Friday, September 27, 2019

Sharing More Photos of the FALL LIVING ROOM. . .Part I


Now that the cat is out of the bag and the 2019 FALL ISSUE OF COUNTRY RUSTIC MAGAZINE is on the stands, I can share the extra photos of the farmhouse all dressed up for HARVEST. . . 

When the official magazine photographer finished and had left the farm for another destination, I took out my trusty camera and did my own photo shoot. . .I did rearrange a few things, so it’s not exactly as it was, but it is still plain and simple HARVEST style. . .
Let’s begin with some living room inspiration:
As I’ve told you so many times, we are all about COTTON and the harvest of it in the Fall. So, naturally cotton is the focus for the vignettes. . . and the colors of the cotton bolls are carried out in other items, too. . .White ceramic PUMPKINS. . .the browns of BURLAP. . .the golden tans of CORN HUSKS. . .
With a mound of small BALES OF COTTON, I filled up this wonderful old pick-up truck and placed it underneath the sofa table, adding a burlap pumpkin and FALL LEAVES.
There’s even a bale of cotton inside a wire pumpkin on top of the table. The gins no longer bale this way, so these miniature burlap bales are important reminders of our past.
Of course, I need at least one bucket filled with COTTON STALKS, to place behind the 1910 vintage chair that belonged to my grandmother. . .
And, on top of the glass display cabinet, small white pumpkins, sitting in Windsor chairs. . .How could it be more SIMPLE?

In fact, everything is done SIMPLY. . .That was the GOAL. . .How did we do? 
Want to see more? . .Part II will be coming soon. . .

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

GATHERING FALL

Can you feel it? . .I can. . .It's strictly intuitive because the heat index has been 108 degrees. . .and yet, I see all the signs that FALL is on its way. . .There is something in the air. . .and businesses are already decorating with mums, pumpkins, corn stalks, gourds, and anything that sets the stage for FALL. . .
I think we are all a BIT tired of summer. . .and looking forward to some cooler weather. . .As always, I begin gathering for FALL DECOR early. . .Now is the time to scavenge around the farm, ditches, and woods for naturals. . .My first stop was to grab the gourds I've accumulated. . .and filled three baskets with them. . .
Handmade brooms fit well in a crock. . .along with. . .(you'll never believe it). . .dried day lily stalks. . .My brown crocks will come out of storage, too. . .
Next. . .I'll be cutting cotton stalks to add to the mix. . .Some field corn. . .A little wheat. . .

I do try to use as many on-hand items as I can find. . .They don't need to be meant for FALL. . .just in the colors I'll be using. . .But. . .the pumpkins and squash I'll need to buy from a pumpkin farm, along with a few hay bales. . .
 
It will soon be another FALL at THE COUNTRY FARM HOME. . .a time of HARVEST. . .a time to be THANKFUL for so many BLESSINGS. . .
Yep. . .FALL is almost here. . .I can feel it in my 'bones'. . .
I bet you can, too?

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