors.

 

You need to cut your ribbon into two lengths. One needs to be 40 inches long and the other needs to be 14 inches long.

 

Take your 40 inch long piece and fold into the shape shown below. Since my ribbon was so thick {5.5 inches} I needed to fold it in half first to be able to work with it easier. If you have ribbon 3-4 inches wide, you shouldn't have to do that.

 

Now take your 14 inch long piece and fold it like so...

 

You'll now place it on top of your 40 inch long piece...

 

Lastly you'll take whatever you are using to tie, and you'll tie tightly around the middle. See how it looks like a bow now?

After attaching the bow to my wreath, I played around with it and fluffed it up. Yours should look something like this...

Note: For an added touch, cut the ends of your ribbon into a point!

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 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12:34

Faux Wood Blinds Update

I posted about how I came to the decision to go with faux wood blinds over bamboo blinds in this post here. I was hesitant but hopeful about my decision. Well, the blinds were delivered and hubby installed them over the weekend and I have to say I am very pleased! The quality is great and for 11 blinds I paid just over $300! These are the ones I went with {and of course I went through Ebates first so I could earn money back on my purchase}. Now it's time for the reveal...

 

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12:34

5 on Friday {Latest Instagram posts}

For today's 5 on Friday linkup I thought I'd share the last 5 posts on my Instagram because I'm doing a little home tour! So far I've shown the first floor of my home and I'll be moving on to the second floor next. Be sure to follow me on Instagram if you'd like to see the rest :) I hope y'all have a fabulous Friday!

1. My kitchen

2. Authentic Jack Daniels barrel turned tv stand

3. My living room

4. I love mixing patterns and colors

5. My dining room

 

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12:34

How to Add a Little "Bling" to an Ordinary Chandelier

This is the chandelier in my dining room, that came with my house:

Borrrrrring if you ask me! I've been searching for an affordable crystal chandelier for a while now but have had no luck. This plain jane one is just not my style... at all.

So I did a quick Amazon search and found these teardrop chandelier crystals. A pack of 10 was $6.88 with free shipping!

 Once the crystals arrived, I didn't know exactly how I would get them to hang from the chandelier. So I had to get creative! Using fishing line from my husbands fishing pole in the basement, I carefully tied each crystal to the chandelier. And voila! I think it looks pretty darn good for $6.88!

 

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12:34