Pine and Berry Centerpiece

These are photos of Dove Cottage accessorized in Autumn colors, and not a pumpkin in sight, proving we really can exist without magazine holders made out of scooped, dried pumpkins, and we really don't need pumpkin ravioli, LOL!

Notice the large white ginger jar behind the sofa above -- I'm about to remove the lid and use it to make a statement with a large natural arrangement that looks exactly like this:

When I was married, if my husband J couldn't find me in the house, he knew to look out back in the woods.  As a decorator, much of the decor in our homes and the homes of my clients, I gathered from the woods.  There were times we'd be driving down the road and I'd yell STOP!  J knew to pull over and indulge my fancy of gathering something I'd seen along the highway for making anything from a floral arrangement to a curtain rod.  I also dug ferns and saplings and planted them in our yard, never thinking of the legal issues, only of the xeriscaped beauty.

I went out in the woods behind Dove Cottage today
to gather a few pine boughs, branches, and pine cones to make a large decorative centerpiece for my round coffee/dining table -- it's a beautiful 40" oak parquet pedestal table that's hydraulic so the top whooshes up and down and can be locked into any height from 14" coffee table height to 29" dining height.  8 years ago, I found it in a Goodwill store in Gastonia, NC for $25, and have never seen