{Invasion of The Real Housewives of BC}

I'm so happy to have met these 2 chicks in the blog world, and yes, we'll definitely be meeting in real life very soon! They are The Real Housewives of Bucks County.
They've taken over The Painted Home for today and I couldn't be more happy to welcome them here. The Real Housewives of Bucks County have a knack for adding some real flare to your real house. So, enjoy...

Thanks so much, Denise, for having us in your Painted Home (not literally, of course, but here in the blog version!) For newbies to the blogging world like us, we're so happy to have a cyber-friend in Denise who totally rocks at what she does!

We're Jess and Monica, and are the two crazy women who write The Real Housewives of Bucks County. We're basically neighbors with Denise, and are itching to meet her in real life! {hint hint} :) 

Anyhow, we wanted to share with all of you Painted Home fans a little bit about our obsession with Fall, and some the fun projects we've done recently as a result of our Autumn love.

Who doesn't love pumpkins? We sure do, so we put together a little post called  Notyour Mama's Pumpkins! 

We absolutely love using stuff we already own to create something fabulous, and we can't get enough of easy DIY projects, so these pumpkins were right up our alley!  Check out the post for all the how-to details.

We both decked out our mantles for Fall, but our styles couldn't be more different! What makes our blog so much fun is that you'll see a variety of different design styles and a little bit of banter back and forth between us about which style is better!

Jessica's Mantel and Faux-Mantel

Monica's Edgar Allen Poe-inspired Mantel

One of our favorite things to do is repurpose stuff we either already have, or find on the cheap. This fall scrap sign was made out of, you guessed it, a scrap piece of poor quality particle board. Now, it has a new lease on life as a cute addition to Monica's front porch!

Finally, one of us may or may not have an aversion to traditional wreaths (ahem, Monica!), so that person came up with a super-cool, easy way to dress up her front porch for Fall. (She likes to call it "The Anti-Wreath". Check out the post and you can find out how to make your own!).

You never know what you might find in ourlittle piece of blogland on any given day, but we hope you'll stop over for a visit and stay awhile! We'd love for you to see what being a REAL housewife of Bucks County really means.

Thanks so much for having us today, Denise! This was a total blast. :)
~Happy Fall~

{ Guest Post - Meg Little Blue Prints }

Today I'm hosting my first guest poster ever!

If you don't know Meg, from Little Blue Prints,

you're gonna want to run right over there.

Meg has the best fabric, vintage paper, burlap,...

ideas, so be ready to sit for a while.

Her guest room is what inspired my guest room.

And, I'm dying to make a lamp shade like hers.

Today she's sharing here

at The Painted Home.

E N J O Y

thanks Meg! 

Hi everyone! I was so excited that Denise thought of me to do a guest post for her. I feel honored to be here today to share some of my projects I've done, especially since I love all of Denise's work. My favorite is her recent book page project, I'm a sucker for old book pages! My name is Meg and I'm the designer and author of Little Blue Prints.

I'm a stay at home mom to 3 little boys, married to my high school sweet heart, and a wanna be designer. I have an etsy shop where I create and sell vintage inspired one of a kind pieces. Little Blue Prints is where I share my design adventures and all the projects I take on, whether my family thinks I'm nuts or not.

Today I thought I would share a confession with you. My name is Meg and I'm addicted to fabric! There I said it, it's out in the open... it's sick really the obsession I have with pretty fabrics. I tend to buy any I see and love without having a plan for it at the time of purchase. I tell myself I NEED this and that fabric because in the future I just may decorate a room in those colors or style. It has led me to having an embarrassing pile of fabric stacked high, it may or may not be folded nicely. Since I love fabric for it's patterns and texture you can add to a room, I thought I would show you some of the ways I use fabric.

I use fabrics for slipcovers...

{see full post here}

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I use them to create pins you can wear in your hair or attach to your purse or top...



{to purchase one click here}

I use fabric to create one of a kind pillows...



{see full post here}

{go here to find your own one of a kind pillow}

I even use fabric to create a new look for lampshades...

{see full post here}

My most recent project involved making some art work for my mom's 2nd guest room...


{see full post here}

The use of fabric is endless. You can use it to bring in color, texture, and add layers in a room. How do you use fabric in your own home?

Thank you so much Denise for inviting me over today. I hope you all will stop by and look around at Little Blue Prints, feel free to stay however long you'd like.

~Meg

{ Little Blue Prints }

{ www.littleblueprints.blogspot.com }

Today I'm guest posting for Megan

over at

Little Blue Prints

be sure to go poke around her blog for a bit 

for some

great style ideas.

your going to love her!

Add this tray to my list of things to do...

Megan has an Etsy store too!

so stop by and get yourself a little somethin' somethin' for summer!

thanks Megan