Fall Mantel with Pallet Art

Hi Everyone and thanks for stopping by! I shared my living room with you all last week and I had several ask me about my pallet art that sits on my mantel. It is so easy I feel bad to even post about it!

But you like easy right?

Living Room Reveal For Fall

I am so excited to be showing you my living room finally.

It all started with my tufted Sofa. Then I created the Inexpensive way to decorate a blank wall.

I went into this redesign wanting to break a few rules.

I think decorating should be what you want and love and not what someone tells you it HAS to be.

So I played around with placement, vintage and modern decor and a little bit of freebies I had laying inside and outside my home!

I had a few problems like light, a huge tv and an animal that kept photobombing!!

Pottery Barn Inspired Boo Luminary

Last week I was looking at Pottery Barn when I decided to paint my Pumpkin Pillow. 

While I was there I saw this Boo Luminary.

pottery barn

The Ruins and Sites of Rome, Italy

As I told you all before, I am breaking up my trip so I won't bore you all with so much at once. 

I shared the first day in Rome and how amazing it was but today I share with you something that took me over the edge.

The Ruins of Rome, Italy

Pottery Barn Inspired Pumpkin Pillow

It must be the time of year.

The time of year I like to do Pottery Barn knock offs.

The last time I did one was for Halloween. 

This one is a little different. I wanted something fallish for the living room. I have to be careful with the color orange since my coral color can clash with it. This was just a touch so it worked.

I love painting on pillows. I did one for Easter here.

When I was perusing the Pottery Barn Catalog this year, this popped up.

Pottery Barn

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

Can you smell the cinnamon in the air?

My favorite time of the year is fall. As soon as the air gets cooler, my oven goes on bake.

Sometimes I make pretty decorated cookies and other times I make the old tried and true ones.

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

One thing in common....they are delicious!

Rome Italy!

Day One

As we sat in the airport the anticipation grew! I was really going to Italy! My dream since I was a little girl.

The place where my ancestors came from.

We flew to JFK and waited for our one way flight to Rome. I was ready...

I have never flown overseas before. I was excited!

Then they announced there was mechanical difficulties with the plane and we were detained.

3 hours went by before we could board our new plane but that was ok. I knew where I was going!

I flew American...

We boarded the plane, it was bigger than the usual ones I have been in. 

There were movies, music and food to be had.

My thought was that I hope my legs and back don't cramp up sitting here so long....

I watched out the window as the plane went up the coast till the lights were few.

Then no more....

just water...

So sit back with me as I take you on my transatlantic flight to Italy!