Autumn Kitchen

Please ignore the trash in the lower left-hand corner, but feel free to notice the cutie-in-pink on the other side of the room!

Earlier this week, at some point, a random conversation with some friends turned to talk of fall decorating. Who does it? What types of decor do they use? Don't ask me why, but at this point I opted to share the fact that while I do very little myself, I have an orange kitchen/dining room, so in a way it feels autumn year-round at my house.

At this juncture, everyone stopped and stared. An ORANGE kitchen? Seriously?

Seriously, folks.

Let me explain. You see, a few years ago, I finally grew tired of having taupe walls in all rooms on the main floor of our house. They're actually quite beautiful—the people that flipped our house before we bought it chose this color—but I wanted at least one room to change. Being such a brave decorator (NOT!), I thought going with a darker terra cotta color in the kitchen might make just enough of a difference. Perhaps with orange-ish undertones to make it pop—whatever. I didn't give it much thought. Obviously. And this is why I cannot decorate. Because either I picked the wrong terra cotta color, or a mistake was made in the paint mixing. I don't know, but I left one day for school while my dad painted for me (such a sweetheart!), and when I returned at the end of the day, I had an orange kitchen.

What can I say? I laughed. I shrugged. I just decided to keep it.

Over the years, it's either grown on me or I have just stopped noticing it. Most days, I even forget what a crazy-colored kitchen I have. Until I bring it up in conversation and people look at me like I'm nuts. Ha!

So anyway, in honor of fall decorating, here is a snap-shot of my dining room. I'd share my kitchen as well, but it was seriously dirty today, so I'll add those pics later after I've had a chance to clean up. (Remember, the Huntingburg Christmas Stroll is this weekend, so I've been busy. More on that later!). In the meantime, here's my dining room. Just to prove that I'm not lying.

Yes, my name is Lori Smith, and I have an orange dining room. :)

A close-up (and in my own defense, I think these photos make the orange appear bolder than it actually is!)