Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Feels Like Fall

The last few days have been cool in the morning with highs only getting up into the 80's.  It has been so nice after such a hot summer.  It has also gotten me in the mood to get out my Fall decorations.  I was going through pictures I had taken of my Fall decor in previous years and I have to say most of the photos are not that good.  Blogging has really improved my photo taking abilities, even though I still have lots of room for improvement.  Anyway, I wanted to share a couple of the photos with you.  As soon as I get my decorations up I will post them but until then here is just a little inspiration.

Sorry about the glare on this photo but I loved this arrangement so much I wanted to share.  The big pumpkin platter is one of my favorite things to set out at Fall. This picture was taken before my living room redo when I still had green walls.

This picture is from last year (sorry it's a bit grainy).  There is that orange pumpkin platter again.  Not sure where I will put it this year.


I received quit a few questions on my last post about my living room redo so I wanted to answer them.

No, I did not make the slip covers on my two wing back chairs.  I do sew but that project just seemed to daunting to take on so I took one of my chairs into an reupholster and she made the slip covers for me.

I was also asked how long it took to redo.  Well, that question is a little hard to answer.  I knew I wanted to go lighter for a couple of years and added white accents around the room as I found them at garage sales or antique malls.  Once I picked out the paint color and ordered a new sofa (from JcPenney) it only took a weekend to paint.

The wall paint color is Ralph Lauren Canvas Natural and the White on the built ins and the fireplace is Valspar Dove White. 

I want to thank all of you for the wonderful comments you left and thank you for stopping by for a visit.  I have such great bloggy friends.


I am linking this post to 2805-Potpourri Friday
The Charm of Home home-sweet-home
Domestically Speaking-Autumn Party

7 comments:

  1. The pumpkin platter really says, "Fall." Thanks for reminding me that I have several fall pieces I can use for a post. I had totally forgotten about them. Yay!!

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  2. I love your pumpkin platter...what a great piece to bring out every year!!

    XO,
    Janie

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  3. It's so nice to have pieces that come for return visits every year! Your vignette is lovely!

    Thanks for linking to Potpourri Friday. Your participation made for a more successful party. I appreciate you!

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  4. I just love that platter also.....I think we all tend to have favorites that we get attached to.
    Hugs,
    Ellen

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  5. Your fall pieces are very pretty. I love the pumpkins in the wire basket. I am so ready to do some of this around here and every one keeps coming up with things for me to do. I think I am going to get with fall decorating this weekend! Thank you for joining me for Home Sweet Home!
    Sherry

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  6. The pumpkins in the wire basket is my favorite. You helps to reminding my forgotten work of pumpkins. I will start that in this weekend as soon as possible and share it soon in my blog. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. love that big pumpkin platter! i think i need to get me one of those!

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