Dinner Club in the Fall

A couple of weeks ago, we hosted a group of 12 for a fall dinner party, and here are the flowers I brought home and prepped for arranging.  The roses and sunflowers came from Costco, and the others all came from Trader Joe's.  I was a happy girl when I found all of this and didn't have to make a trip to the floral wholesaler.

This is the container that I chose.  It's French, but I found it while visiting a friend in Indianapolis.

Here's the result.  It's got lots of texture and even though the colors are within a very specific palate, they are varied and vibrant.

And this cachepot!  I can't even!

 

Since eight is the maximum that we can seat comfortably in the dining room, this is the way it came out.  Lots of color and a casual vibe.  Just what I wanted.

Here's the placesetting.

The rattan charger and the napkin rings are from World Market and similar ones are available everywhere.  The Portuguese plates and napkins are from Homegoods.

I like the way this Martha Stewart flatware shows up on this busy tablecloth, which is also from Homegoods.  

These stems are just perfect for fall with leaves and acorns.

I added these for a bit of whimsy.

On the dining room buffet, I piled lots of white and green pumpkins and gourds.  You can see the flowers reflected in the mirror.

I do not understand why I didn't get better pictures of the table for four in the breakfast room, but here's the placesetting.

And here's the way I carried the flowers onto the other table.  This time I used a narrow bark covered vase that saved space.

 

Our fall decorations are some of my favorites.  This tiered server brings everything I love about fall into the bar.

I buy lots and lots of small gourds and use them everywhere.

These French shelves sported neutrals and pops of bright green. 

The powder room gets it's share of  pretty, as well.

This candle from Michael Aram is perfect for this room and this season.  It was a gift from a very dear friend.

These corner shelves holds pumpkins and mums.

A small flower arrangement and some guests towels.......

and this French water bearer sit on the vanity.

Instead of water, she is carrying these teeny little fall fruits.  

These lasted days and days, and we enjoyed them immensely, just as we enjoyed our guests.

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Welcoming Fall Outdoors

When you arrive at our home, you'll be greeted by this at the road.  Minus those wreaths, I'm afraid.  Between the time I took this picture and when I posted it, someone pilfered those wreaths on the gates.  From now on, I'm using zip ties on any decorations.

The mums are also a bit more open by now.  And I have added some orange ribbon and bows to the corn stalks.

As you come up the driveway, you'll pass the cutting garden.

If I took you through the gate you' d see a garden in dire need of tidying up!

At the front door, I've arranged a pile of pumpking, mums, and flowers. 

Don't you love these stripes?

If you turn around at the front door, you'll see this.

I just love how this Japanese maple lights up in the sunshine.

This is out the back door.  I have often wished that I had a shelf on the fireplace chimney so that I could decorate the face of the fireplace, but I've had to choose other places to "pretty up"!

We had a dinner party recently, and I put tablecloths on all three of the outdoor tables.  This the one on the main patio.

The throw pillows on the patio have morphed from turquoise and coral to these brown leaves.

This is the table on the lower terrace.

And this is the table on the upper white deck.  We had cocktails outside, as it was a perfect fall evening.

Since these pillows had orange in them, I added them for a little comfort.

I tried to make several areas of interest reflect this beautiful season.

This statue has a basket of flowers in his arms, but I added an orange ribbon and some more signs of fall.

Even the fountain had a nod to fall.  After Thanksgiving, all of these pumpkins and gourds go into the woods for the deer and squirrels.  The mums will be planted in the cutting garden in hopes that they come up in the spring.  We feel so fortunate to celebrate this season of bounty with so many decorations and such beautiful weather.  But, probably the most beautiful of all is not what I add, but the incredible carpet of leaves and acorns that Mother Nature is supplying!

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Let The Holidays Begin!

We had a flurry of entertaining late summer and early fall, then a flurry of vacationing, so it seems like quite a while since we've had folks here to dine.  I feel like this meal will be Holiday '15 liftoff!  We are expecting some dear friends that we have not been with for a long time.  They will be on their way from their summer home to their winter home and they are putting Atlanta on the route so we can re-connect!  Oh, joy!!!!

This arrangement of real and faux gourds has been on our dining room table most of the fall.  While I am usually all about fresh, it is such a treat to take this bin out of storage and decorate the table..Slam bam, done!  I don't worry about rotting or drooping or fading. (I might have to re-think the fresh bias.)

This turned out to be an abundantly beautiful table.

Since I already had the centerpiece sitting on a green linen runner, I didn't want to take it all off and add a tablecloth, so I used cream colored straw placemats to make a contrast on the dark wood table.  Then a cream charger from Z Gallerie, and a dinner plate with the image of a cross cut of a log.

Then, (drum roll please), this salad plate that makes the whole darn table work!  I love it so much.  These were a gift from one of my bridge buddies and the are just about one of the most perfect gifts.

This light wood handled flatware is an old Martha Stewart pattern that, again, shows up well on the table.

I "auditioned" several different napkins before I decided on this dark brown one and then I tied it with a wood slice as a placecard.  I was wishing I had a woodburning tool to write the names, but settled for a brown magic marker.

The glasses are some I use often.  The green stem is from Swoosie's and the amber tumbler is from Bobby Flay's line at Kohl's.

These little plates from the floral wholesaler make a good bread and butter dish.

I regret not buying enough of these little salt and peppers to use them as individuals.  They were from the dollar bin at Michael's a few years ago.

Somehow, water served from this French bottle seems so much better than any of my many pitchers.

This rattan coaster is waiting the perfect bottle of wine.  Hmmm.  What should it be?  Something crisp and white.

Buried in the midst of the gourds, grapes, and nuts, are these wonderful old twisty candlesticks.

As you can see, one reason I like this table so much is that it suits the colors already in this room.

We can't wait to share a meal with these friends.  When you put your feet under the same table, magic often happens.

This year, may the abundance of the harvest season......

translate into an abundance of riches from the presence of your friends.

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