5 FALL FAVORITES!!

  

Today I am honored to have my good friend and fellow blogger Michele of Hello Lovely blog, to do a guest post for you all. If you have not read Michele's wonderful blog  you have been missing something in your day!! She is gorgeous inside and out. She is extremely talented in so many ways. I love to read her uplifting words on her blog. Her writing style is so personal and so HER, it is lyrical at times, funny, uplifting, inspiring and always makes me think. I love her and I know you will too. Today she is sharing 5 of her Fall favorites. I know you all will be inspired!!

TAKE IT AWAY MY LOVELY MICHELE............

Photo: Hello Lovely Studio

Hello, friends of Good Life of Design! I'm Michele, author of Hello Lovely, and I'm so grateful to be a guest here today sharing fall goodness. Kathy and I are longtime blog buds who share many of the same sensibilities when it comes to our homes and hearts...

Hello Lovely Studio

This is the front door of our home in the heartland,

and we renovated the entire place ourselves...

never again!

Please make yourself at home,

and let's chat over a mug of hot cider and

5 fall favorites captured with my camera.

1.

Granny Smith or Ginger Gold apples.

Our home is decorated in white and neutrals,

so I love the pop of color they bring,

and I adore baking them in a crisp.

My Kitchen - Hello Lovely Studio

Ginger Gold apples - Hello Lovely Studio

2.

Working fireside.

While a laptop lifestyle and working from home

 can be highly distracting, one perk is the ability

 to create a peaceful mood with a fire

 in the cooler months (and also, barefootin' it...

bet I couldn't get away with that anywhere else).

My Living Room - Hello Lovely Studio

 3.

Visiting the apple orchard.

The cinnamon donuts. The apple tastings.

So many sweet sights, sounds, and smells

of autumn at our local orchard where I snapped these.

Hello Lovely Studio

Hello Lovely Studio

Hello Lovely Studio

4.

Savoring fall's colorful, turning leaves.

Winter lasts far too long in the Midwest,

so I have to be extra intentional about

getting out in that brief season when the leaves

turn luscious shades of red, yellow, and orange...

these next images were snapped in Paris,

not Chicagoland, a few falls ago.

Paris in Fall - Hello Lovely Studio

Paris in Fall - Hello Lovely Studio

Paris in Fall - Hello Lovely Studio

5.

Shopping the fall flea markets.

There's just nothing like shopping

for vintage treasures in the fall!

I found this vintage rusty bike last week,

 and after a few tweaks and some blooms

in the basket, it will be a wonderful

ornament in our courtyard.

My Courtyard - Hello Lovely Studio

Main Street Market in Rockford - Hello Lovely Studio

Hello Lovely Studio

Thank you so much for having me, guys.

I'd love to have you visit Hello Lovely Studio,

where Kathy is sharing fall inspiration.

Peace to you right where you are.

michele