WELCOME TO MONDAY MORNING BLOOMS!
It's a joy for Shirley, Mary and Pam and I to welcome you to this Monday's floral edition - or floral therapy as many of you lovingly call it. Be sure to click on their links at the bottom of my post to drink in all the fall floral beauty they have created for today!
After adding a few autumnal touches to my mantel, I always start fall decorating in our kitchen.
Autumn's color palette was made for our black and white French Country kitchen!
I set the big table in the very middle of our kitchen so that it's ready for a quick breakfast, coffee or dessert for our family. I began with a French grain sack draped side sideways in the middle of the table.
The velvet pumpkins are in an old antique trencher, I love their contrasting textures. Small plates and bowls are stacked up. My favorite bee napkins are nestled in an antique copper grain measure together with silver forks.
Because I spend the most time in this side of our FrenchGardenHouse, I usually arrange something seasonal and pretty on this table.
Since we do actually eat here, I try not to go over the top! Corralling all the pumpkins in a trencher, or on a tray, also means that you can lift it off in one motion if you need to clear the table for dinner.
For this Monday's flowers, I bought Spider Mums, Protea, Green Hypericum Berries, and Eucalyptus and Lemon Leaf greens. This antique French cream Sardine Pot was just the right size and has the right country look for my autumnal flowers.
*{Watch for a new post about The Secret Life of Antiques - all about Antique French Sardine Pots next!}
A few snips from a bush in the front garden rounds out the filler, and the very last bright chartreuse hydrangea. When you can, cut a few things from your garden to give your floral arrangements a "just picked" garden look.
Our soft golden mustard, grey, cafe and cream colored Lambswool Bronte Throw is just perfect for this cozy season.
Setting a beautiful table is one of my very favorite things to do.
Aside from fall decorating in the kitchen, I love the smells and tastes that come from my kitchen in autumn. You too?
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29 comments
Lidy, your kitchen is just beautiful adorned for fall. Your floral arrangement and table vignette is gorgeous! Have a most blessed week, sweet friend!
Love your quail dishes and how you’ve used antiques in your kitchen.
I wish you all could, that would be fun! Our virtual visits will have to do for now. Jeanie, I so enjoyed living through you with your post about your wonderful dinner with friends. It’s just beautiful there!
Noreen, they are…they have a long history of preserving sardines in the kitchens of France! I hope you will return this week to meet them and their story.
Everything is so charming and inspiring! Loooove your post!Comment
I love the cozy and warm autumn feel of this, Lidy. It’s elegant and yet casual and the colors work so well. The flowers are fabulous, too. I think anyone would love to sit down for breakfast or a cup of tea right here!
so many lovely things to view in your kitchen! The sardine pot sounds very interesting!
Jenna, I wish you could join me here for a cup of cider and a treat! {I almost made the Caramel Apple Cream Pie, but knew then I’d eat it all by myself…so no pie. Sorry.} Fall is my favorite season, and while I don’t decorate like I did when our girls were little, a touch of the season is always a good thing, no?
Wishing you a beautiful Monday, Jenna!
I love the deep burgundies and subtle reds you chose for the flowers and the one pop of red pumpkin nestled with the other neutral ones, so perfect for your black and white kitchen Lidy! The pastries make your vignette so welcoming and cozy…and that carmel apple cheesecake pie, oh goodness! Beautiful, casual and oh la la elegant at the same time!
Thanks so much for joining me today, Pam, it’s always a treat when you do! Casual elegance is my style, using beautiful antiques but not in a fussy way. Plus we normally have children, little people and all their dogs join our own Bentley here in the weekends! {These days the whole clan mostly gathers outside in the garden, but still!}