Fall Table In Black and White

Here's a neutral Fall table setting 

I put together while we were at our

 place in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains.

 I gathered some of my this-and-that. 

 Here's what I used.

 Leather placemats from JCP outlet, 

$2 each.  I know...rrrrrrr!

 Woven rattan chargers. I found these at the 

Maple Leaf Fest in our little town of Whittier. 

I got 6 for $2 !!

 My pewter dinnerware is a set of 6 each:

 dinner plates, salad plates, bowls, and 

mugs with white pottery insert cups. 

The inserts make it easy to just put 

the cups in the dishwasher. 

 I found this set many years ago at our

annual neighborhood garage sale in

 Barrington, IL for $30. We basically

 just bought each others stuff! 

 Grapevine napkin rings and black napkins.

White ceramic escargot dishes. 

We love escargot.

 My hammered finish Cambridge flatware has 

a rustic vibe and it works with everything.

 White pottery: teapot on warming trivet, 

cow creamer, heart ramekin for soft butter,

 and covered bowl for sugar or jam.

I found this cow salt and pepper set thrifting. 

It sits in front of a black and white gingham 

check fall pumpkin from Target.

 A Longaberger wrought iron candle stand 

usually sits on the kitchen window sill. 

This week it's the table's centerpiece.

 A Longaberger pillar candle holder works 

perfectly as a wine caddy. 

I love it's pinecone and acorn motif.

 I used the Longaberger wrought iron stand 

again, but this time with the metal tray to 

hold the white teapot and a cow creamer.

It has an acorn and leaf raised pattern

around it's border.

A use what you have tablescape!

Cheers!

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Five Ways I Add Fall

When you live in the land of sun, sand, and 

surf, you have to create your own Fall. 

Changing seasons are a state of mind in South Florida.

1. Hang A Fall Wreath: 

A different wreath for each season creates 

a festive welcome. A simple grapevine or

 straw wreath is easily changed without 

making a new one each time. 

A 3M command adhesive hook works well

on metal and glass doors.

2. Dress Up The Table: 

Changing the centerpiece, table runner, 

and placemats is an easy start. 

Then I just add a few natural elements: 

pinecones, leaves, branches, and candles.
This was featured in Country Living.

3. Redo the Sofa: 

Change the pillows, add a colorful throw or

 quilt and you're done. I'll want to snuggle 

under a cozy throw at night anyway. 

I know Lucy does!

4. Change Your Entry: 

Mums from the garden center and colorful 

crotons, if you live in the South, instantly 

add Fall color. Choose a few more natural

 elements: Indian corn, pinecones, a bale of

 hay, or an old salvaged apple bushel basket

filled with pinecones. It all works. In 

October I add pumpkins and scarecrows. 

That will last through November. 

5. Fall Focal Point Vignettes: 

If you're lucky, you have a fireplace
 mantle you can decorate.

If not, it can be your coffee table, entry

 table, buffet, or anyplace that you see a lot. 

Give it that old Fall feeling. I Use cloches, 

apothecary jars, birdcages, lanterns, and

baskets...of course. Fill them with: acorns,

 corn, corks, mini pumpkins, gourds, or
anything found around the house
 with fall colors. 

I change the colors in my home by adding: 

red, gold, browns, and tans to my mostly blue

 decor. I begin by adding a little red or gold 

in September. To that I add orange in
October, and to those colors I add brown
 and tan in November. It's a layering of
colors. Most of the accessories are in
storage bins and I can bring in a little
each month. It all coordinates. 

I change my everyday dishes and the 

coffee station and mugs and the bed and

the kitchen counters and the doggie's dish

 and.....well you get the idea! FALL! 

Cheers!

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Tea and Chien In Paris

My new painting is an original from 

Fifi Flowers.

I have loved her whimsical painting style.

   This one, with tea and a cute little puppy

 (chien) by a window with an Eiffel Tower

 view, was meant to be mine. 

I ordered it from her Etsy shop.

 It was on sale too.

Loved it right down to the blue and white

 tea cup. The sweet puppy reminded me of 

my little Lucy.

 I have it on an easel on the family room

 sofa table. On top of the picket fence runner.

 I've added: a blue/white tea cup as in the

 painting, a mosaic pot with an orchid under a

 cloche, a pothos in a blue/white pot, and two

white-painted candlesticks with blue candles.

 The vintage Chinese tea basket was

 described in my previous post HERE. 

Cheers!

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Chinese Travel Tea Basket

I think this is a great tradition. 

To travel with a picnic tea basket.

This is a vintage Chinese travel

tea-for-two basket. 

 My friend ordered tea while on a

train trip through China and this is how 

it was served. She noticed that many 

passengers brought their own tea baskets. 

Some are tea for one and have single cups. 

She bought a few and brought

 these baskets home. Great gifts!

 It all tucks nicely into this oval woven

 rattan basket.

 The fitted, and padded compartments hold  

the tea pot and cups securely as well as

 insulating the tea.

 Keeping the tea nice and hot.

 It's a good sized porcelain tea pot with 

rattan handles.

 Two matching cups.

I think it's very charming.

This would be so cute to bring on a car trip

or when we are paddling around in our canoe.

Cheers!

*the whole sofa table vignette can be seen
in my next post or click HERE.
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September Breakfast Table

The breakfast table needed a 'change
of clothes' for Fall. I knew I wanted to
 use the red willow dishes.

I started with the wood board you 

saw in THIS post.

 I love using my tea set for the centerpiece.

I added a wine basket lined with a fall

fabric wine tote. The bottle top has a 

wine pour spout that's also an 

aerator. I found it at Walmart.

I knew I wanted to use the rattan chargers.

I'll use the red striped napkins and the 

fruit painted napkin rings.

There were a few things on which I couldn't

 decide. Should I use red plaid flannel placemats ?

Or should I use the straw with the red fabric

edge? Should I use the small tin trays?

I could also add a white plate to lighten it up 

and make it look less wintery.

I wanted to use the apple and pear

salt and pepper set on the board.

But, I could also put them in a small

 Longaberger basket. It goes with the wine

 basket at the other end of the board.

Or I could put them on one of the painted trays.

Or keep them on the place settings for

a bread and butter plate.

Or just stack them on the end of the board.

I found these vintage trays in a North Carolina

 thrift store. I think they are little 

snack trays to be used when playing bridge.

 Battery operated mini lamps have red striped 

shades that I found thrifting years ago.

Apple and pear painted Dollar Store

wine glasses. Mini jam jars look cute and 

when they are empty, I will use them

 for a quick project. 

 Decided on this version for now.
A little bit of apple red for September.
In the mood for more apples?

How about Apple Cobbler? It will make your
 house smell wonderful!

Cheers!

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September Coffee Table

I changed the items on the wood horseshoe
 tray that's on the family room coffee table. 

I removed the blue and white items and

added red books, baskets, a potted plant,

Summer Coffee Table

and wood boxes for a more fall-looking 

vignette. A wine themed place mat 

replaced the white battenburg lace.

 These are my Father's old binoculars 

being used as a bookend.

I remember always seeing them

during my childhood.

This small red pillar candle was too short 

for the cylinder hurricane, so I raised it 

on top of a jar and filled around it

 with coffee beans.  Pebbles, wine corks,

small acorns would also work.

Just a little fall puttering.

Cheers!

 *Click HERE to see how I made the rustic 
horseshoe handled tray. 

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