Fall, Pumpkins, and Gingham oh my!

I am on a gingham kick and loving it in my home! I also LOVE Fall time and have started with pumpkin decorations. 

  Today we opened the new Christmas tree we ordered and set it up to make sure all the lights worked. I’m crazy and decided to decorate the tree with pumpkins and ribbon. I love my Fall tree! 

Kitchen Breakfast Bar

I had dinner with my family the other day at our new friends house. She actually lives across the street and has the same exact house as we do. I never really liked the kitchen in my new home, even though it's huge and has more storage than I could have ever hoped for. It's just kind of a strange shape. With that said, my friend refaced her cabinets to those beautiful shaker white cabinets and she has these super pretty countertops. When I saw her GORGEOUS kitchen it took me a few seconds to realize it was the same as mine, but new and fresh! So it gave me hope that one day I could actually love my kitchen! She also added a breakfast bar when she replaced her countertops. I got to see how great extending it looked in the space so I got the idea to add a small countertop extention just under our current countertop. Since we don't have the budget to do all new counters, this was my solution. This project cost me about $100 and it looks so pretty! Can't wait for the barstools to get here! 

Before

After pics!

Small change, big impact!

Our laundry door that goes to the exterior side yard has a window. It's small, but let's in tons of heat. The previous owner had some weird paper taped up and I found these roman shades at Lowes on sale, plus I had a coupon. For about $25 it was a great deal, looks beautiful, and keeps the heat out. 

Before 

After

The fireplace mantle and built in are done!

So a while back I posted how I got this built in for FREE and it fit almost perfectly! Well now I've added moldings and shiplap to the ceiling and a simple fireplace mantle surround. It looks so amazing, I'm totally in LOVE!! And can y'all believe this gorgeous focal point in the room cost us less than $100!! 

Before (I added panel inserts in the top cabinets and removed the speaker mesh that was there)

Progress, but still lacking 


Gorgeous!