Styling A Coffee Table: Getting Ready for Fall at the Lake

Hello and welcome to the first of a monthly How to Style a Fall Coffee Table series with some incredible talented blogger friends! If you are just coming over from  my dear friend Reesa’s MOD MAX GLAM  blog welcome! Don’t you love how she incorporated the textures of Fall into her living room? Seriously she is one of my favorites!

Decorating with PUMPKINS

You’ve heard me say it before and I will say it again Fall is by far my favorite season.  In Upstate NY we try to squeeze the most out of this colorful transition before the cold winter months keep us bundled up indoors.

In October, we are still spending time down at our lake house on Honeoye Lake.  The 40 minute drive from the city is filled with rolling hills of ambers, rusts, and golden yellows. There’s a farm on every corner and I am always stoping to take pictures or finding a new farmer’s market to try.  Along the way the roadside farms sell their crops and there’s no better place to buy pumpkin, gourds, corn husks and harvest vegetables. It feels good to support local farmers!

Natural Fall Accents

This year for decorating at the lake I chose to go natural, simple and low maintenance. We aren’t there during the week so no elaborate floral arrangements or anything that needed too much attention. Last week, I purchased several pumpkins in a variety of sizes and gourds in all shapes and colors.

 Large Coffee Table Trays

I am a big fan of groups so when I came across a container of white mini corn husk pumpkins in the check out aisle of HomeGoods I had to have them. These little mini guys will be making an appearance throughout the Fall. Here I’ve displayed them in a marble bowl with vintage dominos and scrabble pieces. We aren’t big into the TV, so games, cards and other unplugged family activities rule at the Lake. Someone’s always leaving a silly phrase…..

Gourds Galore

I purchased this large rustic wooden tray on the Cape two summers ago and it has become the staple of my Fall coffee table styling. We often have to move our coffee table to pull out the sleeper sofa so a tray makes it a breeze to move everything at once. Trays also help contain smaller grouped items. Layer tray on tray. A vintage green art deco metal tray holds gourds and a ceramic pumpkin jar and adds just enough color to this neutral rustic palette. A guidebook of trees and foliage help with identifying local Fall colors. Wooden coasters are stacked and topped with a mini pumpkin.

A vintage glazed pottery vase holds the last of our hydrangeas and garden flowers. This vignette is low so that it doesn’t interrupt the view of the fireplace and lake just to the right.

The white pumpkins will be hanging out in this handmade live edge wooden bowl also found in the kitchen department at HomeGoods.

Fall Accent Pillows

The cottage may be small but its packed with color. The yellow and orange graphic accent pillows get pulled out of storage tying in the colors of the coffee table vignette.

More pumpkins, gourds and birch branch covered candles are added to the mantel for a pop of autumnal color.  The rustic wooden elements of the tray, coasters, and bowl tie in with the reclaimed wood mantel and round natural mirror.

Design Tip: When looking to add texture and interest to your Fall decor look no further than our your front door or in your pantry! Here I’ve created a sweet arrangement with a $.50 mini pumpkin, popcorn kernels and yard clipping such as berries and zebra grass plumes. Fallen branches, acorns and other yard finds add to the rustic charm.

Here’s a picture of last years coffee table. I have a thing for trays!

Blogger Fall Home Tour

Thanks so much for stopping by the Fall Coffee Table Blogger Hop. We’d love for you to swing on over to Amy from CRAZY CHIC DESIGN  and she what she’s done. If you’d like to see more Fall decorating ideas you can see my Fall Harvest Home Tour by clicking here or if its adding the textures of Fall to you home decor  click here to read my post. 

There’s no better way to spend your Saturday morning than sipping a cup of coffee and seeing all this Fall inspiration. Here are the participating bloggers and we’d love for you to stop on by and see all of our styles and we’ve come up with a fun Fall hashtag…… #stylethatcoffeetable.

SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT!

Happy Fall everyone! xoxo Amie

Amy  Crazy Chic Design

Kim/Lacey Styled with Lace

Joan   2 Ladies & A Chair