just in time for halloween

Happy Halloween!

I am even more excited about halloween this year and all the wonderful holidays that follow. Now that I am in the bungalow I have lots of decorating and dyi projects to look forward to.  In the neighborhood there are lot of kids so I am looking forward to all the little trick or treaters tonight. But what is halloween and trick or treating with out pumpkins! 

This year I wanted to make sure that my pumpkins would have a fighting chance and maybe last through Thanks Giving (I know this might be a little optimistic of me but I'm going for it). I decided I wanted to paint my pumpkins I also did some experimenting with spray painting a couple that I gave away as gifts.  

the process: 

To be honest there was not much prepping I did, I made sure I had a drop cloth, paint, paint brushes and paper towel for any mistakes. The timing however did take a couple of days; I first painted the pumpkins the color of my choice, let them dry then painted on a second coat. The following evening I hand painted on the metallic dots and the stems. 

materials: off white and black paint, copper and gold metallic paint and paint brushes all from micheal's. For the spray painted pumpkins I did I used a copper metallic spray paint from home depo (I actually prefer spray painting they looked great and they were super easy).

tip: when painting make sure you are painting on the first coat of paint lightly to keep the pumpkins from chipping. 

lastly: enjoy!

xx 

-eb

new beginnings in the bungalow

Hello loves ~ Sorry I have been absent but I promise I have a good excuse. I have purchased a new home and have been working away on perfecting it to share with all of you!

I am so excited to be sharing this news with you and all of the upcoming fun home projects that I have been and will be working on over the next couple of months.

Since moving to the Madison area, I have wanted to purchase a home. Over the past couple of years I have been going to open houses and looking at homes in search of the perfect home. I went through many homes, and town homes but was never thrilled about any of them. There was always something that I did not like about the places I had looked at (which is common in the house hunting process). None the less nothing jumped out at me as amazing. The ideal home would not be an apartment or a condo but a smaller quaint home with lots of character, a screened in porch, small fenced in yard for the pups to run around in and a great location within walking distance to coffee shops and restaurants.

In the end I am glad that I took my time finding the perfect place, and I just happen to stumble upon it.
One Sunday A and I were out driving around and looking for open houses and came across this great street in Madison where they happened to be having an open house. We both absolutely feel in love with the area, we walked the bike/walking path all the way down to the coffee shop where we grabbed latte's and walked the lake. Everything about the area was full of great vibes.

reasons why I am glad I waited:

1.) it spoke to me:
I truly believe that when you find the right place that it will speak to you; which this home definitely did! The location, neighborhood, home, and everything about it was perfect. I get great vibes walking into my new place.

2.) the wait was well worth it:
I am the first person to admit when I want something; I wanted it yesterday. With that said I am glad I waited the biggest reason being  that my opinion has changed over the past couple of years of what I really wanted out of a home. Meaning what I used to think I wanted was a newer, "perfect" home with everything done for me, a "cookie cutter" sort of home if you will. A couple of years ago I would have also said that I didn't really care much about the location as long as it was within 10 minuets of Target of course.

Since then my vision of what I call home has changed. I was really looking for a place to call home in a great area where I could make friends with neighbors and throw great chic swaray's for friends, family and neighbors.

I am happy to say that I have found the perfect home in a desirable Madison neighborhood called Dudgeon-Monroe.

 the bungalow

Hope I did not loose many of you! I will be back with more post about the bungalow and all the fun transformations its going through with before and after pictures!

xx 

-eb

a night we call ravinia

Adam and I are so lucky to have family and close friends within driving distance from us and that we get to travel to see them during the weekends. In our most recent travels to the Chicago-Land we were traveling for a very special reason. For A to play a show at what has become a popular night for many in the Naperville area and an event that is looked forward to every year. We call it A Night at Ravinia. Ravinia is where friends and family pick a spot in the Ravinia and set up tables, chairs, blankets and lanterns for a night of entertainment, great company and amazing food.

In addition to the great food and company the wonderful host of the event Denise Provenzano and Dr. Bob Wiel have a contest for the best picnic set up of the evening! This years event was definitely a success they could not have asked for a more perfect night! 

adam & lincoln closing out the show together

the Seepeck ladies without a doubt had the most elegant set up of the evening. 

 lighting on the stage and in the trees throughout the property was so beautiful!

I hope everyone is enjoying the fall nights and weekends like we are!

xx 

-e