By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET
Boy, I wish I could tell you this is what my front door looks, all decked out for Halloween. Or that I have a back porch that looks like this:
But no. Not even close.
Kimba of A Soft Place to Land is hosting a Halloween Blog Party today. I had Big Plans to decorate my house in time, but this whole blog move has taken over my life. I spent another weekend trying to restore missing photos and fix broken links.
Here’s my mantel, which I finally Fall-ified (yes, I made that word up) this week, but that’s as far as I got, decorating-wise. Not a single Halloween decoration has been put up. (To see more photos of my house decorated for Fall, click here.)
So today, as I worked on the computer, a little Halloween Fairy decorated the house for me. What a nice surprise!
Not only did she decorate, but she actually grabbed the camera and took some photos for me to show you. I believe her actual words were, “I did your blog post for you, Mom.” Wow. It’s my lucky day!
Here are some very spooky ghosts guarding the half-wall at the top of the stairs:
Some teeny-tiny pumpkins on the playroom doors:
A jack-o-lantern in the playroom:
Look out! There are some bats and spiders hiding behind the door, waiting to strike!
Some more ghosts got into Lily’s room. Boo!
Here’s the Halloween Fairy, who wants to be sure you don’t miss this little ghost floating around on the landing:
Didn’t she do a good job?
So maybe my house doesn’t look like the Country Living photo spread at the top of the post. Maybe I’m a total loser mom for leaving the house so bare that my 6-year old had to do all the Halloween decorating for me this year. Oh, well.
At least you feel better about yourself now, don’t you? (You’re welcome!)
Stop by Kimba’s Halloween blog party to see lots of creative new decorating ideas that I failed to give you here.
SOME BLOG NEWS & NOTES:
- We have a winner! Thanks to everyone who took the time to update their links with my new blog address! I really appreciate it. The $20 Amazon Gift Card hereby goes to The Nester of Nesting Place! Congrats, Nester! And thank you for sending so many new visitors my way, each and every day.
- Fantasy Open House, Old Homes Edition starts tomorrow and will run all week. Each day I’ll take you with me on a tour of another charming old home. I hope you’ll join us!
- Save the Date! It’s time for another HOOKED ON HOUSE TOURS Blog Party! Mark your calendars because we’re going to do it again on Friday, October 17. More details to follow, but start thinking now about the house you may want to showcase on your blog. (Relive the Summer “Hooked on House Tours” Blog Party here.)
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So cute! I need to get my little decorating elf to do that for me. I have been so bad about halloween decorations. I picked up and dumped into a basket a bunch of pinecones today, does that count? No? Sigh. Time to go pumpkin shopping.
That is so sweet – I see a decorator in the making.
Those are sooooo much better than anything that could ever be bought. She is very talented!
That has got to be some of the cutest decorations I’ve ever seen, and I mean that.
So precious. Don’t worry, I am usually lugging the stuff up in August and just started a couple weeks ago.
Awww…the decorations are so cute. Boy, I sure needed a decorating fairy this afternoon.
Annabelle
This will probably end up being my favorite post at Kimba’s party. Please tell your little decorating-elf how much I enjoyed looking at her wonderful artwork. Great teamwork Mom!!!
Mary Lou
Cutie Patootie! She and my 6 yr old daughter would have a great time decorating together!
Your daughter did a great job, a future designer in the making.
Its times like this I miss my old house and my old porch – it was great to decorate for Halloween (and a great trick-or-treat neighborhood). But I don’t miss raking the leaves!
Your little girl is so cute! I love that she decorated for you. She’s bound to be a pro by the time she’s grown. Love the Country Living photos too!
That’s great. My daughter does a similar thing at Christmas time and even though I love to have things beautifully decorated, these times are for the kids aren’t they? Every year I say that our Christmas tree is going to be decorated with just handmade ornaments, but she puts up a fuss. She’s very sentimental and likes to have the things that have memories attached. I figure time flys so fast and there’ll be plenty of time in the future when she’s grown up to do things my way (and by then I’ll probably miss her so much that I’ll use all of her things.)
Sorry, I know I’m talking about the wrong season but we don’t celebrate Halloween here. Boo hoo!
Julia, your home is simply beautiful, I need a little Halloween fairy to visit me
How sweet!
You know, my boys are really starting to get an interest in decorating since I have started my blog…it’s actually very sweet. Whenever I buy something new they want to know where it’s going, want to know if they can help, it’s really cool.
Oh, congrats to Nester! That was a nice giveaway! I’ll be having a new giveaway starting tomorrow:)
I hope you get your new blog up to where you want it soon, I know it must be frustrating!
Take care,
Bella
I must say I like the word Fall-ified. Works for me. And your little decorating fairy did a fantastic job! Be sure to tell her we all love it. By the way, I haven’t decorated yet, either. Got the stuff out, but haven’t put it up.
Your daughter did a FABULOUS job decorating the house!!
Oh, it all looks adorable. I was calling you bad names though when I saw those first two pictures….all in love of course!
CUTE! I think your mantel is fantastic… I love that white vase (urn?). It reminds me of the latest cover of Pottery Barn.
) How sweet Lily decorated for you…. so cute!
PERFECT decorating…I say you put it away when halloween is over, and bring it out every year!
Ooooh…Another home tour, I’ll have to put my thinking cap on!
The Halloween Fairy did a fantastic job. I’d take her decorations over Country Living’s any day!
Your Hallowe’en Fairy did a fabulous job, Julia!
She did a great job! That was sweet of her to help you out.
Sometimes it is just as easy NOT decorating like country living (easier clean up!!) Love those pictures though!! Yes, we both thought that we’d get our decorating done this weekend……alas we decided to get some wallpaper off the back wall in the store instead – the joys of being a shop owner I guess!!
Karla & Karrie
Lily did an OUTSTANDING job!
Can she come to my house next? I haven’t done a stitch of Halloween decorating yet.
Your Halloween Fairy Rocks!!! For Sure. She is being marinated in decorating love and she is starting to bloom! Great job.
Smiles ~ Ramona
Loving your real life decorations!!! Those are the best kind.
Thanks so much for the gift card!! I never win anything!!!!
Those are my favorite decorations ever!
I love how your little decorator decorates. So precious
Becky
After viewing the porch pictures I went out to my own porches only to discover that they have already been decorated the natural way. complete with scary spider webs and all. Lucky me huh? Too bad I don’t have a Lily to decorate the right way. So talented!
Hey, Julia, I just love your simple mantel decorated for Fall. I don’t go all out for Fall decor either, but I sure do love Christmas.
Lily I wish you could come and do my house you did a FANTASTIC job !!! Thanks Mom for showing us her work you must be very proud
Have a nice week you two,
Kathy
I wish my “porches” looked like those, too. My 5-year-old decorated our house, too. We’d pulled out the box of stuff and were outside thinking it was awfully quiet inside. After a little while we went in to check what was happening and she said, “It’s nearly done. I pumpkined it up for you!” She did a good job too! (She wasn’t waiting for the house to be picked up either, which would have held me off for weeks.) I’m going to let her do the Christmas decorating too, I think.
I wish my “porches” looked like those, too. Lily did awesome. Funny, my 5-year-old decorated our house, too. We’d pulled out the box of stuff and were outside thinking it was awfully quiet inside. After a little while we went in to check what was happening and she said, “It’s nearly done. I pumpkined it up for you!” She did a good job too! (She wasn’t waiting for the house to be picked up either, which would have held me off for weeks.) I’m going to let her do the Christmas decorating too, I think. Can I insert “too” any more?
Your mantel looks so elegant! I think it’s great that your daughter decorated for Halloween. It looks fantastic.
Oh, that’s precious. Bless her sweet little heart! I love your talented helper … and I also love your new word: “fall-ified”.
I love it!! I will say that when I saw the front door at the beginning, I was like OH MY GOSH!! But, I love the decorations that your daughter made even more!! So cute, and they mean something! I was feeling too intimidated to post my fall deco pictures, but maybe I will now!
Happy Halloween!
How cuuuuuuute of your daughter to do your blog post for you!!
That is just so precious. Love that round mirror over your mantle!
LOVE her decorating. She is very creative. I think the other can be over done and she has just the right touch!
Salivating for Fantasy Open House Old Homes…
Can I borrow Lily?! She is cute *and* helpful. I’m afraid my ambitious Halloween house decorating plans are just that: Ambitious, and plans (there’s always next year…). In my mind, my house was going to look like that Country Living pic at the top of your post. In reality: Not so much so. I took pics of my meager attempts this weekend. I’ll post this week. Maybe I can crop them to make them look better or something.
Those are great Halloween decorations!
I don’t decorate for Halloween… so I will have to snap photos of my neighbors’ houses if I want to be on your tour… hmmmm… I will drive around and snap snap snap!
Will you send your Halloween fairy my way?
I am all decorated
BUT
I could always use more!!!
So cute.
Fifi–
The Hooked on House Tours party doesn’t have to have anything to do with Halloween. It’s just a house tour like before and you can show whatever you want. I’m sure some people will show houses with fall or Halloween decor, but it’s not necessary!
Everyone–
Lily is so happy you like her decorations! Your kind comments have made her day. -Julia
Your Halloween Fairy did such a wonderful job and she’s a cutie!
Manuela
she is priceless! I love it!
Hi Julia, Tell Lily that she did a wonderful job decorating and also taking the pictures too. I hope you and your family have a great Halloween this year. Hey there Lily you can come over to my house now and decorate my mantle, just kidding, great job Lily.
How adorable! Your house looks fantastic! Lily did a great job! I love your BLOG!!! I will be coming back!
Happy Halloween!……MIMILEE<
Awwww. She’s a sweetie pie!!
Yay! Finally, someone who has same decorations stuck the wall as I do! Thank you for that! I did decorate my mantel, though. Just as you did. Loved it.
Julia,
Thanks so much for stopping by~I have adored your blog for awhile because I’m a house junkie myself. You have great taste~I loved seeing your pictures from last year of your beautiful home. Tell your daughter my favorite part are her ghosts though.
Melissa
Thanks for sharing those inspiration pictures. Very pretty.
But I definitely prefer the work done by your halloween fairy. She can decorate my house any time.
Thanks for coming to my party!
awesome! i love the little ghosts, spiders, and pumpkins!
Cute! My little helpers were not quite that creative. Jackie
Your Halloween Fairy did an outstanding job with decorating for you!
Your fairy did an amazing job!!!!!
I love the second photo of the porch. I’m drooling!!!!!! wow. I love the pumpkin on the light fixture!
Your Halloween Fairy did an amazing job! I hope my girls will do that for me some day. It’s very sweet!
Julia, I love those ghost pictures and I would save them if I were you. Someday you will enjoy having those (oh 10-15 years from now). I still pull out my kids halloween stuff from years ago. It brings such a sweet feeling. Love it love it, I enjoyed your tour, thank you.
Debbie
Too cute. Great job Lily!
Love your post….at first I was like..oh my goodness, this lady must be a professional or something. Wow! Who wouldn’t love a back porch like that one?? Anyway, I love your mantel..and I love your mirror…the look is beautiful. Your daughter did a great job with the decorating and the pics for the blog post!!!!
Awwwwww…. She is so cute Julia!
Tell her she did a great job helping you out
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