August Inspiration: 🌴 Tropi-FALL!

I'm never really ready for summer to end... even though our summers here in Southern California have become triple-digit adventures filled with insane afternoon winds and wildfire smoke. I only venture into our sunny backyard before 7 AM and after 9 PM.

Over the past few years, I've found a way to extend my own tropical style summer decor by including a nod to autumn: Pumpkins that look tropical! By creating some with tropical style, I embrace what I call 'tropiFALL' - a slow transition from summer to autumn that will be enjoyed from August 1st through September 30th. Our heat waves last all the way into early October - then the fall decor and pumpkins get their spotlight! (If you don't know this about SoCal, our 'Locals Summer' BEGINS after Labor Day Weekend - when all of the tourists have exited the beaches and amusement parks 😉)

As always, I'm sharing these ideas to inspire you to try new things in your home decor. I hope that even if tropical style isn't your jam*, you'll see some ways to 'bridge' your summer decor with touches of autumn decor - in YOUR style, and your favorite colors...

View these ideas below without thinking you have to do exactly what I do - picture them in different colorways, with different natural materials that will work in your home, with your theme!

Embracing the Art of Seasonal Living...

image credit: Rose Color Creative 

Winter has arrived... along with a new year and all of the possibilities it holds.

I've always loved decorating seasonally, by bringing the beauty of nature into my home every season of the year. Sometimes it is by actually bringing natural elements indoors, or creating a replication of what I see in nature. Other times it is a hint at something I enjoy about that season (like making snowmen or pumpkins out of sweaters!).

After finding the lovely graphic image shown above on Pinterest, I visited the linked website - Rose Color Creative. There I discovered a post with a delightful concept: 'Working in Rhythms: The Power of Seasonal Productivity'.

In that post (read it here), the owner of Rose Color Creative, Mariah Scott, shares some simple relationships between the cycles of nature's seasons and our own energy levels... what I've decided to call 'the art of seasonal living'.