Over this past weekend, Dave the Builder and I were arguing chatting about making things pretty in the grand scheme of all things house that make a home.
Over the past 30+ years of togetherness in everything from friendship, marriage, child rearing, and business, we have been known to have our cuss it and discuss it moments.
Making things pretty can get ugly sometimes- it’s part of the process.
The quickest way to diffuse a contentious all things house that make a home moment is to start a new conversation about starting a new project!
The allure of design and decorating possibilities has a very strong appeal.
It works for us, and it worked again this past weekend.
Constructing a fall entryway display wasn’t exactly on my fall decorating weekend to-do list, but neither was a building brouhaha.
I adopted the I’m a decorator not a fighter attitude, and from there decorating inspiration and let’s project something harmony began to“fall” into place.
Our don’t overthink it display evolved from items amassed for decorating times like this- an antique spindle bed post, a wooden garden basket, clippings from our cotton stalk stash, mums, a collection of faux gourds, a piece of wood from the bayou, a planted boxwood, concrete pineapple statue and one lone white pumpkin.
I phoned the Canadian snowbird aka our son several weeks ago with my request for pics of true fall foliage.
Louisiana will eventually see fall colors, but I was looking forward to seeing images of true fall crimson reds, deep purples and tawny maple golds.
J, J, Ollie and Caramel the Wonder Rescue Dog
It seems a Canadian cold front/rain event did away with the crimson red and deep purples leaving behind only the tawny maple golds and sweater weather.
Faux flowers and seasonal decorating accouterments fill in the blanks nature can’t.
Sharing in the hand me that and it needs something responsibilities, we spent the afternoon making things pretty for the fall of it all.
As I put the finishing touches on the fall entryway display, a gust of crisp fall air blew across the porch to the delight of Dave the Builder, the kitty cat and this decorista.
Perfect timing!
A pot of strong Louisiana coffee brewed for two made the afternoon near perfect.
Photo editing is a wonderful concept.
I am becoming more and more enamored with this part of the making pretty process.
When you can take something slightly imperfect and invest time, effort and vision to produce a work rich in substance and beauty, the result is visually amazing.
Photo editing, decorating, marriage- you get the picture.
