Fall Decorating

I just love fall! It is my absolute favorite season of the year. I love the cool temperatures and the gorgeous reds, oranges and yellow hues of the falling leaves. Of course, football is great, too!

I did some decorating for fall inside and out. God willing, next year I will probably do more decorating after I buy some things on sale after the season is over.

We definitely needed some more pine straw for the beds around the house. We got about 40 bales from this company that was located off Ryan Road next to the Chantilly Wal-mart. He was really a nice guy. It was $5 a bale delivered.

We got the last pinestraw left for the day!

The guy did such a great job of delivering the pinestraw. He put it exactly where it needed to be to be put out later.

Where did this come from this year? Kirklands, of course! I love the color orange and I love pumpkins.

Another find at Kirklands - I love topiaries and I thought these were adorable!

How can you celebrate fall without mums? The wreath was from Kirklands.

I pulled out my scarecrow man and used him again this year.

This year we gave the scarecrow man a girlfriend. He looks much happier now!

I used this outside last year but decided to use it inside this year. I love this. I got it at Wal-mart several years ago.

A Makeover for Alex

It was so much fun redoing Alex's room. I talked to him about several options and he decided on the sports theme. I found the sports full size bedding set for $25 at Wal-mart. Gotta love Wal-mart! The red locker, also from Wal-mart, I chose as a bedside table because it also gave such good storage. And, believe me, Alex has it full of papers! I just thought the bedside lamp was nice for Alex and that he would like it. I chose the red architect type lamp for his desk and he really liked that. He already had a nice desk, office chair, netbook, and monitor. We hung a bulletin board and that completed his desk area. The blanket on his bed was chosen to bring some more pops of red into the room. I found a great blue poster frame that my sister found one of his old sports shirts with his name on it and we framed it in and hung it over the head of his bed. All of these items were purchased at...you guessed it...Wal-mart online. He already had some nice navy curtains which we used. The sports wall collection was purchased from Kirklands, another favorite of mine. Mama, Daddy, and my sister did all the major work on his room and I just provided the new layout and other ideas. Dave was at work but helped when he got home. They cleaned out and organized like you would not believe. Alex was at his other grandparents so we could all work without him seeing the new creation and really surprise him. I don't have before photos unfortunately! I remembered to take my camera but I had no SD card in it! ): My sister took some but she is so busy she has not had a chance to get them to me yet. I also wish I had a picture of the look on his face when he saw it the first time because I wasn't there either and I would love to have seen it. I guess we will just have to imagine. But Shannon said he really liked it and that's all that really matters!!!