Sharing Shadymont, My Mountain Cottage

Hubby and I have worked so hard the last few days, cleaning out the basement, and trying to clean the floors.  When the home was built in 2000, for some reason a lot of red mud was ground into the concrete floors.  Then for a number of years, I just didn't worry too much about it because it's only used for storage of mowers, garden tools, and the usual "junk" that gets stored there... not the least of which is all my decorating items packed and stacked in bins.  We have been thinking about painting the floors, and knew we would have to clean them.  If they come clean enough though, we may not paint them.  Talk about hard work!  We were reminded that there are muscles we had forgotten about, and we move much slower now than a few years ago. Anyway, I decided a trip to a favorite consignment store would be a reward for all the hard work. It turned out to be a good time to shop.  They had so many unique things, but I was good and only bought these three...

I had the day off today, and decided I would put a few autumn decorations out.  I haven't gone to the basement and brought up the "big stash", but used what I had stored upstairs.  I'll get the other out in a few days. I started in the dining room and I'm sure this will change when I get the other items upstairs.  So I took a few photos while it looks like this. First, let me say.......... Found this at "Sweet Tea" for a little over a dollar, I think $1.49. Added this garland to the bookcase.  It is a Dollar Tree find from last year. Added  some pumpkins and gourds to the tiered stand on the dining room table. Bought this bouquet at Dollar General last year.   Linking up to Table Top Tuesday at Marty's and Wow Us Wednesday at Kim's.  Please come by for a visit.