Fall is in the kitchen

It's that time of year again when you just can't wait to get the Fall decorations out.  I started decorating indoors on Labor Day weekend.  I like to wait to do the outdoors closer to the end of September.  I thought I would start with the kitchen.  Here is the breakfast area.

Now for the kitchen island.  Some of these pictures turned out a little dark.  I have a hard time getting good pictures in my kitchen since it doesn't get much sunlight coming in.

 Here is a close up of the shelves.

I added a few fall touches on the counter tops too.

 Here is a close up.

I tried to get a good picture of the topiaries by the sink but it turned out a little dark on one side.

And the close up.

I tucked a few pumpkins on top of the cabinets.  I usually don't decorate for the seasons up there.

That's all I have gotten done so far.  I will be doing more decorating today.  I have so much fall decor that it takes awhile to go through it all and see what I want to use.  Does anyone else have that problem?  Hopefully I can at least get the living room done today and maybe finish  the dining room.

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That touch of mink

Faux that is.  I just watched Doris Day in "That Touch of Mink".  I love Doris Day movies.  I always wanted a faux mink throw.  Well, I finally got one.  I put it in my sitting room that is off of the master bedroom. I can't wait to use it this Fall/Winter season.

I still have a few more projects to do in here.  I need to work on the fireplace ( I don't really care for white tile but it will probably stay), do something to the coffee table ( I hate the color of it), decorate the desk and the mantel.

Here it is on the loveseat.

Now let's see what I got done so far.  Here is what the cornice board looked like before.  Actually this material was on the kitchen cornice boards and it is in the family room off the kitchen.  I still need to redo the one in the family room.  It also has panels on each side that match.

Now here is the after.

I think that it looks better with the decor I have in here than the floral did.  It's hard to see the pattern in this picture.  Here is a close up.

I love this old desk that was my parents.  It is made of maple and I really hate to paint it.  It has a few scratches from all the moving that we have done but I think that all it needs for now is a little TLC
 and a decorative touch.  I got out the scratch concealer and gussied it up.  Now I just need to finish decorating it.

This room is a little cramped but I don't use the desk since I have one built in the kitchen. It is only decorative right now. I wouldn't mind getting rid of the loveseat.  It used to be in the basement family room in our old house.  We just don't have that much room in our new basement.  I was nice and let my husband use the family room down there for his workout room.  It really isn't big enough to put furniture in and still get to the bedroom behind it.  Our basement has a weird layout.

This room will be one of my projects this winter.  We are still working on the master bathroom.  The shower/tile area is not as easy as I thought it would be to tile it.  This is a far as we have gotten so far.  It took us awhile to figure out what pattern to use since the tub is attached to the shower and it has a seat.  Yes that is cardboard underneath the tile on the right side.  As it turns out the pan is not level with the seat.  What else is new.  Something always seems to go wrong. I am so ready to have this done as I am getting tired of having to go down to the basement to take a shower.

Back porch blues part 2

Now that the upper deck is done I was able to organize the porch below.  While the deck area was under construction all the patio furniture was stored in this area.  I still have a bit more decorating to do in the corner area and I am adding some curtains also.  I decided to use canvas paint tarps.  I have them already but I still need to get some rods so I will wait until next year to put them up.

I still need to get a table to put between the two chairs.  I found one at Goodwill but it might be too small.

I still have more ideas for the corner.  Right now I kept it simple.  I got the table from Goodwill.  It used to be black and white.  I like the blue and white theme much better.

 For now I kept the end tables pretty simple.  I have some candle holders that I painted to match the color scheme.  Next year I will add more details.  I like that they have the shelf underneath.  More room for decorating.

Now that I finally got this area done for this year it is time to get it decorated for Fall.  I probably won't start for a few weeks.  I think I will concentrate on getting the inside decorated this weekend.

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Covered deck finally done

So after two long months the covered deck is done.  I still have the railings going down the stairs to repaint but all of the upper area is done.  Some of the pictures turned out a little dark since the area is shaded now and I couldn't get the flash to work on the camera.  So here is the results.

I repainted all the patio furniture and got new cushions for the seats.  I was able to get two sitting areas and still have plenty of open space for walking.  Here is the table for two in the corner.

I wanted to get a picture showing the ceiling fan but it came out a little dark. 

 I love my large table.  It has a lazy susan in the middle which make a perfect spot for a vignette.

Here is what we started with and how the progress went.

I had a visitor the other day on the deck.  It took me awhile to notice him.  He blended so well with the new deck color.

I am not sure what kind of moth he is but he was about two to three inches in width.  He hung around all day long and he left in the evening.

Right now I am working on getting the patio cleaned up under the deck and getting it redecorated.  It is taking longer than I thought it would since they scratched up all my newly painted furniture and I have to repaint it.

I would like to get it done today so that I can start decorating for Fall inside the house.  Wish me luck.

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Mini reveal

The covered deck is finally done.  All that I have left to do is paint the railings and put  the furniture back. Then I can get to decorating.  If all goes well we will get to use it on Sunday for the first time this summer.

Here is the before picture.

I wanted to change the color of the floor as it had many stains from the previous owner.   Here is what it used to look like.

Now the after.  Much better than the gray color.

 
I bought a product at Home Depot called Deck Over.  The color I choose is called tugboat.   It seemed simple enough.  All you do is paint two coats on and your done.  I started this on Sunday and finally got it finished yesterday.  It would have taken less time if it didn't keep raining.  Once you get the two coats on you have to wait 48 hours for it to cure.  I think that I will wait until Saturday to get the furniture on here since I still have to touch up all the railings.  I am going to try and get most of it done each night after work (if it doesn't rain).