BOO-tifying The Sunroom

Nowadays, I need a kick in the britches to
motivate myself to decorate for Hallowe'en. 

No kids pestering me = lazy.

But when Howard brought the bins up from the cellar,

well . . . it was time.

Ignore, please, the lampshade on the wooden boxes.  Real life isn't always pretty.  :-)

Most of my kitschy, corny Hallowe'en stuff ends up in the

Sunroom.  The good stuff goes in more serious rooms!

(Not that I have any real good Hallowe'en stuff!)

Weekend before last, I got a fall-themed wreath at The Christmas Tree Shops store.

It lights up.

This is what happens when you go shopping with children.

If by "children," we mean "Howard and Anne."

Yes, my husband and grown daughter forced convinced me

to buy a glittery, battery-lit, cheesy, corny wreath.

Not my usual style.

This is my usual style.  Dull and safe.

So, I didn't put it in the usual wreath-hanging place on the front door.

No-sir-ee.

Instead, it's lying down on the job, and making believe it's a centerpiece.

With a ceramic Jack O Lantern in its tummy.

Kitsch has its place, especially at Hallowe'en.

Several old wax candle ghosties have nestled themselves

into the gold and glitter.

 And guess what, Martha from Lines From Linderhof?

I'm copying you!

We went to Home Depot, and got a wee baby stove for the sunroom,

and we adore it.  

Oh Holy Mop-and-Shopping-Cart, Batman.  Nice picture -- talk about Real Life.  I am a doofus.

It adds a nice bit of warmth, and the fake flames are such fun;

they crack me up.  They MOVE.  How does that happen?

I am mystified.

I would not have gotten one of these, without your vouching for it,
so Thank You, Martha!

So, I think I have proved that cheese knows no bounds!

Glitter and fake flames?

Welcome to That Old House!  You rock.  -- Cass

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