Pumpkin Patch Arkansas Style

 Not Quite Parkhurst or Orr Family Farm

 

It was flat land with very little decor...but there by golly there was corn shootin...

and cow ridin...



 and corn mazin...

and face paintin...

(bet you can't guess what Avery's is supposed to be!)

and animal feedin...

and pumpkin pickin...

and cousin's posin...

and the only decor out there...Good Times!

 

Then it was time to carve some pumpkins!!!

They were hard at work at first...

but that didn't last long...

Our adorable pumpkins that are now rotting by our front door!

 

Happy Fall!!

 



Camping 101

 Arcadia. My New Love.

It may be a good idea to leave before 7pm if you would like your tent put up before dark...

You may want to bring your own firewood if you plan to eat warm hotdogs. Every twig in a one mile radius will last you about 5 minutes...

Thank goodness for last minute Wal-mart firewood...

You may want to bring a lantern to hang. The small lantern/flashlight shown by the cards will not cut it. The flash on the camera helps quite a bit though...

 We may be newbies to the camping world...

 but our family (and friends) sure know how to rock it...

 and two foot thick airmattresses will never fail you...

 Next time, we'll be pro's!!

 I'm pretty sure I love camping.

Designer Challenge

I HAVE NO CLUE!

I get frustrated decorating. I can sew some, paint a little, but having a vision of what goes well together? I got nothin. Just look at my living room...the one place I would like to look nice, resembles a garage sale. Anyway...

I bring you our guest bath. We are not redoing this shower anytime soon, so what are the options? Can you spray paint the brass doors? Or can you get a shower curtain for a non-tub shower? I know the white shelf above the toilet will be a gonner, and the old blue towels do not match the more muted tones. But...

 Would you change these walls? They had a professional texture/painter guy do this stuff before moving. I'd hate to cover it completely. I bought the rug, which had that color in it, hoping it would make it look a little better. Did it work?!?

Thankfully there was already a framed mirror. No hitting glass with hammers will be necessary, but this is still short of luxurious...and given the kid's bath was kinda crazy, I thought I'd be a tad more sophisticated with this one? 

 So, these walls, what would you do? leave them? Get rid of it? Add stripes of another color/s? Paint the woodwork?

I'd LOVE ideas!!

Kid's Bath Redo...Finally

 Its only been 2 years...

This is the kids' colorful bathroom. I didn't want to spend a lot of money, so the orange is from playroom, blue is from living room accent wall, and the light grey/white is from main living area. Not in love with the triple photo frame hanging, but I had it, so used it. I painted the little canvases to match the shower curtain. I just need to get a thick matching green ribbon to hang it with instead of the clear.

(PS. I didn't feel like cleaning dried toothpaste off the counter, drawers, and everywhere else for that matter just to take a picture. I did flush the toilet and remove dirty underwear for you though. You're welcome).

I also would LOVE to make a "boxed" type valance (no clue what the technical term in) with this awesome material if I get time this weekend!

Wes did an awesome job shattering and tearing down the GLUED wall mirror and then texturing behind it. He added the towel rods, and helped me hang the mirrors.

I think I will add more blues and bright greens to the painting. Other than that. I think I love it, even if it's crazy and makes the value of our house go down!!

Now for a question. Would you paint the cabinets the greyish/white since the granite is black? I wouldn't want to paint any of the other wood around the walls or the baseboards, so I'm not sure if that's a big no no or not? I'm just wondering if it would brighten it a tad? Would love thoughts.