When Less is Not Enough ~ Fall Mantel 2012

 “Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.”

- Plato 

Last Fall, I was all about keeping things simple...

uncluttered...

the less is more adage...

I think it was a stage of life I was in,

my daughter had moved off to college for her first year,

and I felt a little empty ...a little lost....

and so I decorated as such...

Does anyone else go through these stages and decorate accordingly?

{Below, my Fall Decorated Mantel 2011}

I enjoyed the simplicity of last year's mantel,

it served it's purpose...

But the "good rhythm," as Plato quoted,

just had to be jazzed up a notch this year. 

Yes, I'm fickle that way,

...guess I'm in another stage in my life! ha!

So, I brought out the arrangement below...

an oldieeeeeeeeeeeeee!

If recollection serves me right,

I think it came over on the Mayflower! ha!

Added an Autumn dried wreath, 

{another that's been around awhile}

over the mirror.

Also regrouped the candles, and added burlap ribbon for texture.

It's still not too busy,

just a little more interesting!

Many wonder why I go through the trouble to decorate with each passing season,
not you other bloggers of course, you know..., you get it...

For one I enjoy it,
but secondly,
it's makes my family feel special.

My daughter relayed to me just after she started school again this year,
that the one weekend she felt the most welcomed and glad to be home,
was last fall when she walked into the house
 decorated in warm, cozy colors and decorations of autumn,
and pumpkin spice scented candles were burning!

As a mom, that's all the incentive I need! :)

Welcome ...October  ~~  Enjoy Your Weekend! 

"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on,

 and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October." 

-  Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Wow Us Wednesday @ Southern Savvy Style
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