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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We had a cooler summer this year in the Pacific Northwest and just when we got a couple weeks of hot weather and got to explore some really fun waterfalls, it was time for school to start. I didn’t think I was ready for fall.  But then I started getting out all of my fall decor and putting things together, lit a yummy fall candle and then that all changed.  I’m ready now …ha!  The timing couldn’t be better because my friends at Nick & Alicia are hosting a tour today of beautiful fall tablescapes and I’m sharing my elegant fall table in gold, ivory and soft aqua.

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Hot Skwash Velvet Pumpkins

Just as I did last year in my blush pink pumpkin fall table and also my black leopard and pink pumpkin Halloween table, I teamed up with my friend Daria, founder and designer behind Hot Skwash, and created some beautiful pumpkins for this year’s fall table.

This (jumbo size) pumpkin above was made in a specialty fabric, custom for this fall table and was really the inspiration.  I wanted it to be ivory and gold with this large beauty as the star of the show. You can find it in an 8″ size as a limited edition.  It’s a very soft aqua with the most gorgeous gold floral design. When Daria showed it to me, I fell head-over-heels in love with it!

We also used a custom fabric to add a couple of 6″ and 8″ champagne-colored pumpkins to the runner of ivory pumpkins.  To finish, we added a couple of 4″ bone pumpkins (I placed on the ends) and then 2 more 3″ bone pumpkins with Swarovski crystals.  To get this look, you can find this limited edition grouping of pumpkin in a trio HERE. Please contact Daria regarding any custom requests or questions.

I topped off each little plate with a mini 2″ pumpkin with Swarovski crystals.  Wouldn’t that be a fun plate setting to sit down to?  I know all my girlfriends and all the girls in my family especially would appreciate the extra little sparkle on each plate!

Patina Vie Goblets

If you remember my fall table last year, I had the prettiest blush and gold goblets from Patina Vie that went beautifully with the blush pink velvet pumpkins.  So this year, they sent me their gorgeous Aquarius Goblets to complement my beautiful soft aqua pumpkin and….WOW!  Are they the perfect pair or what?!

They always have the prettiest glassware so I love browsing their collection when creating a new tablescape!  I just love this color.  I’ve never been one to do traditional fall colors, even though I LOVE THEM, but I really enjoy picking different color palettes and playing around with them.

I never thought I’d do this soft aqua for fall and I’m so glad I did.  It’s so soothing and so elegant in my dining area.  

Because I love mixing old and new…I have vintage gold-rimmed milk glass plates and vintage flatware, both which I have found from several sellers and am linking below in my “Shop The Post” section.

Gold Faux Stems

You saw these stems on my.mantel in my Living Room Tour and you’ll see these stems in my entry as well (coming to the blog on Thursday so I’ll update this link when that goes live).  A couple of weeks ago I walked into a store and found several different gold stems I loved (I’d looked everywhere) and there they were.  So, I actually bought them online first and then picked them up in the store and then bought 4 times as many. I’m glad I did and trust me, you’ll love them as much as I do and find a use for them everywhere this holiday season just as I am.  I used the golden faux eucalyptus spray and golden glittered faux money plant spray here. But get the glittered beaded branch too because it’s even prettier in person (you’ll see those in my entry).

By the way….Still looking for the perfect buffet table to fit this space!
(See more about these candle wreaths here.)

Also, in my next tour, I’ll be sharing more into my. kitchen!

 

 

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Please take a moment and visit my talented friends who are also joining me in sharing their fall tables today!  There is so much beautiful inspiration below! 

Nick + Alicia | Sincerely, Marie Designs | Craftberry Bush | Clean and Scentsible 

Home Made Lovely | The DIY Mommy | The Wood Grain Cottage | The Turquoise Home 

Rooms FOR Rent Blog | Kim Power Style | The Wicker House | Caitlin Marie Design

Lolly Jane | The Learner Observer | Satori Design For Living | Summer Adams

Taryn Whiteaker Designs | This Is Simplicite

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I’m so glad you’re here today!  I’m joining a group of seriously talented bloggers in sharing our fall tables with you.  I love creating tablescapes for my family and friends, especially during the holidays, and enjoying it with really delicious food.  But I especially love the excuse to set a table for some girlfriends, like this brunch tablescape for Fall, and invite them over to eat good and visit!

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A simple and feminine place setting

Before I ran out to buy anything, I decided to look through my dishes and linens and try to use what I had.  Sometimes I find inspiration for a tablescape in a flower arrangement or new napkins but sometimes it comes in just looking through what I already have.

When I think of girlfriends, I think pink and floral.  So I wanted to make a pumpkin floral centerpiece and then decided to put it with white and pink linens.  They had to be ruffled, of course, because those are so feminine and beautiful.

Earlier this year, I scored some beautiful vintage gold-rimmed milk glass dinnerware off of Facebook Marketplace.  I mixed those in with my white beaded salad plates.

I used my gold flatware (a.k.a. “goldieware” as I call it) and gold-rimmed wine glasses.

Then I thought the teacups would be a cute way to display and give them a small rose to take.  After all, what girl doesn’t love flowers, right?!  The teacups can be used for tea, with or after their brunch, or just act as a vessel for their rose.

DIY Pumpkin Floral Centerpiece

I found a bunch of faux pumpkins in my fall storage bins that I’ve had but wasn’t using this fall so I grabbed a medium-sized one and cut the center out with a sharp kitchen knife, since it’s made of foam.

I grabbed one of my shorter glasses from the cupboard and placed it in the center of the pumpkin to act as a small vase.  I buy fresh flowers every week when I get the groceries and always grab a bunch of eucalyptus stems in the fall.  I grabbed some white and pink roses and the eucalyptus stems to make a simple but lovely arrangement.  The entire thing took about 10 minutes.

I added it to a pretty pink cake stand to give it height and just love how it looked.

My grandma passed away this year and we were close.  I inherited a lot of beautiful things that mean a lot to me and these vintage crystal salt and pepper shakers are one of them.  They are always pretty on all of my tables.  And then there’s a piece of Grandma here too.  She’d love this table.

So that’s it! Easy peasy!  The only difficult thing about this tablescape was deciding which of my favorite foods to select for the menu.  Croissants and muffins are a given though.  Who doesn’t love those?!

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Please take a few minutes and visit all of this other gorgeous inspiration below that my friends have put together to share with you.  And don’t forget to pin your favorites to Pinterest!

A Burst of Beautiful | The Learner Observer | Home Made Lovely | The DIY Mommy

Finding Silver Pennies | Town and Country Living | Satori Design for Living | My Sweet Savannah

City Farmhouse | Rooms FOR Rent | She Holds Dearly | Anderson + Grant

Inspired by Charm | Summer Adams | Paint Me Pink | The Wicker House

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