Thrifty Thursday...Halloween and Fall Decorations

Howdy! I am so excited for this post because I LOVE Halloween! I seriously love decorating for it. So tonight I'm going to show you what we've done so far. (We're going to change up my mantel this weekend.) Sit back, grab a drink, and take a look at a bunch of pictures.

First up...my foyer. This is what you see when you walk in the front door so I think it sets the tone for the whole first floor.

(I'm not loving that cord so I might need to try to hide it somehow?)

Here it is at night. So fun.

I've never decorated my round table but I had fun with it this year. It's a nod to the Pottery Barn catalogue.

I moved our large spider web this year and I really like it up here!

And I added just a touch of fall with my hydrangeas. Love them.

Moving on to my half bath. I added just a few simple touches.

Actually, #2 came up with the idea to layer the towels and I have to say, I love it!

Moving on to my kitchen...

I haven't even officially "revealed" my re-done bar cart but here it is. I got a kick out of doing this.

Since it was No-Spend September, I found that lamp in my basement but it was pink. Naturally I spray painted it black since I have a huge stash of spray paint. I couldn't buy a lamp shade (that would have broken the rules) but then I figured, Hey, leave it naked! In the end it looks even more "spooky" to me without the lamp shade. Perfect!

The bottom of the cart is a hodge podge of things that are near and dear to me. The hubby made that jack-o-lantern when he was a kid. I found those china dishes at Salvation army last year and I LOVE THEM. And lastly, those beer steins were a wedding present from one of our dearest friends - brought all the way from Germany. I am so excited to get to display them - only 16 years later:)

Let's move on to the dining room, shall we?

Up until this year, we haven't actually had furniture in here. So this was a novel concept to decorate. But I figured, Why not? Bring it!

Those gray dishes are the ones from Salvation Army and the cream ones I inherited from my grandmother. I love how the gold ties them together. Plus, I just love gold. Majorly.

Oooohhh...spooky...

I love decorating with hedge apples. First of all, they're free. Score. Second of all, that color! It's such an amazing, perfect shade of green. I can't get enough. I even scored enough to use some at my sister's house.

Last room, the family room. Here's my little art caddy which is now just a fun fall display.

I already showed you my fall mantel, but we added a few things this weekend. Namely, two strings of lights and a banner.

I actually found that banner on Pinterest and copied the idea but made it my own. I have to give credit where credit is due, though. Check out this link to see the original!

Again, since it was No-Spend September I just used what I had on hand: an old newspaper, black glitter and glue, cardstock, and black eyelets.

First, I cut out my cardstock into 5"x8" pieces. Then I brushed on modge podge and covered the cardstock with newspaper and cut off the excess. I printed out my letters on plain printer paper using Charlamagne Standard font and then cut them out. I glued the letters onto the 5"x8" pieces and then applied glitter. Lastly, I needed to be able to string them together so I added eyelets to the top corners. Done. All told it probably took an hour or so? It was actually kind of fun to put together. I just hid out so I didn't have "help" from the littles.

Phew. If you made it this far, thank you. I hope to have a new Halloween mantel done after my thrift shopping this weekend. Hopefully I will have good luck.

See you next week with another Thrifty Thursday!