Sitting in the woods around the campfire gives me lots of time to think… and plan! I have so many thoughts and ideas going through my head all of the time. To be honest, I have been feeling a little humdrum about this rental. We wanted to be out of here by now. We actually wanted to be out of here a LONG time ago, but it didn’t happen. If you need to catch up on the updates, I shared it in a few posts.. here and here.
We still have several months here at the rental because The Woods and Ivy Cottage isn’t even started. And we were just talking about how our minds have checked out here. We are physically at the rental but mentally at the woods on our property. We don’t like to feel this way at all because it feels as though we are wishing time away. And, we certainly don’t want to do that. So we both decided this weekend, that we are going to try to get back in the groove of enjoying our favorite season no matter where we are living. So, keeping that in mind, Fall ideas are going to be coming your way.
We already made this Hillcreek Farms Fall sign a few weeks ago which was fun… And, I was in the mood today for this rustic Fall coffee table look. So here we go!!!
It all started with this freaking adorable ceramic pumpkin. Deb and I were running into Kroger last week to grab a few groceries. These were setting outside with the mums, etc. There were several different sizes. I fell in LOVE! But, I did what I always do and say, “I don’t need them.” But, I kept thinking about them. So we drove by a few days ago to see if they were still there and they had only a few white ones left. I scooped up two… this size and one that is bigger which I will be showing you what I do with that sometime soon.
I grabbed the wooden box tray that Deb made from pallet wood a few weeks back and placed the ceramic pumpkin in the middle of that box. I then grabbed a few pieces of wood from our wood pile and we cut them each in random sizes using the mitre saw. And then drilled a hole in the middle of them to hold a taper candle. I placed them randomly around the ceramic pumpkin.
I had some pine cone potpourri from my stash that smells like cinnamon and all of the Fall scents, and I scattered it around the box tray. I wanted this to look random and rustic.
These candleholders would be perfect for Fall and Winter both… I can even see them down the middle of your holiday tables for a rustic holiday table scape look.
I LOVE how they turned out. It was such a simple project five minute project and I think makes a huge statement. How do you like them?
RUSTIC FALL COFFEE TABLE DECOR
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I lived during a time when single moms couldn't live in nice places because they didn't accept children.... long before the Fair Housing Act took effect. So I lived in a lot of crappy rentals.... and each one I decorated to make it feel like home, because it was our HOME for as long as we lived in it. I would have killed for a rental as cute as yours is now. I still remember being poor, I still remember using cast offs and shopping good will before it became a hobby for people with enough money to shop anywhere they wanted. So it pains me a bit to hear you denigrate living in a rental. I get that you have your dream home waiting to be built and I sure understand your excitement.... but with so many having lost everything in the quarantine, fires or floods and hurricanes..... having a rental that is as cute as yours would be an oasis. Poor people have to settle sometimes, but getting ideas and tips and learning from you and Deb makes living in a little, "crappy" rental seem living large. Thanks for all the inspo, I hope you keep it coming. And please keep in mind that living in a small rental doesn't make one a loser, or someone so ashamed of their living situation they fail to enjoy the fact that they have a place to call home... even if it isn't ideal.. My son wrote me a letter once, thanking me. He never realized we lived in shitty places because I always made them look and feel like home. I've never had a nicer compliment. You two have the ability and the platform to help people feel that way about their shitty rentals! Here's to making a home no matter where you live! And enjoying it!
I have never once said or even thought that someone who lives in a rental is a loser. I would never in my wildest dreams even insinuate that. And, I think that I have actually shown a lot of people how to really turn around their attitude and change a few things in their surroundings inexpensively if they don't LOVE where they live. That is the message I have tried to portray. And trust me. When I first started out in my adult-ing journey, I HAD TO shop Goodwill and garage sales. My place still looked cute because I went to garage sales and bought almost every piece of decor and furniture for my house. I actually still have lots of those pieces. So, I would never, ever, look down upon someone in a rental or who shops at Goodwill. And by the way, the "crappiness" that I am talking about, you haven't seen. I think you would be shocked to see this house without the furniture and all of the issues it has. So I stand behind my words... It's a crappy rental... .people who live in rentals aren't losers. ????
I love it!!! AND I saw those pumpkins at Kroger! and, I told myself I don't NEED them. Now, I guess I DO!! Lol!! Thanks for always inspiring me as I change seasons in my 1892 farmhouse in Indiana. ????????????
hahahah Seriously. I did the same. I left but kept thinking about them. They are adorable.