FALL SKIES, FIREPLACES AND HOT CHOCOLATE...............



FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN THE MIDWEST, IT IS AN EXCITING TIME OF YEAR.  WE ARE BLESSED WITH THE FOUR SEASONS, (ONE OF WHICH IS NOT MY FAVORITE, BUT I AM REMINDED  OF THE NECCESSITY OF BALANCE IN LIFE WHEN THE SNOW FLIES!!!!!!!!)   AS I  MENTIONED IN MY FIRST POST, MOTHER NATURE REALLY KNOWS HOW TO CREATE THE COLORS OF THE SEASON. (WOULDN'T THIS HEAD OF  KALE  INSPIRE COLORS FOR  THE BEGINNING OF  A NEW ROOM? GRAY GREENS AND PLUM......HMMMMM.)     THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO WORK HARD TO CHOOSE OR CREATE THE ACCESSORIES OF THE SEASON THAT MAKE A HOUSE A HOME.  THE MORE SERIOUS ACCESSORIES, THOSE THAT ARE  THE MAINSTAYS OF OUR ROOMS, TAKE MORE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.  THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY SEASONAL, BUT  HELP TO CREATE OR ACCESSORIZE OUR ROOMS, ,GIVING THEM THE IDENTITY THEY DESERVE.  BUT ISN'T IT FUN SHOPPING FOR SOMETHING NEW THAT SAYS FALL IS HERE?     OUR LOCAL NURSERY IS ALWAYS 'FALL READY' WITH A GREAT SELECTION OF KALE, MUMS, ASTERS, GOURDS, SQUASH AND PUMPKINS.  HOME SHOWS, NURSERIES AND EVEN THE LOCAL GROCER HAS SOMETHING FOR US TO CHOOSE.  LET'S GO SEARCHING.............. WE WOULD CALL IT 'THE HUNT'.   FINDING SOMETHING NEW, CREATES 'THE BUY' AND THEN OF COURSE ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER AND HEREIN BEGINS A ROOM CHANGE (VERY OFTEN DONE AT MIDNIGHT).  THERE IS SOME ONE I KNOW QUITE WELL  THAT ACTUALLY  CHANGED A ROOM AROUND  BECAUSE OF ONE ACCESSORY.  YOU KNOW,  AN IDLE CREATIVE MIND CAN BE DANGEROUS WHEN ALL IS QUIET. (SOMEHOW, I AM FEELING THAT I MAY NOT BE ALONE IN THIS CRAZINESS)

CONFIT POT WITH FRESH SUNFLOWERS

A WONDERFUL CONFIT POT, ONE OF THOSE MORE 'SERIOUS BUYS', ( AN ANTIQUE THAT IS QUITE COLLECTABLE), WAS PURCHASED ON ONE OF  MY BUYING TRIPS TO FRANCE.  THESE POTS ORIGINALLY CAME FROM DORDOGNE.  YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POT IS WITHOUT A GLAZE.

 (MORE POROUS FOR GREATER COOLING)  THE COOKED DUCK WAS PUT INTO THIS POT, COVERED WITH THE DUCK GREASE WHICH SEALED AND PRESERVED THE DUCK WITHIN.  IT WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE COOL WATERS EDGE AND PUSHED DOWN INTO THE SAND AND LEFT TO COOL INDEFINATELY FOR MONTHS.  THIS WAS THE ONLY  METHOD OF REFRIGERATION MANY YEARS AGO.   THE MUSTARD COLOR IS MOST POPULAR, BUT A BEAUTIFUL GREEN GLAZE IS ALSO AVAILABLE AND MORE RARE.  THESE POTS MAKE GREAT VESSELS FOR FLOWERS ANYTIME OF THE YEAR AND LOOK WONDERFUL WITH GREENS AT CHRISTMASTIME. (If you  happen have one that might have holes in the bottom, find a glass vase to put down inside the pot and fill that with water for your flowers.  No one will ever know the difference.)

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A NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN CALLED INSPIRE HG

THIS WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF MERCHANDISE WAS SHOWCASED IN A BEAUTIFUL FRENCH COUNTRY HOME IN A SUBURB OF CHICAGO.  THE MIX AND AMBIANCE OF IT ALL, QUITE DELIGHTFUL.   FAUX APPLES THAT LOOKED LIKE YOU COULD TAKE A BITE, VINTAGE FURNITURE, ANTIQUES, LIMED OAK MIRRORS, FILLED OUTDOOR URNS, TABLETOP FLORAL, CROCKS, UNIQUE LAMPS AND LANTERNS AND A WONDERFUL ASSORTMENT OF BASKETS FOR WALL AND GATHERING.  BELOW IS A SAMPLING OF THAT 'HOME SHOW' TO SHARE WITH YOU.  I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED IT.



CEMENT CONTAINERS WITH MOSS




FRESH OUTDOOR VINETTE



FAUX APPLES





   

IF YOU WISH TO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, YOU WILL GET UPDATES AS TO WHEN THEY WILL BE DOING THEIR HOLIDAY SHOW.  FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT LIVE IN THE CHICAGO AREA...............

GO TO INSPIRE HG.COM TO STAY IN TOUCH.  INCIDENTLY, THE PHOTO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE THIS POST IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS ALSO FROM INSPIRE HG















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Until my next post, have a cozy fall weekend where ever you may be. 
                 Always,
                      Mary Anne