It’s the MOST wonderful time of the year…and I went a little crazy with the Halloween touches. The past few years I’ve become a holiday decorating minimalist, so this is me really going all out, haha. If not at Halloween, when? Proudly, all the Halloween items still fit into 1 storage box, but there’s fun stuff going on in most every room of the house this year and I’m feeling it! Basically me right now:
Starting out front with the new white paint and new black fixtures and the new-to-Halloween orange door!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE. This was the year for exterior transformations and dang have we come a long way since our tan and turquoise 2017 Halloween.
I didn’t change much in the entry from last year. We are still using this weird old organ as an entry table!
The den was given Halloween decoration crumbs, but look how festive! 
Spider webs are becoming my favorite Halloween addition. Big impact with minimal storage. (Do you notice the couch swap I am experimenting with? The colors are working.)
We are still doing this. Probably until my kids are 40.
My very complicated addition to the kitchen/front window.
Whoa, we even spilled the festivities into the bedrooms (see this one here). OVER THE TOP.
We’ve been doing Halloween family movie/show nights every Friday…Spooky Buddies is an all time favorite of my kids and I tolerate it for the Halloween campiness of it all. But we recently started watching The Addams Family together (the original TV show), which I loved as a kid but haven’t really watched with adult brains, and it is SO GOOD! They are all I want to be. Tish is my new role model. What are some of your favorite Halloween movies/shows? And do you go all out decorating for Halloween or pass? xoxo Jenny
Halloween Madness
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OK, one more Christmas post before the big day! This time, our entry. (Family room 
This special little vintage “KISS ME” mistletoe decoration was made by my kiddos great grandma. So sweet. 
Around the corner from the entry, in the 
So if you are keeping score, I completely failed at a calm, simple, reflective December despite my best efforts. I’m a wreck. Does this just happen as kids get older and have more of a social life/homework/etc? While I’m not ready to pack up the decorations, I’m really looking forward to some quiet next week after all the celebrating, when we have nothing scheduled but some hardwood flooring install (in the kid bedrooms!). I desperately need a break, mostly from being my youngest’s teacher, ha! Christmas plus regular mom stuff plus homeschool has just pushed me over the edge this month. Like pass the pillow, I’m gonna scream. So sad, but true, and just life. Hope your December fared better! And if so, tell me your secrets to simplicity. If not, there’s always next Christmas! Merry Christmas from my crazy house to yours! xoxo
I never would have thought that 
Most everything in here is vintage except for the 
It’s that time! Our 
The “tree skirt” is just two 
Some ornaments are vintage, but those lovely turquoise and aqua ones are new from 
Elsewhere in the room, tinsel drenches the bookshelf and a few little vintage trees sit here and there and that’s the extent of the decorating!
This beaded tree was my husband’s grandma’s. Isn’t it adorable? That spacey base alone!
Not planned, but a perk from outside is how well this year’s tree coordinates with 
Hi internet! I’m popping in to say a quick Happy Thanksgiving to you! We just got back from a few wonderful days in Palm Springs and, in between laundry loads, have this going on in our house. I’m so not ready for this, but the kids are. Holiday confusion! 
I have a feeling we’ll spend the day debating over whether we’ll get a real tree too this year (team kids) or just go nice and minimal (team me)…not the worst 2017 Thanksgiving debate you could have I guess. Wherever you stand (even team no Christmas decorations til after this holiday – I KNOW!) I hope you have a wonderful holiday! So thankful to you all and this weird internet world where I’ve gotten to connect with so many of you fellow house nuts!