Doors Of Welcome!

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Roeshel

I know most of you have seen my outside fall decor…oops! I was taking today “off” from blogging, wasn’t I? Aw, c’mon! You guys know me. I cannot resist a blog party. I’ve admitted my weakness. I’m a blog party girl. You can’t hold it against me. I was off visiting blog friends and stumbled across a new blog called Some Days are Diamonds. And you guys – she has “Diamonds” in her blog name! And, well…her name is Karen and she’s hosting this:

So, the tremors started and the sweating and I just couldn’t resist the temptation to blog. The withdrawal symptoms caused me to over come my resistance. I sat on my hands. They escaped. It’s not my fault you guys. How could I say ‘no’? Besides…this is a re-post of sorts. That’s not the same thing. Right?

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If you’re a follower – please ignore me. I’m not here. You didn’t see me sneak in. It’s my evil twin. Really. I’ll have a new post for you tomorrow. You’re going to love it!

If you’re new to The DIY Show Off – “Welcome!” I’m thrilled to be participating in The Doors of Welcome. The Trilogy. What fun!

Here is my autumn door:

I decorated our back patio for fall this past week (more photos at the Fall Festival). All festive and ready for a Fall Festival spotlight. In case you’re wondering – we do not have a front door. Yea. Strange, huh? Previous owners built a room over the front entry and it’s one of those projects that we’ll work on down the road. (Dear HGTV, if reading this, we’d be an ideal candidate for Curb Appeal! Call me! lol Darn that TruValue for not considering my home FULL of DIY projects too!) Anyway…that’s why you won’t see my front entry. I have window and a brick chimney facing the road. Welcoming, isn’t it? Some day. ANYWAY – This is where we enter the house.

I decorated my window boxes with things from the yard. Birch bark, grapes, leaves, pinecones and silver dollar plants. Since it’s a short time between now and Christmas…I wanted an inexpensive option. I love how they turned out and the best part – FREE decor!

In my house # pots (tutorial here), I replaced my pansies with pumpkins (painted with simple metallic stripes). I grabbed some sunflowers and mini pumpkins today today.

I also gathered up some branches from the yard (we lost a couple of branches due to storms) to create swags over the French doors (held in place with s-hooks). My wreaths are from last year.

Mr. DIY’s herb garden received a little autumn magic with a clean up, cabbage, teeny pumpkins, a lantern and some acorns.

I found these nibbled pinecones in the yard and I added them to my Juniper.

Along with some acorn-filler.

I painted fall leaves on my doormats.

If you’re interested in making your own, wrote a tutorial: DIY Custom Doormat if you’re interested in sprucing yours up.

Visit
Some Days are Diamonds
to see all of the participants and their pretty autumn doors!
&
I’m linking to one of my favorite parties!
Check it out!

Fall Festival – Week #6

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Roeshel

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all so much for participating in the Fall Festivals the past few weeks. It’s been so much fun and so inspirational!

I decorated our back patio for fall this past week. I still want to get some more pumpkins, but here’s what the back of our house looks like now. All festive and ready for a Fall Festival spotlight. In case you’re wondering – we do not have a front door. Yea. Strange, huh? Previous owners built a room over the front entry and it’s one of those projects that we’ll work on down the road. (Dear HGTV, if reading this, we’d be an ideal candidate for Curb Appeal! Call me! lol Darn that TruValue for not considering my home FULL of DIY projects too!) Anyway…that’s why you won’t see my front entry. I have window and a brick chimney facing the road. Welcoming, isn’t it? Some day. ANYWAY – This is where we enter the house. I hope to do a little decorating for Halloween in the barn this week and finish making the grape arbor a little festive.

Mini metamorphosis. These guys before:

Now after a coat of oil rubbed bronze spray paint:

In my house # pots (tutorial here), I replaced my pansies with pumpkins (painted with simple metallic stripes). I grabbed some sunflowers and mini pumpkins today today.

I also gathered up some branches from the yard (we lost a couple of branches due to storms) to create swags over the French doors (held in place with s-hooks). My wreaths are from last year.

Mr. DIY’s herb garden received a little autumn magic with a clean up, cabbage, teeny pumpkins, a lantern and some acorns.

Remember the nibbled pinecones? I added them to my Juniper.

Along with some acorn-filler (from the yard).

Look at my yard! I’m not kidding when I say the squirrels are bombing! I actually almost landed flat on my back today. It’s like walking on marbles.

If you’re interested in making your own, I wrote a tutorial. DIY Custom Doormat HERE. 🙂

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Do you have a fall project or fall decor to share? Link up and join the party!

What is the Fall Festival?

A blog party on Mondays during the autumn season
Autumn/Fall inspired DIY projects

How can I join?

Create a blog post about an Autumn/Fall project that you’ve done
Add your blog name and project to Mcklinky (example: The DIY Show off – House # Pumpkins)
Type in the permalink address, not your basic blog address. A permalink is the address that links directly to your specific post. (example: http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/house-number-pumpkins)
You must use The DIY Show Off Fall Festival button and link back to The DIY Show Off Fall Festival post so that everyone gets to join in the fun. Here is the button:
Grab the button/html code on the left side bar and insert into your blog post to let others know you’re joining the fun.
I’ll be posting The DIY Show Off Fall Festival on Mondays and try to start the party sometime on the prior Sunday evening.
Although a tutorial is helpful, it’s not required. Anything autumn related and DIY is permitted.
Please follow all steps above or your link won’t be posted. 🙁
If you’ve been inspired by something you see here – show us what you did too!
Enjoy and be inspired!
If your linking – I’ll DEFINITELY be stopping by to check it out and comment. One of the fun things about a smaller party is there’s time to visit with everyone participating, right? I really enjoy seeing all of your creative ideas and inspiration and leaving you a personal note.

Here is the link to all of the Fall Festivals if you’re new to the Fall Festival: HAPPY FALL!

Fall Festival – Week #5

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Roeshel

Welcome to the 5th Fall Festival! ::High 5!::

This week I made a birthday gift for my sister-in-law (Happy Birthday, Lynette!). She’s also moving into a new home this month too…so hopefully some before/after photos of their DIY renovation projects. Anyway…you know my usual routine. My weekly spray paint and Mod Podge fix.

(Inspired by Mod Modge Rocks – Amy’s pumpkin & One Little Notebook – Jenny’s “BOO”)

Warning: Spray painting a brown shade outside in the wind = dirty-looking nails and finger tips. Ew. Helpful hint: Nail polish remover works on removing spray paint. Unless you can rock the ‘digging in the dirt’ look. I couldn’t.

And then…seriously, this Fall Festival and everyone’s projects and decor are so inspiring. I’m decorating parts of my house that I normally wouldn’t! Today, I added some autumn touches to one of my built-in book shelves…Fall is in the air and it’s landing all over my house! But with my mantel

my book shelves make my living room feel so cozy. Perfect place to curl up on the couch with a good book or my husband and a movie. It’s almost like Christmas when I love just sitting on the sofa with raspberry truffle hot chocolate and staring at the Christmas tree except now it’s fall leaves, glowing candles, spice scents and hot cider.

Pardon Mr. DIY’s knee in the bottom left corner…he wasn’t moving for anything. Front row football seats override my photography session. So does Niski’s nap for that matter (that’s her on her bed in the middle of the floor).
We have a giant oak tree outside that is full of acorns this year. I’m not sure if we’re noticing it more because of the new patio, but it’s raining acorns. Scares Niski to death. Acorn bombs. The sky is falling! Poor girl. She’s whooped. Acorn invasion is stressful.

And this is good – you’re getting to see ‘before’ pics of my living room which will undergo a transformation soon…one of these days…hopefully.

And how cute is this Halloween project by Sassy Mini Dolls? Click HERE for the tutorial. Cracks me up! So funny and so cute (and easy!). Marsha is so nice. I love her motto: “Creativity is rarely tidy.” So true!

Wrong Way Witch

Linking to the following party.
Head over and see some great projects/befores & afters and fun!