Showing posts with label Amaze Me Monday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amaze Me Monday. Show all posts

Monday, September 25, 2017

Autumn Mood

AW!!! Autumn is clearly in the air this week...  the temps are behaving and the air  is  spicy sweet...
It  inspires  such a homey feeling  in  us  that we can't help  but  create   an  atmosphere  that  draws   family and friends together  around  a cup of hot cider or tea and a  spicy, sweet confection!
A wonderful way to  capture  an autumn mood is  in viewing this months Autumn Bliss...
https://www.hoffmanmediastore.com/victoria/victoria-autumn-bliss-2017.html
Subdue lighting makes me  want to  cosy up on the sofa and listen to something  softly, melodious music  sink into a reverie of  dream of  autumns from the  past.  

The table is set  for  an intimate  supper  with  good friends  
 
The Herdsman,  pattern  from Royal Stafford  is my connection to my  British heraldry...the anglophile in me  longs  to surround myself with  relics  from the Isles..  







One of my favorite  bring backs  from our trip to Ireland  was the beauty of the  meadows and glens  dotted with  sheep...


I really enjoy  utilizing the  battery operated  lit garland on the table  in  fall because there is so much going on the expansive  table the cord  fades in and out  of sight!!
Sitting here at the table  I can gaze into the parlor and see an echo of the  black and white  amid the  fiery colors of autumn..



Other glimpses  of  fire  are  spied  around the room!!


 But, I am most content to while an hour here in the  heart of the home...  where so many  pleasures  with family and friends  have  come to fruition... and memories abound!!!
 It is here  where we  especially  count our blessings  around our family gatherings and  rejoice in the goodness of  Creator and Lord!!!



Monday, September 18, 2017

Autumn Arrives

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"The goldenrod is yellow
The corn is turning brown
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down."
- Childrens song
Today I  removed  the  tokens of summer from around the house and  brought forward the  colors of autumn... my favorite  season!!!
First of all I    turned on my   lovely piano jazz station on Pandora..  Beegie Adair...
  Oh, my is she mellow. just perfect  for  autumn!
So I started with the mantel...

 

I  like to incorporate  a bit of wildlife...   the pheasants and   Mr. Fox

The end table  got  an  autumn upgrade! 
another  tablescape! 
Coordinating colors in the dining room 

 I like  mood lighting     in various places...
I love the shadows of  autumn! 
without  flash 
and with flash! 

It does feel great to have  this transformation underway!
Make it Pretty Monday


Monday, July 24, 2017

A Little Blue will Do it!


The last few weeks have  been much like everyone  else's   hot,  dry,  yet,  humid..  is that  an oxymoron..  it is so dry the grass crackles and  the  ground is  dusty....  but the air is so  hot and humid...  it is  totally miserable for me...  I am not a summer person for sure...
Even Hubs  turns the  a/c up a bit so the  air conditioner doesn't have to work so hard..So I think.. how  can I make the house feel cooler...  I immediately think cooler colors...along with my decluttering  that I have spoken of heretofore.
  So  I  have been shopping the house,  especially the  storage room  in the basement to bring out my favorite  shade...  of blue!!Well, I actually, got inspiration during my morning quiet time...


I just love my  creative  Bible where I doodle my thoughts and  favorite verses in the margins...  so colorful ad joyful...but the turquoise  just  got me in the mood  to liven and lighten up the living room  with  blues!!! I got my confirmation of the blue  when I  saw  the same shade in our  older style Karastan carpet on the floors!

And it was  cinched   when I got my  latest edition of Victoria Bliss  English Cottage magazine.... See  the  turquoise..  I knew then and there it was time to go house shopping!

 There do you see it???   ON the cover...  then again on page 9.  
That  gorgeous arrangement of  summer flowers all  displayed in that  dreamy turquoise  vase... I immediately thought of the  blue planter I bought last  spring at Home Goods in Massachusetts  that I never got around to planting anything in and it had ended up  downstairs  just ..waiting!
IN an effort to truly get my attention there it was again  on page 11....
 I was immediately taken by the mere scope of the thing...  it was perfection to my  critical eye...  and the mix of garden flowers  so appropriate for  mid  July.  But the idea was  clinched when there on the back cover it was again.. as if mocking me...
I knew I could pull it off... I just had to  dig  around  in the storage room.  No reason to go shopping...  
I had ample  blue hydrangeas  and  I could pluck a few Queen Anne's lace from another  arrangement  upstairs...  a bit of  elegance...  a bit of humility..that is what the article had said and I had it all at my finger tips!
Perhaps I took  the scope a bit too far.. heheheh   but  I love the trailing roadside  flowers    that  give the arrangement form..
From a lower angle the lovely planter comes to view...   a juxaposition of  regal meets humble.. I love it!!! 
The cloth is a tablecloth folded over several times.!
I shopped the sunroom for the  blue glass  tumblers

the bedrooms for the pillows


The dining room  signaled to me    that  it  was  falling right in line..
Even the books  seemed to whisper...  We're doing our part!

  
From every angle....

A little blue will do it! 
 To liven and to lighten

to   definitely brighten 

my  own little  English Cottage  of a room!



Monday, January 9, 2017

A Snowy New Year Sets the Tone

Transitioning into the new year here  in the home  is made  simple  by keeping the  red and  switching out  a lot of the greens...And    having snow  inspires,  as well.. 
 The tree comes down 
 the ornaments are removed from the mantel
to be replaced with icy crystals 


the seasonal tree gets  a  smattering of snow... 

and  the snowmen come out!!!

The red and white is such a lift  for the after Christmas blues...



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