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Transitional decorating is how I easily move from one season to the other. It’s how I give my home a little breathing room between the season at hand and the next big holiday coming up! Transition is the PROCESS of changing from one state or condition to another! And transition is a big, big buzz…
Since Thanksgiving is just around the corner I thought we would talk tablescapes! I don’t know about you, but I get weak in the knees when I see a beautiful tablescape. Whether simple and relaxed or fancy and elegant… well thought out tables with fun surprising touches are a delight to sit down to! So,…
Fall is my favorite time of year, too bad it whizzes by so fast! Did you know Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away! Our All-American holiday will be here before we know it. If you are hosting Thanksgiving now is the time to start preparing! I’ve compiled some of StoneGable’s best Thanksgiving tablescapes, diy’s,…
Fall is my favorite time of the year and one of the reasons I’m wild about fall is PUMPKINS! I have not met a pumpkin that I didn’t want to take home and decorate. cook, embellish, make part of a vignette, or create a spot for! Today I’m sharing a pumpkin filled table to celebrate…
When was the last time you used your dining room? If it’s not getting a whole lot of use it may be because it’s lost some of its luster and beauty. I think many people furnish their dining rooms and never update them! Like me, many of us bought dining room “suites” that cost us…
Some years I love fall mums and some years not so much. This is one of those years that I am wild about them and can’t get enough! I want them to decorate the outside of StoneGable and the inside too! Mums are the quintessential fall flower! They love growing in this area and…
Here’s an easy and fun way to entertain this fall! Create a S’more Bar that transports nicely to the fire pit! We love love love spending chilly evenings around our fire pit, wrapped up in cozy blankets… toasting marshmallows and eating S’mores. I am crazy about burnt marshmallows. So while family and friends are…
Every woman knows the value of having a “little black dress”. You know that one dress that looks great on you. The one that is a classic and can work for almost any occasion. It can be dressed up or down. You can wear it to brunch and the office and out to dinner. It’s…
A dough bowl is the perfect container to use for a fall centerpiece. It’s sturdy wooden construction and time-worn look makes it my go-to vessel when I’m decorating with natural fall elements! Today I’m sharing an easy, no-fail way to style a fabulous centerpiece to last through Thanksgiving in a large dough bowl. I have…
Today I’m sharing fall decor in an area of my home that gets lots of use but is not often photographed… my breakfast nook. It sits in the middle of the “back of the house” dividing the kitchen from the family room. Our home had an open floor plan before open floor plans were in…
Each year I share my front porch decorating. I have a big wrap around porch and lots of area to decorate. As fun as it is… it’s a big, big job!!! This year I’m focusing on outdoor fall decorating in small spaces on my porch. If you have an outdoor space you probably have a…
We spend lots of time on our patio and porch all year round. And since we have a fire pit, fall and winters are perfect for a roaring fire roasting hot dogs or marshmallows. And a blanket is a must to keep us toasty! The problem with blankets around the wood fire is they smelled like smoke…
Fall is the perfect time to pull out our glue guns and scraps of burlap and combine them with pumpkins and acorns and Indian corn to create something amazing! I’m sharing 5 fabulous fall diy’s that can be made in just a couple hours and will infuse our homes with fall beauty! Let’s get started!!!!
Welcome, Fall! I’ve missed you! I’ve missed your cool breezes and football games and pretty colors and falling leaves and pumpkins! And I’ve missed fall decorating. This year I am taking my love outdoor fall decorating and using fabulous lanterns to decorate the steps leading up to the front door. I’m partnering with Kirkland’s to help…
Last week The Cottage Journal magazine came for a visit. To say I was excited is a huge understatement! Linda, the editor… Yukie, the stylist… and Will, the photographer spent several days in my beautiful Lancaster County and a day at my home. They were professional, personable and so so lovely! We also spent a…
Fall decorating is all about bringing the outside in. It’s a time to use soft, warm elements in our homes. I think fall is my very favorite season to decorate because I love how simple and organic and warm fall can be! Oh, and it is sooo BEAUTIFUL! Today I’m sharing some easy organic must-haves…
This year I’m bringing the softer side of fall to my home! And using a light hand to do it. Fall at StoneGable is all about white pumpkins… large and small. I’ve also fallen in love with leaves made from burlap and old book pages. This is such an easy way to decorate for…
I think Lancaster County does fall like no other place on earth. It wears it so beautifully. Rustling golden cornfields and pumpkin patches dot the rambling, bucolic countryside and are as plentiful as roadside farmstands! Leaves saturated with brilliant color fall quietly on country lanes and covered bridges. And quintessential fall elements like mums, marigolds,…
Are you decorating for fall yet? Despite the weather outside many of us are getting out the pumpkins and pinecones. Even though Mother Nature is not scattering many colorful leaves outside we are arranging them inside! As always, I’m shopping the house and moving things around to decorate for fall. The large wooden tiered tray that…
This year’s fall decor is full of neutral colors, white pumpkins and lots of burlap! So I hung a fun and easy-to-make burlap and book-page leaf garland across my mantel! I love how a simple garland can transform a mantel! Just a little twine, burlap, a few pages from an old book and some clothespins…