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Can’t wait for that!We have two indoor cats here, so of course we go through a ton of cat litter.

So you get pictures from October instead.You can handle that though, can’t you?

Everything still looks the same in here, only messier..So anyway, I wanted to talk to you about this bench today because I’ve been noticing that I’ve been getting a lot of pin compliments on it lately.Like, when people pin a picture of the room, they’ll say something like “Love the bench!” I thought you should know that it’s really nothing fancy (although that doesn’t stop me from loving it) and you can have one too pretty easily, if you find it striking your fancy.. Chris actually built this for me one day when I was at work about 4 or 5 years ago.

I showed him a picture one night and he just went and built it for me the next day.It looks super cute in any space and gives off a really neat farmhousy vibe, but it’s really only 5 simple shapes, nailed together.. There’s a straight top, two “leg” pieces, and two front apron pieces.

Start out by cutting yourself a top.

Our top is a basic 1×10 pine board and it’s 34 inches long..I tied these little bundles up the staircase at regular intervals.

The living room just beyond has the Christmas tree and all the bright, happy, family-friendly decor in it, so I decided to indulge myself in this hall and keep things more subdued in shades of white, bronze, and green.. Just one little bronze Christmas ball ornament is all it takes to reinforce the theme here..I found these sparkly little balls tied together in a garland leftover from last year so I just plunked them down in a cozy little nest of cedar in this footed bowl.. Glitter and twine – it’s works!

Who would’ve known?This just further proves that twine goes with everything.. And that’s the hall this year!