Lisa's autumn table begins with a pale golden square topped with the runner I made with my water-stained linen/silk fabric. Click on the photo to see the details. Actually, clicking on all the pictures makes them look better, so if you have time, I'd suggest that.
I have a pot that is the perfect gray for the centerpiece, but I had some difficulty finding appropriately colored flowers to go in it. I finally secured some roses called "cafe au lait" and combined them with alstroemeria, wheat ears and St. John's wort berries for the best approximation of autumn I could make in springtime. In true autumn appropriately colored dahlias and chrysanthemums should be easy to find. My pink glassware was just the warm tint to accent the reddish color on the runner. Brick red candles in gold holders and madder-dyed buttons relate to the darker red in the center motif.
After all the effort it took to dye the napkins and find the right flowers I was worried that this table wouldn't come together convincingly, but now I think it telegraphs "autumn" pretty clearly.