Primitive Style Mantle

Hello my friends,

I know that shabby chic is all the rage, and I do love it;
After all, my living room mantle is decorated like that.

 But every now and then I like a bit of

 

Primitive Style

 

and so does cute Hannah.

 

 

Yup, this is Hannah.  She's ever so glad that I still like a bit of  'prim', otherwise she would not get to come out and play.

 

 

 I swear I saw her smile when I plopped her atop my mantle next to some giant acorns.

And every now and then I capture her glancing over at the primitive stitching I made quite a few years ago.  I'm sure she is adoring the colorful fall leaves.

Look closely and you can see that they are just tiny pieces of fabric.

An old enamel coffee pot and sunflowers just say 'primitive fall'
to me.

 

Of course I needed a garland.  I love the simplistic look of these sunflower centers I strung on to linen thread!

 

A few cozy quilts for cuddling on crisp fall evenings,

 

a plaid pumpkin, and a lantern with a sunflower tucked inside.

 

 

 

 

and my mantle and hearth was complete.  So I thought. . .but, as usual a bit of tweaking came in to play.

 

After a friend returned my vintage suitcase stack she had borrowed for a dinner and scoring a Pendleton plaid throw at a thrift shop I switched the lantern out for this.

 

 

And then one last bit of tweaking.

  

 

Simply plopping a pumpkin on top.  :)

 

So there you have it, my 'prim' and proper fall mantle.  Well, I don't know how proper it is, but it's definitely 'prim'.  (wink)

 

How about you, do you like primitive style?

 

happy fall,

Jann

 

I will be sharing with these fun parties:
Vintage Charm
 Thoughts of Home
Party in Your P.J's