I’m letting you in on a little secret: I am terrible at decorating for the seasons. Don’t get me wrong, I want to be really good at it. I want my house to smell like pumpkin spice on the first day of fall, and I want every cotton stem and pumpkin and wheat stalk displayed perfectly throughout my house, but I never take the time to actually do it.
This year, everything changes. I was delighted when Kendra, from Joy in Our Home, asked me to take part in her fall blog tour. (Okay, so at first I was a bit nervous because… decorating. But my anxiety turned to excitement at the thought that I could actually get my home decorated for my favorite season.)
Today, I’m sharing just a glimpse, but I’ll have you know that I enjoyed decorating the mantel/fireplace so much that the fall season is spreading to other areas of my house as well 🙂 Look at this cute centerpiece for the table…
Okay… mantel time. Since I am not one that always does well with seasonal decorating, I decided to reuse some of the same things I had on my mantel this summer. (Yes. I decorated the mantel for the first time ever this summer… It was actually at the end of July, but who’s counting?)
I found this milk pitcher at IKEA (if you don’t have an IKEA near you, here’s a similar one on Amazon). During the summer, it sat empty. By adding some stalks of wheat, it immediately took on the look of fall.
I also had a tobacco basket sitting on the mantel alongside a potted plant. I decided to add a little “Gather Sign” I’d found at Target’s Hot Spot. Instant fall feel. (If you don’t have a Hobby Lobby nearby, you can find tobacco baskets here.)
Originally, I was shopping Goodwill for some wooden candlesticks that I could repaint, and wouldn’t you know, I found exactly I was looking for… I stood there in the aisle eyeing those candlesticks, but thought it’d be rude to push an elderly woman out of my way to grab them… Ugh. Elderly woman also wanted said candlesticks. Missed opportunity. No worries. World Market had exactly what I was looking for… Maybe not as cheap as Goodwill, but no painting required either.
I decided to make a few wooden pumpkins for the mantel as well, so I found a rather large piece of wood in our garage, cut it down, painted the pieces, and added a little frill. (You can find the full tutorial here.)
Little bit of a challenge when working around a television 🙂
Still working on the hearth, but I was inspired by Lindi from Love, Create, Celebrate and made that Autumn sign 🙂
Be sure to pop on over to Anderson + Grant as she has some perfect advice on keeping your décor simple and meaningful… and check out all the wonderful fall inspiration (everything from porches to recipes to tablescapes) from 30 amazing bloggers!
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Nice Post..Thanks for sharing
So pretty Erin! I love it!
Thanks Tracy!
I love your fall touches!! They are very charming. I think I smell the pumpkin spice from here!
Thanks Jessica! I do love pumpkin spice 🙂
This is really beautiful! You can’t possibly go wrong decorating the mantel when you are starting with that gorgeous stone fireplace. I love the way you worked the pretty seasonal items in with the tv. That’s not easy to do!
Nice meeting you through this blog hop. 🙂
Thanks Stacy! My brother actually did the stone work, and I LOVE how it turned out 🙂
Love it Erin! Those chunky little pumpkins are so cute! And look really easy to make. Very pretty!
Thanks Kristen! The pumpkins were SO easy… my kinda project 🙂
Such a pretty neutral mantel with lovely accents like those wooden pumpkins! Perfect in a rustic way! I love it!
Thanks so much Chloe!
Erin – You don’t have a thing to worry about! Your fall mantel is beautiful. We love all of your vintage wood elements – feel free to ship us the tobacco basket LOL. Happy Fall!
So love the tobacco basket! Gotta love Hobby Lobby 🙂
LOVING all those warm woods and neutral Fall colours! SO pretty Erin!
Thanks Kristi!
I love the neutral touches you added to your mantel! Perfect for fall!
Thanks so much Lindsay… thinking of adding a little color to the hearth, but I am definitely drawn to neutrals.
One would never know that you had any bit of anxiety about decorating for the season when they see this beautiful mantel! I really like the faux grasses in the white pitcher – perfect look for fall. Glad you didn’t injure any elders in getting the Goodwill candleholders when the ones you did end up with look so wonderful. And cheers to you for decorating around at TV – great job!
Thanks so much! I actually kept eyeing the woman at Goodwill to see if she might decide not to take the candle pillars and stick them somewhere that I could grab them… no such luck. I DO like the ones I ended up with though, so it all turned out.
I love the little wooden pumpkins!! adorable!!! so happy no elderly people were hurt in the making! haha
HA! No injuries at the end of decorating is always a good thing, right?!
So pretty, Erin! Like you, this year I have just not had the motivation to actually decorate for the season. You can’t tell that is the way you felt from what you put together, though! I’m loving in your autumn sign sitting on the hearth, by the way!
Thanks Jamie! I really love fall, so this fall tour was perfect for me to actually get some fall decor up around the house.
Your mantel is beautiful adorned for fall! It has been fun blog hopping with your! Happy Fall!
Thank you Shannon!
I am in love with your DIY pumpkins! I may have to try some of these!
Awww… thanks! They were SO easy to make.