A Fun Halloween and Some New Ikea Chairs

The Friday before Halloween, the kids had PJ day at school, and Makenna has been begging me to do another tea party. So we planned a Halloween tea party, picked out some fun recipes, and had it prepared when the older kids came home from school (the two older girls are my neices).

We used my favorite red teapot and cups from Southern Living at HOME and an antique quilt top that I got from my neighbor for the tablecloth. I love the bright colors in it.

We made scarecrow cupcakes, boo-nanas, and monster teeth. We found these recipes on http://www.familyfun.com/. Makenna had fun picking out the menu. I made sure the food was simple and did not require many ingredients. Grocery store trips are not my favorite!

On Halloween night, Makenna dressed up like a cupcake fairy. We did some hot pink stripes in her hair with pink hair spray and I painted some cupcakes on her cheeks.

Here they are ready to go. Bryce was a ninja and Brayden was a puppy. Brayden wasn't so sure about his hood.

We met up with their cousins along the way and a neighbor boy tagged along with us this year too.

Brayden was pretty excited about getting all that candy. He loved trick or treating! He kept up with the other kids surprisingly. We had a fun night and ended up with tons of chocolate. That is my weakness, so mommy has been stealing WAY too many candy bars from the kid's buckets!

Here are my new Ikea chairs that I showed you a glimpse of before. I made enough money at the barn sale last month to get these and a new sisal rug for my sunroom. I have always loved these Erktop chairs and they are actually very comfortable and affordable. The one on the left is not crooked even though it looks like it in the picture. My hubby had to put them together, but that's the price you (I mean "he") pays for saving some money, right? The white slipcovers were only $30 each and they are washable which is a must in our house!

This is my cozy little spot where I love to sit in the morning and have coffee and read before everyone else is up. Mornings like this are few lately, but I cherish the ones I get.

Hope you are having a good week and can sneak a few moments of quiet and rest amongst the busyness of your day. Is anyone else stressing about Christmas shopping yet? I am!

My $5 Garage Sale Beauties

I found 2 of these awesome chairs at a garage sale last year for $5 each. They have been sitting in my garage waiting until I came up with a spot for them. I never forgot about them like I do some things. I just fell in love with the turned legs on the front. Now my dilema...which room do I want to put them in, or do I want to split them up???

I painted one a grayish blue called Contented from Sherwin Williams (a friend gave me the sample that she did not want). I put it in the dining room to hold table linens here.

Or I could paint both of them this color and put one on each side of the table for extra seating. I have been needing some extra chairs in here, but are they too small next to my other chairs???

OR...I could put a coat of poly on this one and put it next to the tub holding my bath supplies for when I finally get to use this dreamy tub.

I love the industrial look of these locker baskets next to the old looking wood on the chair. I might have to keep this one in here. Decisions...Decisions...Any insight you want to give would be ever so helpful! By the way, no sinks in the bathroom yet. This time it is my fault, I was having trouble finding a faucet that I liked, that would fit on the coutertop, that fit into the budget. I think I finally found one that works. I know it is taking soooo long!