luxe chandelier

I’m anxious & excited to get started on our next home project: a faux fireplace!

Usually other homeowners with this kind of space would build in a desk and use it as a place where to put bills and go on the computer. We have 4 bedrooms so we converted one into an office for both of us.

When we first moved in I was disappointed we didn’t have a fireplace. What were we going to tell our children about Santa Claus? He needs a way in to leave them presents. I know there are a lot of other ways for him to come in but I like the chimney method.

Tyler and I went to Home Depot the other day to get an idea of what we would need and the price of everything. We already painted the backsplash the same color as we did with our TV area in the family room. Since we already have a bold color, we decided the fireplace will be white. I love the idea of displaying candles. We have some marbles that I want to add on to give it an elegant look.

I hope we finish this project this weekend and not get distracted. Stay tuned!

I love waiting until a few days before Halloween to get a good deal on pumpkins instead of buying one medium pumpkin for 5 bucks!

Tyler and I spent Saturday evening carving our pumpkins and roasted our pumpkin seeds with brown sugar & cinnamon (yummy recipe here).

We went to Fear Farm with my parents and spent $18 bucks for 4 haunted houses which I find a good deal since I know there are some haunted houses that are $15 for 1 haunted house!

The first haunted house I was dragging on my Dad for dear life since it was pitch black for a while. I almost peed my pants when there was a “bad guy” riding on a horse and bolted at me. No joke! I know they’re not allowed to touch us but they still did an amazing job at getting in our face but not crossing the line by touching us.

Have a wonderful Halloween week! Finally Halloween is not in the middle of the week this year.

We tried getting rid of Tyler’s forehead lines before taking pictures.
He swears he’s stuck with them forever.

- I cannot go to bed unless the door is closed & locked and the closet has to be closed. If it’s not closed I’m going to wake up in the middle of the night screaming thinking that there is someone in closet and force Tyler out of bed to close it. Fortunately he never remembers doing this the next day.

- The window blinds has to be faced down because I would rather have stalkers, robbers, or serial killers get on a ladder to look down through the blinds than easily look up. Sometimes I have Tyler go outside to assure me he can’t see through them.

- I cannot wake up the first time the alarm goes off. I’ll set the alarm an hour before I have to wake up and reset it every 5-10 minutes and then I’ll finally get up! This drives Tyler crazy!

- I have long hair so that means it takes longer to dry my hair. After I shower & put make up on I always crawl back in bed and sleep for 10 more minutes to air dry my hair a little bit before I blow dry it.

- My current food obsession is a fried egg sandwich! I love the yolk!

Do you have any obsessions that are random?