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    Home » Decor

    September 29, 2020

    A pretty, modern vintage, autumn home tour

    In this post, I'll be taking you on a home tour of 'Ty Glas' for the first time since I started this blog. I don't know what's taken me so long to get around to this home tour but at least It's finally here.

    Home tour history

    Our pretty little blue house is nestled in the foothills of the German Alps in Bavaria. We are surrounded by forests and lakes. In fact, in German, our area is called 'Fünfseenland' which in English, means 'Five lakes land'. I'm from Wales in the UK and that's where our house name comes from. 'Ty Glas' is Welsh for 'Blue House'.

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    Welcome to 'Ty Glas' an autumn home tour with chalkingupsuccess dot com

    My decorating style

    The décor in our home is influenced a little by the area and the scandi style. There is so much more to our home than that though. A home is a reflection of the lives and loves of the people who live there and ours is no exception.

    I'm not sure what I would call my decorating style really but I think it's a mixture of an urban farmhouse, boho and scandi – sounds a bit strange I know but that's how it is! I suppose in a nutshell I'd call it modern vintage.

    Rather than explain my homemaking style here, why don't I show you around and you can see what I mean?


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    Doorstep drama

    Let's start this home tour at the front door. I like to make sure my guests know they are welcome by greeting them with a seasonal display outside the door.

    A welcome mat with the words 'HOME'.

    I usually have a wreath hanging on the door and lanterns on the doorstep whatever the season.

    Starting this autumn home tour at the front door - black front door decorating with a grass wreath

    Then I just add some seasonal plants to add some pretty. Everyone needs some pretty right?

    Black lantern with a white candle on the doorstep at the start of the home tour
    Home tour seating outside the front door. White wooden bench decorated with a sheepskin and linen cushions.

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    Home tour - hallway

    Once you are inside the hallway, you can take a seat on this lovely pine bench and kick off your shoes! This is where I collapse and drop my bags after a successful day of shopping in the city!

    First stop in the home tour - cosy bench decorated with a curly hair sheepskin and farmhouse style pillows.

    Decorating with nature

    I love bringing the outdoors in and decorating with natural elements. On this home tour, you will see natural displays all around my home.

    Some ideas for using natural décor might include:

    Filling bowls with pinecones, nuts and seeds.

    Filling vases with dried grasses or flowers from the garden.

    Making wreaths from grass or wheat.

    A DIY grass wreath decorating a vintage mirror - part of the autumn home tour

    Changing your décor each season does not need to be expensive if you use Mother Nature's gifts.

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    The hallway leads into the lounge through a set of white double doors.

    Home tour – lounge

    Coffee table and décor

    The first thing you see is the wood and white coffee table.

    Lounge decorated for the autumn home tour. Wood and whites, brown sofa and farmhouse style pillows.

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    The coffee table was one of my first furniture transformations. I was inspired by a table I'd seen at 'Riviera Maison' which was beyond my budget. The table wasn't exactly what I wanted when I got it but in my coffee table makeover post, you can read how I transformed it so that it looked almost identical to my dream coffee table. You won't believe how much it cost!

    Natural decorating for the Fall home tour. A large wooden bowl in the shape of a leaf sits on the coffee table and contains pine cones and acorns.

    Decorating the table is a pretty wooden bowl in the shape of a leaf. I've filled the bowl with pine cones, walnuts, acorns, dried thistles and seed-heads – gifts of the season, fabulous and free! If you're one of my lovely readers from the USA you can find a similar bowl here.

    I've used baskets under the table. Baskets are always great for storing magazines and books so that they don't look too messy under the table. I'd like to change these wicker baskets for Jute or seagrass baskets but I just haven't found the right ones yet.

    Fall home tour - lounge

    Every season I shop my house. I take a look at the décor I have and think about how I can repurpose it for the coming season. Sometimes it just means changing from fresh to dried flowers or switching up the colour scheme a little.

    Decorating with Pillows

    I usually change some of the pillows every season. Here's a pillow tip for you if you want to change up your décor. Just buy pillow covers instead of buying them with the pillow inserts included. That way the covers are easy to store away until you need them again and don't take up much storage space.

    Pillow tutorial

    If you can't find pillow covers you like, make your own! Don't look at me like that, it's easier than you think. Take a look at my pillow making tutorial if you don't believe me.

    This season, I switched out a few of my pillow covers.

    I just couldn't resist these beautiful botanical style pillow covers. One of my favourite flowers is printed onto the cover, Hydrangeas.

    Autumn home tour - brown sofa with black and beige throw pillows.

    I also love stripes. This long farmhouse striped pillow is another new addition for autumn which you can find here. If you keep to a similar colour scheme you can mix patterns with ease.

    To add a little pop of colour to this room, I'm using natural elements again. We just cut back our Liquid Amber tree so we had lots of cuttings. Added to a glass vase, they add some interest and texture to the room.

    Autumn home tour - behind the sofa console table decorated with candles and plants.

    The tall sunflowers in the garden have finished blooming and all that's left of them are the seed pods. Added to a glass vase, they also add colour and interest.

    Autumn home tour - decorating with plants. A vase of spent sunflower seedheads.

    Decorating with plants

    You will see that I use plants a lot in my décor. I tend to move them around the house but that's not always a good thing. This summer, I moved a small palm from my office to the hallway and it didn't like that at all. The leaves started to turn brown so I put it back in my office as soon as I saw that. The jury is still out as to whether it's going to survive! Don't do that!

    How to transition you décor to urban farmhouse style. It's a cosy, casual hybrid which blends traditional & contemporary style with a neutral colour pallet & a mix of metals and natural elements. #urbanfarmhousedecoratingideas #urbanfarmhouse #farmhousestyle #homedecorideas #interiors

    Armoire

    In between our two sofas you can see the tall armoire. This started life as a bright green wardrobe and I upcycled it with chalk paint. You can see the before picture and see more of my furniture upcycling projects here. On top of the armoire is a large branch of twisted willow strung with tiny string lights. It looks so pretty in the evenings when it's all lit up!

    Farmhouse home tour - large white armoire with an oval mirror, painted with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in old white.

    Floor Lamp

    The corkscrew lampstand is another recycling project. You can read more about it in this upcycling post.

    The lounge leads right into the dining room so let's continue this home tour in there.

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    Home Tour – Dining room

    The long wooden table is always decorated for the season.

    Autumn home tour - decorated table and place settings.

    I like to use bottles as vases for seasonal flowers like these Rudbeckia or 'Black-eyed Susan'. Did you know that Rudbeckia lasts for ages in a vase?

    Dining table decorated for the autumn home tour. Denby Linen collection plates.

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    Dresser

    This dresser is on the long wall opposite the table.

    It's another of my chalk painted upcycling projects. Wood and white is a fave combination of mine. I've added some nuts and seeds to the long wooden bowl on the dresser. Come Christmastime, I'll add some twinkly lights to this display and maybe a little bit of evergreen and berries. That's what I call stressless decorating.

    A white and wood painted hutch decorated for the autumn home tour with a longe wooden bowl filled with pinecones, acorns and Alium seedheads.

    Stencilled secretary

    In the corner of the dining room stands one of my all-time favourite upcycling projects. The painted and stencilled secretary is perfect for this spot.

    Secretary painted with Annie Sloan Chalk paint and stencilled with a damask stencil.
    White & Grey secretary desk with damask stencil - Stencil Furniture to create a unique & affordable, space saving desk for you or your child with built-in storage for files or school books. It's easily customisable with paint or stencils to suit your home style. #secretary #desk #office #diydesk #backtoschool #kidsrooms #schreibtisch #kinderzimmer #buro #vintagedesk #stencils

    It's a lovely place to sit and write in a journal or for making garden plans.

    I'm planning a gallery wall for this space and I've already made some of the artwork myself. If you're interested in seeing what I've got planned, you can read my tutorial on how to make pressed flower prints here.

    Hydrandeas in a pot on a small white side table for the autumn home tour in the dining room.

    The dining room leads through to the kitchen and that's the next room on our home tour.

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    Home tour - kitchen

    Autumn home tour in the kitchen - kitchen counter with glass spring top containers, a mason and cash mixing bowl and baking ingredients.

    We've kept the kitchen neutral and uncluttered. We have a smaller seating area here too.

    The kitchen table decorated for the autumn home tour. Centerpiece is a large glass cylindrical vase filled with wild grasses, acorns and moss.
    Autumn Home Tour

    The wood table and chairs balance out the white and add some texture to this space.

    The kitchen table decorated for the autumn home tour and set for breakfast. Denby Linen collection crockery and a bread basket full of breakfast rolls and croissants.

    It's hard to tell from the photos that the walls in the kitchen are a soft sage, grey-green colour on one side and a creamy colour on the other.

    White kitchen decorated for an autumn home tour.

    We used the same colour for the walls in the hallway too and you can see the colour better in the hallway photo above.

    The kitchen counter decorated for the autumn home tour. A round wooden tray holds condiments and an autumn candle.

    I didn't want to have white walls because the kitchen is a creamy 'off-white' and I wanted a wall colour that would showcase that.

    The kitchen counter decorated for the autumn home tour. Wooden chopping boards, white and wood containers and a glass bottle filled with dried flower-heads.

    There is still some work to do in this room but it's getting there.

    The kitchen  decorated for the autumn home tour. Aliminium sink, chopping board, small yellow speckled pumpkin and a pestle and mortar.

    One of my most recent projects was to create an under-stair pantry for the kitchen. It makes a HUGE difference now that the pantry goods are more organised.

    A small understairs pantry in the kitchen. Organized with glass spring top containers, labeled.

    From the kitchen, we arrive back in the hallway where this home tour ends. It's time for us to say goodbye for now!

    I hope you enjoyed this little home tour and maybe you've even picked up some inspiration for your own home along the way.

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    1. Deborah says

      September 29, 2020 at 12:54 pm

      Lovely tour, Jayne. Really need to get my autumn vibes on! What a lovely serene house you have! I have an understairs cupboard that needs a major clear out!! Will do it!!....she says! Lots of inspiration! X

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      • Jayne Westerholt says

        October 02, 2020 at 5:41 pm

        Thanks so much, Deborah! I can tell you that adding those glass jars to the pantry has made my life so much easier. Now I can see at a glance what's low in stock and add it to my shopping list. You can save clearing out your understairs cupboard for the winter months when the weather outside is horrible! You can do it!

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    2. Helen says

      September 30, 2020 at 10:42 am

      Ooh! Your home is so beautiful! When can I move in??? Seriously Jayne I absolutely love everything you've shown us today - I will be shopping the look asap

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      • Jayne Westerholt says

        October 02, 2020 at 5:35 pm

        Awww thanks so much, Helen!

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    3. KariAnne says

      October 04, 2020 at 4:07 am

      Your home tour is so lovely!
      The colors--the testures---the accessories. Everything is perfect.
      Happy day!
      KariAnne

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      • Jayne Westerholt says

        October 07, 2020 at 5:33 pm

        Thank you KariAnne and happy day to you too!

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    4. Allison O'Dell says

      October 05, 2020 at 5:50 pm

      Jayne, I LOVE your photos. The style is so pretty and fresh. Just love the whole thing!

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      • Jayne Westerholt says

        October 07, 2020 at 5:31 pm

        Thanks so much, Allison!

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    5. Julie Briones says

      October 06, 2020 at 5:52 pm

      So fun seeing your home in all it's fall glory. Love the photos in your kitchen! Your style is lovely!

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      • Jayne Westerholt says

        October 07, 2020 at 5:31 pm

        Thanks for the lovely compliment, Julie!

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      • Jayne Westerholt says

        November 03, 2020 at 2:49 pm

        Thanks, Jennifer!

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    6. Marielle says

      October 10, 2020 at 1:24 am

      What a beautiful home you have created! I love all the plants and bits of nature you've included. Thanks for the tour. I'm visiting today from the Embracing Home and Family link up. Have a great weekend Jayne!

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      • Jayne Westerholt says

        October 12, 2020 at 2:02 pm

        Thank you so much, Marielle!

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    7. Donna @ Modern on Monticello says

      October 14, 2020 at 5:21 pm

      First of all, your home is lovely and reflects your style well. I think Modern Vintage is a good term for it, but the word "home" says it all so well. All of it is so pretty that I had to go through the photos twice to take it all in. Thanks so much for sharing it this week at #HomeMattersParty

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    8. Denise/My Home of All Seasons says

      October 15, 2020 at 3:58 pm

      Oh my goodness! Your home is gorgeous! I love your decor mix and how you've brought it all together to create a warm and welcoming vibe. Thanks so much for the inspiration Janyne. Have a wonderful weekend.

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      • Jayne Westerholt says

        October 16, 2020 at 4:01 pm

        Thank you for your lovely comment Denise, I'm so glad you enjoyed my home tour!

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