and easier for guests to remove it. After doing the dining room Thanksgiving arrangement, I decided the fireplace in the great room would like one too.  So onward went the invasion of brown dead stuff and cotton. This is my favorite seat in the house when the weather turns cold, and we have a fire in the fireplace.  It is hard to move away from it once you are seated there (especially if you are as cold natured as I am.) Here is a little closer look at the cotton and berries in the pottery pitcher. And after the cotton invaded the great room, it invaded the master bath and filled the large basket that sits atop the cupboard.  It just seemed a very November-ish thing to do. I did stop there with it, and I haven't been able to get decent lighting for a photo of it in there.  So no more cotton and dead brown stuff for you to see.  I know you are sad. My porch table is still my favorite of the Thanksgiving decorations. So do you decorate for Thanksgiving, or have you already started your Christmas decorating? You win the first prize award for OUTSTANDING use of cotton in a Thanksgiving table arrangement and on a mantle. Your "give thanks" placards are a very nice touch as well. Susan - November 13, 2012 - 9:38 pm From one suthin' girl to another....I love that you used cotton. It looks great! btw...On Pinterest I saw a