Welcome friends! As mentioned last week, I'm opening my old, imperfect doors to share a part of my home with you.
Before you get too excited, please remember the house is almost 100 years old! We have lived here 2 years and worked our fingers to the bone and it is still a work in progress. In fact today, roofers arrived at 6:30 am, stripped off the irreparable slate, hauled it off, put on a new roof and cleaned it all up by 6pm.
NOT the mess they made inside though! Yeah, that mess sifted throughout the house. So I added cleaning to my blogging/decorating schedule today. Happily it all got done, but because of that schedule hiccup, I am separating the "tour" into 2 parts.
Come on in!
Come on in!
For the first time, this year I chose to decorate in all neutral colors. Yup, no oranges, reds, or yellows. I'll let God do the beautiful, bold colors outdoors this year! All I bought for FALL decorating this year was lots of white pumpkins and white mums!
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Some details. Yes, the lampshade is tattered. That is how I love them...worn, torn, tattered silk is my favorite.
On to the kitchen! Most of these historical homes have small kitchens because they had servants do most of their work.
I have no servants.
I have a servant's entrance in the kitchen, but as I have no servants, the door stays closed and locked. I also have a servant's buzzer that I can press with my foot while at the dining table. I press it sometimes, but no one ever comes to assist me.
I have no servants.
I have a servant's entrance in the kitchen, but as I have no servants, the door stays closed and locked. I also have a servant's buzzer that I can press with my foot while at the dining table. I press it sometimes, but no one ever comes to assist me.
Just this week I added a small enamel farm table as an island (because there's SO much room in the kitchen). I put fresh mums and pumpkins, a basket and a bench under it to make it more "homey".
Now, come grab a bite to eat and a drink of cider!
During Fall, it's all about the comfort food!
Grab your cider and come into the living room to warm your toes. We have a fire almost every evening when it's cool outside...I wish you could smell the scent of the wood as it burns. The smell lingers in the house and I can still smell it the next morning when I make my coffee.
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Mantle décor is always my favorite. I, of course, like a lot of stuff, so the mantle is always full (and I am forever changing it)!
Here is my $20 sofa. Favorite sofa .EVER!
Those of you that are regulars in the store, know I use hedge apples every Autumn. Contrary to what people say, they do NOT repel spiders. I know this for a FACT.
I got the wooden box that holds the hedge apples and the drawer that holds the miniature pumpkins (in the foyer) from my dear friend from childhood Daphne at Just Enough Antiques. Go visit her and tell her I said hi!
https://www.facebook.com/JustEnoughAntiques
Those of you that are regulars in the store, know I use hedge apples every Autumn. Contrary to what people say, they do NOT repel spiders. I know this for a FACT.
I got the wooden box that holds the hedge apples and the drawer that holds the miniature pumpkins (in the foyer) from my dear friend from childhood Daphne at Just Enough Antiques. Go visit her and tell her I said hi!
https://www.facebook.com/JustEnoughAntiques
The candle, too, is a yearly tradition. So simple, but so pretty. Easy to copy and people will think you are a genius!
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I'm loving the white pumpkins!
So, that's it for now...I hope you enjoyed it and as always, I hope you've been inspired to decorate your home!
Do you decorate for Fall?
Do you decorate for Fall?
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