An Autumn Kitchen
It’s no secret that Autumn is my favorite season, and bringing in touches of this season was simple, easy, and uncomplicated…..which just happens to be my favorite way to decorate these days!
Sometimes all you need are some natural elements along with a few velvet pumpkins sprinkled throughout!
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Our kitchen and breakfast room are so easy to decorate for the different seasons and holidays.
We spend a lot of time in this area, and family and friends always enter through our back door, which enters into the kitchen, so it gets lots of traffic.
Our old heirloom farm table sits in the breakfast nook, and the antique dough bowl placed in the center is a staple decorating piece. It usually stays on the table and I just change out the contents seasonally.
For Autumn, I filled it with faux and dried hydrangeas, moss balls, and velvet pumpkins.
This is such an effortless way to decorate without a lot of fuss. When the next season arrives, I will replace the contents of the dough bowl with boughs of pine, red berries, and a few shiny Christmas ornaments.
A collection of velvet pumpkins is perfect for bringing out each year for Fall decorating. I love being able to store them and bring them out year after year.
They are a splendid compliment to the textures of the moss balls and dried hydrangeas.
Another simple way to add elements of Autumn is a display of fresh green apples, pears, figs, or artichokes.
I placed a small grouping of green apples on the kitchen counter. They’re an easy pick up at the grocery store, and a lovely way to bring in Fall color.
I’ve been trying to grow live topiaries the last few months, and have placed one on each side of the sink. Born with a brown thumb, I’m hoping that I can keep them alive, because I love the way they look. If not, I will just have to replace with faux topiaries.
Several months ago, we added touches of copper to our kitchen, and the warmth of the copper works beautifully with the colors of Autumn.
Growing up, my mother would always head to the nursery and buy mums as soon as they were available, to herald in the season. I have always carried on that the same tradition. Nothing says “Autumn” like big potted mums in beautiful colors!
This year was no different, and I loved finding these pinkish/purple mums.
An old salvaged architectural capital was an excellent “vase” for displaying a pot of the mums on the kitchen counter.
We’ll enjoy them in the kitchen for awhile, then I’ll move them outside to the porch, and eventually plant them in the yard.
We have a dry bar in our kitchen, and I always love adding a few seasonal touches here as well.
My mother’s antique plateau mirror makes a wonderful display piece. Just top with a preserved boxwood wreath, add a large velvet pumpkin surrounded with baby boos, and sprinkle velvet acorns around.
Wreaths are ideal to use for a display base, especially when placed on an urn or planter.
The blue French commode that sits in our breakfast room area has to be my favorite place to decorate. It’s the perfect backdrop to whatever seasonal vignette is placed on top.
I brought back our old French wine crate and filled it with those beautiful purple mums, stuffing burlap and spanish moss around them.
That sweet little Louis XVI deconstructed chair was an excellent place to showcase more of the velvet pumpkin collection.
The luscious velvet of the pumpkins next to the rustic textured burlap is divine!
Decorating for Autumn can be be effortless just by using what you have and bringing in some natural elements like flowers, seasonal fruit and vegetables, dried flowers, and even cuttings from the changing trees and plants in your yard.
I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing our Autumn Kitchen! Enjoy!!
Cheers, Cindy
Hi Cindy! I love your home!! It is so beautiful, warm and inviting. Can you tell me where you purchased the two large white lamps? Thankyou for your lovely site I look forward to seeing all your posts
Hi Anne! The lamps were purchase at an estate sale!
What a beautiful kitchen!! I was given around ten pieces of vintage. exquisite copper from France from a relative. I’ve been going to estate sales and have been purchasing additional pieces as decor and it has been working out beautifully. Just a stunning look!! I finished yesterday by purchasing two small ladles and two small pots. They cleaned up to a beautiful shine and now I’m officially done…..as I have NO more space. I hung the ladles and put tiny pumpkins in them. Just adorable!! I also gave myself a birthday present of vintage wooden cutting boards. I’ve found that it’s perfectly acceptable to mix less expensive, reproductions in with the “good” stuff to achieve the french country look I’m going for. With my collections of crowns, small statues, faux flowers, candles, etc., I will be mixing and matching every season. What fun!! Thank you for your post and inspirational photos.
Eileen, your kitchen sounds amazing! Thank you so much for commenting!
I love it all!
Love, Love, Love!!! As usual, an out of the park home run!!!
How did you hang copper pans behind stove please
Hi Susan! I hung the pans on cup hooks that are screwed into the bottom of the cabinet. I hope this helps!
Hello Cindy, your home is beautiful…love all your velvet pumpkins and all those gorgeous!!!!!
smiles~
Mari
Thank you, sweet Mari!
How I love your kitchen in every season!…so beautiful and the light is truly wonderful….and love that exquisite deconstructed chair too….I regret passing up chairs like that as I think how much it would be to re-cane a back…but now realize that the beauty is truly in the frame of the chair…its soul….Happy Fall Cindy!
Thanks sweet friend!
Everything, absolutely fabulous
Cindy, wow this is so gorgeous! Love all your Fall touches but am especially drawn to the dough bowl display and the wine crate with mums, so stunning!! So fun doing this hop with you again this year!
xoxo
Kim & Lacey
Just absolutely beautiful Cindy! You truly have a gift. Your house is not only gorgeous but also so warm and welcoming. I’m like you and love to bring in mums for the season and the ones in your wine crate look absolutely stunning!! (and can we talk about your breakfast area antique table? LOVE!!)
Thank you so much for joining our tour Cindy and happy fall my friend!
Sheila
xo
Thank you, Sheila! You are too sweet! Thank you for putting this fabulous tour together!
Just gorgeous, Cindy!! Your displays are all lovely, but I particularly love how you used the mums. They’re not usually among my favorite flowers, yet you’ve presented them in such a beautiful way!! Love it!
Thanks Lory!
Cindy, I am mesmerized by that brick circle in your old kitchen. Can you tell me about it ? Is it bricks or a rug ?
Hi Myrna! The circle is inlaid brick! It was original to the house!