Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

I know that having a sofa table in this area and the hall tree being in such close proximity, might break all kinds of design rules, but so be it. When we bought the drop front desk it took the spot where this table/desk once sat. This desk took the place of the table, and the gallery wall is no more. I moved the table to the sun room for a few months, but it blocked the doors into our bedroom from the sunroom, so I brought it into the front hallway, and placed it behind the sofa. I kinda like it here, and it keeps the entire back of the sofa from being the focal point when you enter the room. It also provides a spot for a little red and green......a nod to Christmas, which is now, just days away..... Wanna know where this gorgeous lantern is from?  Oriental Trading.  It is one of the items gifted to me recently for a sponsored post.  Gotta love the perks of blogging, right?  It is really well made, and you should hurry and order if you ...

Today, I'm sharing ways to decorate white pumpkins.  Thanks to   Oriental Trading Company  for providing these.  These pumpkins are the perfect size, and are quality ceramic.  They look great left as they are here, but I chose to embellish mine. These pumpkins work in great with my decor this year, because that is about all I've used to decorate for this fall season.  Last year, I had a thing for scarecrows, this year, pumpkins!! So, you don't have to do anything to these because they look fine right out of the box. You can simply paint the stems. However, I chose three very simple designs to decorate mine. First I used Antique Copper and Gold metallic craft paints to paint the stems. Who doesn't like polka dots, right?  That is a very simple design that anyone can do. I used a stencil sponge, dipped it in paint, and pressed on the pumpkin.  I used metallic paints in gold, and chocolate bar. The smallest pumpkin was ...