Celebrate Autumn by setting a Falling for Autumn's Delights Table with the colors of fall and French antiques that reflect the spirit of the season.
Welcome to Monday Morning Blooms!
For our first floral Monday in fall we are honored to welcome back our friend Shannon of Belle Bleu Interiors.
I'll share Shannon's, and Mary's and Pam's links on the bottom of this post so you won't miss their inspiration.
Creating a beautiful table setting is a delightful way to celebrate the changing of the season. Autumn has so many charms, and a table designed with the colors of fall and French antiques reflect the spirit of the season.
My grandmother set her table every single day, for every meal! I have so many memories of sitting at her table set with her dishes, her 'every day' silver and flowers. She insisted on saying grace before every meal, and it's something we've carried through at our own home.
I simplify {grandmama had a daily maid and a live-in maid!} I set the table with a runner and a floral centerpiece that I keep that way, just changing the dishes for meals.
Our latest shipment of antique French dishes arrived a while ago, and the colors are perfect for an autumn delights table.
The plate stack begins with an antique French shallow plate for a favorite fall soup. The deep red border of garlands, roses and ribbon swags add rich color to the table, and echo the colors of the floral centerpiece.
I arranged deep red wine colored mums, bright green hydrangeas, those fluffy bright green dianthus, 'Golem' Carnations and eucalyptus in a heavy antique French urn with a few fading lavender roses and some spiky branches from the garden.
This urn is heavy, really heavy. I fell head-over-heels in love with it at a recent market, I mean it has griffin handles, and a quiver with arrows! Despite Mr. FGH muttering under his breath that it weighs a ton as he carried it to the truck - I bought it knowing that I would never find another!
This vintage wood tray makes the perfect backdrop for the urn, and it keeps the antique stone fruits and petite copper molds in line.
Vintage flatware with mis-matched bakelite handles in autumn colors are a perfect match for this casual fall table. These antique French plates have a deep red transfer design of griffins to complement the griffin handles on the urn.
l tied a length of our red velvet ribbon around each napkin and topped each with the vintage flatware. Or do you like it better topped with our new Autumn Delights Place Cards?
An antique French sauciere is waiting for the second course when it will be filled with a sauce.
Thank you so much for your visit!
Bakelite Vintage Flatware Red Velvet Frayed Ribbon
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22 comments
Noreen, thanks so much for your visit! So happy you enjoyed this post {though out of season for you!} and wishing you a beautiful and blessed Spring. Lidy
That was a beautiful post, Autumn (your Fall) is spectacular with it’s golden hues. We grew up saying “grace” before each meal and we/our family still do this. We are enjoying a delightful warm start to Spring down here in the southern hemisphere, after experiencing the wettest winter since 1960. God is good all the time.
Gloria, thank you so much for your visit! I can’t wait for the colors to change, fall brings such warm stunning color to nature. Wishing you a blessed Autumn!
Happy September Mary! Autumn, our favorite season, just brings all those gorgeous warm colors to nature and our indoor decor too. It’s a joy to share our love for flowers together, Happy Autumn friend. Xo
Good morning Pam, and happy September! I agree, setting a beautiful table every day is a gift- a very loving one. I love those fluffy dianthus, there is something ‘fun’ about the, isn’t there?! It’s a true blessing to reach across states with you for our beloved Monday Morning Blooms!
Happy September dear Rita! I wish I could have you at my table, we could drink tea, apple cider or pumpkin lattes and talk about everything- family, friends and of course, antiques! Xo
Thank you Ricki, I love having you visit. I love adding funny little quirky antique things to tables,
like these copper molds. They give every guest something to talk about or guess what they were used for. Wishing you a blessed and glorious autumn!
Shannon, thank you so much for joining us today for our Autumn Monday Morning Blooms! You and I are French Country girls, and nothing shows off French Country style as beautiful as the warm colors of fall. Wishing you a gorgeous Autumn!
Alice, the urn is at least from the mid to late 1800’s, it is always a guess what date exactly, unless it has foundry marks which this one doesn’t. It’s sheer weight and complexity of design, plus how beautifully it was cast definitely place it in the 19th century.
Ha, I wish I had one maid too! My grandparents did live in a huge house, and my grandmother still did a lot of things herself such as food shopping, making three meals a day etc. but it was a luxury to have help, and after surviving raising 6 children in the midst of WWII I am sure she was grateful every day!
Thanks so much for your visit, Linda. I love the rich jewel tones too, probably because fall is my favorite season. Happy Fall!