Our Halloween House 2012

As promised here is our 

Halloween House 2012

If you remember last year 

the theme was

Edgar Allen Poe's 

The Raven

(click here & here to look back)

Well this year the theme is.....

The Haunted Mansion!

Don't let the gargoyles fool you

they may look like stone, but we hear

them growl at night.....

And if they don't alert us to your presence 

the calls of the ravens certainly do! 

Pay no mind to the sounds from the bushes...

This ghostly gentlemen greets you at the door...

warning you to turn back!

 

We hired an exterminator...but he must have missed this guy!

Looks like the driver of this buggy has been

stuck in traffic for a few years...

 Turtle shells, eggs and birds nest....

When the moon comes out at night

the raven's eyes glow red!

We hope you have enjoyed your tour of our 

house...

....please make sure to shut the gate on

your way out...we would hate

for any more ghost to find their way in!

Downton Obsessed...

I am not at all embarrassed to admit

that I am obsessed with 

Downton Abbey!

Downton Abbey is a television show

on PBS. 

It follows the lives of the aristocratic

 Crawley family and their servants. 

And it is set in the fictional Yorkshire 

country estate of Downton Abbey.

Not only is it a very good show, 

but the scenery and the costumes are

nothing but pure inspiration!  

  

This makes me want to run out and buy boots,

tweed and hats! I might have to take a bit of this

look and add it to my fall wardrobe 

(or in my case lack of fall wardrobe I do live in hot South Florida) 

 This is the kitchen....

Don't you just love the copper pots lining the back wall!

And don't even get me started on the long farmhouse table.

Look at the copper molds, how many of those have

you passed up while thrifting? 

 I may have to pick those up next time I see them.

 

The table is set so pretty with just greenery and candles....

oh and I guess lots of crystal, china and silver.

No problem i'll just substitute glass and silver plate,

I think I can manage the china.

Now if only I could find a few footmen to serve.... 

This is my favorite....don't laugh.....but I love

the bells that hang on the board in the servants quarters.

Mind you ,i'm certain that I wouldn't be 

the one ringing the bells back then,

more than likely I would have been 

one of the servants answering it.

But never the less I love the bells!

 

So pretty...the riding outfit on Lady Mary

 Not to mention the beautiful scenery!

Completely obsessed I tell you....we just love to watch this show!

Sweet husband too if you can believe it!

On another note....we are all decorated for Halloween..

and as soon as I can get my camera to work i'll share with 

you this years theme and pictures.

Hope you are all having a spooktacular October!!!!!