Happy Falloween to All

Come right in, sit right down, baby let your hair hang down!  Your guests won't feel the need to actually enter your home when they arrive on a landing pad like this.  Everything you need to enjoy a crisp autumn evening is at your beck and call in this open-air room.  What's the best part of entertaining outdoors? You won't need to worry about dirty dishes in the sink because no one will see them!

Your doorway is a great place to start when designing your outdoor hang-ten pad.  "Creepy elegance" was our plan of attack, so we fashioned a door swag from weeds (very economical) and some junk we found left for dead.  Ahhahahah!

The bride of Frakenstein would be envious of this bouquet! It's made from whatever we could find on my and the neighbor's property (shhh,) plus some shrubs near the marsh. Take a look around at what nature has to offer before heading to the garden center for your door decor.  Ditch digging is a little more time consuming, but a lot more fun.  Don't forget to bring your clippers!

I  say it time and time again...it's all in the details. To dress up our ditch diving digs, we added some chubby vintage twine, an old child's jump rope, and a belt buckle (for good measure.)  By the way, it's hung out to dry with a way cool red pulley.

Once your doorway is dolled up, pick the next section of your open-air spectacular to succumb to your junking ways.  We don't kinow about you, but we here at JMS certainly enjoy a comfy place to rest our decrepit bones.  Thus: it's sofa time. After walking up the steps a greeting  boogie man Bart, the well-appointed cast-off couch is ready and waiting for any and all sofa surfers.

I apologize, you haven't been properly introduced.  Meet Bart (note the hair cut,) our one legged cowboy from Spookytown, Texas.  Stay tuned to future posts for the nitty-gritty-low-down on how to make this little gruesome guy for your porch.

See what we mean when we say comfy?  This old wicker sofa is a little slice of junking heaven.  Perfectly crusty, but still plenty of springs in its seat.  Ha!  Cover seat cushions with a colorful vintage blanket and add slip-covered pillows tied with twine for a soft landing.

Tip: I have two sofas for my entryway. A white glider for spring and summer and a worn wicker for fall and winter. They both reside in different parts of my home during their off-seasons.

Yeppers, fall is the time to change up the fall planters.  Ivy, mums, and kale are always a good choices.  The old clocks and the forks speak to the upcoming celebration of good little witches and goblins.

Times up my friends! As the  clock strikes midnight..........

Porch victim number three is the seating area reserved for post-dinner adult escape.  While the kids are doing the dishes (we can dream,) you can sneak out and enjoy a quiet moment by the light of the full moon.

A divine rustic barrel serves as the base of a glass-topped table.  Liking the eerie wine bottles?  You're never too old to trick or treat!

Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock. The bewitching hour is headed our way!