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A Fall Apple Vignette

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Seems like I always have apples on my mind this time of year.

Fall apple vignette for the kitchen table via houseofhawthornes.com

A few years ago, I talked about how I cheated on my favorite Golden Delicious apples by using Gala apples for my front porch decor.

Galas apples are so much more photogenic than the plain Jane Golden Delicious apples, you know.

Gala apples are the Veronicas of the apple world. Golden Delicious apples are the Bettys. There, I've said it.

Well, I've done it again.

I don't really even like Red Delicious apples, but darn if I didn't buy them because they would look better in my Fire King apple bowl.

Vintage Fire King apple bowl is part of a fall apple vignette for the kitchen table via houseofhawthornes.com

But seriously, how could you put anything OTHER than red apples in this bowl?

I think I paid $4 for this bowl at a yard sale a few months ago. I probably paid about the same for the apples.

The 1960's Aladdin lunchbox is the same one that you saw in my Cozy Hot Cocoa Station back in December.

1960's Aladdin plaid lunchbox is part of a fall apple vignette for the kitchen table via houseofhawthornes.com

Since it's the lunchbox I always pined for as a child, but couldn't have because my Mom always used brown paper sacks, I'm using it wherever I can.

Old crushes die hard.

And no, we never really eat at this table.

And I love that, because I can make my table vignettes as big and colorful and obnoxious as I want, without having to worry if someone is going to have enough room to put their plate.

Or if they're going to get lockjaw from my rusty scale.

Vintage Imperial Mark XII camera is part of a fall apple vignette for the kitchen table via houseofhawthornes.com

So what kind of apples is your favorite?

Do you throw caution and common sense to the wind and put rusty items on your kitchen table?

A festive fall apple vignette that takes you from early fall through the season (as long as you can stop eating the apples). Great autumn home decor.



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  1. Vickie @ Ranger 911

    I'm a diehard Braeburn or Honeycrisp fan, so if I've got apples in a bowl they've got to be my faves. Your table is looking pretty spiffy with its red plaid accessories, and your thermos lamp looks so cute on your little cupboard! I finally bought the parts I need to rewire my ceramic pumpkin lamp (after being inspired by you), and it's been laying in pieces on the buffet for 2 weeks. Maybe today will be the day.

  2. Pam K.

    Lockjaw be darned! A pretty table is always worth the risk! Besides, you can always just get the tetnus shot.

  3. CherryPicked

    Honeycrisp apples are my favorite. Love the lunchbox and your bowl. Looks great!

  4. Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces

    This is so pretty, Pam! I love all the pieces you brought together here! Honeycrisps, Haralsons (on one of our trees) and Braeburns are my favorites...nothing like fall apples!

  5. Laurie Dickson

    It's a perfect fall vignette! I adore your scale, your camera... everything! Sharing!

  6. [email protected]

    Beautifully arranged! I put everything and do all kinds of projects on my dining table...that's why there are marks of black and red paint on the top now...I just say its character. I see Linda wrote about your post...makes me happy!

  7. Mick

    great display!i love rust, rusted things.

  8. monkey

    pam so cute i am having serious envy for your bowl i adore it xx

  9. suzieQ

    I love fruit, especially raspberries, but when apple time arrives in Maine, I am in heaven. The renewed interest in old time apple varieties is a wonderful development and I am always on the lookout for new taste treats. Ginger Golds, which look likd Golden Delicious but are crisper, with a different taste are my favorites right now because this is their season.
    Pam, just a thought. I worked in a lamp store with some wonderful folks from Lebanon and if you don't mind my commenting, the shade on your adorable thermos lamp is too small. We always advised bringing in a lamp if your were shopping for a shade because that is the best way to find the right look. You don't want something too large, but you shouldn't see the hardware. I think you did such a smart redo, I know it would look even better with a bigger shade...just sayin'

    • Pam Kessler

      I'll see if I can find another one around here 🙂

  10. Blondie's Journal

    I love Honeycrisp but like to bake with a mix of them so I always have a nice colorful bowl full. Love that lunchbox...I had The Partridge Family.

    We actually use our table but that doesn't stop me from loading it up with my vignettes. We just move things to the side to eat! 🙂

    Jane

  11. Amy Burzese

    Always love your vignettes. We rarely eat at our table either and it never looks as neat as yours. Believe it or not, I don't like apples. Yes, it's true. Un-American, I know. Some would go so far as to say un-human. BTW, I have an Imperial MARK XII Flash. It's . . . drum roll . . . . turquoise!

  12. Marissa

    Love it!!
    My favorite are the Granny Smith Apples...
    can't wait to bake a pie...

  13. TARYTERRE

    I'm a Gala apple girl, all the way. But I agree the photo shoot looked great with the ones you used. LOVE that thermos lamp. You could make a bundle selling them. Something unique.

  14. Paige Rose

    The plaids paired with the apple decor & accessories are great!! Love me some plaids,& such a unique /nifty table vignette !

    Paige.Rose
    www.TheQuaintSanctuary.blogspot.com

  15. ThrifterSisters

    Honeycrisp apples are my favorite! You can only get them for a few weeks out of the year and they are usually expensive ($2.99/lb). But so worth it! Sweet, crisp, and the size of a softball. I think I am going to try and hunt some down today.

    I was just looking at my dining room table yesterday and realized that I haven't done a vignette since the 4th of July. What in the world is wrong with me?!

    Have an awesome week~

    Erica

  16. Kerin

    Happy Monday Pam!
    Love the vignette!! I need to look for one of those Fire King bowls!! So cute, and I love old Fire King ware!

    Happy Fallidays **smile**

  17. Musings from Kim K.

    Definitely crushing on this vignette (especially that fireking bowl and lunchbox). I'm still determined our a-frame needs a thermos lamp. We are a honeycrisp family, but I'm loving any apples right now. Happy Fall!

  18. [email protected]

    Cute, cute...now I am craving an apple. Braeburns are my favorite...or Honey Crisp if I feel like a "splurge" 🙂 LOVE that lamp too!!

  19. [email protected]

    I'm with you... I love Golden Delicious for eating. But if I had bought that gorgeous Fire-King apple bowl for only $4, I would buy Red Delicious apples to display in it and do a happy dance every day!!!
    Love your tartan display... pinning it right now!

  20. Debbiedoos

    love love love. Those thermoses always remind me of my Grandfather.

  21. Deanies Stash

    I love your table vignette. Your thermos lamp looks great.

  22. Shara

    I thought the tree belonged to your neighbor - hence the grouchiness. You cannot me grouchy! I've never been around a crab apple tree. We have a Sycamore tree and it drops these round hard balls all over the yard. After they dry out, they explode into a plethora of yellow pollen and other allergens which make me hack, cough and sneeze and become grouchy.

  23. Pamela

    Love your vintage vignette Pam!

  24. The Old Parsonage

    I'm a tart girl so Macintosh are my favorites - love to sprinkle salt on them! That comes from my Dad! Rust? Heck yeah, I love me some rust!

    Leann

  25. Olive

    Get a tetanus and then pile on the rust. I love the rusty scale.