I've only ever used a door drape (I guess they're technically portieres but I'm a simple girl so door drape works for me) on a closet,but I've always been intrigued by them. I love that they're a little unexpected and work great for softening a doorway and adding texture. Depending on your fabric, of course, they can also add additional color and pattern to the room. Seeing the photo above from Better Homes and Garden's "Wool Projects To Warm Up Your Home" reminded me of the idea, so I decided to do a post on it.
I wanted to include the example below from Better Homes and Garden's "Dress a Door In a Drape" so that you could see how, when hung this way, you still see the kitchen but the drape actually attracts your attention and stops your eye from really focusing on the room beyond.
Have you ever used door drapes? If not, do you like the idea? Where would use this type of treatment in your home?
Did you noticed the dog silhouette art just beyond the drape in the photo at the beginning of this post? It can also be found at bhg.com.
Another great silhouette art example is from Karli at Rocky Bella. She recently created a silhouette art display in her entryway. The cute art that you see below is just one example. Didn't she do a great job? Go to her site to see the whole display and tutorial. More table posts (side/end tables and nightstands) coming next week but I wanted to mix it up a bit in between.
oh. and there's a giveaway here on Monday. :-)
If you're interested in creating a mood board for Mood Board Monday (happening on Nov 9th) click HERE for more information.
Happy Halloween! Hope you're all having a great weekend...
Every year we have a crazy adult (if you can call us "adults") Halloween party with a theme. We usually start at our house & then get a limo out into Georgetown where the streets are mobbed with costumed-people. I just LOVE IT!!!! (This year, being pregnant, I just wasn't up for the crazy night out, so we had a fun kiddie one instead.) But, I thought I'd share with you one of our past themes: advertising mascots. The first one up is the Sunmaid Raisin Girl:
The box of raisins inspired the whole party. I've always thought my friend Lindsey looks like the Sunmaid Raisin girl & would always suggest she dress up as her for Halloween. Then, I thought of all the other advertising logos & how my other friends could dress up as them. Here's Lindsey, aka "The Sunmaid Raisin" girl in her costume I made from Goodwill finds. (The bonnet is the sleeve of a red button-down shirt and her corsette is from a suit.)
And next is Chiquita Banana:Marcela's costume is AMAZING. She paper mache'd the basket on her head & meticulously glued all the fruit down. She was such a trooper & it stayed on all night!!!! I made her dress out of cheap t-shirts from Michael's:
And here's our Chiquita's husband, Juan Valdez:
Billy, AKA "Juan Valdez" actually made his entrance to the party by knocking on the window and handing in a cup of coffee... It was perfect!!! The mustache got a bit crooked as the night went on & Billy is just hysterical:
And who can forget the Land O Lakes Butter Girl? Mo was adorable!!!
And even though she's underage, we decided to let the Morton salt Girl join the party.
Erin was perfect! Check out that little mary-jane-clad foot kicked up just like the real Morton Salt Girl:
And we can't have a party without the beer! (ok, we totally can, but let's just pretend! ;)
Here I am as the St.Paulie Girl with a costume made from Goodwill finds:
(I'd originally tried making a "Chicken of the Sea" costume but it was just way too hard to walk around in!) And of course my husband, Sam Adams, was there to help host:
Here he is posing with his friend The Quaker Oats Guy (married to the Morton Salt Girl- what an age gap!! shocking!! ;):
There were a few more gusts I don't have pictures of .. argggg.. Anyway, we've had lots more of these crazy parties & I'll share some more next year. I can't tell you enough how much fun I have on Halloween. We usually start planning in September and my best friends & their husbands come in from out of state. Everyone stresses like crazy about not "having a costume" and in the end they always look awesome. I'm so lucky to have friends who will go along with my silly plans & I love them for it.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
xoxo,
lauren
ps- the hanging scarecrow wasn't visible at night so no one noticed it (phew! ;) and the kids loved the ghost & taking pictures with him.
My mother had a freaky clown painting that she painted and hung in my bedroom.
For my friend Willow at Willow Manor , a scene from the Stephan King movie ' IT 'below.
I had nightmares for years after this.
Was this not the scariest ???? Did you see this movie in 1973 in the theater ?
Growing up in South 'Fla Fla' swimming and water skiing is how I spent most of my days. But I ALWAYS WAS THINKING OF THIS!!!!!!
I have an insane fear of the water at night. I was afraid to swim in the pool in my back yard at night.
Even with the pool light on. It was just to eerie.
And the woods.
Well, what could be creepier that being alone in the woods at night and hearing things.....
Have you ever imagined that you saw something go by and it really wasn't there ? Or was it?
You are alone at home....
you open your eyes after rinsing the soap from your hair,
and you see this man leaning on your
shower glass.
I would just drop dead right there.
I can not watch scary movies.
And if I do, I keep my eyes covered for most of the movie, while squeezing your arm until you tell me that it is numb.
It is ridiculous.
Any form of mutilation...EEEEK!
The Grudge
Goats Eyes!!!!!
People think goats are cute....NOT ME!
Aren't the devil's pupils supposed to be slanted in the same way as a goat's?
( I am creepin' myself out)
Anything related to Satanic ' anything ' makes my skin crawl.
Lastly, an ordinary garbage disposal freaks me out. Have you ever dropped something of value down your garbage disposal. Did you reach in and get it? I am terrified that the disposal will go on while my hand is inside and my fingers will..... well, you get the idea. A mini domestic chainsaw massacre right there in my kitchen on a Wednesday morning. Are you afraid to stick your hand down into your garbage disposal ? If none of these things scare you, What does? XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX's Happy Haunting !!!!:)
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Marcela's costume is AMAZING. She paper mache'd the basket on her head & meticulously glued all the fruit down. She was such a trooper & it stayed on all night!!!! I made her dress out of cheap t-shirts from Michael's:
Mo was adorable!!!
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