A Shadow on the Floor — The Raven

It was the evening of October 31. I had planned an elegant dinner and set a table that was inspired by friends I had joined in a blog hop to celebrate All Hallow’s Eve. (You can access all their wonderful ideas below.)   

A Dozen Fall Tables to Celebrate the Season

After enduring the long, hot days of summer, I'm more than ready to enjoy the delights of autumn, which officially arrived today with the equinox! I thought I'd share a dozen fall tables that approach autumn design in different ways to celebrate the new season and inspire you (and me!) to design tablescapes with lovely colors and wonderfully iconic themes. Just click on each title to view the complete post!

 

1.  We'll start with a table that showcases the last of summer's wildflowers and the reign of fall's chrysanthemums in Acorns and Flowers. Deeply colored plates feature dramatic depictions of fall flowers and unique acorns on pretty linens highlight the last wildflowers of summer.

 

 

Set a Captivating Table when Summer Turns to Fall

Are you ready for fall? Although we're nearing the end of August I confess I'm not ready to let go of summer just yet. But in my defense, summer here ignores the calendar and stretches well into September, some years even into October!

Nonetheless, I've begun to plan for autumn decor throughout the house. I want the transition to the sights and scents of autumn in the house to have the same leisurely pace that the world outside takes.  As part of the process, today I've set a captivating table for when summer turns to fall.

  

I'm delighted to be joining a number of friends who are also welcoming fall by styling tablescapes with different autumn themes.

Tea and Muffins on the Bistro Table

Welcome to the deck! Today I decided to have breakfast at the bistro table, before the heat and humidity sends me back inside. It's been a while since I set a table on the deck; I'm not sure why that's the case. I enjoy being on the deck, particularly in spring and fall. We had replaced our original deck and made it larger when we totally renovated the back yard.  I described the structural transformation of our yard in Backyard Renovation Reveal and the long process of finishing the deck in Deck Update: Railing Installed.

 

A Landscape Renovation, From the Beginning

Are you faced with a boring landscape? Or worse yet, an empty yard or overgrown/rundown garden? Here's how we tackled my MIL's yard, one phase at a time, from the beginning.