Fall Tour at Duke Manor Farm
Fall Tour at Duke Manor Farm takes you inside the most popular spaces in our home, the kitchen, family room and dining area.
Fall Tour at Duke Manor Farm
Welcome to the Fall tour at Duke Manor Farm. I am thrilled you are here. If you are coming from Bree’s at Z Design At Home, she is a tough act to follow. I appreciate her design style and her beautiful home is always a treat to visit. I’m like the kid in the candy store…..I can never get enough. If you are new to Duke Manor Farm you can get all caught up here about me and my love for design and my crazy life here in the country with my family, dogs, cats, chickens, goats, ducks, horses and donkey. Yes, there is something for everyone around here. Enough about the funny farm, let’s get on with the tour!
Many thanks go out to Marty at At Stroll Thru Life who puts together this amazing fall tour with 30 beautiful and inspiring homes. All the links and schedule will be at the end of this post.
Take last years tour here.
Fall Dining Area
My laid back and slightly minimal approach to decorating the house goes hand in hand with my love for Fall. I look at Fall as a breather….for me and the house. A precursor to winter and the busy holiday season that will be here before you know it. I love to bring the signs of fall inside, without getting all fussy and busy. Besides, the real beauty of fall is right out our back door.
Indoors, you will find hints of the fall season in small flower arrangements, candles, branches from outside and some pumpkins here and there.
Not to confuse you but something interesting about this room is, it originally was our family room. At the 11th hour we decided to close in the screen porch and make that the family room and use this as the breakfast room. We are currently doing some work to this room on the wall that you can not see and I look forward to sharing that in the next couple of weeks. My latest project in this area was painting the kitchen island. You can read about that here.
Fall Family Room
You can see by the 3 sided wall of windows why we wanted this room to be the family room. It always feels like you are sitting in a tree house. In order to make the room useful and comfortable ,we added the wood burning stove along with air conditioned and a heat pump. The day we made the decision to dry in the room the stone masons were here working on the front porch and we just had them add stone to this floor as well. Since the floor is a tad bit hard with the stone, I always layer up a couple of rugs. This is one of the best and softest rugs that I have in the house.
In this room I got out my favorite fall throws and a couple of rust colored pillows and layered them on top of pillows that I had been currently using. I love the mix of texture, color and pattern. Just those couple of additions and the room is ready to usher in the fall season.
Fall Kitchen
I kinda had this obsession with mustard every since I used it in this space last year and decided to throw it into the kitchen. Who knew that it would work so well in most areas in my home. If you love the color like me, I put together 12 ways to bring it into your home this season here. I replaced a clock for this sweet ‘Pumpkin Patch’ sign along with some mustard pumpkins and some greenery from the yard.
When I took these pictures yesterday it was raining like a full on monsoon. We need the rain so I didn’t complain and just started shooting. Besides, whether it’s sunny or not, I hope to create a comfortable, cozy home regardless. I’ll be back throughout the month and share more of my fall home and from around the farm and property and I hope you will come back to visit. Don’t forget to follow Duke Manor Farm here and here to keep up with the latest around here or better yet, sign up for my newsletter or email so you won’t miss a thing!
Shop some of the items from my home here: Affiliate links included.
Ready for more Fall inspiration? Next up on the tour is Heather from Setting for Four. Don’t forget to visit the other tours in the lineup….you don’t want to miss so much fall goodness!
Enjoy the Fall Season!
Fall tour schedule for the week
Monday, Sept. 10th
A Stroll Thru Life | Nesting With Grace | Pink Peppermint Design
Southern Hospitality | Decor To Adore | Cuckoo4Design
Tuesday, Sept. 11
ZDesign At Home | Duke ManorFarm | Setting For Four
Simple Stylings | Seeking Lavender Lane | Life On Virginia Street
Wed. Sept 12
Our FifthHouse | Our Southern Home | Clean & Scentsible
House By Hoff | Follow The Yellow Brick Home
Thurs. Sept 13
Inspiration For Moms | Life Love Larson | Monica Wants It
Haneens Haven | My Sweet Savannah | 11 Magnolia Lane
Friday, Sept. 14
Thrifty & Chic | Decorating Delirium
Starfish Cottage | Thistlewood Farm
Hymns & Verses | Far Above Rubies
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Swooning!! Love the decor and color combo! Pinned for inspiration. Happy Fall
Oh my gosh I love the changes you have made!! Love the island color, and those rust velvet pillows:-) But that throw though!!!
I love your home and how you can switch rooms around. Your kitchen is wonderful and the mustard you use does really look good in your home. Your family room is definitely like a tree house and such an inviting space. Your pictures turned out amazing, you would never know it was raining. Thanks so much for joining the tour, your home is a definite favorite each tour.
So beautiful! I love the island color. Perfect for your grand and beautiful open space.
You know how much I adore your color change to the island!
Love the rug. I don’t remember seeing it before. Your throw really pulls out the mustard, rust and blue. Fabulous as always.
Enjoy your day
Cindy
Laura,
I absolutely love your home! The color, the textures…….pure cozy, perfection!
Laura, you have one of the warmest, most inviting homes online! Thanks for sharing.
ahhh..thanks so much! I really appreciate that.
I love the pretty mix of colors and texture. That’s the best way to add fall. Can’t wait to see what you are working on. I never thought I would have to say “we need rain” this summer as it was so wet until a few weeks ago. We have only had a few light showers lately.
it is going to be amazing. Tile and wood… you have to come over on of these days for lunch.
Laura, your Fall touches to your gorgeous home are lovely! Enjoy!
thanks so much Mary-Ann!
OMG your home is amazing! I love the rock fireplace and the way you have your exterior decorated for Fall. Just stunning!
thanks Deb!
Love your fall touches! You have such a beautiful home!
Such a beautiful home! You almost don’t need any decor with all of those windows and pretty view! I love all of the different cozy layers and textures for fall. That wood burning stove will be perfect once the temps go down. Everything is so warm and inviting!
Thanks so much Jennifer!
Laura, your new breakfast room is stunning and so it’s your new family room! It all feels so spacious. I’m always telling you how much I love your home and it’s true, it’s my dream home. And with every little and big change you make, I love it even more!! I can’t wait to see your work on that wall… more windows??
Thanks so much Cristina!
Your tour is absolutely stunning! I love all of your orange and blue, the bright and welcoming fall entry and your cozy fall spaces!
So happy to be touring with you this week! Happy fall!
Thanks amber!
Hi Laura –
Your home looks so warm, comfy and cozy. I love the knitted throw! It is perfect for fall. Did you buy it or did someone make it for you?
Hi Diane. Home goods a few years ago.
Laura, I love your home tour. All the pops of the gorgeous rust orange are so pretty!
Thanks Laura!
your home is beautiful as always- love all your fall touches! so fun being on the tour with you this week. Have a wonderful weekend.
thanks kristy!
Laura, your home is just beautiful! I love how you used rust accents! It’s perfect with the blues in your home!!! I have that same multi-colored knit throw from a few years ago – and I think Debbie (Refresh Restyle) has one too! We have great taste!!! Happy Fall!
thanksk so much doreen!
Your home is lovely! The colors are perfect and every last little detail is amazing.
Happy day friend1
karianne
I love the use of the mustard with the blue. Looks so comfy cozy!!
thanks!
Just beautiful! Where did you find the light fixture in your dining area? I love everything!