Decorating a seasonal table or assembling an eye-catching
centerpiece need not be difficult nor expensive. In fact, pretty much all
you need is a trip to the produce section of your local market, a fist full of
colorful leaves from your neighborhood, and a seasonal decorative piece.
This owl is really old. My husband acquired it
years before I married him, and we hung it from a 100-year-old Redbud tree for
18 years until the tree was taken by a tornado. During the excavation and clean
up process, I found the owl, partially embedded in a water-filled hole in the
ground created by an uprooted tree. I scrubbed it, dried it, and packed it up
to take to the new house where it stared at me from the corner of the garage
every time I got into my car.
It was pretty dusty, so I ran it through the
dishwasher (no, I am not kidding) and today it is quite a conversation piece as
he watches over the fruits and vegetables that make up my seasonal centerpiece.
Originally the owl was black, but the years have weathered it into the most
wonderful colors, but then I think the years, wisdom, and
"weathering" makes us all more beautiful. I couldn't be happier
with it, and I do believe that it's going to appear every fall in one display
or other.
The rest of the centerpiece is made up of a
pumpkin platter, that once belonged to my mother, as a base, a variety of unusual
fruits, and a grouping of seasonal squashes. Not only can I enjoy the centerpiece,
but I can eat it when I'm finished!
The table covering I dearly love. It is fabric by
Michael Miller called “Nevermore.” I've tried to include a
different angle in each photograph so that you can see the skulls, bugs, poison
bottles, frogs, owls, and other spooky components. I love the neutral colors.
So many seasonal fabrics are infused with so much color that it can be hard to
decorate. This fabric with black, cream, and light amber is perfect.
The plates are from Pottery Barn and are also
called “Nevermore,” are you beginning to detect a theme?
The pumpkin mugs are years old and from Starbucks.
Shiny or colorful flatware would have been wrong
for this table, so I pulled out the bamboo flatware from Crate & Barrel
that I find more uses for than I ever imagined.
Pumpkin S & P - Gift
White plates - Old Time Pottery
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