🍂 Monday Morning Blooms | October's Elegance with French & English Antiques

October 06, 2025 3 min read

Autumn table set with French and English Antiques

There’s something about October that feels like a soft exhale. October arrives with a whisper — cooler mornings, rustling leaves, and that golden hush that settles over the world just before the trees let go of their color. Nothing is as beautiful as the warm, rich colors of autumn, not just outside in the garden, but on our tables inside, too! I'm sharing Monday Morning Blooms | October's Elegance with French & English Antiques, an easy table filled with all the colors of fall.

Welcome to Monday Morning Blooms!

Mary, Pam and I are beyond excited that it's autumn, and that our dear friend Sarah of Hyacinths For The Soul is joining us. I'll share their links at the bottom of this post so you can visit them and drink in every ounce of their inspiring autumnal beauty!

This Monday Morning Blooms is a love letter to October’s hush — celebrating the season with a pairing as timeless as autumn itself: the graceful romance of French and English antiques, and the fleeting beauty of seasonal blooms.

I set our center island in the kitchen with French and English antiques for a really fun monthly gathering...our bookclub is made up of 8 friends, each of us is as different as can be, but what binds us together is the love of reading, and after a few meetings, of each other!

Meals are casual, often it's a combined effort. The perfect menu for October is a beautiful charcuterie board and drinks, followed by a hearty soup, a salad, and bread. {And of course, a dessert!}

October’s Blooming Palette

This floral arrangement brings together the warmth of the harvest with the character of antique treasures.

The colors of the flowers lean into the richness of the season.

Wine pink colored chrysanthemums
Hypernicum berries in green
Dusky green and pink garden hydrangeas
Seeded eucalyptus
A brown bush

At the heart of today's floral arrangement is an antique drabware tea pot, stained just slightly with age - making it all the more perfect. Its neutral color contrast beautifully with the bright jewel toned flowers.

French & English Antiques: A Perfect Pairing

This table setting is a tale of two traditions: French and English. Autumn is an ideal season to showcase French and English antiques in your home—they'll add character and so much warmth.

The table cloth is an antique French striped mattress cover, the napkins are my favorite linen napkins in fall color.

Antique English brown transfer plates are topped with antique French deep plates in red.

Bakelite flatware is a fantastic color match to this table setting, isn't it? Before serving dinner, they fit nicely in an antique French urn.

Vintage and antique crystal decanters serve drinks, antique and art deco glasses add an extra layer of history.

Antique and vintage glassware is really difficult to find in sets, the workmanship on these etched iced tea glasses is just stunning.

This antique ladies country work box wood holds antique dessert plates, more napkins, and some velvet pumpkins.

The charm of French and English antiques lies not only in their age, but in the stories they hold, in every scuff, worn edge, and crackle in the glaze.

One of my very favorite finds this season for the shop is this sterling meat fork. I've never seen one with a deer on it!

October teaches us to find beauty in what fades. In leaves that curl, in petals that droop, in antiques that carry time on their surface. Not perfection —just a lovely presence.

Antique French Mattress Cover

Linen Napkins

1850's Brown Transfer Plates

Antique French Rose and Ribbon Deep Plates

Antique Floral Dessert Plates

Antique English Crystal Decanter

Antique French Sterling Meat Serving Fork

Vintage Decanter

Art Deco Cocktail Glasses

1930's Etched Iced Tea Glasses

Bakelite Forks

Bakelite Knives

Bakelite Small Spoons

Antique Drabware Oak Leaves Tea Pot

Antique Ladies Country Kitchen Work Box

Antique Brass Candle Holders

Antique English Small Staffordshire Dog

I hope you notice the beauty of autumn, even in the quiet moments. Light your candles at dusk. Arrange a few flowers, or even a branch or two, in a vase. Allow yourself to linger with a cup of coffee or tea for a while.