spring flowers

hello everybody, so i have a really really simple and easy and modern flower arrangement for you guys. i was inspired by the march pottery barn catalog.

see the flower arrangement on the table behind the sofa?

sooo  pretty! i would love to have a arrangement that big.

and the pear blossoms too but their a whopping $37.99 per branch, and that's on sale.

but my arrangement is free.

i think everybody can afford free.

so all i did was go to our  forsythia bush and cut off some branches 

 i also made a couple other arrangements for a couple other rooms so that's why theirs such a huge pile.

i just cut them about 1 to 2 feet for this arrangement but for the bigger ones i did 2 to 3 feet it really depends on how big you want it to be. i just cut a good amount of length because you can cut more off.

and then i just used this vase that i found at goodwill.

 

and then i just put the branches in the vase then put dome water in it.

 

so yeah super easy and simple but so elegant, and i like the pop of yellow too.

i'm defiantly going to do the same thing with our lilacs, now that their blooming, and they'll be nice and fragrant.

so yeah thanks pottery barn you never let me down.

write to you later!

If I were a rich girl...

hello everybody, okay so a couple days ago thrifty decor chick [love her!] did a post about if she had a million dollars saying things she'd get. so i thought i'd do the same thing.

so since there would be a endless list of things i would get if i would have a ton of money i thought i could just do this one on home things. if your interested in me sharing other things like fashion things and other things? let me know in the comments!

okay so the first thing would of course have to be something in the kitchen. a refrigerator we have one like this.

 yeah it's your basic fridge. but my dream fridge would be one of these baby's!

oh and the rest of the kitchen wouldn't be bad either. now i don't know alot about this particular fridge. but whenever i have the time and go to lowe's i always go to the appliance section and drool over the refrigerators like clothing. but the nice thing about these refrigerators is they have tons of room it would be easier to organize your food because it's at a better height and it's pretty.

 ok so keeping with the kitchen stuff of course i'd want a nice stove. we just have a basic one that isn't too special. but what i would really like.

 now i don't know really anything about this stove and for some reason i don't really look at the stoves and ovens at lowe's but i know the stove has a grill thing so you can grill stuff all year round. oh yeah! burnt marshmallows anyone?
oh and it's pretty too


ok now for some dream rooms


kitchen

swoon


bathroom

can you say spa


i would def have a home theater too

of course i would go to the first picture with ratatouille on the screen. but i really like the fact that it would be dark and have a big screen so you could watch movies in the daytime. although i think would have couches instead of movie theater seats like some nice modern sectionals.


like theses i love the white but i know i would spill something on them so i would have a tan or brown.

and for a bedroom

i would just have the wall color a nice creamy caramel color though i really don't care for all white rooms, oh and some blackout shades too


and for a outdoor space

and a nice outdoor table from pottery barn

i love the big chunky wood that's so rustic but modern.
i'll take some pottery barn furniture any day.

and a ginormous grill like 5 feet long i couldn't find a picture but yeah 5 feet long at least.



and of course a walk in closet

so yeah as far as other rooms that come with houses can just have candice olsen come and do those.

so yeah, write to  you lata

 

our dinging room buffet

hello, i know i know i didn't show you guys any of  our Christmas decorations so i thought i should.

so this year we kept the dinging room buffet really simple and clean looking which i really like because since i can remember it always had a coffee set that belonged to my grandma but we NEVER used it not once never and i wanted something different and i really like the way it turned out especially since we had no idea what we wanted todo so i guess i'll show you more pictures.

 we just put this table runner on it the little lamps we always keep on the buffet they let out a good amount but there not too big for the space. 
i think we got the runner from big lots a few years ago, and the lamps we got from big lots or dollar general i don't remember which one.

 above the mirror we always put up this garland thing my mom made a few years ago all she did was wire the flowers on the pine.

 looking good looking good but the sconces are bugging me they always bugged me i just thought it looked so weird having the sconces right above the lamps we don't light the candles anyway so the are purely for decoration, so moved them and it was like a breath of fresh air it just looks so much better. you'll see in a bit.

 ahhh looks soo much better. dosent it?

i just put the plates on one end of the buffet and at first i just piled up the silverware or should i say goldware. but my mom couldn't stand it so she arranged each utensil kind of messy. it wasn't too neat for me so i was happy.

then in the middle i added these candle sticks things that my mom got from a store that's kind of like goodwill. then i put a large candle in that glass jar and put a bunch of little gold balls in it, then in the corner what looks like a crystal something is a candy dish that was my grandmas or great grandmas i never know wich dish or cup belonged to who.

 then on the other side we just have a smelly candle that's for everyday. we put it in this metal holder thing that we got from goodwill or a yard sale i can't remember where we got it but i think it was one of those two.

so that's our  buffet. i am going to have a post recaping all of the rest of the decorations. probably next week.

p.s. you may notice that i changed my blog backround  i just got bored with the plain white and wanted something different. so yeah write you later.

some fall decor # 2

i didn't want to leave you guys hanging. i know i really hate waiting for things it drives me bananas. anyway here's the rest of the decor.

 we just wrapped this hall tree in some leave garland and lights we kept it pretty simple. my great uncle made the hall tree like back in the 50's. [just a fyi] we don't use it to hang our coats on we usually always keep it in the kitchen and put garland and lights on it as if it were a "tree" type deal. idk we just have it in here and at christmas time we wrap tons of pine garland and put lights in it and ornaments as if it's a christmas tree. you'll see in a couple weeks.

on top of the cabinets we didn't do too much different from what we had up there in the summer just added some leave garland some fallish things and wola. 

in the window we put some leaves down added some cinnamon sticks which sadly don't fill the room with scent, but their still decorative. then we got this sing from big lots and put it on a easel then added a red bird which my mom is obsessed with. for whatever reason.

on top of the fridge we usually have this pine tree which i'm tired of but i'm tired of but i don't know what to replace it with. [i'll take suggestions.] so my mom put leaves in the tree which i think looks chaotic but it's only temporary. then my mom took a tall candle and wrapped beady stuff around it  and put it in a glass jar. if i would have wrapped it i would have made the bead stuff tighter. i'm just saying. then we have another red bird and a give thanks singe. 

then on the other counter we didn't change too much except add the gel candle and empty salt n pepper shakers.

then on the table we just added this table runner that we got from i think big lots, then walmart had marked down their fall decor things and we got this charger for 2 dollas! oh yeah put a big candle in the middle wrapped beady stuff around it [i wrapped this one] then added some uneatable nuts around it, my mom got this turkey napkin holder a longggg time ago i don't know where she got it, and put the s&p shakers on each side of it's neck.

then on top of the stove hood we just have some more lights and leave garland, a fake pumpkin some measuring cups and a welcome friends singe that was in the window.
so that's it for hte kitchen. 
off to my room now

i got the small pumpkins at walgreens last year

yeah i know what your thinking what this is all she has??? well yeah i don't like to add too much for fall because i just don't maybe because i'm falled out from the rest of the place. but i will go all out for christmas. fo sho

so that's it for my room, now off to the back room.

   we just took a pumpkin that my brother made from a dryer vent years ago like when he was 8 or something n now he'll be 28 soon. then added some leaves.

on the shelf i just put some leaves down added some pine cones and a fake apple then put some walnuts in a glass jar thing and just realized how crazy it looks, but we'll take it down in a few days.


well that's all  for the fall decorations, i thought i'd put this post up since thanksgiving is thursday.

lata

 

some fall decor

so since thanksgiving is next week i thought i should finally post our fall decorations. so yeah here it is.

so i'm going go in order from when you walk in the front door to the back of the house.

 so this is a table behind the front door in the hallway. we put the cornucopia with some fruit and leaves. i'm not a fan of the crochet lace tablecloth with this but i was in a hurry to get it up and since were going to be putting up Christmas decorations soon we can live with it.

   then in the coffee table in the living room ii took a tray that i spray painted god and put these ceramic candle holder things that i got at dollar tree and the leave and gouard are candles we found a hobby lobby we don't burn them [how could you?] the put some leaves and sugared grapes i know in the picture it looks sparse but it really dosent idk why it look so sparse, weird? but it's really not.

    on the mantle i put some leaf garland and another garland with green leaves and berries and lights then put the clock on one side then added some more sugared fruit and a wire pumpkin on the other side.

   in the top of the mirror we just put the green leaves with berries and lights i know it's not alot but we never know what to put above the mirror but we get so stuck when it comes to putting something above this mirror.

    now for the dinging room. if you follow Thrifty Decor Chick you can see i did our table similar to hers. what can i say when i see a good idea i want to do it. i mean isn't that what her blog is about anyway? so yeah

   i'll do a post on how i transformed a picture frame into a center piece. but for now to make it fallish i added leaves to fill it out and some real fake fruit and pine cones.

 then i put plate and bowls out. normally is we would set the table we would go all out with glasses and silverware but i didn't want to because i wanted it to look more modern cuz i always thought with the table all set with everything it kind of looks a little bit stuffy, but with just the plates it looks more modern. we don't eat in their all the time anyway.

   i got the idea to do this on the buffet from the november all you magazine i'll link the picture here. i did it on the buffet instead of the table and i like it. we have a turkey soup bowl thing so i put that in the center and put the candles on each side added some leaves and more sugared fruit and the cracked fruit and some pine cones.

    on top of the china cabnet we just kept it simple except all the candle sticks i never realized how bad it looks with all those candlesticks i'm going to deff go in there after i post this and take down like for of them maybe more. just try to picture them without a few candlessticks. 
anyways i just took this fab bowl that we got from hobby lobby a couple years ago and put a fake white pumpkin in it that fits it perfectly. then added a glass candle jar thing next to it i don't remember where we got the glass leave jar.

    on the sectary i added some leaves and more sugared fruit. shocking. and and regular fruit. then some candles.

    then on the dessert buffet i just took one of those leave bowls and put a fake apple in it. i don't think you could get more simple.
so that's it for the dinging room.

so i'm going to do another post  on the rest of the place. lata