A Repurposeful Monday Halloween Countdown!

We're in the Home Stretch to the sweetest holiday of the year.

There's still time to create a unique and clever pumpkin.

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The adorable chevron pumpkin, above, was actually purchased

at Target but you can cover your own with a sweater.

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Show your favorite football team support

with black netting and a big bow.

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Dollar Tree has tons of accessories to make your pumpkin spook-tacular.

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A doily covered pumpkin adds a touch of vintage flare.

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Click here for the tutorial on how to make your
own rustic burlap covered pumpkin.

You can often find small ceramic pumpkins at thrift shops.  Consider decoupaging one:

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Click here for detailed directions.

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What an ingenious use of embroidery hoops.

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Chinoiserie-inspired painted pumpkins are elegant and beautiful.

Decorate a Frozen pumpkin for your little princess:

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These photos prove that a pumpkin can be beautiful:

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Carving a pumpkin is a messy and labor-intensive process.
Consider an alternate this year with glue, glitter and paint.

Even on vacation it's still a Before and After Friday.

Today's topic:  beach condos!

I have to say, this before looks pretty good:

 
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Ho-Hum condo before:

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Anything-but-boring condo after!

 


This beach kitchen looks fairly gloomy:

 Now it's so much brighter:

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Here are a few more beach kitchen transformations:

Before            After

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Call me crazy but I think this before kitchen is great:

 This rarely happens at fleaChic but I actually prefer the before.


Beach kitchen, before:

Beach kitchen, after:

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Nice!

The nook off of this kitchen was too casual and crowded:


Wow!  So sophisticated now.

Here are two before photos of a dismal beach condo living room: 

 
 And here are two after shots:


 Isn't the after stunning?


 Which bedroom makeover do you prefer - the before or the after?

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This condo is okay but could stand some updating:

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The new tile floor is awesome.


Many condo bedrooms feature twin beds
but bunk beds take up less space:

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This master bedroom had a lot of potential:

 
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Fulfilled!

Maybe you want to add just a touch of beach
decor with a quick weekend project:

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Adorable nautical transformation of an ordinary dresser.

However you spend your weekend, I hope it's lots of fun!

Busted!  Okay, you found out.  I'm not sitting
in my garden having tea.  I'm at the beach.

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One thing that I've discovered is that carving or decorating a
pumpkin at the beach is definitely an unusual experience.

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I'm checking.  For both of us.