Fall with Tina over at The Enchanted Home

 

Who of us doesn’t love autumn and all that it offers? Tina over at the enchanted home  has invited me over today to share what I love most about fall.

 

I can’t get enough of the rich jewel toned colors……

Or kicking back with a bowl of homemade soup made with squash out of our own garden. If you would like to see more of things I love about fall ahead on over to

 

The Enchanted Home

 

I hope you all are doing really well and enjoying the season!

 

XXX

~Debra~

HELLO AUTUMN!

I spent the better part of the day Saturday mowing and starring at the beautiful sapphire blue of the sky. I love how the light changes and plays among the trees this time of the year, Dylan dog just likes rolling in the leaves.

 

What better way to welcome autumn in then a little fall baking and I couldn't think of anything better then cookies.  

 

The citrus smell of fresh grated orange rind along with the sweet smell of cinnamon and pumpkin.

 

Best part is for those of you that really like a little extra something with their cookies, these get glazed! Use a little or a lot and you have yourself one fine tasty treat.

 

 

Be sure to use only the freshest and best ingredients…..

And you’ll be rewarded with something so sinfully good!

These cookies bake up light and moist, like little mini cakes! Mister man really enjoys these and he doesn't have a big sweet tooth.

Saveur de Jour

 

If you don’t like pumpkin you could always indulge in a few of these little treats. Lucky for us we happen to have this tray of fresh made macarons in our refrigerator so we had the best of both! I have to tell you these macarons arrived freshly made and some of the best I’ve ever enjoyed aside from in France.

 

Pumpkin Cookies

1cup sugar

1 cup canned pumpkin

½ cup butter

1 tablespoon grated fresh orange peel

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

¼ teaspoon salt

1 cup raisins

Glaze

¼ cup butter

2 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1-2 tablespoons milk

Heat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together sugar, pumpkin, butter and orange peel. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Drop by teaspoon onto un-greased baking sheet. Bake until light golden brown about 8-10 minutes. Immediately remove from baking sheet and cool on a rack. Spread with glaze and enjoy!

(The cookies will still look a little like dough when they come out of the oven but don’t worry they’re cooked and will set up more as they cool. They don't spread when they cook so go ahead and place a bunch on your cookie sheet.)

 

If you try these pumpkin cookies be sure to let me know what you think, I would love to hear.

 

I hope you all enjoy your first week of autumn and welcome to all my new followers!

 

XXX

~Debra~

 

(All pictures are mine.)

 

Barn Interiors

 

From my previous post about barns it’s safe to say that most people would love to live in a converted barn. But have you thought about decorating one?

 

How many of us could walk into such a massive space with undefined rooms and actually know where to start? The possibilities are endless!

 

Barn decorating typically centers around natural finishes and materials, just because it’s a barn doesn’t mean it has to look like one. People are more interested in the big open space and the rustic beams. But with that big open space it means you have to think bigger when it comes to decorating. These lanterns we hung in our barn are four feet tall and three feet wide but because of the massive space they’re hanging in they were quickly dwarfed down so think BIG!

 

Since a barn is a massive space you have the opportunity to bring in more natural light with a wall of windows. While one whole wall in our barn is windows I really wanted steel frames but it didn’t flow with our home, a girl can dream.

 

 

 

Just because you live in a barn doesn’t mean you can’t have the best of every décor scheme be it traditional or modern. I like how the next couple of spaces have married in industrial/natural finishes with the railings and walls with the iron and steel.

 

 

Don’t forget you can still use sliding barn doors to help define spaces as walls or doors. And the best part is…..

Via

 

You can still bring the cows home in the form of their hides. What could be better?

 

I have to be honest I feel very lucky to have my studio in our carriage barn and to have so much space to call my own. So if a barn is something you’ve always dreamed of I say go for it they’re no more expensive then a normal home.

 

I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week!

 

XXX

~Debra~