My Florida home is light and bright with coastal elements. Every fall I am faced with decorating for autumn using my colors. I use more textures, tans, and browns. I add deeper toned colors as the season progresses. I look for softer shades of typical fall colors like peach. I also love using turquoise in the fall with tans and browns. l usually add more texture and natural elements.
For the dining table today, I added a burlap runner on the dark wooden table with a jar of flowers. I made a bouquet from snapdragons from a friend’s yard and purchased alstroemeria. I placed them in a jar of water on my burlap table runner. No, they aren’t what you would think of as autumn flowers like mums, but I like the soft colors with the texture of burlap. Orange doesn’t really go with my color scheme.
Temperatures here in September are in the high 80’s F, like 88 F, with a low of mid 70’s F. Few deciduous trees have colorful leaves of fall here in central Florida. Most Florida trees do not loose their leaves at all. Those that do are not bright and beautiful. What I enjoy is the gradual cooling of temperatures. By October and November, the average high is lower, and skies are blue. In October and November, I add pine cones and other natural elements which are plentiful in many neighborhoods.
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Very pretty! I usually see them in summer or spring…autumn deco. here are all in gold and brown tones.
It’s still summer hot here. I add texture like burlap to show more edging toward autumn.
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What beautiful flowers, Carol! I like tan and turquoise together as well for autumn – it sounds like we have very similar taste in colours! Thank you for sharing with the Hearth and Soul community.
…alstroemeria is a great cut flower, it lasts and lasts.
Carol, your autumn decor is lovely!
Love the snapdragons and alstroemeria on the burlap runner.
Happy Wednesday!
The flowers are gorgeous. You can grow anything in FLA. Thanks for sharing at #aclwcc
I love cut flowers in the home, they are so cheerful. Your display is beautiful Carol and I love the addition of the burlap runner.
Have a lovely week. 🙂
Snapdragons are one of my favourite flowers. They seem to go on forever, the ones in my garden are still in flower 🙂
#MMBC