Fall Decor in Our Sitting Room October 2022

October ushered in a little cooler temperatures at night and in the mornings.... so I did my fall decorating and snapped some photos too. Here's how things are looking in the sitting room this year....

 

These handmade wooden flowers were some we picked up on a vacation to Tennessee. They came from The Arts and Crafts Community in Gatlinburg. They were made by a 98 year old man who used a knife and tiny pieces of wood to widdlemake them into these little flowers....truly amazing. I placed them in the old amber bottle with faded leaves and a few feathers...

Most everything I decorated with were things I already had...mostly found at yard sales, antique malls, thrift stores or dollar stores. Some of the throw pillow covers were amazon finds, and the "H" embroidered pillow was one I made from a purchased pillow...I hand embroidered the "H" onto a found battenberg lace doily and stitched it onto the front of the pillow. 

It really doesn't have to cost a lot of money to make a home feel cozy and warm ... it only takes filling it with things that you love and a little creativity....which to me makes decorating so much fun!

I hope October brought you some crisp cool air and fresh inspiration for a new season!

Thanks for taking the time to visit! 

Until next time...stay creative!

September 2022 Wildflowers in the Woods

It's the first week of September, and though it's still very hot outside, I ventured out there.... and I found a couple of nice surprises in our little patch of woods today.  

This time of the year brings with it yellow wildflowers and tiny purple wildflowers...a sign that fall is on it's way in our area...

The wild yellow flowers dot the woods and will be in full bloom soon...

I was happy to find these pretty little purple flowers too...

and these dainty white flowers are so delicate and pretty...

The yellowish green berries on the wild shrubbery will soon be pumpkin orange...I can hardly wait...

and these pretty purple berries have made their yearly appearance, this late summer day.... absolutely beautiful!

I hope you find some sweet surprises in your world today too!

Until next time...stay creative!

Remembering Summers Past: Home Decor Pictures From My Photo Files

I ran across these home decor pictures in my photo files from summer's past and wanted to add them here for inspiration...

This is when we had our white slipcovers on our brown furniture...

and when our now green sitting room shelves were light blue...

The old suitcase is stacked with other suitcases for storage in the corner of our sitting room now. I still have the Waverly pillow covers in this "tea stain color" and I also have them in the "chambray denim blue color and red" ... and luckily, I still have the white slipper covers too, stored away.

Maybe next summer I'll bring them out and use them again...just for the summertime months.

I do love this fresh look of the white, but I also love the warmth and classic traditional look of our brown sofa without the slipcovers. I'm always looking for different ways to change things up a little, from time to time and when the notion strikes me. I like to mostly shop my own home and storage building for changes too so you'll see much of the same decor....just changed up and used in different places! 

I'm sure the tea stained floral pillow covers will be making an appearance again for fall in our home. We'll see what the next season brings.

Next is the summer a couple of years ago that I used a little bit of red and blue for summertime.....

Here's the kitchen and dining room that same year....

And then here's another year of the living room in the summertime....

Well, I hope you enjoyed this little tour down memory lane....

Until next time...Stay Creative!