Wow, you've been busy, PM! I love your purple/blue silver tree! Looks great & that Santa/Sleigh fits nicely under it! And that cherub wreath is pretty above your mantle. That Lemax vignette in your china cabinet is so cute! Love it! And the bath garland w/those icicle looking ornies is GORGEOUS...bet that was a fun project to get up there! Ugh! Your bathroom looks beautiful ...the blue & silver...lovely! The BOTP shelf vignette sure is festive w/that great Santa pic...nice work! Cute tree, too! And I love that wreath decorated w/shiny ornies...beautiful! (now stay away, Jazz!) And, of course, you know I would love your Woodland Santa's...& that tree, is perfect! TFS, Karen! Wonderful! Jeanne S.

Jane, I've been really slow. Just did bay window today, and need to take more photos of things finished. I've repacked so much stuff, but unfortunately I left a LOT out to yet go thru even tho I don't 'need' to put anymore out. LOL. But you guys got me on a roll. :o) That big silver mercury glass deer is one of my all-time favorite pieces. When the wreath lights hit it, or the sunlight coming thru a small window high on front door, different colors shine in him. He picks up all the purples around him. He was originally $40 but I had a coupon that took off 40%. I think I got him 3 or 4 years ago. Michaels only had half a dozen in and I've not seen them again. My DD got one too. Janet, watching Grayson AND making all those wreaths...I don't know how you do it. No wonder you are exhausted. And I'm sure you're fighting pain every step of the way yourself. My daughter copied the Pinterest NOEL and had someone at her work cut them out for us. My Fall decor was all piled in the garage so yesterday I finally got around to actually putting it away properly, I don't usually let it sit like that, but I got to working on Christmas and side-tracked. Patricia, my goodness....how on earth do I thank you for saying such a wonderful thing about me. Wow, that sure was a day brightener!! I hope you also have happy holidays and much happiness in the new year. You are so sweet to let us all know you're thinking of us. I'm glad you peeked in, but wish you'd join us more. hugs, Karen

Love Bee's black ceiling and the painted bathroom floor. I've made some departures, for me, in going with a new chandelier for my dining room that has a lot more crystal than anything I ever thought I would like, and I love it. Then I put a large, contemporary crystal chandelier (a disc, basically) in the master bedroom. Love it. Painted the dining room blue when everyone else was going red. My appetite is ruled by what is on the plate, and if that doesn't stimulate an appetite, why eat it? Not one person has refused to eat because it wasn't painted red. But it is a calm environment, so maybe there is less digestive upset after? ;-) Probably my most different thing was selecting three cabinet finishes and door styles for my kitchen when two was not often done. I have two hardware finishes and styles, two faucet finishes, two counter tops -- and it doesn't look wild at all. We also reduced the doorways on one wall from three to two and used the space to put a hutch with fridge drawers and a counter for our espresso machine in the breakfast room. Normally, I would not close an exterior door, but we had one into the garage right next to one to the driveway and another to the driveway at the other end of the counter run. We think we corrected a builder blunder. My porch was painted blue, but it has faded and now that it is time to repaint, I'm going to go darker.

I really love everything she's done even if some of the choices are not the highest quality. She's also inspired me not just to putter around but to go shopping and I bought a black vase that's matte colored and large at Marshalls today along with a beautiful alpaca green throw and some red Branch leaves which aren't quite as nice as the one she has but will do. The weather is absolutely gorgeous here right now and all my grass came up within 4 days I put ryegrass out every year and it's magnificent and I'm just loving the beginnings of fall and the chrysanthemums and the cooler weather.