Pumpkinspiration

I always want to think of cute blog post titles & I never can.... but "pumpkinspiration" -- now thats a good one. Go me. 

Anywayyyy...do you have pumpkins or gourds that you bought because they were oh-so-pretty but now they are just sitting there boring you?  If so, you've come to the right place.... 

Pumpkin candle holders! Yay

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Take the artsy route & create black Halloween drawings on white pumpkins. 

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Turn your pumpkins into real lanterns! Here's the tutorial on Country Living.

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Make a pumpkin tree...

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Or a pumpkin tower!

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Use hot glue to cover your pumpkins in fall flowers for a centerpiece.

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Set your pumpkin in a chandelier... seems sort of dangerous to me, but it looks cute! And thats what really matters right?

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Gourd vases... presh. I need someone else to scoop out my pumpkins and gourds though. I think I'm too lazy for that! 

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Have a fab day! Go buy some pumpkins on sale!

Cute Home Offices

I'm in the process of cleaning out & organizing the closet in our office which has gotten me doing lots of browsing around on the internet for inspiration. There are so many creative & suuuper cute ways to organize all your office and craft supplies... here are a few of my fav workspace photos. Beware crafty people, you might drool on your computer a little.

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I like the use of the orange fabric to brighten things up and cover up a messy cabinet maybe! I also like how they installed lighting in the closets... good idea!

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Man that is a huge office... jealous! Like the wallpaper & the clean white furniture.

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I love this wallpaper..

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I'm not really one for the frilly & hot pink but I like the magnet board on the right and also if you look closely you can see that they drilled holes in the desk and put cups in to use as storage that doesn't get in the way. Very smart & efficient.. loves it.

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Love the colors and the use of under-the-shelf jars.

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Maybe a little cluttery looking, but I like it! 

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Have a happy & organiiiized Tuesday. :)

Warm and Fuzzy with West Elm

I randomly saved these pictures on my desktop the other day just because they made me feel like winter. As I've already made clear, I looove fall and looove winter and I just can't wait for the real cold to get here!
So yes, these pillows and blankets courtesy of my love West Elm make my dreams feel like they've come true if only for a moment. I'll take it, especially when its supposed to be 90 degrees today. ugh


Chevron Floor Cushion Covers


Organic Ruched Throw


Alpaca Textured Pillow Covers (does the mention of an alpaca make anyone else think of that annoying carpet cleaning commercial that wont get off of my tv?!)


Chunky Tassel Throw

All photos via West Elm

I love pumpkins.. i do

Our front porch is looking all pumpkiny and festive and I just love it...







Have a very falllll day! And go buy some pumpkins if you don't have any!

Not So Gloomy Gray Bedding

With the recent decision that I really wanted some new bedding for Peter and me, I began to scour the internet for fall & cold weather inspired blankets, quilts, and duvet covers. There are so many!! And they make me want fall weather to be here so badly! We're getting there, but I really do not consider 85 degrees fall weather. I just cant. Anyway, back to pretending like its cold outside... check out some of my favorite gray beddings that would make any cold day cuddly and warm! Loveeely.


Ruffle Calligraphy Quilt from Urban
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Gray Sweater Bedding from Bouclair
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Rough Linen Bedding from TriciaRose
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Frayed Edge Quilt and Shams from West Elm
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George Bedding from Serena & Lily
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Clover Duvet Cover from West Elm
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Hope you feel warm and fuzzy! Happy Monday!

Our Home: Anthro Knobs!

I have said before that I loove the hardware at Anthropologie... its so cute & not that expensive. I mean its no Dollar Tree, but its pretty reasonable. PS I love you dollar tree!! Anyway, if you don't remember the bathroom cabinet overhaul, here is a pic of the pretty anthro knobs I used for that. Well its just 1 knob in this picture, but you get it.



I also put some new knobs on the cabinets in Peter's bathroom (yes that's right, we don't share a bathroom... and its awesome).





My newest knob switch-out was on our cabinets under our built in shelves in the den.

Here are the before handles... not cute. And awesome story... we actually removed them and woodfilled the holes before we moved in, but for some reason the sweet little men who were painting the walls in the den decided they should screw new holes & put the handles back in the cabinet doors. I have no idea why they did this & I also have no idea why they put them on unevenly. Fabulous.

Peter and I were like uhhh what? why did they do that? And then naturally, we just left it that way for a year.



Ghetto unenveness



So here I go... it took me a year, but at least I did it people.



Woodfilling..



Let the woodfill dry for 30 minutes or so and sand it down.



I didn't take pictures of this step, but I did woodfill one of the top holes later and drill a new hole into the cabinet so that they would be even. It was my first experience with a drill.. I probably shouldve videoed the whole process of me trying to figure out how to work it... it was definitely blonde moment after blonde moment..haa. fun times.



Pretty anthro knobs!



Screw those babies in.



And the pretty after! Much better than old bronze crooked handles!



Have a wonderful weekend!