Styled and Set 2016

Sorry I am so late to the party…better late than never:)

Hello! I was so excited and flattered to have been included to join a very talented group of fellow bloggers for a new blog tour, Styled and Set featuring holiday entertaining. It runs for a week and is a week long plethora of holiday inspired posts.

This week will feature fall/Thanksgiving inspired posts and in about a month we will do a Christmas week. Suffice to say you will find all the ideas and inspiration you could dream of having from this amazing round up of bloggers and their ideas!

Today’s post is all about Thanksgiving/fall and what I do in my home. I host it just about every year and it is possibly my favorite season or few reasons. I mean let’s get real- any excuse to load up on all the traditional Thanksgiving fixings topped with warm pecan pie is good enough reason. But the fact that it’s all about togetherness and family without an iota of attention given to gifts make the family time extra sweet:)

We always watch old family movies, play a few games and end it with a great movie that we ALL watch together ( a rarity). So here is what fall looks like around my home…….

I enjoy setting a pretty table and try to change things up from year to year. Don’t think I have ever had a blue and white Thanksgiving but this year I just may:) I experimented with my pretty Blue Mikado china and must say I really like it:) I am just staring to “play”, here is a sneak peek of my playing in progress-

(sorry these pictures were taken at night due to my crazy schedule so they are a little dark)

And I always enjoy announcing fall’s arrival with changing my planters and adding pumpkin to my “front door scape”. This year went an all white theme which I must say, I am loving. It is clean and classically elegant. Added giant white pumpkins then added the two “faux stone” pumpkins on the smaller urns in front. Topped with white mums in all the planters, it’s all set-

Above are the faux stone pumpkins (looks like they weigh a ton but I can pick them up with one hand)

Always love the look of beautiful white mums

Funnily enough my giant white real pumpkins have taken on a patina so they match my faux pumpkins quite nicely:)

And added small touches throughout, nothing crazy just small pretty little reminders that fall is here, adore my handpainted chinoiserie pumpkins from The Relished Roost-

I LOVE magnolia leaves, in fact am kind of obsessed with them. So I love any chance to use them here and there, and found a few places throughout the house to display a couple of arrangements. The addition of fresh greens (cut from outside) and large pine cones is a pretty addition and so very easy!

Hope you enjoyed seeing my home all dressed up for fall…..you absolutely need to check out what the others have done. You will thank me, so many wonderful and inspiring ideas. Thanks for stopping in. Until next time…..