Fall Decorating for Every Room in Your Home
By Kathy Wilson
The Budget Decorator
The change of the seasons is a special time for home decorators and Fall decorating is a great way to cozy up your home for the colder months ahead. Fall decorating doesn't have to be just about Thanksgiving, and it doesn't have to be limited to the main room in the home. Here are some easy and inexpensive home decorating ideas to bring the glory of Autumn's bounty and
warmth throughout your entire home.
Make branch bowers for every room in your home. Gather interesting
branches from your yard or a neighbors. Curling, knarled, and colorful
branches add extra character! Gather them into two bunches, and join the
two bunches at the cut ends with wire to make one long swag. Wrap ribbon
and tie bows around the center of the swag to hide the spot where they
are wired together. Now just stick in a couple of fall dried flower
bunches or fall craft berry picks and hang over mantels, over headboards, and make smaller ones for over bathroom mirrors and closet doors. Designer look, for pennies!
Gather fall leaves and press between paper towels and heavy books for
several days to a week. The resulting natural beauties can be scattered
over shelving, fireplace hearths, or even over your tablecloth for your
first dinner party of the Autumn Season!
Pick up a roll of raffia or natural colored twisted paper from your
craft shop. Layer the towels in your guest bath, then tie them with the
raffia for a rustic touch. Slip in a cinnamon stick for a heavenly
fragrance when company comes to visit. (Or even when they don't!) Use the same raffia as tiebacks on the shower curtain, front drapes,
or even round throw pillows on the porch!
Pick up a grapevine wreath and soak it in hot water overnight. Clip with
pruning shears, and unwind the wreath. Now wrap the wreath around a
chandelier, pot rack, or porch railing for a gorgeous testament to the
beauty of nature! Tuck in some dried flowers and grasses here and there
for interest. When winter arrives, change out the dried flowers for
evergreen sprigs!
Now is the time to start drying some of the flowers from your yard, or
perhaps with permission from a neighbor. Air drying is by far the
easiest way to dry flowers, but not all flowers can be air dried. Some
good choices? Roses (choose them in bud) hydrangeas, grasses, yarrow,
and sedums. Tie them in bunches and hang them upside down to dry, it
should take a few weeks. You can even display them while they dry by
securing the ends with rubber bands, them tying ribbon around the bands
to cover, hang from curtain rods, pot racks, over backsplashes or create
a simple rack for them from a painted board and small nails or cup
hooks.
Visit your farmers markets and pick up inexpensive fruits and veges to
display and eat! Squash, corn, pomegranates, apples, pears…the
list goes on! Small acorn squashes, apples, and even pumpkins can be
hollowed out to hold candles for evening dining. (Don't wait for company to make your meals a celebration, but this is perhaps something the kids could help with on the weekend!) Have a bowl on your kitchen counter and even in your entry, stack squashes and pumpkins on the front porch, and make sure you make at least ONE apple pie this season!
Simple, easy, and fun to do with the family! Fall is a great season to
celebrate the simple things that make life special, including time spent
in our homes with our loved ones. Make memories.
Kathy Wilson is a home and garden writer, author and consultant and is a
home decorating expert for LifetimeTV.com. Visit her for more home
decorating <http://www.thebudgetdecorator.com> ideas at
Home Decorating on a Budget with The Budget Decorator! <http://www.TheBudgetDecorator.com>
and Decorating Your Small Space
<http://www.DecoratingYourSmallSpace.com> .
By Kathy Wilson
The Budget Decorator
The change of the seasons is a special time for home decorators and Fall decorating is a great way to cozy up your home for the colder months ahead. Fall decorating doesn't have to be just about Thanksgiving, and it doesn't have to be limited to the main room in the home. Here are some easy and inexpensive home decorating ideas to bring the glory of Autumn's bounty and
warmth throughout your entire home.
Make branch bowers for every room in your home. Gather interesting
branches from your yard or a neighbors. Curling, knarled, and colorful
branches add extra character! Gather them into two bunches, and join the
two bunches at the cut ends with wire to make one long swag. Wrap ribbon
and tie bows around the center of the swag to hide the spot where they
are wired together. Now just stick in a couple of fall dried flower
bunches or fall craft berry picks and hang over mantels, over headboards, and make smaller ones for over bathroom mirrors and closet doors. Designer look, for pennies!
Gather fall leaves and press between paper towels and heavy books for
several days to a week. The resulting natural beauties can be scattered
over shelving, fireplace hearths, or even over your tablecloth for your
first dinner party of the Autumn Season!
Pick up a roll of raffia or natural colored twisted paper from your
craft shop. Layer the towels in your guest bath, then tie them with the
raffia for a rustic touch. Slip in a cinnamon stick for a heavenly
fragrance when company comes to visit. (Or even when they don't!) Use the same raffia as tiebacks on the shower curtain, front drapes,
or even round throw pillows on the porch!
Pick up a grapevine wreath and soak it in hot water overnight. Clip with
pruning shears, and unwind the wreath. Now wrap the wreath around a
chandelier, pot rack, or porch railing for a gorgeous testament to the
beauty of nature! Tuck in some dried flowers and grasses here and there
for interest. When winter arrives, change out the dried flowers for
evergreen sprigs!
Now is the time to start drying some of the flowers from your yard, or
perhaps with permission from a neighbor. Air drying is by far the
easiest way to dry flowers, but not all flowers can be air dried. Some
good choices? Roses (choose them in bud) hydrangeas, grasses, yarrow,
and sedums. Tie them in bunches and hang them upside down to dry, it
should take a few weeks. You can even display them while they dry by
securing the ends with rubber bands, them tying ribbon around the bands
to cover, hang from curtain rods, pot racks, over backsplashes or create
a simple rack for them from a painted board and small nails or cup
hooks.
Visit your farmers markets and pick up inexpensive fruits and veges to
display and eat! Squash, corn, pomegranates, apples, pears…the
list goes on! Small acorn squashes, apples, and even pumpkins can be
hollowed out to hold candles for evening dining. (Don't wait for company to make your meals a celebration, but this is perhaps something the kids could help with on the weekend!) Have a bowl on your kitchen counter and even in your entry, stack squashes and pumpkins on the front porch, and make sure you make at least ONE apple pie this season!
Simple, easy, and fun to do with the family! Fall is a great season to
celebrate the simple things that make life special, including time spent
in our homes with our loved ones. Make memories.
Kathy Wilson is a home and garden writer, author and consultant and is a
home decorating expert for LifetimeTV.com. Visit her for more home
decorating <http://www.thebudgetdecorator.com> ideas at
Home Decorating on a Budget with The Budget Decorator! <http://www.TheBudgetDecorator.com>
and Decorating Your Small Space
<http://www.DecoratingYourSmallSpace.com> .
