Autumn Amelia

Hey MTV, I'm Autumn Mineer and this is my crib!

While (finally) getting out the rest of our Halloween decorations last weekend I decided it would be fun to give a little Halloween house tour.

Erik and I both LOVE Halloween and as a result, our house gets a lot of love for the holiday.

The best part is that most of the decorations are cheap or we made them ourselves for cheap cause we be ballin' on a budget over here!

Exterior

One of my favorites parts of our whole house.
Our hitchhiking ghosts are chilling on the front lawn.

We made them last year and they are easily my favorite decoration.

Find the tutorial here!

Our porch is encased in a fake spider web, decorated with plastic spiders.

On the roof, our trusty spider Harry guards his web below.

On the front door, we have a wooden sign that says BOO. I DIY'd it with my besties a few years ago.

Beneath, our cute hello pumpkin doormat that I made last year surrounded by real squash that will be joined by our pumpkins later this month.

Tutorial for the doormat here!

Entryway

To keep with the spider theme from our porch the back of our front door is covered in spiders!

It looks like they are sneaking in from the top left corner!

I made these years ago with a bag of plastic spiders ($1), magnetic strip ($4) and hot glue.

Our entryway table is decorated in the classic Halloween color scheme of orange, black and white.

On the left, a cauldron to hold our keys (Target value section, old), next to it a glittery orange pumpkin (Target value section, old), in the middle a fun framed Macbeth print (Pinterest), to the left our boy Ichabod Toad (similar) and my orange Scentsy holder gifted to me from my aunt for our wedding.

Underneath we have two baskets, the one on the left is filled with fake pumpkins (Target value section, old) and a plaid throw blanket.
The basket on the right is filled with additional fake pumpkins.

Living Room

Our living room is what we refer to as our "fancy room."

The Halloween decor is a little more subtle here.

Our bookshelf has a skull (Target, old) and potion bottles (similar) added to it.



I also move my Michael Jackson Thriller vinyl album (similar) to the front of my collection.

The coffee table in the middle of the room has a pumpkin (Target value section, old), candy tray (gifted) and purple flowers (Walmart, old) added to it.

Kitchen

Almost every room in our house has open shelving in it because it is so easy to update for the holidays (or anytime!)

The shelves in the kitchen have a black clamp jar (Target dollar section, old) filled with candy corn and candy pumpkins and a little witch hat (gifted) added.


On the counter, we have a glass beaker and flasks along with a sprinkle potion set (gifted).
They seemed fitting for the kitchen.


The oven has two Halloween tea towels (gifted) added to it.


Our candy bowl Eye-saac sits in the middle of the dining room table filled with treats.


Family Room

The family room has my second favorite decoration in it.
Our bat wall!

We created it last year and it's displayed over our TV stand.
It makes movie nights so much fun!
Find the tutorial here!

 A skull and Frankenstein (gifted) were added.

Over the couches, we have two picture ledges that I slip a few things onto.

The glittery number 31 that I made with my sister a few years ago, a witch parking sign (gifted) and a Halloween print (Pinterest).


I absolutely love decorating for Halloween!
Each year we try to buy at least one new decoration for the house.
We have been wanting to add a fog machine to our collection for a while and I think we will grab one on sale after Halloween this year!
How do you decorate your house for Halloween?

 Autumn

Hello everyone!

The other day I saw this cute door mat online and knew that I had to have it!

But forty bucks is a little too much for me to spend on a door mat...

So, I decided to make my own.

You will need:

Plain Door Mat

Letter Stencils

Paint

Foam Paint Brush

Select a message.

I loved "Hello Pumpkin" from the original door mat and it's perfect for this time of year.

I have seen so many other cute sayings.

Hello
Shut the Front Door
Home Sweet Home
Come Back When You Have Pizza  

Choose one to express your personality.

Place your stencils on the mat and position to your liking. 

Hold the stencil securely with one hand.

With the other, saturate your paint brush in the paint and gently dab onto the stencils. 

The mat will soak up a lot of paint so don't be afraid to be generous.

Continue until you have your desired saying in place.

Remove your stencils.

Let dry completely. 

Place at your doorstep.

Enjoy all the compliments!

I love how this mat turned out.

I am so excited to have it on my porch for the remainder of fall.

It was so fast and cheap to complete on my own and I think it turned out just as cute as the original.

What saying would you have on your door mat?

All my love,

Autumn

Hello everyone!

I have had a pine cone wreath on my DIY list for years...

I did not want another year to go by without this wreath on my door for Thanksgiving so I finally buckled down and got to it!

You will need:

A Styrofoam Wreath

Brown Paint

Paint Brush

Different Sized Pinecones (I used 32 large and 15 small)

Glue Gun

Glue Sticks

Paint your styrofoam wreath brown so that if any spots of the wreath peak through they will blend in with the pine cones.

Once the wreath is dry hot glue your large pine cones onto the wreath.

Fill in any open spaces with the smaller pine cones.

I used plain pine cones and a few gold glitter pine cones to add some sparkle.

I loved the way it turned out!

The glittered pine cones are subtle enough that they don't overpower the wreath but add a little something extra.

I purchased my pine cones from Michael's but you can use them off your own tree if you have them. 

Play around with different sizes and add your own flare by including glitter pine cones like me or leaves, berries you name it!

What projects do you have on your DIY list?

Hello everyone!

Happy Monday!

In my original porch design I showed you how we wanted to add our street address on our house by getting some satin nickel numbers and hanging them vertically.

I am proud to say we got that done this weekend!

We placed the number to the right of the our front door in between the frame and our porch light.

I think it turned out so cute!

So... confession time.

This is not the final product.

I didn't want our actual address online so I made up an address and taped the number up there.

The actual address was nailed on afterwards. 

What house project are you currently working on?