Monthly Musings
1. I mainly decorate decorate tablescapes for the fall. A few other pieces here and there but mainly, especially this, year, I´ve focused on my kitchen and dining room tables.
Kitchen
Dining Room
This is the second year that I´ve had a tablescape in the dining room that´s fall themed. It´s completely coincidental but last year around this time, my aunt sent me some table linens that she bought when she went to Guatemala in the 1960´s. The motif is not fall at all; rather the colors are so I´m using the linens for fall.
2. No, I decided to not do Halloween decor this year. This is a departure from previous years. It´s not a statement against Halloween as much as it wanting to do things differently this year.
3. PUMPKINS!! See photos above and here are some more:
I normally have photos of the kids in Halloween costumes of yore displayed. However, in light of football season, PUMPKINS and the boys, I decided to use this photo. It's of my best guys at our friends' annual (for a few years anyway...) pumpkin carving/harvest party.
The greatest pumpkin news ever- I grew a pumpkin in the garden this year!! Just the one emerged from the longest vine with the most humongous leaves that I've ever seen but she's a beauty (if I do say so myself!)
4. I´d say just jeans and hoodies :).
5. It´s not a transition so much as no longer wearing linen and light/pastel colors.
6. I usually add orange lights all around outside. I have not done that yet this year and am not sure if I´m going to. Inside is pumpkin-palozza as we´ve already established :).
7. I have a ¨signature¨ or house scent and that´s a wax melt that I use year round. It happens to be pumpkin based but no one ever identifies the scent as pumpkin. It smells more vanilla than pumpkin.
8. My go to fall outfit is a hoodie and jeans
I wondered if I could find pictures of me in fall settings in my go to outfit and the answer is a resounding yes...
Alyssa and I at the pumpkin patch (now TWO falls ago when she was a senior in high school)
My sister and I at Presque Isle Park in Erie, PA three falls ago
Was definitely wearing a hoodie and jeans!
I want to go back there but that's a different topic...
If not wearing a hoodie, I tend to wear cardigan sweaters that I can take off if I get too hot.
9. I don´t do anything different skincare wise in the fall.
10. Throw blankets, the fireplace, a wax melt burning- things like that
Yes to your "house" scent! I love that. Mine is probably the Diva laundry detergent. I put a tiny amount in my mopping solution and it's just perfect to me.
ReplyDeleteI love your decor. It's really nice. Your pumpkin is perfect! How cool! I love a longer stem. Your photos were so good I thought you stole them off of a website or a magazine.
Thanks, Amy! I used my Nikon on most of the house ones which gives the photos a little somethin' somethin' that iphone photos don't have :). I want to smell the Diva detergent and some of the other cleaners that I read about that have a fall scent.
DeleteI love your beautifully decorated home! Blue isn't a color I'd have picked for my own house for fall, but it's stunning. And now I'm thinking that I need some more of it next year...I love hoodies as well! I wear mine with leggings, because I like them big. Happy Thursday, friend!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jenn! Yes, blue pumpkin is a bit different but I do love it (I forgot to include my large throw pillow with blue pumpkins in it!). Oh yes, leggings are great to wear with the oversized hoodies. I have some oversized ones from Jacob that I love to wear.
DeleteCongrats on your pumpkin! Yeah!! It's so cute too :) Love your fall style and love the same scents you do- pumpkin and vanilla
ReplyDeleteThanks, Holly! I love my one little home grown pumpkin :).
DeleteI like your decor!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dara!
DeleteCongrats on growing your own pumpkin! I just put our decor out this afternoon and I only put stuff in the 3 main rooms; living, kitchen, and dining.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joanne! Show us pictures if you get the chance and want to :).
DeleteTablescapes really are the perfect way to decorate for the season, and yours looks absolutely beautiful! I’ve never had much Halloween-specific décor....I usually just stick with general fall decorations. I love the idea of displaying photos from Halloweens past with costumes… I definitely need to adopt that. I’m sure Mason would cringe—haha! I also love that you grew a pumpkin this year. I’m planning a whole pumpkin garden for next year with all different varieties, so I loved seeing yours. The pictures you shared are just gorgeous. Happy Fall!
ReplyDeleteWe are on the same wavelength! I just walked to our pumpkin patch this afternoon and all I could think about was having my own patch of pumpkins! I hope yours works out next year. You probably have a really long growing season in Texas.
DeleteI love the pumpkin with the little lights!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pamela!
DeleteI wore A LOT of hoodies and jeans when we lived in a cooler climate. I have the same "Whatever is noble..." sign, and really love your decor. I think we have similar taste. The Guatemalan linens are perfect for fall.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tanya! I love all of your decor so I do think we have similar tastes :).
DeleteI am loving all the pumpkins! They really say fall. And cozy. And they scream cute, too! Love that photo of your boys (and the frame it is on as well). I think it is fun to change up the decor. Good call!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jennifer! I'm glad that I made the decision... Are you back from your trip? I hope everything went well. Looking forward to hearing about it.
DeleteYour tables are so pretty and I love all the pumpkins! Well done with growing one! I grew a tiny one a few years ago but I've had no luck since.
ReplyDeleteI love the fall pictures, hoodies and jeans are perfect for this time of year.
Thanks, Kim! The pumpkin plant was huge. It's funny that it resulted in just the one pumpkin but I am thankful for the one I got!!
DeleteI like your tablescapes.
ReplyDeleteI love that you grew a pumpkin.
I do not think I am going to decorate for Halloween this year. Nothing against Halloween, I just do not want to.
Thanks, Carla- that's exactly how I feel this year. I like my pumpkin decor and am happy to have just that up in the house this year.
DeleteYour tablescapes are so beautiful! Most of my seasonal decorating is in the dining area, but I hesitate to call it a tablescape. LOL My go-to outfit is probably jeans and hoodie or jeans and a sweater. Happy Fall!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kym! I don't know exactly what makes something a tablescape- I do like the word and I figure if I have "things" on my table, it's a tablescape-, LOL!
DeleteOh I love your fall decor. Congrats on growing your first pumpkin. How fun! Thanks for joining us for Monthly Musings/
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