New Door Knobs

So after seeing the bronze and silver door knobs on house shows on HGTV, I decided they looked much nicer than the brass looking ones we currently had/have. We replaced all the knobs on the first floor this weekend. I think they look much nicer and fancier than the old ones.

No More Shop Vac

Yay! Finally, we got our sump pump installed so no more standing with the shop vac in the Spring when the rain goes on for weeks and floods the basement.

Gobble Gobble!

Here's a little picture of some Thanksgiving decorations. I don't have too many, but I add them to the Fall decorations so the house is still fully decorated.

Rudolph Day

I'm a little late on October's Rudolph day because we were on vacation and I really didn't do anything Christmas related this past week. I did pick up a few gift parts this month. I need to get stocking stuffers which I hope to do this month and then I need one more wrapping session and I should be all set. I still have to pick up a ton of gift cards, but I've started getting them here and there. All in all I think I'm on schedule to be ready for Christmas by the end of this month. Today I've put away Halloween decorations and I'll be putting out Thanksgiving stuff later. Maybe I'll put up some pictures later. Oh I did buy a new table for my Christmas village to go on. It's a 6 ft plastic one that folds in half. It's much lighter than the MDF one we use now, plus that one has some water damage from the Spring flooding in the basement.

New Shelf

I bought this shelf unfinished at Michael's and stained it black. My Mom and I liked it a few weeks ago, but I had no place to put it. Now that the love seat is where the couch was there is more room. I think it came out pretty good. It looks rustic like the table you see in the next picture. I used my coupon and got this shelf for $30 plus some black stain. Good deal.

New Chairs and Table

We switched the love seat to where the couch used to be and freecycled the old couch. The love seat is so comfy, like brand new. The chairs, not so comfy, but not horrible. They look nice and were cheapish. I bought the table unfinished at Michael's and stained it black. I sanded the edges a little to make it more rustic. I'm going to look for a small lamp to put on it soon.

Rug

Here's the new dining room rug. Nothing fancy, but new and clean.