With the start of school and all the unexpected hot and humidity here in Lancaster PA,
got to tell you, going full out with fall decor is tough.
I walked out this morning and the air was so heavy and
the fall smells odors of Lancaster hangs heavy in the air.
Cow manure fertilizer. So no sitting on my porch this morning,
In October, all the fall decorations will come out! For now,
just lovely teasers around the house!
This busy time of year is when I go to simple. I shop my attic and china cabinets. The grocery store and farmer’s market down the road are THE places to go for beautiful quick decorations!!
I look for color and fullness.
These rich red flowers called out to me! I needed several bunches for fullness. It matches perfectly with the deep red bands around the mid-century lamp. There is nothing else on the buffet to take away from the simple beauty of deep rich red of autumn.
Vintage elegance in our dining room.
I snatched up the blue and white pitcher that looks like Johnson Bros. Blue Denmark from a tiny china shop tucked away in a tiny Beijing china shop. I am always on the look out beautiful items that are cheap. You just never know where you might found them.
The living room gets a lot of living so I limit what goes in that is out of the way. Except of course at Christmas time!
Vintage chic
was perfect. The blue bell jar vase is subtle on top of my antique cabinet from a China farmhouse. The bouquet is a mix of bright colors that bridge the seasons.
Can you have fall decorations without a pumpkin or five?
Nope.
Again, I like fresh when possible. There is no way to duplicate the melody of colors on these mini lovelies!
I pulled out the footed silver tea tray and filled it with mini pumpkins and bumpy squash. Setting on the dining table is still more
vintage elegance.
On the smaller credenza, I used a mixture of elements including the Franciscan apple china that comes out every autumn set and ready for tea time goodies. The very old China farmhouse oil jar brings some rustic with Istanbul woven shawl.
In the living room, the minis look great on the huge spindle candlesticks. Setting the extras around is such a simple thing for big impact.
My plain jane farm kitchen doesn’t do fancy. On my red table, the 17 year old fall quilt leaf runner is a wonderful place to pile the garden’s squash. Add one of those spindle candle sticks and call it done! I have 3 so they get moved around. More importantly, the four of us can sit down and eat without moving it at all.
Teasing fall this year is effortless. Dishes from the china cabinets, market flowers and mini pumpkins with garden produce with few table clothes. Using a variety of containers from silver to blue bell jars easily set the tone for
vintage elegant or vintage chic.
Most of all, the fall decor adds to the warmth of our home as we coming chic go every day. It makes us smile. When there is no “Dressing” in our home, we all notice. Whatever I do, I want it to be beautiful, affordable. creative and often accomplished with ease and stress free.
How is your autumn decorating going this season?
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It all looks very pretty and the pumpkin candle sticks are so cute
Thanks Anita
A red kitchen table?!? I’m swooning! I had to go back and peek…how dreamy. Now I want one. ?
Thanks. I like to use red in our home.
Just love those candlesticks! Great post. Thanks for sharing.
These are such fun fall elements!
Hi Linda! Stopped by from my blog after seeing your comment. Love your fall touches here and there! I do agree the weather is too warm to think fall, though the last few days here in CT have been a lot cooler. I decided to start decorating anyway.
Enjoy the rest of your week!
LuAnn 😉
LuAnn, that is so nice of you to drop by! Cooler here too in central PA so next week I’ll get it all out and hit the farm markets for pumpkins and the like.Hope to have you come by again. Have a good week! Linda
Wonderful touches of fall. I love ho you talked about you do a lot of living in the LR so you keep it to a minimum…I do the same. Some I tend to go overboard where others I keep it scaled back.
Beautiful touches and I hope the manure smell has wafted in someone elses direction! (I have a farmer who lives a few minutes south of us and when the wind is wrong..I think I can even smell him…LOL)
Thanks Christine. We gotta be able to live in these wonderful places we are fortunate to create!! It’s gone but may be back again. Thankfully it is usually seasonal in fall and spring associated with planting. Love our farmers. Other places we drive by always have cows and what goes with them. 🙂 Have a good day! Linda
I love how you added the pumpkins on the candlesticks. If I can find some nice candlesticks, I want to try this. Happy fall! 🙂
Love the little gourds on top of the candlesticks! Great idea!
Quick & easy for instant fall! Happy Monday. Linda
Fun to visit from The Party Bunch linkup (linking up right after you) – and fun to see your little touches of fall that you are adding to your home. I need to do the same!
It sure is! Thanks for the visit and comment! I just did a little so far. I like to wait until the corn is cut down or the trees turn. Checking your post out right now.
Hi Linda, nice to “meet” you! Autumn is definitely in the air where I live, so in the next couple weeks I’ll be going all out with my decorations. I agree that shopping around the house is a smart idea – and your decorations are lovely!
Barb, thanks for taking a look! After over 30 years of marriage and collecting this and that, I have quite a bit tucked up in the attic and in cabinets. I’m waiting till the corn’s cut down or when the trees turn. Linda
Hi Linda! Love how you placed your gourds and pumpkins in a footed silver tray! Looks perfect!
Regards,
Teresa
Teresa, Thanks for the kind comment. Seems almost everythign looks “perfect” in silver. Linda