Jason is now home from Russia and I can’t tell you how good it feels to know he’s home for good. He has been gone more than he’s been home and it’s been exhausting to say the least. Now that life can get back to normal, it’s time to tackle some long over due projects around the house.

It’s time to paint the study! I really do love to paint. There’s just something about completely making over a room with $50 and a couple hours. {{heaven}}

The finished look, subtle and neutral.

I’ve also been really frustrated lately with my master bathroom drawer. It’s seriously a jumbled mess and it’s been bugging me.

A quick trip to the Container Store and $12 later – a place for everything. {{bliss}}

Jason’s home and off work the rest of the year. I can’t wait to see what we do next! {{evil laugh}}

We’re having a Virtual Tour of Homes over on Tip Junkie and showing off our fall decor.

Its fall and time to get the house ready for the new season! This is my front porch.

On the first day of October we filled up our Halloween Countdown Calendar with candy and started getting excited for my favorite holiday.

My son had an Indiana Jones birthday last year, so my Halloween decorations are more creepy this year as I’ve used many of his party decor.

Front door – inside

You can’t tell in this picture, but I taped several plastic spiders on the decor to make it more creepy for Halloween.

My boys LOVE these large spiders crawling down the iron banister.

The boys and I made these beaded pumpkins together one year and we relive the moment every time we tape them up.

Nook in study

My darling blogging friend Mique made me this BOO banner and I remember her every time I hang it up. I just LOVE my iron pumpkins.

That’s it, I hope you enjoyed a little tour of my home. I just love the fall!

Wendy and I went model home hopping on our day off this week and boy did we have a good time.

I left this house feeling a like I lived in the slums. I was flabbergasted at it’s beauty. I took a lot of pictures as Wendy was looking at media rooms and I was focusing on curtains.

Media Rooms

This media room has 3 levels – 2 couches and the top level is a bar with bar stools. To the left there is a kitchenette!

This media room had 2 levels – bar and the then couch at the bottom.

Master Bathrooms

Holy Crap! I could totally get used to this kind of living.

This bathroom has a cappuccino machine in it!

Master Bedrooms

Curtain Ideas

Bedrooms

I thought this was a cool space room. I’m sure Davis will always want his room to be the same theme so it was nice to see it more for teens.

I thought this paint was darling for a girls room.

You know I couldn’t help myself! I had to play dress up and take advantage of this little girls room. {{amazing}}

Jason is back in school, as of this week back to working full time at the office, and the boys are in basketball. My poor body still feels so week and helpless. Since I’m still not allowed to bend or twist, my sweet SIL, Bonnie, came into town to help me get my house back in order.

She brought her son as a play date (diversion) for Drake. All went well considering Drake hasn’t had to share his own toys with a friend in over 2 months. They were darling together when Drake did share and it was so much fun to have him in our home.

Bonnie certainly rolled up her sleeves over the weekend. She did all our laundry, grocery shopped, took the boys to the playground a couple times, and helped me organize my home.

I wish I had thought ahead and taken a before picture. Then you would realize how impressive this really is. We boxed up lots of toys and put them in the attic for rotation later.

For the first time since Thanksgiving, my game room is just how I like it. {{evil laugh}}

Bonnie did all the work! She not only picked up all their toys, etc. but cleaned out their closets as well.

I can’t thank her enough for taking so much stress off of me. I’ve been wondering how on earth I was going to get my house back in order and not hurt myself in the process.

I still have labels to make for Christmas toys and several bins to put in the attic so it’s easier for the boys to clean their own rooms. However, their rooms haven’t looked this nice in over 2 months and I couldn’t be happier.

Thank you so much Bonnie for knowing exactly what I needed and being willing to work so hard. We had a great time together and it feels so good to live in an organized home again. {{relief}}

It’s project time! I’ve been way to wet this summer between the pool, beach, and the lake. I’m ready to dehydrate!

It’s my turn to host Mavens and Book club this month and I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve been wanting to paint my dining room for some time now and even paid a professional to help me pick the colors. Now, I have an excuse to get busy.

These are times that you have to “go with your gut”. The color she picked for the top was just a little to “yellow” for me – so I went a couple shades darker.

Before – Summer Suede

After! Top – Restrained Gold, Bottom – Mannered Gold

I absolutely love it. I’ll be honest, when I was painting I wasn’t so sure. It was a little bright for me, but now that it’s done, I feel like it was always meant to be those colors. It brings in a warmth that was needing.

What colors are your dining room?