At The Picket Fence with Vanessa Hunt

Where Ideas for your Home Meet Inspiration for your Heart

Welcome to Inspiration Friday No. 40!

 
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  Boy, 40 weeks just flies by when you are having this much fun! 

And we certainly have a ton of it each week when you share all of your wonderful talent and creativity. Does anyone else out there feel the momentum building and building as the Holiday season approaches? We can just sense the creative juices boiling here in Blogland and some of you have already started sharing your Christmas crafts and décor!

We are right behind ya on that one, but before we jump into the next season with both feet (and hands!), we wanted to share with you a few of the remaining touches of Fall around our homes.


Let’s pay Vanessa a visit, shall we?

The colors in my home year-round provide such a wonderful backdrop for the colors of Fall, so I embrace them with open arms. This dough bowl filled with natural elements sits atop a stack of books in a tray on the living room ottoman. It has been very hard for little fingers to resist and has been known to hide a toy or two down inside!

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The dough bowl shares the tray with this chicken wire cloche.

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On my entry table, this green pitcher is filled with some “faux” Fall.

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And in the family room a new purchase this year. This lantern is super heavy and super duper loved by yours truly! A candle and some little gourds add some Fall-ness to it.

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And because I absolutely adore my sweet friend Becca from Adventures in Decorating and pretty much want to copy everything she does, I had to turn this basket on its side (like she did in her entry)and let the pumpkins spill out.

If I had not seen her do this first, this poor basket would have just been sitting there…all boring and upright. Imagine what it would have missed out on!

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Onto Heather’s home! ~Vanessa

So we just have to say again how much fun it is for us to share a blog! Getting to see each other’s seasonal décor is such a treat!

Whew! I really wasn’t sure if I would be able to pull off Thanksgiving decorating while trying to finish up my major projects, but it’s amazing what a motivator hosting Thanksgiving dinner in your home is to decorating it! One of my favorite little vignettes is my “pumpkin towers” on my kitchen counter.

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All from the Dollar Tree and recycled pumpkins someone gave to me years ago!

I also found this darling little white ceramic pumpkin at the Dollar Tree, and thought it looked so sweet under my muffin cloche.  I love the combination of the white and silver on this little corner of my counter.

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I wanted to use my DIY Apothecary jars for Thanksgiving, so I filled them with some lacy fallen leaves from my Japanese maple… I love the pop of red!

  The matching dough bowl to Vanessa’s (both were inherited from our grandmother) hold some simple beans and candles on our kitchen table.

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I learned long ago that if I wanted my centerpieces to stay ON the table with Bama Boy around they needed to be low, simple and un froofy…this one seems to fit the bill!

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You might remember my “Tale of Three Pumpkins” Series where we made over Dollar Tree pumpkins.  Here is where they all ended up residing…

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  I love this sweet three tiered basket, I literally stumbled over it in the Goodwill aisle this summer. It has been an herb garden, a pumpkin patch…and who knows what lies in store for it come Christmas…you’ll just have to wait and see… grin.

Up last, another glimpse of my soon to be revealed Design Challenge dining room makeover.  I shared with you my framed chalkboard art last week, and gave you a small view of the changes I’ve made.

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I love the little fall vignette of leaves, pumpkins and candles.

I will be hosting Thanksgiving this year, and while the table will be a little more elaborately set for dinner that day I love to keep it simple during the rest of the season.

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I was able to create this entire centerpiece for $15.00 from the Dollar Tree and clearance items! I love a good bargain, can ya tell? Did ya catch the glimpse of my dining room gallery wall in the background? sigh…I’m so in love with it! I hope to reveal it all to you next week! Well, thanks for stopping by my place! Wish I could have you all sitting at our table…it would truly feel like “Family”! ~Heather



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Now, let’s get to those Features!

Nancy from Nancy’s Daily Dish shared this absolutely gorgeous Brown and Aubergine Fall Tablescape which was inspired by a Ralph Lauren Euro sham she found on Clearance. Ummm…anyone else able to create something this stunning after seeing a Euro Sham? Not us! Notice anything unusual about those “chargers”?

Yep, you guessed it, those are small grapevine wreaths. So clever and yes, we will be copying that Nancy! Winking smile

This next feature absolutely blew us away! We couldn’t believe how Angie from Knick of Time Interiors was inspired by finding an old (albeit beautiful) Dictionary, to transform her entryway into this charming and character-filled space. You must visit her to see all of the incredible details!

As much as we are still enjoying Fall, the Christmas bug has definitely bitten us! So, it is no surprise that we absolutely loved these beautiful Glitter Ornaments from Susan of Hometown Girl.
She shared a wonderful simple tutorial on how she made them as well and we think these would make incredible gifts!

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We often wonder how y’all with lots of little ones at home can still find the time to create such beautiful projects! Rachael from House of Noise…I Mean Boys is no exception! Rachael handmade this beautiful pillow for her mom.  It has lots of love and sentimentality stitched and stenciled into it! Visit her post to see the details behind this lovely design.

 


Connie from Hartwood Roses is building this gorgeous, fabulous greenhouse out of salvaged materials, and pretty much on her own!! We think she is just amazing! We’ve provided the link to her entire greenhouse series so you can see the step by step process.

Okay, so if you know Heather at all you know she wasn’t going to just let this houndstooth chair slide by! This gorgeous chair and these starburst mirrors are part of a living room redo by Barbara the “mother” of the blog, A Mother and A Daughter! Now I know they live in Arkansas (Go Razorbacks!)…but I think that a University of Alabama (Roll Tide!) fan my lurk way down there in Barbara somewhere with this chair. Winking smile 

We’ve been asked before to create some projects using sheet music, we think these THREE sheet music ideas from Fancy Frugal Life fit the bill perfectly! All three ideas were created for a wedding but they could be used for all occasions!

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Now it’s time to share with us what has inspired you this week!
Thank you so much for joining us for Inspiration Friday at the Fence,
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  9. Thank you, THANK YOU for featuring my greenhouse. I’m practically working my fingers down to the nubs, racing to get it all closed in before Old Man Winter makes his annual appearance.

    There’s always such great inspiration here! I’m off now to see what’s inspiring this week.

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  14. Hello ladies, thanks for the fall tour. Makes me think I need to spend more time at the Dollar Tree…who knew??? 🙂 All linked up…thanks for hosting! Laurel@chippingwithcharm

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  15. Hey girls, I don’t have anything fun to link up but just wanted to say that I love stopping over, checking out the fun stuff and love all your fall decorating! Also, that houndstooth chair, gorgeous!!!!!

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  16. Hi,
    Wow, I have faux pumpkins spilling from a basket in my entry. Never thought I couuld be as cool as you gals. lol! Love the pumpking towers!! I have a three tiered basket I just love. It is so fun to decorate for every holiday! Thanks for hosting. I love the features. Can’t wait to check out that greenhouse!

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  18. Thank you Heather and Vanessa for featuring my Houndstooth and Starburst! I am a little jealous that Alabama gets to wear houndstooth instead of Arkansas. Why couldn’t Frank Broyles or Lou Holtz have been the houndstooth wearing coach that Bear Bryant was? Oh well, I still love to wear it and I still love to decorate with it! Roll Tide!

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  19. Wonderful features. So much inspiration at your party. I love both of your homes all decked out for Thanksgiving. Looks beautiful. Thanks for hosting each week.

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  22. Vanessa and Heather – I love your autumn decor SO MUCH – but most especially Vanessa’s lantern (I mean, it’s totally hideous Vanessa; but if you insist I will take it off your hands…), and Heather’s table decor (it may be simple for the season, but it’s stunning!)

    Thanks for another great party! This time I’m linking up a mini pumpkin wreath I made (link #64). I have actually finished two of them.. and yeah, I’m already ready to take ’em down and start the x-mas decorating! But darn it I toiled away on those babies so they are staying up! Hope you like them 🙂

    Take care,
    Christina
    http://www.designingbynumbers.com

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  23. I love what you’ve done in both of your homes! Gorgeous and warm! I feel for you with regard to Bama Boy complaining about things being unnecessary or “froofy”. Ugh. I don’t go in his garage and complain that it’s cold and uninviting…

    Great features. LOVE that monogrammed pillow. Thanks for hosting. 🙂

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  26. Such gorgeous fall vignettes!!! I have to admit that I have taken mine all down and am readying myself for the Christmas holidays!! Seeing yours made me regret it a little bit… But- on to other things now that the bug has bit! hugs, Sue

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  28. I don’t even know where to begin to start clicking. All of your features look wonderful.

    I also loved the fall decorating ideas from the Picket Fence Sisters. Those stacked pumpkins are a cute idea, and now I will definitely be looking through my baskets for a prospective tipper.

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  30. Thanks for hosting such a great party. This is my first time linking and I have found so much inspiration.

    I especially love the touches of fall in your homes. The Chicken Wire Cloche is awesome as well as the Apothecary Jars. Great job!

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  31. Gorgeous decorating, ladies! : ) So many great ideas that I may steal from you for next year. I haven’t hosted Thanksgiving in years, but I almost wouldn’t mind doing it again. It is now my daughter’s venue, although I’ll be cooking and bringing along some family favorites!

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  36. I also welcome Fall colors. I could live with them everyday and do have quite a bit of colors in my home that seem to welcome Fall! Your dough bowl is so pretty and I laughed because I remember so many times I’d find kids toys in a plant or bowl of fruit, etc.

    Thank you for featuring my table to! I’m flattered to be with all of these other great features. I’m going to make some of the paper covered balls..so pretty!

    Nancy

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  39. Shoot. Your homes are stunning. But, I have to tell you, when I read Heather’s remark about being motivated to decorate because of Thanksgiving, I snorted water all over my keyboard. It struck me as so funny!!! Nothing quite like that motivator…I want to know where you are putting all the dust from all the renovation!!!
    thanks for hosting!
    xoxo
    lynn

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  42. Gorgeous, that sums up both of your homes decor for fall and Thanksgiving! I’m happy to see it. Everyone seems to be jumping right into Christmas, (Vanessa! lol) but I LOVE Thanksgiving and don’t want to skip over it.

    Have a great weekend and thanks for hosting, girlies!!

    ~ Catie =)

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  47. What a lovely surprise – I came by to link up the Inspiration Friday, only to discover you’d featured my Dictionary Page Wallpaper Entryway!

    Thanks so much for the feature.

    Your Fall decor is so warm & cozy – I can practically smell the pumpkin pie!

    Thanks for all the lovely features you had today and for the link party! I find so much inspiration here!

    Blessings,
    Angie @ Knick of Time Interiors

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  48. Thanks! Makes me happy to know you like it! Always looking forward to Fridays fir this! I love that lantern! I have something similar given by my mom in law! And. The centrrpieces are sooo gorgeous!
    Thanks for hosting 🙂 looking forward to your coming project!!

    All the blessing
    Myric

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  49. That greenhouse is to die for!! WOW! I thought I would make it early to the party, but sixty some people beat me to it! Hope you girls are well and getting ready for the holiday season. I can’t believe it is upon us! I feel like I just took my tree down yesterday! Thanks for hosting! Christie

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  54. Love the colors you’ve used in your home. Also love the black and white ornaments. I pl;an to use red white and black Christmas decor in our boutique flower shop this year. I’ll definitely check out that tutorial.

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  57. Wow there is so much wonderful inspiration here… I wish I had time to visit each one and give it the due it deserves! Thanks for having us all!

    Veronica
    Tassels Twigs and Tastebuds

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  63. Hi, Vanessa and Heather

    I found your blog from Addicted 2 decorating. I just love looking around your blog. Thank you for hosting a link party. I am a new follower.

    Vanessa

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