Do you change things up around your home for each season? It doesn’t take as much effort (or cash) as you might think. Just a few simple changes and the entire feel of a room can go from summer to fall, and without breaking the bank.

Here is my kitchen hutch (a thrifted find!) for everyday. (You can click on the photos to see them enlarged) You can see a small portion of this hutch as you stand in my entryway, so I like it to reflect the seasons and welcome my guests as they enter my cottage. By adding a few pumpkins, some petite tureens (from you-know-where) and changing the ribbons on my little mugs, it’s all about fall now.
Speaking of the darling little covered soup bowls, remember, they don’t have to stay in the kitchen. Gosh no. I have another one on the hutch in my living room and it looks fabulous there as well.
The great thing about using things like seasonal serving pieces in places other than the table, is that you get more value from them. You get to enjoy them all season, not just on Thanksgiving, or when company comes over. When you walk into a room, you’ll get that warm-and-fuzzy-I’m-so-glad-to-be-here feeling, and that’s what home should be all about. It should be our haven from the ridiculously stressful world out there.
I like to think of this as “seasonal nesting”. Mmm hmm. And here’s my idea of how to spend a perfect Saturday… My chocolate brown comfy velour warm ups, some Norah Jones or Jack Johnson on the ipod docking station, the cinnamon and nutmeg scent of a pumpkin spice candle or two (or five…) wafting through the cottage as I bring out the fall decorations, dusting and fluffing things as I go from room to room.

*sigh* I’m in autumnal heaven, I tell you.