I recently came home with a carload of mums, kale, pansies + pumpkins,
+ next, I added FALL to our front porch!
It was such a huge morale boost that I opted to do something similar inside!
I started with our dining room:
This pair of black urns with the white pumpkins
were flanking our front door, just this morning!
Now they are looking swell inside, accessorizing our pine farmhouse table:
I have had this old Rockford, Illinois wooden box for years:
Why yes, I DO love red stripes!

KATHY + CINDEE oil painting by me, graduate school, 1978
Our bungalow doesn’t have a lot of wall space for large canvases like this,
so I’m using a vintage wooden easel to display my painting.
Here’s a similar look from Ellen Degeneres’ house:
Back to our house — here’s a close-up of that accent wall.
G.O. + I stenciled it together, + we love it!
That pretty wall color — Beeswax — is so warm,
+ it happens to match all the yellow ware that I love to collect.
Here are my tin quilt stencils, marching across the hallway door:
Don’t you love our art ledges? I do.
G.O. made them with an old door casing from our house:
I like them because I can switch things out whenever I please.
G.O. likes them because we’re not driving 100’s of nails into our walls!
Right now, I’ve got a lot of fall stuff displayed with photos + artwork.
Yumm-O for our orange mercury glass votive cups:
Some old glass ware for some sparkle, inside a handmade basket:
Our dad caught this foul ball at a Cardinals game in the 50’s:
Next up: our living room gets its Autumnal make over!
Stay tuned!
September 22nd, 2013 at 2:15 am
We sure do like a lot of the same things! Lovely space to sit and dine!
I feel inspired to dig out Fall!
September 22nd, 2013 at 12:34 pm
Stacey!
The nesting instinct has really kicked in at my house!
I am just as happy as a BEE with all my changes.
TY for commenting!
K A Y
August 7th, 2016 at 3:37 am
Thanks! That cheered me up after watching the Cardinal game. Love the stenciled walls!
August 7th, 2016 at 11:26 am
HA! Lauren! Of course, I feel your pain! After having the most wins in the NL last year, this season o’ losses isn’t much fun.