Bedroom Love

Seriously, this is one of the prettiest bedroom sets I have seen in awhile!! I have an entire white bed and sheet set as well for our King size... but this is just gorgeous! I love the chippy painted dresser in this photo too. What is it about WHITE that is so Chic? (IF DONE CORRECTLY ;) ).

Rachel Ashwell/Shabby Chic. One of my most favorite designers!! 

Seriously, who wouldn't love this?!

Thanksgiving Tablescapes and Decorating

One of my favorite seasons (after Summertime of course :) ) is FALL! The colors, and indian summer weather is just great. Its probably the next best thing to a hot summer day. I love driving past homes and seeing how others display their pumpkins and gourds for the season, and do some decorating for fall. (NOT a huge halloween fan though ;) )... 

I thought it would be fun to share how I decorated our dining room table for fall and possibly into thanksgiving. Also including a few other's tables capes that I fell in love with! One of which, is my Moms. So excited to share the photos.... I hope this post can inspire some other Stay at Home Mamas or just Ladies in general to get crafty with what you have and set up something. You don't have to go spend a ton of money to make a gorgeous centerpiece, and honestly... for me the more I try to "buy" stuff to decorate with, it just looks forced and modernish.. or something. LOL. 

Lets see what you have set up! I'll be featuring a couple tables capes here so lets get started.   Also- if you're not big on decorating your table that you happen to use daily, I also am including some inspiration for just around the house. I know not everyone has a dining room AND formal dining room- with littles it can be difficult to keep a pretty display up on the table when you eat there daily. We just have the dining room which works great as little Guy is still in his highchair. 

1.  First tables cape with some Fall Decor is my Mom! HomemakerAng. One of the things I loved most about the "theme" she went with was all the color and vintage table linens. Its created a very welcoming feeling, and a lot of the dishes I remember growing up with myself. 

See- inviting :). The heirloom pumpkins are featured as part of the centerpiece as well as some Indian corn and antiques. Also some stoneware pieces to add that warm touch. 

I just LOVE this mantel! Its double sided, so I made sure to get a photo of each side of the mantel as she left enough decor that its still a normal functioning household for everyone. I like leaving seasonal things left out still such as my plants I would have out during summer, or dishes and pillows etc. Gotta keep it functional! 

Hydrangea Love kinda runs in our family :). My Grandma uses them, my mom... and also myself. 

Again, this is still a welcoming touch, and I love how she incorporates the golds and blues together so well. 

The middle of their formal sitting room has a big sheepskin rug that is great to snuggle on in front of the fireplace. Here, our son is snuggling in while Mommy snapped a few photos. :). Family pics on the mantel keep it personal too!

Make sure to check out her blog for more great inspirational photos! www.eclecticculturefarm.blogspot.com

2.   Here is what I came up with for ours! I incorporated some of our farm sunflowers I dried, and also some pumpkins and my sweet hubby surprised me with some Osage Oranges he gathered. SO SWEET ;). 

I kept mine super simple as we use this table daily. I love the benches that so easily can be pushed underneath the table during daytime. 

Burlap, white pumpkin, dried sunflowers and Osage Oranges!

The hydrangeas and roses are special to me, they were in our wedding as my flower girls bouquets! 

This buffet is great as I feel I can continuously change it to fit the seasons. 

Just some old glassware I have been collecting. Im a sucker for bubbly glass.... but also anything Milk Glass! 

*Keep your tables capes simple so you want to do them throughout the year :).* 

 I think its a great focal point to show your artistic side. Include the kids in on it too.. We are making a "Thankful Tree" soon, and I'll be posting about that when I can. But I want to teach our children early on, to be thankful with all that God provides for our family!

3. These photos are taken by Rachel over at shadesofblueinteriors.com. I love her color scheme for Thanksgiving, but my favorite is the floral centerpiece! I love anything to do with plants and florals, and the eucalyptus leaves did me in. :) 

I like how she kept her tables cape more "simple" but the centerpiece was where she went bigger!

Also looks like she used things she had laying around like my Mom did and I did with mine. Sometimes using what you have is the best way to go! 

All of these turned out beautiful!

Hope this collaboration I threw together inspired some of you out there. Please comment with your blog name so I can check out some of your Fall decor centerpieces! 

Nursing Cover

I'm all about nursing without a cover as my baby needs to eat at any time and shouldn't only be able to eat when Momma is covered. But, there are times I don't mind having a little privacy of just "us" and letting babe suckle away without getting distracted because he could see all around him.
THIS looks like an awesome nursing cover.... 3 in 1 and lightweight! This might be for us.


 Definitely thought it was worth sharing. I am on the lookout for a very lightweight nursing cover that I can use sometimes (nope not gonna use it all the time). and won't be too hot for little One.

Check it out! Cute styles and love that they can convert to a cute scarf duo for the Mama!

Nursing Cover

One of my outlets as a stay at home Mom has become decorating. Something might look a certain way one day and then the next be completely transformed. Its my way to have some "me time" but still be with my little One :). 

Fall is in the air today

So I did not have time last evening to post my promised photos of the rest of the Fall decor but I have a moment now while sweet one naps. 

I'm super excited about the vintage halloween lamp I found at Goodwill! $4 and its an old ceramic piece with a pumpkin and cat on top. I have yet to try and see if the lamp works as it didn't have a bulb, but if nothing else it could just be a cute display piece for this season. 

There's some shots of the pumpkins we grabbed from our Amish neighbors the other day. They actually are pretty big pumpkins! I would guess around 15 lbs.... seems heavy to me... maybe because I'm 26 weeks pregnant? :)

Some of the photos also show my newly painted furniture pieces I did in the white color. 

CUTE!

That "Trick-Or-Treat" sign was a Home Goods find. 

This adorable hutch cupboard was left here when we moved in, my Mom gave it to me! The black lantern was from our farm where we lived off grid, as well as that wreath arrangement and garland.

Love the Indian corn!

Cute little highchair with a mini pumpkin, I am thinking of repainting this white and sanding it to scuff it up. Thoughts?

Back porch shenanigans! This little boy loves pumpkins and helping his mama outside, SO much!

Old box was found in one of the many outbuildings when we moved here as well as the galvanized tin. This arrangement is sitting up against the front of the garage. 

Chicken Coop. One of my favorite barns here! We have a few chickens inside, and hopefully will be adding to the brood next Spring.

Simple cut log pieces from an old tree. We used bigger pieces for our wedding, and these may have been leftovers from that day!

Burlap pillowcases (made by my mom HomemakerAng (www.eclecticculturefarm.blogspot.com )

26 weeks with our baby girl.... Getting so excited!!

This is NOT a good photo, but above the cupboard I recently repainted (still have sanding to do) I placed our "Ceremony" sign from our wedding up above. I wanted a little bit of Rustic Charm added to the room as I don't want it looking too modern. We had this sign nailed to one of the old apple trees at the farm, to direct guests to our ceremony site. Precious memories. 

The $4 lamp I thrifted. I just thought it was adorable. If the lamp plug in doesn't work, I will use as a solid decorating piece because... well its cute!

Share your thoughts! Would love to hear from some of you readers! What would you like to see or read more of from me? 

XO 

Autumn!

So excited fall is finally here. The cooler temps AND the colors! I will be posting later tonight some shots of the pumpkins and gourds I have around the house, but for now just a photo of the living room sofa. Kind of love it!
I actually have more unpacking to do yet, as this look is a little too modern for me, I need some of my vintage wares and barn wood brought out from the boxes and garage.

Coffee table use to be a dark wood color, I repainted it white. Pillows are either slipcovers I made or from our wedding head table (mom made those!) and it was featured in Romantic Prairie Weddings book by Fifi O'Neill. 

Hydrangeas are from Grandma and the rest is thrifted or given to me (minus the slipcover). 

Rug- Home Goods clearance rack. 

DIY Toddler Shower Paint

This was another great recipe, most of which I did have on hand at home- except for the baby soap and food coloring. I usually steer clear of those, and will try to make them natural whenever possible. I ran to the Dollar store for these as they had both items!

We had fun making and using this one as well. I haven't used it in our shower yet for little one, we actually have an "all purpose" toddler table from IKEA that I like to use indoor/outdoor for him. The top of it is super easy to wash off, so thats where we headed. Afterwards... just hosed it down before drying it and bringing back inside!

I will post the link here for you to go read if interested. My SIL shared it with me, as she loves it for her little one too.

 Also used cheap containers from the dollar store. Wanted something that can be "child safe" and if it falls down in the shower, won't shatter!

"Bear" the pup loved the paints too! While I definitely wouldn't encourage anyone to "eat" the paint, it is better than regular paint. Its just cornstarch, food coloring and baby soap. Still would taste funny though LOL. 

(ALSO- Here is the table :). Pretty affordable, and we love how versatile it is for our needs. Perfect to bring outside or in, and can be hosed down even. Crayon/marker/paints all wash off this table super easy. Some require more elbow grease than others. ) 

LINK: I had to take it off Ebay as thats the ONLY place I could find it.  

IKEA TABLE