Elements Of A Tuscan Dining Room

The elements that make up our Tuscan Style Dining room are warm earthy colors, pottery, iron looking wall art, heaving metal sconces, greenery, and faux fruit.
Wispy greenery looks more natural and makes for an elegant arrangement.
Adding greenery, or a simple garden ball adds a softness to otherwise heavy looking pieces.
I especially love to add a lot of faux fruit as we get closer to spring.
Artichokes are so pretty, add them to any bowl with a sprig of greenery and grapes, it pops!
I like to layer things. Place a bowl on top of a woven tray, it adds depth and texture.
Place an artichoke, or two, below any display…it gives the display a bit more visual interest. 
I use candle sconces to display garden balls, it’s different and I like to be different! 😉
I like to group items together to make pretty table vignettes.
Below: I took a shelf from Hobby Lobby, placed an urn with greenery on top, and set a simple moss ball beside it.
If you have a glass candle holder, fill it with a few moss balls, instead of a candle.
Once again, I added grapes to fill in…they are great space fillers! 😉
Lastly, I added two lanterns on either side of my hutch, and placed some battery operated LED candles inside. These candles are awesome…they are on timers and go on every night at 5 and go off at 9pm, which adds a lovely ambiance to the room each and every night.
The elements that make up your room are the very things that give it character, so have fun grouping items, accessorizing, and thinking out of the box.

XO, Liz
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Makeshift Mantle

Our living room came with a fireplace, but no mantle. Why do builders do this? It truly makes the fireplace look cold and un-inviting! So, I came up with a way to make a mantle and very inexpensively.
I ran to Home Depot and picked up two 4×4’s, pre-treated with a rustic look and feel to them. I had Home Depot cut the pieces of wood to 64 inches in length. 
 I went and found two brackets I liked, some wall screws and anchors that could carry 100 pounds.
I placed the two pieces of wood side by side, screwed them into the brackets, and it makes the perfect mantle to display items. It feels much more cozy and intimate in the living room now, just the look I was going for.
So, for $40.00….a mantle to enjoy!

New Blog, New Home!

Hi Everyone! I am formerly known as, Liz, from the blog…Savvy Seasons!  I decided to delete my old blog due to some disturbing emails I received from random followers and take a break. The break was nice, but I sure missed my blog buddies and sharing decor, my PASSION! I decided I wasn’t going to let some mean spirited women steal my fun, so I am back with a new blog and new house!
We found an amazing home out in the country on 4.6 acres, so we jumped at the chance to have some land and a bigger home for our family. Our last home we liked, but it was a transitional house, as we were taking some time to get to know the area before we purchased our dream home. 
I have so much to show you and wanted to jump back on board the “blogland express” and say HI, I’m BACK!!!  I’m starting from scratch, so it will be fun to see how my blog evolves again. 🙂
More to come….
XO,~Liz