I’ve already shown you fall at my city house here, so I thought I would take you to the farm today.
I actually set up a little tent so I could relax in the pasture and enjoy a slow afternoon. I know you probably don’t have a big bale of hay in your backyard, but still I thought it would be fun to share the photos. I thought this would be such a fun idea, but then realized I had no sticks to use to hold up the sheet. Well I found these pieces of conduit in the shed, and decided to put them to use.
The sun was setting, so I had to hurry to get it set up.
When I’m not out in the pasture I like to hang out on the porch. It’s a great place to welcome friends and the coming season.
It’s also a great place to curl up with a soft vintage quilt. My bench was made from an old baby crib.
I turned the crib a bit, so you could see it better below. It’s makes for a very comfortable seat now.
Come on inside and I’ll show you the kitchen.
I really like a low key look for fall. Some apples or pears in a bowl, some fall foliage and I am pretty much done. Once I get my home the way I like it, I don’t like covering it up with too much seasonal decor. Simple and easy is my motto.
I think sometimes we over-think things and make things complicated when they don’t need to be.
Here’s our bedroom.
I’m still working on the girls’ room, but here’s a peek into there.
But really where we spend our time is on the back porch.
I know the view off our back porch isn’t fancy, but it makes me SOOO HAPPY to see this view. It’s so private and we feel tucked away. I never understood my my dad wanted a farm, until years later. Now I get it. There are no sirens here, or blaring music, or cars speeding by. It’s just peaceful. Here things happen on ‘country time.’
I even have a china cabinet on my back porch. Now before you give me a hard time about that, my mother-in-law before she passed away, begged me to keep as much of her things as possible. This was the only place I could find to keep her china cabinet. I filled it with a lot of her things too.
I prefer to enjoy Fall out here! I wish you could smell the fresh air and the newly cut hay.
If you haven’t seen the full tour of the farm, come on over! You can find it here. FARM TOUR
More of a city person? Here’s our city house. CITY HOUSE TOUR
I’ll leave you with another of my favorite views at Cedar Hill.
Please visit the other blogs on this Fall tour.
(Note: I’m posting this the night before because my post didn’t go live as scheduled last time. I didn’t want to be late to the party, so I’m posting it before I go to bed. So, some of the Tuesday tours may not be available when I post this. )
Monday
At Home With The Barkers
Daisy Mae Belle
City Farmhouse
The Wood Grain Cottage
Top This Top That
Tuesday:
Our Southern Home
Petticoat Junktion
On Sutton Place
Lilacs and Longhorns
Wednesday:
Dimples & Tangles
Refresh Restyle
Cedar Hill Farmhouse
Craftberry Bush
Liz Marie Blog
Thursday:
So Much Better with Age
Setting for Four
At The Picket Fence
Two Thirty Five Designs
Liz Marie Blog
Friday:
Stone Gable
My Soulful Home
The Happier Homemaker
The Golden Sycamore
Everything about your home is so cozy & refreshing- like a bed & breakfast, so dreamy !! I love the cozy blankets in the pasture { Who wouldn’t } !!!!! So delightful & graceful as always! Love it!
Paige.Rose
http://www.TheQuaintSanctuary.blogspot.com
I love your view Anita! AND that iron crib bench is my favorite. Beautiful and simple touches of fall are perfect in your home. Thanks so much for joining us on the tour. ~Sonya
the farmhouse is a little slice of heaven. so beautiful.
Anita, I love your farmhouse, especially the bedrooms and porch {sigh}.
Anita,
It must be hard to leave the farm and head back to the city! Such a slice of Heaven! ~Christy
I’m so glad you shared the farmhouse today…it’s absolutely perfect. I agree about over thinking things because I tend to do that sometimes. I’ve enjoyed being on the tour with you…Happy Fall!
Anita, This is just stunning! How I would love to spend an afternoon on that porch! LOVE the pops of color with the sunflowers and green apples! Thanks so much for sharing! Happy Fall! Melissa
What an absolutely beautiful, cozy, comfy home! Thanks for sharing your tour, Anita. This looks like such a relaxing place!
Beautiful post, I just love the simple things in life. Your farm is that such place. Thanks for sharing.
I’d spend all my time on your porch too! Great views…and I can hear the quiet! 😉
Everything looks so perfect! And your photography is amazing! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Love your home and all your beautiful things and photos! the crib turned in to a day bed is a stunner!
Anita, I never tire of seeing your farm. It’s just so peaceful and beautiful! I love your view on keeping things simple…I keep heading in that direction myself. Who has time for all the fuss? Thanks for sharing !
It’s like your pictures transport me to another time! So beautiful and ethereal!!!! LOVE the baby crib bench! Wow, you are good girl!
This is so beautiful, Anita! Love every detail. I’m sharing on my FB page today 😉
Hugs, Jamie
Anita, I love the simple not over played fall here, and you have done it justice.
Fall is so much more then the coulor change, it’s a mood, it’s a sense of changing, creating, and best embracing what’s to come.
I tend to ever so slightly add a bit of fall tones, and it may be as little as much as a vintage French muted with age green wine bottle with a spray of twigs placed in it, and around it.
Love your porch, and seeing it is believing that fall over here is nothing short of celebrating it surrounded by your beauty…Yes! I can imagine the fresh crisp morning air, kissed with the Farming feel of your land.
It’s a beautiful place to entertain family, friends, and just yourself when need be for that gentle touch of everything is perfectly perfect in that moment.
Love this fall post…. I so relate to the subtle tones.
Xox
Dore
Beauty in what fall inspires from you.
Sigh….just pure loveliness Anita! Makes me long for a nap on that porch of yours. 😉
Just beautiful, Anita. All of it!!
Lovely, inviting & beautiful as usual Anita! Pinning & sharing….
Simply sublime! I could live on your Texas farm… or just on the back porch!!!
Wow – gorgeous gorgeous farm Anita – wish I could come over and peek at that stunning view in person! I love your home decorated for fall and all of your easy harvest touches! ~ Heather
Your farm haven is so very beautiful Anita! It looks so cosy and serene and long for surroundings such as yours. The little touches of colour in each room definitely make the look indeed.
……and if I had the room on my deck I’d have a cabinet like yours on it too! 😉 Gorgeous! ♥
Everything is lovely, comfortable and inviting. One question, how big is your porch and exactly how many tables do you have on it? Hard to pick a favorite, Elaine
Two tables on the back porch. It’s 50 x 12 ft, yeah it’s Texas sized!
Hey Anita, I’m new to your blog. Love your home! We live in the country. Not on a farm, just 7 1/2 acres. The view of my back yard is much like yours. Our farmhouse has a wrap around porch, well it wraps half way around the sides, and I don’t use much of it to it’s full potential. That is going to change, starting this weekend! Thanks for the inspiration! And nice to meet you!