Merry Christmas 2016

Check out last year's --->>> Christmas 2015

2016 Christmas tree. We made a few edits from last year. 

 

 Our rustic start tree topper from Target. I decided to put sparkling tree picks  and snowflakes at the top of our tree this year. It reminds me of glistening snow covered forest trees and falling snowflakes.

Burlap tree skirt and sparkling gift boxes

I added a string of pearls beads over my burlap garland. 

 

Shimmery, "Let it snow" sign. 

 We eliminated the blue decor this year. We added a set of champagne color ornaments.

 I weaved burlap and pearls in the mantle garland. 

 Our new nativity set from Kirklands

Mantel

 New rug! We finally purchased our first large area rug. I already prepared my heart and mind for dog stains and muddy paw prints. Next, new sofas, but with three dogs it's hard finding a fabric and style my dogs wont mess up. I love our new Target curtains we purchased a few months ago with our Christmas decor.

 Winston living the spoiled life.

 Dining room tree, Christmas village and red Santa from hubby's childhood.

 Dining room

 Our entryway. The gold Santa is from hubby's childhood. We have several throughout the house. 

A little glimpse into our 2016 Thanksgiving.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Newmans!

Happy Harvest - outside

This is our first year putting fall decorations in our front yard! It's so cute! 

Weekend project - mildew

After/Before

           My little weekend project. Our gutters have had a little leak for the past year or two. The leak as allowed water to drain directly down a section of our bricks creating a mildew stain. I assumed it would be difficult to remove and procrastinated cleaning it. To my surprise it was extremely easy to scrub off. All I needed to do was soak it with water to soften the mildew and then use a soft cleaning brush to scrub it. I wish I would have done it sooner. 

Before and After : The Happy Harvest Edition

2012 Before Picture

2016 Happy Harvest after picture

2012 Before picture

2016 Happy Harvest after picture

Happy Harvest!

Last year's Fall blog post <<--Click Here

Happy Harvest! It's our favorite time of year! And my love of pumpkins has only increased!

(everything pictured is from Kirklands)

I know I blogged about changing the white tile last year, but we still haven't gotten around to it. The main issue is I don't know what I want to replace it with, yet. Do I want slate? Brick? Gray? Beige? Until I get a vision of what I want to do this project will remain on pause.

You can see the new curtains we purchase from Target at the beginning of this year.

I love my turkey and white pumpkin set from Kirklands.

Our rustic wood "Happy Harvest" sign, ceramic chevron print pumpkins and wooden pumpkin banner are all from Kirklands.

The "Give Thanks" pumpkin and our standing female scarecrow are from Kirklands as well.

Our coffee table with a few of the decorations we used in our dining room last year.

I love this rustic white pumpkin from Kirklands! It's one of my favorite pumpkins in our house.

Welcome pumpkin in our entry way

Welcome pumpkin and a Happy Harvest sign in our entry

dining room table with a few fall decorations.

Buffet table in the dining room is ready for Fall

Fall canvas art, scarecrow set and chevron print pumpkin from Kirklands.

A few gold pumpkins and a male scarecrow on our picture table. Literally, everything is from Kirklands including table, picture frames, lamp, canvas art and candle holder.

Happy Fall y'all wreathe on our front door.

Pumpkin initial sign from Kirklands in our front yard garden

2015 patio set assembly

Our beautiful Esperanzas.

I love how wild Esperanzas grow and their bright yellow bell shaped blooms.

Our SAMs order arrived!

Our patio set came in many pieces.

Thankfully we had a small team to help us assemble it all.

Beautiful! (and that's my mom)

We have made great use of it!

And the dogs love to sleep and play on top of the table lol