On the 4th Day of Christmas....

....the Happy House gives to you, the rest of the family room! Here is the overview from the kitchen. You've seen the fireplace and the tree (for the most part) but here is the wider view. I bought the pillows on clearance last year after Christmas. (The day after a holiday is a great time to buy holiday decor for next year!)



Then there are the floating shelves. I had so much I wanted to share, so I just went with all of it!
I got the Christmas printable here. Otherwise, everything is ours, and other than photos, everything was from last year.



You know you want to come join me by the fire, just admit it! I'll have some hot cocoa waiting for you!



And because you know I like to keep it real, this is how it looks during the day when Cam is hanging out with me :) Laptop on the side table, Christmas tunes on the TV, gate putting the tree in a time out, and Gibson's bed which is virtually useless because Cam won't let him sleep.

Hope you're enjoying my very own little 12 Days of Christmas!

Fall Decorating 2011 Part 1

Or is it Part 2 since I already showed a little snippet of the porch? Either way, more fall decorating coming at you! I'm changing all kinds of things this year. Looking back on last year's attempt, meh. Let's just not. I'm so much happier this time around! I've got to order a few things before the family room is finished, but the floating shelves are D-U-N! Done!



Let's break it down! Everything carried over from last year with the exception of a few pieces. I swapped out our normal photos for the free fall printable, found here, as well as a shot of the pumpkin patch from when we went last year. The bottom right is a close up of a tree up at the cabin. There are some new sticks as filler under the large orange candle and since I couldn't use real candles on the bottom shelf, I bought 3 flameless ones. LOVE the flameless candles. Plus, they are versatile enough to be used at times other than fall!


Here's just a straight on shot so you can see the prints a little better.



So that's that. Family room floating shelves complete. Have you started your fall decorating? Have you blogged about it? Share it here in the InLinkz!