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[jackthebear]

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@Oznell wrote:

Well, what you did was fantastic, @jackthebear ,  with your cleverly grouped candlesticks and then the other things you had.  It is so striking, with the teapot, and wonderful arrangements.  Love your mirror too.  Well done!

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thanks so much 

[Enufstuff]

Here is my mantle, decorated for fall. The vases are Egyptian alabaster. The clock is an antique that I purchased 40 years ago. I fell in love with all the critters on the clock. The squirrels are just a little whimsy. (I just noticed, the reflection in the mirror looks like a UFO flying over water. It is just the wallpaper and ceiling reflection)

[Trailrun23]

I have accumulated too many small pumpkins of porcelain, burlap, and other materials over the years. I decided to open the lid to a small wooden chest I found in my closet and filled it with the lid left open. My pumpkins filled it to the brim and it looks nice spilling over the top. I have too many fall things. Last year I donated a few things and it seems the older I get, less and less seems more than enough. Looking ahead to Christmas, I need to decide what to do with the 12 foot tree and over five hundred ornaments, many antique and special to me, that I spend weeks putting on the tree. The kids have already told me the ones they want, but I won't part with the ones they made when they were very small with their handprints , the ones my youngest students made for me, and the ones that belonged to my grandmothers. Who am I kidding...I may not let any of them go...

[spiderw]

I love your Owl and candles decor, Oznell, very pretty scene!!!!!  The mantels look lovely and are fun to decorate.  I don't have one but if I did I would have a lot of fun decorating it.  I love the old brown transfer ware bowl,  my favorite stand out of all photos.

I am decorated for Fall and Halloween.   My living and dining rooms, my kitchen and bathroom all are decorated.  I have mentioned how much I love horror and ghost stories and look forward to Oct. when they begin to show up, movies I have seen for decades!!!!!  I have many spooky characters mixed in my decor, Universal figures and such.  For me  all out decorating for this season and Christmas are the norm!!!!  I also display a lot of fall foliage, lots of leaves and mums and more.  It's a fun time!

[Oznell]

Gorgeous, @Enufstuff !   Those Egyptian alabaster vases are ravishing.  Your use of symmetry, the adorable squirrels, the intricately carved clock-- perfection.  Thanks for the close-up of your wonderful clock to illustrate "critters"!  

Hey, what's a decor thread without at least one UFO sighting?

@Trailrun23,  great creative use of all your pumpkins-  I bet it looks very bountiful.  I've also trained a gimlet eye on all my decorations and have decluttered a fair bit over the last 10 years.  I just want to have a few choice items, or sentimental family items as you reference, going forward.

@spiderw,  I fully expect you to have wonderful, artistic displays!   Your house must be a really fun tour at holidays.  By the way, that isn't my own photo of Owley -- I found a picture of him online to show.  At first I had him stuffed with my bunny tails, which looked cute, but now he's empty and playing a "supporting role" to a huge, earth toned crock filled with my biggest arrangement of fall foliage... 

[cimeranrose]

Your mantel looks so nice @Enufstuff . Your antique clock is wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

[Enufstuff]

@Oznell @cimeranrose   Thank you very much. When I decided to decorate the mantel, I thought that I would have to purchase some fall colored flowers. When I looked at some stuff that had been stored away, I found those flowers and there was enough for two vases. The clock is a cast  metal and is very heavy.

     @Oznell  Your owl is very cute. Could you post a picture of your fall flower arrangement with your owl? It sounds lovely. I love owls and have an owl collection from the 70's, which is now packed away. At one time, they were displayed all across the mantel.

        When I had a gift shop that later I turned into an antique

shop, the name of it was "The Barn Owl".

[Oznell]

Oh, I'm sorry, @Enufstuff ,  I don't have the ability to take my own pictures and post them here.  That's why I have to scour the internet and find commercial, online shots of some of my items-- like my Hosley owl vase--  to post.

"The Barn Owl"  --  what a darling name for a shop!   Love it.  An owl collection is something I'd definitely have, if I could allow myself to start any collections these days.  I just find them so sweet, and wistful, with those huge, contemplative eyes.

[Enufstuff]

@Oznell   That is quite alright. I don't know how to post pictures either. I have my resident IT person (my son) post pictures for me. Even if he showed me how to do it, a month or two later I would never remember. There are too many steps, to get it right.

     Most of my collecting of all my stuff, was done many years ago. Now, I mostly collect dust!

[Serena Sue]

@Oznell @I just luv your decor. Thank you for printing all those designs. I haven’t even started my fall decorating yet & I really have some inspiration now to get with it.

i like your owl so much that I just went to Amazon & ordered one!