Front Hall Table Transformation

     
Today, Writing Straight From The Heart is joining Metamorphosis Monday on Susan's fascinating blog, Between Naps on the Porch.  Fellow bloggers share projects around their homes.      

       Decorating for the seasons is so much fun.

      I love to add little touches of loveliness in many rooms of our home.  If something can make a guest smile, then it's worth the time and trouble it took to haul boxes filled with decorations down from the attic. 

      In the front hallway, the table is usually filled to the edges with photographs, most in brass frames.  These had to be carefully placed in a plastic bin and brought up two flights of stairs to the attic.

Then, I placed a fall runner on the newly dusted and polished table. It has sunflowers on it and cows and is in many lovely shades of color. It's perfect for fall.

     Welcoming anyone who steps inside the front door is a rag tag assortment of scarcrows and a little pumpkin person. He holds a sign that says "Welcome to Our Patch."

       A vase with attractive silk flowers (rescued from someone throwing them away) and lots of autumn leaves adds to the ambiance. Pretty soon I'm going to fire-up the maple scented candle.

     There's even a little fall angel with a leaf-covered dress and wings! Everytime I glance in her direction, she makes me smile.

WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF FALL FOR YOU?

Awesome Autumn Is On Its Way

      Today Writing Straight from the Heart is joining Show and Tell Friday on Cindy's blog, My Romantic Home, and Thrifty Things Friday on Diann's blog, The Thrifty Groove. Be sure to go to both of those blogs and check out all the cool posts.

      As soon as there is a little nip in the New England air, it's a telltale sign that summer is on the wane.

     The other morning, I felt it. Looking out the window,  mists wrapped like curtains around the fountain, patio table and chairs, and fence. 

      "Uh oh," I said out loud.  "Summer's almost over."

     Sure enough, that night, there was no need to turn on the overhead fan in the bedroom. It felt cool enough to add another quilt to the bed.

      With just a tiny bit of reticence, up to the attic I went to take down some fall decorations. Meanwhile,  the spring and summer wreath, with flowing pink satin ribbons, had to be hauled up the stairs and placed on a nail in the attic.

      Down came the leaf-covered wreath my daughter made last fall. It's very festive and looks pretty on our front door.

      Several scarecrow-like figures are called "the kids."  They came down from the attic, too, and have been positioned at their stations on our front porch.

      "Brought the kids down from the attic," I said to hubs.

      "What?  What do you mean?" he asked, eyes wide open. Maybe he thought I kidnapped our two, grown up and married "kids" and stashed them away upstairs.

     "The scarecrow kids,"  I told him.

       The heart-shaped pillow and pink wreath that adorned the wooden antique chair on the porch all summer came in, too. They've been replaced with a big basket of autumn-looking fall flowers. See the photo at the top of the post?

    

     Now all that needs to be done is to make another trip up to the attic to find the amber glass. Think I'll save that task for another day.  Many of the decorations shown were free, salvaged from someone cleaning out her basement! 

      I found the old-fashioned front porch chair at a yard sale for $5.  The scarecrow kids stay under plastic bags throughout the year until fall arrives. This is their third or fourth fall season coming up! They come out looking as good as new, don't you think?

       See? It doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg to decorate for the season.

     NOTE TO DEAR READERS:  If you cannot stand to see fall decorations when we still have three weeks of summer left, please forgive me.  When the decorating itch comes, I succumb.  This way,  my family will be able to enjoy the fall decor for several weeks.

DO YOU DECORATE FOR FALL?