Back to building benches

 I have been working a on a new project, an almost 8 foot long window bench as well as a bookcase and desk. So far things are going well. The bench is built with exception of a little trim. I will be moving onto priming and painting soon.
The photo below was my inspiration for this window bench I am building. I needed to allow adequate air flow for this rooms heating vent.

Vanilla Ice Goes Amish on DIY network Canada

 I got an invitation last week to go to a screening of Vanilla Ice Goes Amish , how could I not go ? I mean I was a teen in the 90's, enough said....
My lovely and beautiful cousin came with me as my date , how sweet was she? We made our way into the city and after my map app sent us on a ridiculous wild goose chase of sorts we finally made it to the intimate event just in time. We enjoyed a little wine and snacks until the screening of this Sunday's premiere episode 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm October 13th 2013 on the DIY network Canada.
I thought the episode was great and fun , I will definitely be watching this series.

 Rob Van winkle came in and said a few words and then we watched the episode you will see this Sunday. Who isn't fascinated by the Amish right? We got a quick pic with him and in case you wondered he smelled so good and is so cute!

 You know you are at an event with bloggers when the trays of cookies come out and no one is taking them but everyone wants to get a photo, it was pretty funny.

So that's what I did last night, thanks for the invite guys...
Make sure you tune in to the DIY network and watch the new series Vanilla Ice Goes Amish this Sunday at 7:00 pm , like the DIY network isn't already one of your go to channels when you have a little time to relax ! I know it is one of my go to channels....not a surprise right!

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