Showing posts with label decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label decorating. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Fall Decor & New "old" Chairs..

I just adore this time of year. I also love to decorate/change things up in our home. Check out a few of the things I've done to spruce up the old casa...

Probably my favorite, a polka dot pumpkin sitting on a bed of candy corn.

Our dining room table scape, apothecary jars are so versatile.
Can you spot my new favorite nephew?
Front door display...notice the adorable welcome pumpkin sign from one of my favorite blogger's, Jamie
New Halloween flag


An accent table off of the kitchen with decor that can be used in October & November. Notice the adorable fall tassel I ordered from TheNester
She is so very talented and full of great ideas. I love visiting her blog each week!! Hope this display would make her proud...
OK, now on to the chairs...
B & I purchased a kitchen table and chairs several years ago after one of our many moves. It's a beautiful round table with iron scrolled legs. We've decided to keep the table until our children have gotten a little older and don't enjoy jabbing forks into it during dinner. I decided a few weeks ago while B was on a weekend hunting trip that the chairs needed a little love. So, Brooks and I load up, head to Hobby Lobby, purchase some fabric, & I attempt for the first time to recover them.

Before:

And AFTER...

I think they turned out great and absolutely love the hounds tooth fabric I chose.

This chair below holds a very special place in my heart. It sat in my Nana's house for many years in her formal living area and then moved with her to assisted living. I inherited it after she passed away and it now sits in our master bedroom. I recently had it recovered and think it too turned out great. Forgot to take a before pic, but the fabric was an ivory diamond pattern and was very worn. The chair also has marks on it from when she'd run into it with her wheelchair that will never be covered up. I look at it everyday when I wake up and think of her. She was a beautiful woman inside & out and truly was the epitome of grace. I miss her very much...