Ordinary Decorating

Ordinary Decorating Brought To You By Boo!

There is lots of fall decorating going on in houses across America.  Blog land is full of ideas.  Check out some of the blogs if you want some ideas.  I don't know proper blog etiquette on listing other blogs so excuse me if I have not followed the Emily Post way of doing things.   Nester cracks me up with her humor.  My real friend Gretchen at New Every Morning has her own take on fake greenery.  I love looking at the pictures at The Inspired Home.  And before you know it, you will click your way through blog land and find some really cute ideas and some "oh my...what were they thinking?" ideas.

The first picture is for my friend Amy at My Bambino Bliss.  She was looking for ideas for the top of her armoire.  Amy, here is the basket I was talking about it.  I like it but the picture makes it look skimpy.  As my friend Dawn would say (hey Dawn!) "It needs to be Substantial."  And Dora on the tv adds a little decor to the picture.  What can I say...these are our ordinary days!

I bought this urn back in the summer at a cute shop in Wake Forest.  The shop is in an old house and the couple lives upstairs.  How cool is that!  That would be my dream is to own a little "Boo" shop, as Scott would call it, and live upstairs.  In college, my roommate and I lived on top of a store on the town square.  And our other friend's boyfriend, now husband, lived across the hall.  Let's just say we had lots of fun.  We were like one big family and still are when we all get together.  Now back to the decorating....I love white pumpkins.  So do you think they are real or fake? 

My sweet girl loves to decorate like her mommy.  Look, she has decorated our kitchen windows.  Most of the time, I love these ordinary days!

My favorite find!  I wanted an old chalkboard for a long time.  I searched the internet for an old schoolhouse chalkboard.  They can be quite pricey!  And then one day I was at the Flea Market and there it was!  $35 was the sticker price...which I probably would have forked out.  I really wanted it!  However, I thought I would try to get it for a lower price.  $25...SOLD!  Not sure how the hubby would like it.  He is such a good sport when it comes to "My Finds."  So it sat in my craft room for a long time until I decided where to put it.  Now it hangs in a little area beside my kitchen.  

Just an iron thingy with lots of brown stuff dumped in it.

So that's it!  Just some ordinary decorating.  Nothing fancy because I am not a fancy kind of girl.