~ Today's Country Store ~

Hi friends

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! :)

This past weekend

a good friend and I took a trip to one of my favourite antique shops

Today's Country Store

Located in Sumner,WA

I took alot of photos....

I love all of the chippy whites

with a pop of orange

beautiful fall colours

I love their vignettes

Hay grass was laying on the floors

loved that detail

So many wonderful Fall finds

A fun bright orange garden chair ~ perfect for the season

This was my favourite Fall vignette above

TODAY'S COUNTRY STORE

A little glimpse of my weekend

xo,

Rachel

*~*~  I have a wonderful giveaway to share with you soon! ~*~*

~ Pumpkins ~

Hi friends just a quick post today

I stopped by Trader Joes this morning and found some more pumpkins

I'm loving their colours

More baby pumpkins

I mixed them in with my  chippy white salvaged wood frames

and antique zinc pots from Belgium

I love these little white ones

But these larger ones are my favourites

My husband thought it was funny that I was so excited to buy more pumpkins!! :)

~ Happy Fall ~

xo,

Rachel

** And THANK YOU ALL so much for your birthday wishes!! **

~ A little Fall at 425 ~

Hi friends  I hope your week has been great so far

Now that it's already October I wanted to share with you a little Fall decor here at 425

I haven't added alot yet but I like how it is all coming together

I'm still adding things here and there so I will be sure to post more photos

Our family still needs to take a trip to the pumpkin patch too

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend friends

I turn 34 on friday

Time with family and friends!! ;)

xo,

Rachel

* Pumpkins,wreath and mercury glass candleholders purchased at Target

* Harvest Banner purchased  Etsy 

* French linen lavender pillows purchased Dreamy Whites

* Orange baby pumpkins purchased Trader Joes

I'm linking this post to:

The Vintage Farmhouse

~ Bleu ~

I'm adding a few touches of Bleu in my home decor here at 425

I was inspired to add some bleu here and there after receiving my beautiful grainsack pillow from

maison de michele

I love the pale bleu stripes,so soft and it's also handsewn

The touch of bleu blends perfectly with all of my whites

I like to add greenery to unexpected pieces like the antique french enamel sugar canister below

I love the bleu lettering

Bleu ~ Blue

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend

xo,

Rachel

~ French Farmhouse Mantel ~

Hi friends ~ I hope your week is off to a great start

I just wanted to share with you some photos of some changes I've made to my mantel now that the season is changing

I love mixing textures and fabrics

First I layered two chippy white antique mirrors

 I displayed an antique french alarm clock with old french fabric boxes

zinc pots from Belgium with coffee berries and my new mercury glass candlesticks from Target I purchased last week (only $12.99-16.99 each).

Soon I will be adding some pumpkins..

Well that's my french farmhouse inspired mantel for now

I hope you all have a wonderful week

xo,

Rachel

~ New Favourites ~

I wanted to share with you a few of my new favourite finds

I recently discovered Trader Joe's ~French Market~ Sparkling Lemonade, It is so refreshing and my family loves it. I love the packaging too,very french. ($2.99)

Also, Target sells these plastic tumblers in assorted sizes. They look identical to the ones Anthropologie sells but they are kid friendly and inexpensive. 

 I purchased 6-8 of each style tumblers and goblets. I first found about about these tumblers on Tausha's blog Simply Me Tausha sometimes uses these as flower vases and they look so pretty. ($2.99-$3.99 )

Two of my favourite places to shop, Target and Trader Joes  

My new favourite place for fresh flowers is Trader Joes ($3.99) for bunches

LOVE these roses

I displayed them in my favourite chippy french bottle rack

You can find similar antique french bottle racks on Etsy

~Let me know if you end up trying a few of my new favourites and how you like them~

Have a wonderful Sunday

xo,

Rachel

~ Inspiration ~

Hi friends I hope you are having a wonderful week so far

I just wanted to share with you some photos of my inspiration board I put in my home office/guest room yesterday.

I wanted a very large corkboard but didn't want to spend alot (usually $30 and up for this size) so I found one at Goodwill ($3.99) and spray painted it white.

I added some of my favorite french finds, the french enamel T (my husband's initial),lavender,antique french monogram pages,clippings from favorite magazines, inspiration photos etc.

It's a great place to keep little ephemera, cards and photos from time to time instead of storing them away

And always so nice to have fresh flowers and candles in your home office/guest room

I purchased these beautiful flowers at Trader Joes this morning

My inspiration board is still a little bare but I'm sure I will fill it up soon enough

You can see a favorite photo of my little Claire

I love antique french ephemera

You can find alot of it on Etsy

Well that's my inspiration board so far~ I'll share more of it with you as it comes along

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend friends! :)

* I also want to welcome my newest sponsors: 

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Freckled Laundry

xo,

Rachel

And...

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