Early Fall Decor: All About Mauve

 

Happy Monday, My Lovelies!  This weekend I began putting away summer decor and slowly decorating for early autumn.  I like reusing old favorites each year, but last week I went out shopping for a little inspiration... and I found it.  The inspiration for our breakfast room table stems from a pretty apron and napkin set from World Market in a pattern called "Green and Pink Fern."  I love the watercolor print with autumn flowers and ferns in various shades of pinks and greens.  The predominate color is actually mauve:  It reminds me of the 80s, y'all!  I am seeing this color everywhere these days, too.  This is a quick, fun little tablescape I put together, and I thought it might be worth sharing mainly because of the colors.

This is what the table looks like from above:

Before y'all send me any nasty grams, I realize that there is no silverware on the table because we've been eating virtually every meal and snack at home, and I didn't have enough clean silverware in the kitchen to set my table.  The dishwasher was running as I was taking photos.

Keeping it real!

Not only did I purchase the napkins and apron, but I also purchased the solid matching placemats.  I paired them with my Nathalie Lété plates from Anthropologie.  The napkin rings also have ferns on them to match the napkins and apron.

Here are a few details:

(left) I purchased the checked loving cup vase from Anthropologie.  Here, I'm using it as a planter for a fern in keeping with the theme.  The mauve wire coasters are new from earlier in the summer, as is the hydrangea hurricane.  Both are from Terrain, and I had no idea that all three would look so nice with the napkins and placemats.

(center) I love how the MacKenzie-Childs cheese server blends nicely with the Green and Pink Fern pattern.

(right) I was lucky finding the bouquet at The Fresh Market with its burgundy, pink, and mauve flowers.  The vase even has a mauve stripe on it.

Resources:

Placemats, apron, and napkins:  World Market

Plates, loving cup vase:  Anthropologie

Coasters and hurricane:  Terrain

French café glasses:  Williams-Sonoma

Wooden mauve tealight hurricane:  Farmhouse Pottery

Napkin rings:  Pier 1 (years ago)

Cheese server, vase, and salt and pepper set:  MacKenzie-Childs

What I'm currently working on:

A simple fall craft (tomorrow, August 20th)

Summer reading update (Friday, August 23rd)

Welcome Fall Tablescape Blog Hop (Tuesday, August 27th)

Summer reading wrap-up (Friday, August 30th)

Simple fall banner (Saturday, August 31st)

Are you ready for fall?  I can't wait.  Thursday (August 22nd) one of my favorite harbingers of fall returns to Starbucks:  the Pumpkin Spice Latte!  YAY!

Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill