I can rarely get my um, stuff, together to do a proper Pinterest worthy tute. We were happy enough with the new centerpiece to at least share though.  It's so simple you can sort of figure it out. 

One thing I miss terribly about Europe is fresh flowers.  They do have them here but they cost so much more to have on the table regularly.  Since we really prefer natural, when I saw the bunches of wheat at Walmart I grabbed two ($4 each) thinking I would figure something out.  This is what I figured out.  

Grab the two bunches into one big bunch and wrap with a rubber band.  Then shove an empty can inside to beef it up and stabilize.  Give a slight twist.  Wrap tightly with leftover Christmas ribbon because it matches the $1 gold charger you bought ten years ago and haven't used.  Ok, maybe this isn't a universally applicable tute. ; )  But you get the idea.  So for $8 we have a nice natural centerpiece for fall. 

If you were here and looking left you'd see the fireplace wall.  It was a major selling point for us.  Major.  I love this brick wall.  Currently it holds my copper collection.  

Copper was a fixture of British kitchens.  I was gifted with some vintage pieces at our going away party.   Goodwill locally netted the teapot, sugar, and creamer at the far end. 

The pullback below. The china cabinet is dressed in blue in this house.  (staging shelves is not my strong suit) Top right is the delft plate I stuffed in my suitcase when I came back from the Netherlands as a student.  The dining chairs are still covered in nasty old green upholstery.  It's on the list of home improvement projects.  Til then, cropped out. Voila. : D 

The vintage pictures to the left have hung someplace in my house since I found them in my Grams attic and finally persuaded her to let me have it. She found it in her century old farmhouse attic when they moved in in the 60's.  We don't know who they are but when I suggested replacing them with our own old family portraits everyone freaked out. Actually it's rather wonderful now to honor whomever they are.  They are family after all these years. 

The quilt rack was a gift from my late Grampa when he was on a woodworking kick in retirement.  It needs a quilt.  Or some linen.  Still thinking on that.