Warming Up To Fall

I put my sweet velvet pumpkin inside a tiny little birds nest that I found in one of my ferns on the porch! Thank you little birdie!!!

I am just not ready to hang up my flip flops just yet, I am going to squeeze as much as I can out of our crummy summer.  However, today is the first day that my kiddos are both in school full time and I am feeling the nesting instinct coming on again.  Maybe it is the cooler nights that are making me feel the need to warm things up a bit.  Can I just say I love my Ikea furniture, many of you have asked how I like it and so far so good.  I still want to purchase an ottoman but that will come when I get some more $$.  I am not about to put away all of my shells and beachy stuff, that is just who we are so I have to work around it, besides, staring at those things is what gets me through our long upcoming winter months, yuk!!!  I have picked up a few pieces at late season yard sales and decided to put them in the family room to make it a bit warmer and fall-ish.  I used to go all out decorating for fall, I just have not had the extra time or energy over the past few seasons so I put out just bits and pieces here and there.  I ordered the cutest, tiniest little velvet pumkin, boy are those hard to find, it is just so sweet and the perfect little accent piece. 

I wish you had smell-o-internet because my house smells so wonderful right now, my hubby is making a batch of home-made chocolate chip cookies for the kiddos when they get home!  I know the kids will be hungry and tired when they get home today, I hope they find comfort in the small changes that I made, warm candles, cozy throws and fresh cookies, I can't wait to hear about their day!  P.S. If you are stopping by from The Lettered Cottage, feel free to look in my archives, most of my home is furnished by purchases from yard sales!!!

I took the nasty blinds down and left just a light cotton panel from Ikea filter the light for us. We really don't need the privacy on this side of the house anyhow.  I still love my $5 dresser that is now our entertainment center!

A few yard sale items that were just too cheap to pass up, the cute little matching tables are made of metal and rattan, they were a dollar a piece at a barn sale!  And the cool large door was $5, I brought up my little walnut colored table to bring some warmth into the space as well, and I added a rug that I stole from my bathroom.

This sale had llamas staring at me while I shopped!  Too funny! I could not let them distract me from my $2 tables!

I wish this magazine was still in print, I saved every copy that I had. It has provided me with some great inspiration, it is much easier to organize when the kiddoes are not around the house!

I love the warmth that this rug gave the room. It has been moved all around my house!

Such a cool old door, Ijust propped it up for some height in the room.

I even changed the top of my hutch in the kitchen, I used my green dollar screen, I just flipped it around to show the brown side.  I was able to fill my little white cupboard with all kinds of yard sale finds this year, lots of ironstone to love!

It won't be long and the view out of my window will be gorgeous red and orange maple leaves!

Another view, I love not having the blinds on the windows! The cute little bench/footstool was a $3 find along with the pail! 

I am still not giving up on summer!!!