Orange you glad it's Fall

Orange you glad it's Fall? I love Fall, not only because of the weather but because of the football, the fashion, the weather, the pumpkins, the important dates (our pup's birthday, our wedding anniversary, OSU Homecoming, Affair of the Heart, Thanksgiving, my birthday) and all of the Orange!  

So, in honor of OSU's Homecoming week, on the same day that the fountain on Library Lawn is dyed Orange, I'm sharing some of my favorite OSU Orange looks from the past few weeks.

ALL IN THE DETAILS:

Shirt: Lush Fashion Lounge | Jeans: Lush Fashion Lounge | Shoes: Sam Edelman - Becker | Sunnies: Ray-Ban - Clubmaster | Earrings: Kendra Scott Danielle - Orange | Bracelets: Lily & Laura, David Yurman | Ring: David Yurman

 

  ALL IN THE DETAILS:

Shirt: Lush Fashion Lounge | Jeans: Lush Fashion Lounge | Shoes: Toms Desert Wedge - Cheetah | Sunnies: Ray-Ban - Aviator | Earrings: Kendra Scott Danielle - Orange | Bracelets: Lily & Laura

 

  

ALL IN THE DETAILS:

Shirt: Old (love this one) | Vest: J.Crew (J.Crew Factory version here) | Earrings: Kendra Scott Danielle - Orange | Shoes not pictured: Toms Desert Wedge - Chestnut | Pistol Pete Yard Sign: Artistic Yard Creations by Jan Kuehn

Fall-la-la-la-la!

It's Fall, and I love Fall. So, let's talk about some of the things I love about Fall:

Fall Fashion Inspirations

OSU Cowboys

Leopard as a Neutral 

Wearing Orange on Fridays and Saturdays 

 

Panera Bread's Cranberry Orange Muffins

 

Scarves 

 

Dirty 'ol Chair made Quirky Plant Stand Final Product

The dirty ‘ol chair is finally complete!

After staring at it, thinking it was looking good, I realized the paint was looking too good. So I took a wet rag to chair and roughed up the paint so it looked a little less “freshly painted” and a little more “broken in”. And to tone down the brightness, I smeared dark glaze all over the chair. Once the glaze was dry, I gave the chair a nice coat of polyurethane to seal.

Now to make sense of the quirky plant stand portion of the chair, I purchased a 12” pot and filled it with some plants. Featured in the pot is a foxtail fern, peachy geranium and hot pink petunia.



Dirty 'ol Chair made Quirky Plant Stand

A few months ago, one of B’s best friends sent me a text with a picture of 3 chairs and asked if I wanted any of them before they went to the curb. At first I was hesitant because adding to my always growing project list (and clutter in the 3^rd car garage) would be risky for this wife. But, the inner hoarder in me couldn’t say no to a free chair with potential (lucky for the husband, I only came home with 1 chair).

This was my pick of the litter. Pretty dirty, a little raggedy but definitely a diamond in the rough. A little TLC and paint could do wonders.

After sitting in the garage for a few months, I decided on a plan for the chair. Painted up with fun colors, given a quirky vibe and cut out the dingy woven seat – I was going to repurpose the chair as a plant stand. Put a big ‘ol pot of flowers in the seat hole and set it on the front (or back) porch to enjoy.

I cleaned up the chair with a few dozen Lysol wipes, ripped out the woven seat and began painting.

Wanting the chair to be bright, fun and quirky, inspiration from Mackenzie-Childs should come as no surprise. Starting with the biggest area for paint, the seat became “McDaniel-Childs” (Courtly Check) inspired.

Next, I painted the arms of the chair. Who doesn’t love orange/pink and lime green/turquoise paired together in a chevron-like pattern. After I finished the arms, the chair sat for a two weeks because I was stumped.

Believe it or not, B gave me the idea to incorporate leopard (which I call, my “camo” to Brandon’s Max 4 camo). So this Sunday afternoon, I went with his idea.  wanting to accent the detail in the top of the chair back I painted it brightly to tie in all the colors used thus far – with a little gold.

Because the chair was getting so bright, I decided to leave the back rails and legs of the chair black. But of course I couldn’t leave well enough alone and added some turquoise and roughed it up.



All it needs is a coat of polyeurethane and pot of pretty flowers to make it's porch debut!