More Colorful Fall Decorations at Lake House

Our purpose for visiting the lake house this time, was to have new gutters put on. That was supposed to happen this past Monday. However, due to glitches in the logistics with Home Depot, it was Wednesday afternoon when they were installed. Finally!! Isn't it frustration to sit and wait for someone to come and do work?? It was only a 3 hour job because our home here is only a little over 1000 sq. ft. Easy to clean!!

Hubby is pressure washing everything today. The new gutters showed how much the vinyl siding needed cleaning. Thankfully, it is a warm, sunny day in SW Georgia.

While waiting for all this to happen, I got busy and tweaked and added a little more Fall decor. I know we are only going to be here a few more days, but we will enjoy it while we are here.

I got some "pups" off the neighbors aloe plant, and planted them in these two old planters I had here. I like them sitting in the kitchen window.

The pumpkin with burlap backing and sunflower came from DG. I love the color it adds to the window sill.

I switched out the rake that I had spring/summer flowers attached to. I decided this little scarecrow (also a DG find), would look cute on it.

Isn't he cute?

I found a package of acorns and pine cones for $1 and added them to this basket.

The brown hydrangeas were picked from a neighbor's bushes. They dried on the bushes to such a pretty color.

See the variation in color. Some are a light brown and others are dark!

I added another scarecrow to this Fall arrangement. I'm loving the scarecrows this year. What is your favorite item to decorate with this year?

Sharing my Fall decor with these fabulous ladies:

Share Your Cup @ Have a Daily Cup of Ms. Olson

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home

Show And Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home

Frugal Friday @ Shabby Nest

Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

Be Inspired Friday @ Common Ground

Thrifty Things Friday @ The Thrifty Groove

Thrifty Bookcase Makeover

About a year ago, I was working on a photo gallery area at the lake home. There is an area about 7x7 between the living room, and the hall bath. I bought a really inexpensive ($20.00) bookcase to use there to hold family photos. I hurriedly placed photos on it, and didn't think much about it. The last time we were at the lake, I was sitting there looking at how badly it looked, wondering what I could do to spruce it up a little. It had all colors/types of picture frames -red, pink floral, wood, brass, you name it! I remembered seeing adhesive shelf liner at the Dollar General the day before. So I made a quick trip back there, and bought one 9 ft. roll for less than $3.00. I know this is not an original idea and has been done by lots of people, but I wanted to show you anyway. First, I emptied out all the photos, pulled out the shelves, measured, and cut the paper to fit inside the bookcase. I also took all the photos out of the frames and w...

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