pumpkins galore

 

September means the start of pumpkin season, and this week I’m on the prowl for the most beautiful pumpkins to last me the whole season, through to Thanksgiving.

 

I really love the pale clay-colored ones mixed in with white, blue, gray, and green pumpkins of all shapes and sizes. Roger’s Gardens always has a great selection, and I’m not sure if they have any yet, but I’m headed there to find out.

 

Pumpkins are fun in just about every room, like the dining room…

 

and the breakfast room...

And even the sunroom!

Here’s last year’s family room mantel, styled simply with a few of my favorite pumpkins and sprigs of eucalyptus.

 

This is the same mantel, but style exclusively for Country Sampler Farmhouse Style. I think I shot this last November, and you can check it out in the most current issue on page 97.

 

This vignette is also featured in the Autumn issue of CSFS, on page 8. Here I’ve used pumpkins that are truer in color, but still have a more unique shape. I love the long stems on the little pumpkins!

 

And speaking of little pumpkins, aren’t these sweet? This was a really fun table to set using Fete Home’s lovely napkins, tablecloth and bone napkin rings.

 

In fact, I recently listed these exact napkin rings on our Ebay Blog Shop. It’ll be hard to part with these beauties, but I’m literally running out of drawer and cabinet space. You can check them out HERE, for a song!

 

For me this is a fun way to share some of my favorite tablescaping goodies with all of you!  

 

There are also a few napkins and tea towels available. In fact, these “LOVE” towels are so cute used as oversized napkins for any occasion. Check them out HERE and then visit our napkin section of the Blog Shop. We will be listing more later this week, so please check back.

 

It’s never too early to start thinking about Christmas, and I have these gorgeous Vagabond House items listed that make the most gorgeous presents or striking statement in your own home.

 

Again, it’s heartbreaking to let these treasures go, but space is really limited around here.

 

Little brass reindeer are just such a cute accent, and you can see here how I used them to style a Christmas Morning Table that appeared in Cottages & Bungalows magazine a couple years back.

 

It’s perfectly alright to mix metals like silver and gold, especially during the holidays. These little guys are actually place card holders, but they look right at home just among the greenery and faux snow at the center of the table.

 

Christmas will be here before we know it, so I should really focus on fall. As I sit here finishing this post, I’m so grateful you’re here to share it with me.

 

I’m now headed to Corona del Mar to see if Roger’s is loaded with pumpkins yet. I need to pick up some fall tomato plants anyways, so hopefully, there will be pumpkins galore!

ciao! fabiana

 

 

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pumpkin season is here!

Pumpkins, pumpkins and more pumpkins... there’s never too many! Maybe it’s because I’m an October baby, but I just love fall and Halloween. 

Roger’s Gardens always gets their pumpkins in early, and they have so many to choose from, so I did stock up on some pretty ones about 10 days ago. 

I love to use them on my table, on the mantel and then later in October I do put some out on the front patio. I especially love the little white ones. They’re really cute at a place setting and just sprinkled around the house on a shelf on a stack of books.

These linens from are from August Table. Tomorrow you’ll get to see the WHOLE table and how it came together. I love how the soft and subdued gray and tan of this Talelayo Pewter pattern works elegantly for fall, especially with the softly colored pumpkins.  

  

So, I’m actually on the hunt today for some really tiny white ones. I think I’ll head to Trader Joe’s first to see what they have. There’s something special I have planned for them this week.  

Here’s a peek at some of the pumpkin fun going on at Roger’s Gardens right now... 

I hope you’ll check back with me tomorrow! 

xoxo

ciao! fabiana 

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fall in the sun room

Happy Wednesday! I'm just here for a quick hello...  

and to share the latest of what’s going on here at my home this week. 

We recently cleaned out our sun room that sort of had become a dumping ground for extra "stuff", and of course I couldn't miss the opportunity to put my favorite little table in a corner of the room.  

More tablescaping options for sure, but this door leads out to the garden, so this week it's a staging area for the backyard.  

While I was at Roger’s Gardens on Sunday, I picked up these three gorgeous cabbage plants with purple veining, but it's been too hot to plant them in the ground, so here they are as part of a fall vignette.  

Chairs, tray and bar cart by Serena & Lily and most everything else is a flea market or thrift shop find. 

I hope you’re having a wonderful week.

I’ll be back soon with some more fun fall décor! 

ciao! fabiana