tree house

Check out this neat article about Roald Gundersen who incorporate entire trees into his home designs. Aren't these images incredible? I want a tree in my house.

I can't even handle how gorgeous that is.

I love how much light there is in each of these rooms...gorgeous windows.

And of course he also constructed an incredible greenhouse.

(all photos via NY Times)

changing seasons.

i scored a small victory when i convinced my husband that he could not place a rug on our coffee table (literally, a rug. and it clashed beyond repair with everything.). my compromise was instead of a rug (or his next suggestion: a large round table cloth for the poor, defenseless rectangular table) was two placemats. i even let him help choose - a nice neutral beige. he likes it because it breaks up the plain monotony of a wooden table top, and i like it because it doesn't overpower the simplicity - and it will be changing with the seasons. it is a perfect foundation for a festive, fall table decoration (or two small ones). these are examples from bhg.

welcome.

we moved into our home about a year ago and one of the first purchases i made was a wreath quite similar to the one below. i felt it was the appropriate way to welcome fall and to welcome guests. there is something so cheerful about a pretty wreath. i imagined other wreaths that would grace our front door -- an evergreen wreath for Christmas, a wreath of forsythia to bring the spring...but then I was so enamored with my fall wreath that I couldn't bear to take it down and to be honest I never purchased any other pretty wreaths to take its place. so it is still on my front door welcoming the fall again this year.

i like the idea of the transitional door hangings below. harvest and winter themes mingled together. wouldn't these be lovely for late november and early december? i am feeling motivated to find another beautiful wreath.

isn't this front just fabulous with the red door?

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happy fall <3