Best of Fall

As I look out the window of our shop it seems that Fall is pretty much over here in Colorado. I see lots of bare trees and the sky is gray.  This week we are going to have winter weather so I thought I would post the best of my Fall decor this season.

I have started planning my Christmas decor but I don't put it up until after Thanksgiving since the family will be at my house and I want everyone to see the Fall decor.  I have about four to five different ideas and need to decide which rooms they will go in.  I also need to start planning the front porch.  I think that it will go plaid.

Thanksgiving in the kitchen

I thought that I would just change out the centerpiece on my kitchen table by adding my ceramic turkey.  Here is how it turned out.

Soon this kitchen will be filled with smells of turkey and pumpkin spice.  We always have Thanksgiving at our house and Christmas at my sister in laws house.  I still have lots to do before my house is ready for guests. 

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Shower enclosure is installed (finally)

Yeah!  I finally have my shower enclosure installed.  I have been waiting for this day since July when we tore down the old one. When I first saw it I thought wow it's tall.  I guess I just got used to not having anything there for so long it seemed out of place. Last night I walked by it and thought that I might run in to it since I am not used to having glass right there.  We can't use it until Sunday so one more day of walking down to the basement to take a shower.

Let's look back and see what we had here before.

I am so glad this is gone. Now my bathroom has caught up with this century.  Seeing this bathroom before you would have never guessed that it was built in 2001.

Now if I can just get my hubby to build those shelves I can get it all decorated.  I am still waiting on the curtain rod for the bay window.  I had to order it so I might have to wait a couple of weeks.  I decided to take everyone's advise and  use valances for the window treatment.  The only reason I was thinking of panels is because my hubby didn't care for how the tile work turned out next to the windows and I suggested covering it up with panels.  So I will just use some of my decorative pieces instead. 

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Master bathroom shower update

So here is what has been happening with our shower.  We have been waiting a month now to get the enclosure done.  When we chose the company to do this they told us that it would be 7-10 days to get the glass.  Well after about one week they called and said they needed to measure again as they got one measurement wrong.  So they came out and measured again.  Another week went by with no word so my hubby called to find out what was going on and they said they would find out and call back.  That never happened.  So we waited a few days and he called them back.  We got the same answer with a personal guarantee that she would call back that day.  Still nothing.  So yesterday I called since it had been another week with no one calling us back and was told it was in and she would put us on the schedule.  Well I thought to myself yeah she will probably say that it will be about three weeks ore so since they are booked up.  But to my surprise she said they could do it this Friday. Well needless to say I will not hold my breath since they have cancelled on us before when they were coming out to give us an estimate.  So I am praying that this will all work out and we will finally be done with this shower on Friday.  So here is what the shower looks like right now.  When the glass gets installed I will post the pictures.

Once this is done all we have left to do is build and install the shelves above the cabinet, buy and hang the valances and decorate.  I am not sure when the shelves will be done since my hubby is doing that and he tends to put things off for awhile.  I would still like to have the whole bathroom done by Thanksgiving.

On a different note,  yesterday I noticed that the hot water in the shower wasn't that hot.  We have two hot water heaters so my hubby checked them out and one of them had the pilot light out.  He tried several times but it would not light so now we have to get a new water heater.  It seems like something always goes wrong around here.

Front door update

Since I finally got the kitchen door done I just had to do the front door.  It has been waiting for a new curtain pretty much since we moved in over two years ago.  I had this left over material from curtains in a previous house that coordinated with the rug in front of the door.  So since I had to stay home and wait for the security alarm guy I thought I would be productive and finally make the curtain.

As I have always said I am not that good at sewing but I thought that it turned out pretty good.  Now I will warn you now that the next pictures are not pretty.  Well maybe pretty scary.

Yes that is what I have been living with for two years now.  Even my hubby has bugged me about  redoing it.  Normally he doesn't care about curtains.  I would like to get a new front door but we probably have to get it approved by the HOA and since we will likely be moving within the next few years (if we follow our track record with homes) why bother.  Now all I have left is the basement door.  I will probably do it this weekend.

Kitchen door update

For over a year now I have not sewn the curtain for my kitchen door.  I am not that good at sewing so I guess I am lucky that I can at least sew a straight line and that's all I needed for this door.

Today when I started this project anything that could go wrong did.  It all started with me not being able to find the power cord to my sewing machine.  We have lived here over two years and this is the first time I used the sewing machine. I looked in the sewing table and the dresser that I use to hold supplies but could not find it.   I finally found it on the bookshelf in the exercise room.  How it got there I don't know.  The next thing to happen was my hubby installed the top curtain rod and when he tried to open the door the finial hit the cornice board and the door would not open all the way.  So needless to say I had to run to Wal-Mart and get a different set.  The other finials were much more ornate than the new ones.  At least I was able to get it sewn without having to pull out the stitches and start all over.  Yes that has happened to me before a few times.  So here it is.

It's not the prettiest thing I have ever done but it served its purpose.  You know, like when you want to get a cookie in the middle of the night and you are naked.  Oh yes, the neighborhood behind our house can see into this door at night when the light is on. Ok, so now on to the ugly part.  I am really embarrassed to show the before picture but here it goes.  Please don't laugh.

Yes it was tacked on at the top of the door with thumbtacks.  What can I say.  I needed a quick remedy at the time and I really don't like to sew.  I still need to make one for the front door and the basement door before company comes for Thanksgiving.  And yes those are jerry-rigged also. Like I said I really don't like to sew and I seem to put things off for a long time when it comes to sewing.  Just like when I bought material for the dining room curtains right after we moved in two years ago and it is still in my craft room closet.  I plan on doing those this winter along with many other projects (hopefully).

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Thanksgiving dining room table

I decided that I would pretty much leave the table the way it is except for a few minor tweaks.  I changed out the centerpiece, removed some of the pumpkin soup bowls and changed out the salad plates.  So here is the results.

Now for a close up of the centerpiece.

I love my brass turkeys.  I got them at Cost Plus World Market many years ago.  They open in the back so you can put a votive candle in.  They look wonderful with the lights out.

So I just changed out the salad plates. I have these plates that say "thankful" which is perfect for Thanksgiving.

It is a little hard to read so here is a close up.

So now my table is ready when everyone comes on Thanksgiving.  Now onto redoing the kitchen table.

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