Welcome to my Fall Home Decor Tour!
I was over-the-moon excited when Brenda from Cozy Little House invited me to be part of her Blogger's Fall Home Tour. This is day 3 of the tour and at the end of the post I will show you how you can see all of the other cool fall-ified houses on the tour.
And if you're visiting from Debra at Common Ground's house, thanks for coming over! Pull up a stool and relax.
You know what? I've decided that having a broken arm is a good thing.
You heard me. As Martha Stewart is so fond of saying, it's a good thing!
It means I can't rely on my old fall decor standbys. No pulling out bins and bins and bins (I have a LOT of fall stuff) and just rehashing what I've done in the past.
No, having a broken arm and not being able to get to the mountain of bins has forced me:
- To simplify
- To repurpose what I have around the house already
- To look to nature for decor
Take for instance, my picnic basket.
I have a few of these Redmon picnic baskets. I use them for storage and normally have them all stacked on top of each other, looking all cute and useful.
But the colors are pattern are great for fall decorating, so I drug one out and put it on top of my turquoise credenza/dresser in my living room and it was the start of a fall vignette.
I added the faux caramel apples I showed you how to make the other day.
Along with my little red truck hauling a bale of straw.
Just a few cheap sprigs of fall leaves (they're fake, can you tell?) and a pumpkin and we're good to go.
I added the vintage Pleasure Chest to give it another pop of red color.
The peach basket is filled with a cheap garland of fake leaves I bought on sale at Hobby Lobby the other day.
It was roughly $6 and much cheaper than buying enough leaf bushes to fill up the basket.
After all that, I still felt the dresser needed a little more pizzazz, so I threw together a bunting made from double folded bias tape and "flags" made from a 99 cent plaid thrift store shirt.
I did a pretty detailed tutorial on how to make a similar one this summer you can check out if you want to know more about it - DIY Nautical Patriotic Banner .
What's the arrow for? It's pointing to my friend.
My dear deer friend.
I'm bound and determined to make last year's Christmas deer decor last clear through to this Christmas!
So really, on this vignette the only things that are clearly fall are the caramel apples that I made and the leaves and hay bale that I bought.
The rest of the stuff is normal stuff I had setting around the house in other areas that I just repurposed as "fall" for the season.
I made another vignette in the dining area of the kitchen that pretty much uses what I had on hand or what nature provides.
I found the green McCoy vase at a yard sale just last week and filled it with Limelight Hydrangea from the front yard. You can't beat free flowers.
I set in on top of an old wooden box turned upside down. And plunked the whole thing into a wooden tray that I just recently (as in about 15 minutes before taking these photos) painted with gray chalkpaint.
The wooden spool is just one of those random doodads that I have around the house that I "go to" whenever I need to a fill a hole in a display. It always seems to work.
As soon as I saw the green and orange pumpkin at Walmart (in the produce section) I knew it would look cute on the kitchen table.
I ran back the next day and picked up some of its cousins.
What I'm really liking about my decor in here is that most of it will just get tossed in the compost pile when the season is over.
No bins to pull back out this year, just move stuff back to where I had it in the past. Or just toss the natural stuff.
And yes, Lacey is quite comfortable laying on the floor there. She would not move when I was taking photos, so I had to work around the girl.
So, if you're stressing about decorating for fall or need to do something cheap and easy (or were a klutz and broke your arm and can't get to your fall stuff), just remember my new mantra:
- simplify
- repurpose
- look to nature
It's freeing, I tell you!
Some other fall posts you may enjoy:
Crockpot Baked Apple Recipe
Inexpensive Fall Centerpiece (Fall In The Dining Room)
Eclectic Vintage Farmhouse Fall Porch (2014)
Fall On The Porch (2013)
Easy To Make Fall Wreath
Painted Halloween Mason Jar
Now pop on over to the next stop on the house tour train, Priscilla's.
And I hope you'll pop over and check out even more homes in today's tour:
Today's Homes
Faded Charm | Shabby Fu Fu | Love Of Home
Common Ground | House Of Hawthornes (hey that's me) | Priscillas
Tuesday's Homes
Thoughts From Alice | Exquisitely Unremarkable | It All Started With Paint
D.D.'s Cottage | Chatfield Court | Itsy Bits & Pieces | Cozy Little House
Wednesday's Homes
Town & Country Living | The Sweetest Digs | House Of Hipsters
Little Farmstead |Sunny Simple Life | Dwellings
Friday's Homes
House Honeys | So Much Better With Age | Chasing Quaintness | Karla's Cottage
Northern Nesting | White Tulip Designs | My Thrift Store Addiction
Cecilia MyThriftStoreAddiction
Love, love, love your fun fall vignette! Sometimes necessity (your broken arm!) really does foster creativity and this is the perfect example! Blessings, Cecilia
chris aka monkey
being a klutz is a good thing ha ha love that, i have looked and looked for thermos' like yours haven't found them yet and that little truck, i love the way you use it all over all year, and your deer, deer friend is a hoot, i do have 2 picnic baskets that i have had for years i use for storage too one holds my small supply of craft paints and the other is my bedrooms junk drawer lol love your home and hope the arm is getting better xx
Pam
Well, I've started therapy already, so hopefully in the next few weeks my arm will become more useful. I think I just need to be patient.
Leslie
You got me at the beginning with the cute red truck and thermos. I absolutely love all your vintage touches. Happy Fall!
Pam
Thank you, Leslie! And so happy to see you back!
Cindy
Beautifully done! Love the apples and the little red truck...great fall decor!
Blessings,
Cindy
Pam
Thank you! I always find different ways to use that little red truck. It always appears to be in season 🙂
Barbara
I have already made the faux caramel apples and put them on a silver platter. I love your whole vignette on the turquoise chest. I especially love your deer with the plaid cap and the camera! Who said deer were stupid - they're probably already spying on all the hunters out there in the forest scouting for them once deer season arrives! I like the picnic basket on your dresser for texture and the height it gives the apples. I need one of those!
Take good care of yourself and I hope your arm heals completely - I know our good Lord and Savior is keeping His eye on you.
Pam
I hope the deer behind out house in the farm fields don't start spying on me. I may have to get some curtains 🙂
kathy
Your home looks beautiful decorated for fall. I really love the apples!
Kathy
Pam
Thank you Kathy! I sort of have a thing for apples this year. Even some that you can actually eat!
Brenda Kula-Pruitt
You made that banner with one arm??? You are one clever girl. I love your fall decor! I knew I would see your signature touches, and if I had my eyes closed and then saw this post, I would know it was Pam's!
Brenda
Pam
Thanks Brenda! And thanks for putting this tour together. It's been fun seeing what people are doing this year!
Kim
I'm with you, simple is best!! Your place looks gorgeous and I hope your are feeling better soon! PS- I cannot believe those apples are not real! Unbelievable!
Pam
I know! I keep wanting to take a bite out of them 🙂
Kris @ Junk Chic Cottage
Loved seeing your wonderful and unique fall decor. So fun and full of great color and whimsy. Loves those faux apples. No Calories lol! Lovely Pam.
Kris
kirby carespodi
Everything looks amazing!!
Linda @ It All Started With Paint
Okay, those faux caramel apples have my mouth watering! Just love all your vintage finds and touches in your fall decor! Lovely!
🙂 Linda
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
Love, love. love your fall decor, Pam! I love how you used all of the fall elements with your vintage...just right! The squash in the basket on your cabinet is so simple and pretty! I always love your style, Pam!
Pam
Ah, thanks, Linda! I love all the weird squashes they "make" nowadays!
Anne@DesignDreams
Beautiful! and I love love love the blue of that dresser!!!!
Stacey
Oh so pretty! You have the best collections for decorating and enjoying.
Jemma
Love, love it all! I have pinned away and enjoyed every moment of my visit!
Hope your arm heals quickly.
Thank you for having us over~
Jemma
Pam
Oh, thank you! I'm so happy to have been on the tour with you today. Your in-between home is amazing!
Erica
The Pleasure Chest is always my favorite thing to see in your posts! I have been on the hunt for my own ever since seeing yours. The cooler. I Mean The Cooler! Get your mind of out the gutter, Pam! 🙂
Everything looks great as always. Even with a broken arm, you managed to pull together an amazing fall home!
~Erica
Pam
It's my Pleasure 🙂