Gothic Harvest at Barn House (revisited)
September 15th, 2011
Harvest - my favorite time of year. Harvest. Fall. Autumn. This is my Spring. My time of year when I feel most alive, most energized, most creative and most cozy. The crock-pot comes out of hiding. And so do I.
I got all nostalgic and harvest happy looking at a past blog post - so I thought I’d revisit it and re-post it… because Autumn is just around the corner and I CAN. NOT. WAIT!
From Fall 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…
Not the end - I may revisit the rest our of wonderful day, too.
Posted in Field Trip |
Farting around with needle & thread and then blogging about it.
The decor is fantastic!! I love white pumpkins! What a fun place to visit. :)
September 15th, 2011Wow, that seems like eons ago!! Loved it!
September 15th, 2011Nice to relive!
xo
Thanks for the virtual get-away! I needed that and am totally blown away by the detail and creativity! WOW!
September 15th, 2011We did have fun that day and you say it was three years ago…wow time flies
September 15th, 2011Damn I so want all that in my house right now…I LOVE FALL, love love love and until we left Florida I had never really understood where all the Fallish Fall colors come from…isn’t that funny the Lizzie Borden rhyme I will bet kids today have not a clue who that was and who am I kidding they probably don’t sing rhymes any more….
September 15th, 2011FALL is the BEST season there is. I love, love, love it. I wish it lasted longer!
September 15th, 2011Oh good GOODNESS!!! I NEED to chandeliers!!! Lovely…
September 15th, 2011Hi! I’ve just found your blog and I was just checking this post out yesterday! I love every little bit of the decorating that was done and I’m sure it will inspire me this fall
September 15th, 2011Wow…that’s all I can say. Just beautiful and fun.
September 15th, 2011Will you take me there next fall when I live in the PNW again?? :)
September 15th, 2011I want to go to there. Presently, or by time travel if necessary.
September 15th, 2011I fall in love with FALL.
fabulous fall fotos
September 15th, 2011Spectacular! Some genuinely original and inspiring decor ideas. What a great place to spend hours and hours. Love it!
September 16th, 2011I saw 101 fun things to do with white pumpkins. Awesome party, thanks for sharing :)
September 16th, 2011I live for autumn. Live for it! Loved the white pumpkins.
September 16th, 2011we’ve only been to the BH sales, but this looks like a blast!!
September 18th, 2011Gorgeous, simply gorgeous. Except maybe the dolly head in the rocking chair. Kinda creeps me out!
September 19th, 2011I remember this post! I have been waiting for fall all summer, it’s my favorite time of the year too. It’s still a bit warm, but looking foggy in the mountains in the morning. Now I need some crunchy orange leaves and smoke coming out of chimneys stat! xoxomf
September 19th, 2011All beautiful but my favorite is the doll heads. I’m weird.
September 20th, 2011The rooster is so colorful and fun, it’s hard to believe he’s real.
And you just can’t beat a good … um … head in a basket.
Fun times.
September 21st, 2011Mary
What a great trip. I have relatives in WA. Good excuse for a trip I’m thinking. I couldn’t help laughing at the Lizzie Borden sign. Lizzie’s house is not too far from me in Fall River,MA
September 24th, 2011My great state of RI has some wonderful landmarks as well…ie HP lovecraft’s gravesite, haunted mansions, etc.. So very FALL!!!
Fabulous! What a fun place to visit. Fall is my favorite season, and I love everything about it. I love that they used white pumpkins. So creative, and beautiful.
September 29th, 2011