Seasonal Decor ~ Fall 2011

I love decorating for fall ... almost more than for Christmas.
It is my favorite season, after all, & our home sorta looks fallish year round...
I hardly have to even try.
From room to room, our walls are varying colors of leaves ...
tan, brown, yellow, orange.
We have some weathered wood, a chippy window pane or two, a few antiques
& some shabby chic.
Throw in a scarecrow, some leaves & acorns, & an orange pumpkin or two
& VIOLA ... fall decor!

I completed a couple fall projects that I am crazy in love with & I wanted to share
them on my little blog.
Believe me, I am keenly aware that I am in desperate need of a new camera ...
& some photography skills!
Hope those two little issues won't cause you to run away in horror.

I'll start with my favorite decor first.

Oh my goodness ... I LOVE how this turned out!

Years ago, I saw a similar concept in a magazine {no, I can't take credit} & I knew

that someday I'd have to do this!

Believe it or not, I bought this frame at a flea market {for $5} about 3 or 4 yrs ago

& it's sat in my garage until a month ago.

It's an old, antique frame & had more of a yellow patina.

I went back & forth on whether to paint it or leave it.

In the end, I did a light spray painting of heirloom white & it's absolutely what

I envisioned!



Boy, did I go crazy with spray paint that week.

I decided the brown porcelain pumpkins needed a face lift too.

The heirloom white paint worked perfectly.

I wanted to incorporate burlap into my decorating scheme this season.

I was hoping I could find some old, used burlap instead of buying it at the fabric store.

Anytime I am decorating, I have several flea markets that I like to hit up in hopes of

finding just the pieces I need.

This time around was no exception.

I found this old burlap for $5.50.

All the other items on my mantle  piano are pieces I already had here & there

throughout the house.

As for the star of the show, these gorgeous leaves, Riley & I gathered them at a local park.

Aren't they spectacular?!

I used these tiny clothes pins that I had purchased for another project ...

& some twine I already had & in a matter of minutes, I had this completed.

I think this will now be a fall-decor 'must have' for years to come.

Here's another really simple, yet 'totally in love with' decorating idea.

And yes, I take full credit for this one ;)

Maybe someone has done this one already, but I've never seen it.

I was brainstorming on what to put in the bottom of my incredible large

vase/candle holder thingie.

During winter, I fill it with pine cones & leave out the candle.

I wanted to use the candle though & wanted something fallish to give it some height.

I was using some Indian corn for another project when the light bulb came on ...

CORN KERNELS!!

I bought 2 bags at the grocery store & look at how neat this is?!

This is sitting on my dining room table {I'll show the rest of the dining room in a later post}.

I sat the vase in an old wreath I've had for forever & tied some raffia around the middle.

I do have one more new fave ... something I've never done before, ever.

But since this post is getting lengthy {I have the gift of gab}, I'll save it for tomorrow.

I'll give ya a little hint though.

Stay tuned!