Rustic French Fall Decor

I'm in the middle of messy packing mode, but I'm still looking for Fall Inspiration. Nothing over-the-top, but some subtle color changes and natural vignettes. I thought I'd share some classic French Country Autumn seasonal decor with you today from previous Septembers. I like to look back through the archives and see what I was doing "this time of year" from years ago. 

These pics are from 2013 while we were still living at our larger home, close to the lake. In some ways this house is more similar to the one we are getting ready to purchase. It was longer and spread out with plenty of space. The formal Living Room was a place to enjoy abundant light and my "paint-it-white" gene was on full display. 

That house was at it's best during Fall. The walls and decor colors lent themselves to warm and mellow tones that are the hallmark of Autumn. 

I had found this old window box on one of my weekly flea market excursions and thought that the large scale Dining Room table could handle it's proportions. Faux Hydrangeas in Fall hues were the base with pumpkins, bittersweet and berries mixed in.

So, the lampshades on this chandy are driving me batty,

now that I've seen they are all cock-eyed.

Let's disregard those, ok?

I'd worked so hard on getting the twig garlands just right,

that I lost sight of the shades.

These photos were taken with my previous camera, 

so they just aren't as crisp and clear as I can get today. 

wonky lamp shades again, but I love the twiggy garland.

Some of my lamb collection under glass for Fall

on a vintage tray.

I'm hoping to have a better place to display my Ironstone pieces at the new place. Right now they are spread throughout the house and don't make much of a visual impact. 

I'm really sad that I'm going to miss decorating for Fall at the new house, but that doesn't keep me from daydreaming about what I would do. Actually, all that helps keep me motivated and on task with all this tedious packing and mess I'm living with right now. Sometimes I just get so bogged down I want to run away, which would probably mean going shopping when that's the last thing I need to be doing.

I'm working on a few of my furniture paint projects. I'm in the middle of painting an old steamer trunk that I don't know if I've ever even shared. Last move I was planning on using it as an end table, but ended up not having a place for it... so it has been downstairs tucked under a sofa table. I'll share that with you soon, it's turning out to be pretty cool, I think.

I braved the garage organization task last week, but couldn't get everything accomplished like I wanted since I had run out of the big "Rubbermaid" type tubs. So I just did the best I could and then I  put it all back. I did make a little headway and combined a ton of boxes and smaller tubs. These are going to have to go in the garage at the new house so they have to be halfway decent and organized. (so my hubby says). 

I'll be back soon, 

have a great week!

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