Gothic Harvest at Barn House
October 21st, 2008
Ever feel like you’ve walked straight into the pages of a magazine? Me neither. Until Saturday, that is. My kick-ass girl gang trip to Barn House was heavenly and I had to touch everything to make sure it was real life - and not printed pages. Heavenly. Delightful. Magical. Beautiful. Breathtaking. And a little macabre-larious too (saving that for the end of the post - no skipping ahead). My challenge was to whittle down all my photos into only 3 dozen. Between Paula and me, I think we snapped a couple hundred photos. Click. Click. Click… we just couldn’t stop. Barn House is located in Battle Ground, Washington… which is about 30-40 minutes NE of Portland, Oregon - and about a 2 hour drive SE from my house (in Astoria, Oregon).
Mother Nature put on quite a show for us - the fall colors looked like they were airbrushed on.
Entrance to the barn - this is such an E Ticket!
Our hosts. Far right is Jermonne, one half of “J & J” of Barn House, aka Joe and Jermonne. Everyone at Barn House was so friendly and gracious, and made everyone feel like a VIP guest.
A chicken feeder - something ordinary into something beautiful.
Terracotta pumpkin patch. Ishy.
Bulbs.
A sweet little garden just outside of the refreshment tent.
Seriously. I feel like I walked into the most beautiful wedding or party setting ever. Over the top, but the good kind of over the top.
All creatures great and small love Barn House.
Beverages. For all.
Breathtaking.
Cardamon bread, pumpkin bread, marionberry bread… I was in bread utopia. Oh so very good, especially the cardamon bread. Also on tap was coffee, mimosas, fruit… just so much good stuff. Edited in: I found out who the mystery baker was (all we knew at the time was that her name was Karen). One never knows who they’ll meet in our wonderful little internet village… and Karen is from an IRL village just up the road from me!
Fantasy tables and settings.
My inner harvest is tingling on high.
Harvest.
I love this lamp idea.
Brave? Ballsy? Either or both… I loved it.
My inner harvest is now past the tingling stage.
My inner harvest is smokin’…
… my inner harvest just exploded.
So macabre, so hilarious… so something that I get such a kick out of. Dexter meets farm house chic.
This photo should probably come with a warning, but what the heck…
And this was just part one of three of our awesome girl gang field trip. Two more stops (we followed the signs to more delightful surprises). More to come!
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Farting around with needle & thread and then blogging about it.
What a great day for a fall harvest, harvest, harvest, harvest…. Boom! Mine blew up too! Great pics… I am glad to see that is a fake head, but who knows what we might see in the next posts????
October 21st, 2008I didn’t breathe once during that entire post
October 21st, 2008Wow… what wonderful eye candy. Why don’t I know about this place, Monica? Monica…do you hear me? You’re holding out on me!
October 21st, 2008What a fabulous trip that must have been! Your pictures are phenomenal too. I grew up on the west coast (Yakima, WA) and posts like this make me miss home and all the fabulous places in Oregon all the more.
October 21st, 2008Your post is great, your pictures are spectacular. You really captured the essence of barn house! Wasn’t it fun!!! Can’t wait to read parts two and three…
October 21st, 2008I was really afraid to look at the photos because you know what you always do to me…inspire me to do something.
The last time you took a little trip you inspired me to hang a butterfly quilt on my garden gate. When I saw the word barn I thought to myself “Steve’s gonna love this. Now we have and excuse to get a barn! Thank you Monica!” We love barns, but we don’t have one.
It’s beautiful there! There’s lots of ideas for fall decorating! More inspiration from more lovely photos. I can’t wait to see the rest!
Amanda
October 21st, 2008What a wonderful little trip! I loved all the pictures. Off to look at your slide show. (Don’t you just LOVE Dexter! I do!)
October 22nd, 2008FAB
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Lucky you to have those girlfriend trips. Looking forward to the next installment!
October 22nd, 2008What a gift it would be to be that talented to put everything together like that! It really is beautiful on several levels.
October 22nd, 2008Looks like a lot of fun…isn’t halloween just the best!
best,
October 22nd, 2008carol
Looks great, should be in a magazine. Must have taken you ages to load all the photos but I enjoyed it very much so thanks a lot!
Hen x
October 22nd, 2008thanks so much for visiting my blog and your generous comments my version of Barn House :) your viewpoint is to the moon and back again complimentary to the boys and their hard work. they really are gracious and ever so generous it’s true :) i love going to the Barn House sales and have posted innumerable times with photos and a commentary on their creative style. for me they are fantastic photographic challenges and keeping my eye pasted to the viewfinder prevents me from emptying out my wallet within the first hour of being there ;)
October 22nd, 2008thanks again and i will look forward to more of your photos…did you buy anything???
I’ve been looking forward to your pictures ever since you told us you were going there! Awesome, fabulous, and oh so picturesque! You take such wonderful photos. I feel like I was there with you (I wish I was!). Thanks Monica!
October 22nd, 2008Wow…I really enjoyed your fabulous pictures. Everywhere you looked must have been one beautiful vignette after the other. You’re lucky!
October 22nd, 2008Oh my gosh who knew such wonderfulness existed? Gorgeous! Thanks Monica…my harvest meter just splattered the computer screen…Share more! x
October 22nd, 2008I don’t know about the Barn House, but I have been gone from B.G. for 11 loooooong years! I am in serious L-U-S-T after staring at all your pics of this wonderland. I think my fave is the roses in the vase full of white punkins! Gorgeous!!
October 22nd, 2008What a excellent photog you are!!!
WOW what a fun trip. I would have gone crazy there. I love the idea with the little fence as a hanging light. I may have to be using that one. Can’t wait for more,more,more!!
October 22nd, 2008I found myself looking intensly at your pictures because they’re so gorgeous, then I realized that anyone watching me would think that I hadn’t seen it all with my very own two eyes! I think I forgot there for a minute!!
October 22nd, 2008I haven’t even downloaded my pic’s yet. Soon.
What a fabulous day it was. Full of laughter and harvest magic…
So Way Cool !
October 22nd, 2008Monica
October 22nd, 2008I am always amazed after looking at your pictures…were we at the same place? You are an excellant photographer. You see things in a different way then the rest of us do or at least from what I see.
It was the best day (it always is with you guys) and all the purchases fit in your car after a fashion.
Robin
Amazing photos! Are you sure these are not from Country Home, Country Living and/or Cottage Living? Except for the Dexter-esque photos of course!
I have yet to tell you my Dexter job. Soon, I promise!
October 23rd, 2008Your photos are amazing! I haven’t seen the others yet, but, wow, they’re great! Why is it that I was there and didn’t see all these things? I tried to take pictures and the crowd was so intense, I put the camera away so I could try to see it all. I must have missed half of it! Karen
October 23rd, 2008You are so stinkin lucky…Have fun at market my friend…xoxoxo Jennifer
October 24th, 2008I enjoyed the biggie size slide show. This place looked great. So festive and fun.
October 24th, 2008Holy Harvest Bliss , Batman!!!! I was seriously feeling my breath shortening to little gasps as I looked at those pictures (then I clicked on the link to “Barn House” blog and I think I stopped breathing all together!!! ) WOW !!!!
October 25th, 2008I want to join the girl gang!
October 25th, 2008You guys do so many fun things!
Maby when I’m in Astoria visiting Paula I can tag allong on a trip.
Your sharp eye always leaves me in wonder! I was next to you and didn’t see things the way you and your camera did….wonderful job, my dear! You really captured the flavor…it was terrific, wasn’t it??
October 26th, 2008