Fall Morning

Hello!  How was your weekend?  It was beautiful and cold here this morning.  This Monday morning got down to 39 degrees!  There are new touches of fall in the living room.  You may remember that I had the painting on the mantel but it's back to its original spot.  I went into the wooded part of our yard and broke off a fallish branch to bring in. Pottery Barn has nothing on me! wink!  A pot of mums were brought in for the day.

I have had the fall arrangement for a few years.  Of course you know my velvet pumpkins.

The geese look happy.

I am seriously considering refinishing our dining table.  It's the same color as this coffee table or it will be when I sand it down.  It has gotten dark and orangey over the many years.  Patience is a virtue that I don't always have and you have to be to refinish something.

What are you up to this week?

Jan


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Plumes Please!

I shared these pretty plumes I came across on my prior post.  The  mister went into the woods edge and cut a few for me.  He kept asking me how much?  I said all you will cut!  He was covered in begger's lice when he came out.  This was on my sister's property so no we weren't trespassing!

I am so glad he granted my wish.

I cut them and brought them inside and have a fall look happening!

It came out very tall and striking, I was pleasantly surprised.

First I had to figure out the best spot to photograph it...no, not here.

Not here either...

Better, let's see...

Yes!  They even  go with my wallpaper. : )

I sprayed them with bug spray on the back porch and let them sit in a big vase, full of water, outside overnight.  I haven't been eaten up by any bugs so it worked.  I trimmed the length otherwise it would be out of control.  The plumes go well with those lavender fall like hydrangeas.

Now it's on the back porch!  It has 'bloomed' out and I didn't want to take chances with it inside.  Oh well!





Jan



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Fall Home Tour 2015

Hello!   It's time to take a tour of my house ready for Fall.   Let's start in the Living/Family room.  I do love Fall but I don't go all out decorating for it, I do prefer simple.

  The mister brought me fresh cotton, out of the field, displayed behind the sofa.

I have some models determined to be in this shot, Sonny, Layla and that foot belongs to Jacques.

There are Fall touches here and there.  Velvet pumpkins on the round coffee table for now.  There are dried hydrangeas on both skirted round tables.  I have switched out the table skirts to warmer colors as shown with the red and a warm green.

  I  antiqued the picture frame surrounding the poppies and fall like trees.  It was a dark brown and I didn't care for it so I used some Rub n' Buff on it.  It's right there to the right of the sofa and next to my bookcase.  I think it came out pretty good!

Here is a close up for you.  I don't have the practice of making anything look older or distressed, I usually try to go the other direction!

You can see it better here.  Right in front of the framed picture is a clear vase with my stems that I leave out year round.  I covered the bottom of my stems in the clear vase with dried hydrangeas.  I just stuffed them into the vase with the stems and the bottom of them is now covered.  It was easy to do and no cost!

The velvet pumpkins resting on top of my silver tray.

Aubergine berries and faux leaves sit atop the pine coffee table.

This table has vintage photos of family, dried hydrangeas and bird's nest all sitting fall-like here.

The mister as a boy and his father.

This was my first mantel decorating for the Fall.  It could stay all the way until Christmas if I had not changed it.

Here I went for a different look on the mantel.  A robust full Fall mantel!

 

 

 

 

 

The buffet ready for Fall.

 

 

 

I shared my dining table and buffet.  This is one large room with the kitchen to the left of the table in this photo.  You can see the beginning of the cabinets at the top left of the photo.

This photo is a miracle for me.  I have a lot of difficulty photographing in my kitchen with the fluorescent lights.  That's the tour for now but I am sure I will be changing things up so stay tuned.....

Jan



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October Sundays

Hello!  What do you do on Sunday afternoons?   The outdoors are so perfect and inviting this time of year.  You can create wonderful fall treats in the kitchen, put a vignette together on the back porch or read a book outdoors.

I have a macho rooster named Ford Henry out here.  He is watching guard over my pumpkins and flowers.

According to P. Allen Smith said this is a Ageratum plant, as he showed his plant which looks so much better than mine.  We didn't plant it, it just showed up.

A little golden rod.

The mister decided to let the strange looking plant to grow in the backyard this summer.  I really had doubts about it.  It seems we have a goldenrod plant now.  I have to admit it makes for good photos!

Jan






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