Pumpkin Spice

In just a few weeks it will be the American holiday Thanksgiving where families and friends gather to enjoy a feast, football and gratitude for all they have.  Today, I’ve styled living space using Tylar’s Treasures Firelight Collection deeply discounted 50% off at Perfect Ten event until tomorrow, Sunday, November 15, 2015.  The collection includes black leather tufted armchairs, black wooden coffee table complete with pumpkin bowl display and brown marble fireplace with mirror and decorative accessories.  This grouping is a nice accompany to a larger set or perfect on its own.  I paired the Firelight set with The Artist Shed La Chaise de Citrouille, a $1L gift on the Stuff The Bird hunt (11/1-30/15).  I’m also playing caught up on a few rounds of The Challenge I’ve missed including Hanging Hanky Lights by Chiana Oh (Fabric Sept round) and Sputnik Light from %Percent Furniture (Victorian Nov round).  Sway’s is offering the Victoria Hanging Lamps at Fantasy Gacha Carnival (until 12/6/15) and Darret Stone Fireplace Set {using Fire Poker only} at The Liaison Collaborative (till 11/30/15).  Helping to create the cozy and warm space is Sway’s Kaden Rugs (past FLF item).  Finally, The Mustard Seed’s Golden Autumn Decor Set which consist of the tree of life table, bowl of pumpkins, acorn doll and 4 golden concept frame wall art enhance the autumnal room.  Hope you enjoyed my pumpkin spice living space and take advantage of the great deals on the grid.  If we don’t meet again till before Turkey Day, I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving!

• Tylar’s Treasures: Firelight Collection (50% off @ Perfect Ten)
• Sway’s: Victoria Hanging Lamps (Fantasy Gacha Carnival until 12/6/15)
• Sway’s: Darret Stone Fireplace Set (The Liaison Collaborative until 11/30/15)
• Sway’s: Kaden Rugs, George Hat Stand (Dark), Branch Wrapped Candle, Erika Vase A & B (Harvest)
• The Artist Shed: La Chaise de Citrouille (free gift on Stuff The Bird hunt 11/30/15)
• The Mustard Seed’s: Golden Autumn Decor Set, Autumn Ground Leaves & Indian Corn
• Serenity Style: Autumn Wood Block Fall & Striped, Autumn Box
• Dreamscapes Art Gallery: Pumpkin Bucket D
• Finishing Touches: Twigs & Berries Wreath Pumpkin Patch, Pumpkin Candle Holder (Worn)
• What Next: Cream Leaves Pumpkin, Autumn Leaves Wreath
• Shutter Field: Pumpkin Lantern (Dark)
• Alouette: Autumn Hurricane Candle Holder
• Funky Junk: Stacked Pumpkin Topiary
• LISP: Artemis Panel Wall Full (Dark Wood), Chestnut Blinds
• The Little Branch: Flames Maple Cluster {All Seasons} (The Liaison Collaborative until 11/30/15)

Welcome Autumn!

Wishing you a very belated harvest greetings!  Sorry, real life kidnapped me again.  In some ways I feel like Second Life is my mistress (or the male version in my case), I love the creative minds, the ability to design and the freedom to explore new ideas but it’s becoming difficult to carve out a few hours each week.  I’m going to finish up my outstanding projects and take an extended break.  But before I get ahead of myself, I want to share with you my version of autumn glamping.  The crisp air, the crunchy fall leaves and glorious harvest moon is beckoning us outdoor and the ideal backdrop to showcase some new releases from Sway’s, Serenity Styles and The Mustard Seed.

Ms. Lavinia Godenot, creator and owner of The Mustard Seed is offering a fresh takes on fall decor, on sale until Thursday, October 1, 2015 (all under $150L).  The new offerings include Happy Autumn Welcome Sign with pumpkins, leaves and Indian corn (group gift), Autumn Apple Cider Patio Set (texture change chairs) with hot cider, sweet treats, woodland bird umbrella chair and apple basket, Autumn Haybale with sleeping kitty (harvest sign & potted plants), Barrel of Fun Corn with multiple animations and Autumnal Fireplace (2 size, small & large) great for indoors or out.  I also used TMS Sunflower Trio and Gentle Overhang Tree (texture change).

To complete the decoration of the pavilion, I used Serenity Style Country Swing, Birdhouse Fence wall decor, Autumn Wood Blacks & Babe Doll (offered at Tres Chic till 10/5), My Fall Set cabinet with bowl and floral frame (available @ The Fantasy Collective until 10/15).  I also styled the gazebo with What Next Harvest Garland, Wreath, texture change Welcome Sign and Pumpkin Bucket.

Finally, Sway’s has everything you will need to enjoy a night under the stars starting with the Birch Gazebo (new release for The Mix, ending 9/30), Camp Out Tents & Oil Lamps available at The Arcade (ending 9/30), Walden Cuddle Log with texture change blanket (2 versions) and Walden Campfire Set including log/tree stump with pillow, camp kettle/mug, and marshmallow/sausage on sticks.  Hope you enjoyed my take on glamping and are inspired to redecorate your home with these great deals.

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire…

Super quick post this evening highlighting some non-traditional autumn decor in a fresh color palette and nature inspired items by Serenity Style and Free Bird.  Hurry events ending soon…

Serenity Style:

• Sense of Fall Decor @ The Fantasy Room (till 11/25)
• Modern Owl Chair @ Thrift Shop 7.0 (till 11/30)
• Chestnut Cart @ The Gacha Mania (till 12/14)
• Winter Ground Cover (Marketplace)

Free Bird:

• Yard Fence (Thankful & Family): (**FREE**) In-Store Thanksgiving Hunt, ends 11/23
• Happy Fall Ya’ll Wood Sign: (**FREE**) The Fallen Leaves Hunt, ends 11/30

Thanksgiving Bounty

In just 5 days Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with food, friends, family and football on the menu.  Grocery stores are brimming with shoppers planning their holiday feast.  My favorite part of the holiday season are the baked goods.  I love the smell of fresh-baked cookies, pies and cakes in the house.

I wanted to honor this special American holiday in Second Life by creating a Thanksgiving great room complete with living space and kitchen using a sunroom.  I mentioned in my last post to rethink the expected and I did that by transforming a sunporch into a great room.  I often feel that sunrooms are overlooked and only styled as breakfast nooks or porches, so if you have the space, as I did, make your sunroom a usable space that continues to celebrate your life for many generations.

The perfect autumn collection to mark the harvest season is Finishing Touches Tree of Life grouping available at 50% off at The Designer Warehouse Shopping Event (until Nov 27).  The Tree of Life set includes a tan herringbone sofa and chair, leaf patterned rug, walnut coffee table and side buffet featuring a tree of life design, a brick and wood fireplace, decorative carved wood leaf wall art, and assorted accessories.  A wonderful complement for the living room is the Finishing Touches Pumpkin Pie Kitchen set with baking animations and supplies, decorative gourd kitchen scale, matching walnut hutch with turkey pattern display plates and an apple quilt.  These are lovely pieces for any time of the year with soft soothing tones of cream, tan, brown, bronze, burnt sienna, and rust that will fill your home with warmth and charm.  I wish you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving, enjoy the food (& sweets), the friends and family, and I’ll see you at the Black Friday Sales!

Structure: Heart Homes, Autumn Lovenest II (see previous post, Bask in the Glow of Autumn) 

Kitchen:

• Pumpkin Pie Set (Hutch, Island with Kitchen Scale, Stools, Baking Accessories, + Hat Boxes,  Apple/Pumpkin Quilt & Tall Side Table): Finishing Touches
• Hanging Pot Rack & Menu Sign: Cozy Essentials
• Fridge: Dutchie
• Pumpkin Recipe & Pumpkin Pie Decor: What Next
• Crate Stack, Recipe Tin, Baking Canister, Egg Basket & Milk Can: Floorplan
• Plates, Glasses & Jug: The Loft
• Turkey Plate Display & Autumn Branch: La Galleria (**FREE**)

Living Room:

• Tree of Life Collection (Sofa, Chairs, Rug, Fireplace, Wall Art, Baskets {Log & Apple}, & Lanterns, Books & Candles): Finishing Touches
• Autumn Wreaths, Gourd Urn, Table Lamps, Bench: Finishing Touches
• Drapes: What Next
• Blinds: LISP

A Fall Cabin in the Woods

When I saw Trompe Loeil’s Rivershire Waterwheel House offered at Collabor88 July (Safari Chic) round, I was immediately inspired to create a Oktoberfest theme build.  Unfortunately, I designed about 90% of the structure when our sim was attacked by spammers, then two weeks later, our landlord went crazy and I lost everything.  Well I take that back, he threw everything back at me in clumps in my lost and found folder and it’s taken me sometime to regroup and re-stage the house.  I’m happy to now present our formerly known as Oktoberfest house, now dubbed fall-fest Cabin in the Woods.

The Rivershire Waterwheel House truly embodies melding nature into the home.  The cobblestone cottage with working waterwheel is built into a mountain rock.  The inside of the 2 story structure is supported by a large tree trunk with climbing ivy creeping onto the exposed stone walls.  Our cozy two room abode features large planked beamed and vaulted ceilings, arched doorways, intricate parquet wood flooring, and a dominate stain-glass circular window with bench.  The first floor has been styled in four separate areas; living room with plush leather sofa and chair overlooking the lake view, entertainment area with an apple delight sweet treat dessert bar leading into the dining spot with beautiful elegant autumn table setting and yummy candy apple center piece, and finally near the tree trunk stairwell the kitchenette houses a wine bar and pantry.  The overall vibe of the downstairs is rustic charm with notes of steampunk and autumn bliss.  The upstairs loft area has been transformed into a fairytale bedroom with two antique twin brass beds with patchwork duvet, soft inviting armchairs, and favorite plush friends (Snow Angel & Mr. Wiz, when our plushy friends are not causing trouble at the cabin, they hang out at Sway’s).  Hope you enjoy the spotlight of our autumn cabin in the woods and it will inspire you to decorate with nature in mind.  Have fun this holiday season, rethink the expected, and remember always Let’s Get Decorating!

Living Room:

Sweet Treat Dessert Bar:

Dinner Table:

Kitchenette:

Loft Area:

Structure: Trompe Loeil, Rivershire Waterwheel House

Outside:

• Trees: Studio Skye, Enchanted Forest & Silver Birch
• Pumpkin Wheelbarrow, Scarecrow & Hay Wagon: Finishing Touches
• Wine Barrel Table & Chair Set: Decor Junction
• Pumpkin Decor: Pilot
• Pigeon Bench: Junk
• Chicken Coop: Thaino Designs
• Vegetable Barrels: Dysfunctional Designs
• Chickens: D-Lab

Living Room:

• Chocolate Sofa & Armchair: Floorplan
• Bench: Vespertine, Hallway Autumn
• Coffee Table: Trompe Loeil, Paxton Log
• Rug: StoraxTree, Simple Elegance Mesh Braided Tan Rust
• Pumpkin Pie Decor: What Next
• Coffee Tray: Tartessos Arts, Intense Coffee Set
• Branch Wrapped Candles & Victor Wood Burning Stove: Sway’s
• Lamp: Tarte, Pulley Light
• Decorative Pillows: La Galleria (**FREE**)

Sweet Treat Dessert Bar:

• Cheeky Pea, Dipper Bar Set

Dinner Table:

• Table & Chair Set, Place Settings & Chandelier: Apple Fall, Pottery Dining Set, Pumpkin Place Setting & Pearl Chandelier
• Acorn Candles: Alouette
• Wine Glasses & Votive Candles: The Loft
• Red Candy Apple Centerpiece: Poche, Apple of the forest 

Kitchenette:

• Hutch: Dysfunctional Designs, Heph’s Kitchen Counter
• Island: Emm, Melody Kitchen Island (**Store now called windsong)
• Wine Bottle Case & Beer Bottles: Decor Junction
• Red Apple Display: Floorplan
• Steampunk Wall Clock: Park Place

Loft Area:

• Brown Leather Armchair: DIGS, Heritage Chairs
• Wooden Trunk (Open): Decor Junction
• Brass Antique Beds: Vespertine, Wildwood Daybed
• Hanging Lantern: Trompe Loeil, Paxton Lantern
• Keepsake Box: Kalopsia, Old Box (Green)
• Teddy Bears: Sway’s, Cookie Bears (Angel & Wizard)
• Victoria’s Dollhouse: Apple Fall
• Coat Rack: What Next, Cedar Log Hatstand
• Hutch: Pilot, Heirloom Hutch [Floral]- Sage Green
  • Trompe Loeil: Lite Wreath, Red Cardinal, Star on Stick, Rustic Frame, Topiary (2013 Advent Calendar Items, Arcade Dec 2013)
  • Park Place: Plaid Folded Blankets