Happy Fall, dear friends! For those who’ve been following along and have been a reader of my blog for the last 9 years, you’ve noticed 2 things. First, you know that I’ve taken the last couple of years off from the blog and social media to focus on my health and on my family after a big move across the country. Second, you know that we’ve made our very last move into our new home we built here in the country on some land we bought last year so that we could homestead. It’s our “forever home” and feels like this land was saved just for us. I started beekeeping and am slowly building my apiary. I can’t wait to share this adventure here on the blog. But first….I’m revealing the very first space of our new home with you. This is my blue velvet pumpkin fall table and also our dining room reveal. Thanks for being here!

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Blue Velvet Pumpkin Fall Tablescape with Hot Skwash Pumpkins

After many beautiful past collaborations with Hot Skwash, I knew that our new home needed a fresh new tablescape for fall with new velvet pumpkins. Daria, owner of Hot Skwash, and her artisans make the most beautiful velvet pumpkins. They even go out into the fields and pick real pumpkin stems for that signature finish.

After painting this vintage buffet the prettiest french blue, I really wanted to do a table with blue velvet pumpkins mixed in.

I chose to do a beautiful runner down the center of my dining table with blue velvet pumpkins in different sizes, starting with a jumbo “Lake” pumpkin and then choosing a few smaller sizes. I also chose “Ivory Silk” and “Cream Silk” pumpkins in various sizes.

For the place setting, I used these gold chargers I already owned, as well as these dessert plates I’ve used in other tablescapes (like this light aqua pumpkin tablescape), and then these beautiful scalloped dinner plates I found last month at HomeGoods (similar HERE). I I added gold-trimmed wine glasses, ivory ruffle napkins, and elegant gold flatware.

I wanted to tie in a little french blue to coordinate with the beautiful french blue buffet. I tore some french blue silk fabric I had in my stash and tied bows around the flatware and then cut off the tails. It gave it a lovely little touch and something I hadn’t done before. It’s definitely giving some Bridgerton or Love Shack Fancy vibes. I love bows so much, don’t you?!

Finding a pretty cache pot or vase or tourine is always perfect for holding a velvet pumpkin with fall foliage.

I grabbed a ton of the same cream seed eucalyptus stems that I used on the ends of the pumpkin table runner that I added here in my large mother of pearl ginger jar. Two to three velvet pumpkins is the perfect accent to any ginger jar on a buffet or side table or countertop.

These 3″ mini pumpkins are just precious and the perfect addition to any vignette or on the center of each plate.

To add just a touch of sparkle, I used glitter spray to my fall foliage. It’s hard to see in photographs, but in person it looks really lovely. I also sprayed the white magnolia stems with glitter as well.

New Dining Room Details

My Favorite French Blue Paint For The Buffet – A Homemade Recipe

As I mentioned, the buffet was a vintage piece I found. The color was custom because I tried at least a dozen colors of everyone’s favorite french blue paint colors and I didn’t like a single one of them. So I took three of my colors and mixed them. Here’s my recipe:

8 oz of Benjamin Moore Boothbay Gray at 50%, 8 oz Behr English Hollyhock from Home Dept, 2 oz extra white. Mix well. Satin finish. You can double or triple the recipe but this was plenty for my buffet. I used over half of it and then had some leftover.

New Dining Table – Vivien 95″ Table

White Chairs with Cream Fabric – Facebook Marketplace find until I find something I’m really in love with. I plant to get some tufted end chairs.

Mirror – Large Gleaming Primrose Mirror

Floral Art – found at Ross

Bar Cart – 3-tiered Madison Park Cart

Curtain Rods, Curtain Rings, Luxury Curtains at an affordable price

Tiered Dining Chandelier 

Please consider ordering some of your own velvet pumpkins from Hot Skwash for your fall tables and fall decor. Now is the PERFECT time to place an order for an elegant Thanksgiving table if you’re hosting, and even if you’re not. Each piece is really special and they last for years! My husband will tell you we have lots of boxes of pumpkins in the garage and they are all in excellent shape 5+ years and 2 moves later.

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My dear friends!!!! Hello!!!! Can I please start off by saying THANK YOU for being here today for my spring tour and can I give you a big ‘ole virtual hug?!!! There’s a lot of crazy chaos in the world this week. I know we are all having to hunker down and stay safe and learn what “social-distancing” means. Life around the world looks gloomy for so many but I’m hoping we can bring you a little bit of SUNSHINE and inspiration today as I start off here (or maybe you’re continuing along the path from another friend’s blog) with my elegant blue and pink spring home tour!

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Elegant Blue And Pink Spring Kitchen

I’ll go ahead and link the items I used (or similar/suggested items) at the bottom of each section. Please click on Home Tour above (or on the 3 lines above first) for links to paint/flooring info or original home sources.

I loved using pink and green in my kitchen and living room last spring and summer but went back to pink and blue this year and I’m loving it as well! I mean…pink and any color would be the cutest color combo because we all know (in case you’re new here) that pink is my absolute favorite color ever and complements ever other color beautifully, right?!

Big pops of blue, like this beautiful bread board, were a great spring addition.  I love how it looks layered with my other boards as well.

I also brought back my beautiful pink and blue runner inside from storage and moved it into the kitchen for the kitchen (I used it in my entry last spring and summer). I’m sooo in love with this rug and the quality of it.  Linked below as well.

 

Forgive my super bright sunshine but it was the only time I had to do my photography this week and, living in the Pacific Northwest, I was just doing a happy dance that we were receiving so much sunshine! Ha! Anyway, I love to create fun vignettes against my bright white kitchen.  I also love my little tea spot on the left of my range with teacups.  The small pink ginger jar has sachets of tea in it.  It’s a fun way to display the tea, as is the stacked teacups on the cake stand.

 

 

 

 

I like pulling out my recipe books that coordinate with my color palette for the season and use them in my vignettes, along with cake stands and great faux florals.

 

 

Elegant Blue And Pink Spring Dining Area

These are my favorite faux peonies and I bought a ton of them online (lined below) a couple of summers ago and literally put them everywhere in my house during the spring and summer.  I mix the lighter and darker pinks and some white too.

They make a beautiful centerpiece on their own or in two’s and three’s.  Tip: You can take off some of the green leaves so it’s not overkill on the greenery if you want!  Also, make sure you put some soft green foam on the bottom inside so that the floral arrangements will hold, as the stems are rather thin and then you’ll also get the arrangement looking exactly like you want it to.

 

I found these beautiful vases at Perigold last year and they’re sold out. I pulled them out again for a lovely symmetrical look, long faux cherry blossom stems, and a vignette of place settings stacked on my buffet to add color.

It doubles as decor and is functional to use also!

 

 

 

Elegant Blue And Pink Spring Living Room

What a SUNNY day! Wow! I had no idea until I downloaded these pics haha!

 

You’ll notice some of these pics have two styles of pillows and then the next day, my new pillows arrived (much earlier than I expected actually and I’m super loving them – the tassel boho ones in the corner) so I took some more and added them. They’re from Marshall’s by Patina Vie if you want to look for them when stores open back up.  I’ll link the other two below. Their online store is down right now.

 

Ok, so Gracie is our newest little fluff ball of LOOOOOVE!!! We are puppy training and seriously obsessed and sooooo in loooove with her!!!  So try not to be distracted (I double-dog dare you haha) as she tries to be Vanna White and model the new pillows for you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I moved this little slipper chair in from the guest bedroom and moved over the little side table to add another pop of blue. Kind of fun right?!  I almost bought another one and put them side by side but didn’t think it was necessary for just spring and summer. Do you spy a sleeping pup? Awwwww!

Sending you all lots of puppy snuggles and kisses!!!!! xoxo

 

This week has been filled with some beautiful spring homes shared by my friends so please click on their links below and stay a little while!

Sharing with me today, are…

Friday

Home Made Lovely
Willow Street Interiors
Sincerely, Marie Designs
Rooms FOR Rent

House by Hoff
The Tattered Pew
Summer Adams

Sharing the rest of this week…

Monday

The Happy Housie
Grace in My Space
Life is Better at Home
She Gave it a Go
Amidst the Chaos

Tuesday

Cassie Bustamante
All Things With Purpose
Modern Glam
Lemon Thistle
Zevy Joy

Wednesday

Amber Tysl
Life is a Party
Town and Country Living
Finding Silver Pennies
Joanna Anastasia

Thursday

Cherished Bliss
Tatertots & Jello
Deeply Southern Home
Rambling Renovators
The DIY Mommy

 

 

 

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