Nothing makes me happier than seeing my calendar hit the BER months. The husband and I hauled all 23 bins of fall decor to the lake house in August. Some of it comes from the hill country home, while the rest is a combo of fall decor from our old lake and river properties. So yeah, it's a bit of a mixed bag, a combo of light blue, green and silver as well as navy and gold. And now I've added chinoiserie to make it interesting.
I spent two days in the garage at a card table I arranged, unpacking, sorting and purging fall decor the week before Labor Day. I ended up with six boxes of things I'm giving to a friend. She has lots of kids and grandkids who enjoy using decorations I no longer need. That still left me more than enough to get busy with setting up the lake house for fall. Oh sure, I ordered a few things online. First I scoured several local antique and vintage stores, but unfortunately had no luck finding the blue and white turkey platters I need for the bookshelves. So yippee for eBay! Plus I made a run to the craft store to buy a carvable foam pumpkin to create a floral centerpiece for the coffee table.
One of the first things I did was decorate my pot of greenery in the entryway. I added white lights on a timer and I love how festive it is, something you immediately see when you walk in the front door. And those highland cows in their burnt orange are too stinkin' cute, y'all. I contemplated my options for the living room shelves because I just got them in their *final* form a few short weeks ago and hated to undo it all. So I decided to just clean out the bottom six, leaving the top four with my collection of green and blue glass that still kinda fits the fall vibe I'm working.
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