I like fall and I love for the seasons to be reflected in my home but, I don’t want to keep bins and bins of fall decor in my garage all year. Here’s what has been worth keeping or buying through the years.
1. A string of wooden beads. I use them September through December. I found them for 50 cents at a yard sale.
2. Nuts and or a few sprigs of pretend red berries. Again, you can use them through Christmas and tuck the berries into whatever wreath you already have on your door. Fill up a lantern, apothecary jar, or dish with nuts and it looks fall-y. I also add in random stones and rocks that my boys have collected through the summer.
3. Golden greenery. Ok so I made that name up. A few years ago I bought those golden branches and I love them all year but especially in the fall. You can put them in any container and they fall it up. I like how it warms up my cool colors.
4. Velvet. Velvet = Fall, Fall = Velvet. The end.
5. Sticks and a dollar store bird. Black birds are fall to me. I have no idea why. Maybe giraffes say fall to you. If so, find you a giraffe of some sort and put it out in the fall.
6. Oh Shame. Maybe I do need one tiny bin after all. I am a sucker for a pile of realistic looking gourds and ‘kins. I always buy real ones at the farmer’s market to put on our table but for high places like this, I pile up the fake ones. These too, can stay up through Thanksgiving.
7. Feathers. I use them all year, but they really look the best in the fall. They also help warm up some of my cool tones.
8. Trays. I love trays all year around but something about the fall harvest thing makes me want to fill them up with nuts and candles and bark and pebbles. Or a feather. Or s’mores.
9. White pumpkins. We all love them. They look pretty anywhere.
10. Crisp weather. Open the windows and welcome that cool, crunchy morning air {before it turns 98 degrees because you live in the south}.
What’s your easy secret to falling up your home?