Around the house

 Well fall has arrived and October has so far been so beautiful and warm , it's my kind of fall so far.
 I am really appreciating the colorful view out my kitchen window these days it is so pretty.

 I've done a little more decorating on the front porch. I dug out an old wreath I had in storage and added a couple of pumpkins , my favorite is always the white pumpkins and I switched out the cheap mailbox for a more charming mail basket , all we ever get in there are flyers anyway.
Next spring we will deal with the soil issue , I do see it.

 I never did show you the super cute mirrors I found a Homesense a while back, $16.99 each what a steal. We love mirrors.

 I did have a convex mirror above this little front hall cabinet but it worked better in the living room. I stumbled across this big chunky mirror a couple of weeks ago at Home Outfitters on clearance for $30 and even though I didn't think I had a place for it I couldn't walk away , it was a real steal. It did have some damage but all I did was take a sanding block to it to blend out the damage and make it look intentional. I could have restained the whole thing if I had wanted a more polished look. You can always fix up little dents and nicks so keep that in mind when you are scouring the clearance section. I mean the mirror was originally $90 so well worth the extra effort.

 I still have a lot of work to do in the living room like , wood floors , a rug, trim , crown moulding and of course paint, but until then I still want it to look pretty.
 This corner wall configuration has been hard for me to deal with.
 I wanted a wall of mirrors but that is so much easier said than done...

But I am happy to say I have finally come up with a pleasing solution.
I found a set of  5 mirrors at Lowe's and we had the convex mirror from way back and the C mirror I found on clearance for $22 at Homesense , I just thought it was cheeky so I got it, and I like the mix and dimension it adds.
The large mirror on the left was another clearance damaged mirror I picked up.
I also wanted lanterns and have been looking for quite a while without success until yesterday when I was at Target, oh how I LOVE Target. I found these perfect lanterns on sale for $16.99 I loved their simplicity and price of course.
I needed to figure out how to hang them. First I thought of hooks , maybe small outdoor hooks......but they were too big and the lanterns would have been too far off the wall. So while at Lowe's I looked for a solution and that lead me to the curtain aisle and didn't I see these pretty tie backs and lucky me they worked perfectly and in fact I love them so much better than hooks.

 I have used battery candles, love those too...the glow of candles without the worry.

Oh and one more great Target purchase to share... this framed metal feather . I had been trying to come up with something for this spot to the right of our front door and this was perfect and at $19.99 easy to go ahead with this purchase.

So there you have a little run down of what's going on around the house as far as decorating goes...the next big project I want to tackle is the family room floor before Christmas, I am sort of dreading the mess and hassle. Maybe I will tackle painting the living room first , I am thinking a rich grey....daring right and I know so on trend but I can not get enough of grey in this house. I am looking to create a cozy night time space.

I hope you are enjoying the fall and thank you so much for stopping by my blog and taking time out of your day to see what I am up to...xo

Marbel Doors

Recently I have been customizing and creating built ins. In the past I have created doors myself , but I have my limitations. I have known about Marbel for a few years now but have never used them for doors up until recently. The have turned out to be a great resource for a beautiful custom finish. 

I can go into Marbel and select the profile , the material and the edge and the miter. In about a week I can pick up the exact size door that I need .

I have been asked about my door resource by a few of my readers so I wanted to share with you this information in case you are in need of some doors yourself. 

 Here is my daughters room where I first used Marbel doors. I get them unfinished so that I can paint them to match my project perfectly.

I was at Marbel yesterday ordering more doors and I asked if they ship , well they do , they use Fedex so if you aren't in the Greater Toronto Area you too can have custom built doors at a very reasonable price.
You should check around your local area for a similar co that makes custom doors.

Did you know Candice Olsen has even used Marbel for doors on at least one of her projects for the show Candice tells all!!!! well you do now. Check out Marbel here 

Built ins progress one week

Just a week into the build and things are really looking amazing... the desk is installed , the shelves are all in place and trimmed as well the crown moulding is on.
I just need to order the doors, sand, add more support for the shelves and add bead board to the upper open shelves then the painting begins. My hope is that this project will be done by Friday evening.
We will see!!!!