Easy Fall Home Decor
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About this time every year I challenge myself to see how I can use my thrifted and repurposed yard sale finds to come up with easy fall home decor that doesn’t break the bank.
I scrounge around in my attic and start pulling my tubs of seasonal decor down to sort through.
This year I started with the Branch Candle Centerpiece that my DIY hubby made for me for our kitchen table (Pinterest inspired, of course).
Then I saw another Pinterest project that reminded me of this three tiered stand I had in the attic. I found several fall picks that I bought on sale at the end of fall one year, and I also used pinecones, acorns and the two scarecrows my oldest daughter made several years ago. I love it! Simple and thrifty. That’s my motto.
We don’t have a fireplace in our home so there is no lovely mantle to decorate. Instead this year I decorated our piano and treated it as if it were my mantle.
I used a strand of fall leaves, pine cones, Halloween ceramic votive holders, candles and a glass container filled with balls of yarn and string.
Everything you see here was bought at a fraction of the retail price, either at the end of the season or at yard sales.
The candle holders were used at my daughter’s wedding (spray painted for that event and used with glitter candles). For fall, I wrapped white candles in a piece of burlap, used ribbon I already had and tied it all with strings pulled from the burlap fabric.
Can’t forget the outside of our home! It all started when I didn’t have a fall wreath but instead made this Pinecone Door Arrangement.
We don’t have a porch or stairs that I can decorate. It’s more like a stoop, but my hubby pointed out that we could do something in the flower bed by the front door. (He’s ridiculously more creative than me, but I can steal his ideas 🙂
He bought a haybale at Lowe’s, and I bought two pumpkins at the grocery store for $3.50 each. I added the Happy Thanksgiving plaque. (I know. I’m early.) The marigolds were there over the summer but added a bright touch to the display. It’s simple and thrifty. (Heard that before?)
And lastly, I used a wooden tray bought at Goodwill ($2), some spray paint and scrapbook paper to make this pretty table arrangement in our den. The flowers were taken out of several bunches bought at a yard sale ($2).
Just some thrifty little touches to make our house warm and inviting for fall. What have you done at your house? Is this the year you went all out or the year when life overwhelmed you? I’d love for you to share your story with me.
Need a few more thrifty and unique ideas for fall? Check out these Easy DIY Projects for Fall.
These fence board pumpkins are just the cutest!
See what you can do with some old fabric and hand me downs!
Lots of great ideas here! I’m going to implement a lot of them! Thanks for linking up to the Dream*Create*Inspire party!
Hi Marty! Great ideas for decorating for Fall…I am visiting from the link party at Stonybrook House, All Things Beautiful, Major Hoff takes a Wife and other blogs. Your blog post inspires me to go on and decorate for Fall.
Hi, Miss Kitty:) Thanks for visiting my blog and I’m so glad I could inspire you just a bit for fall. Now I have to get on the ball and start decorating myself!
Appreciate this post. Will try it out.
The candles look really pretty on your “mantel”. 🙂
I don’t decorate for fall, so it’s nice to see what others do.
gail
Your autumn decorations look lovely, and they’re excellent proof that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to make things look great! Thanks for sharing your good ideas.
You are very welcome. I love yard sales, thrift stores and stuff off the street!
Pretty seasonal touches, Marty! I’m all about “thrifty” décor and use many “found” objects from around my cottage — from both inside and out.
Thanks for sharing at Time Travel Thursday. I hope you’ll join the fun each week. Be sure to stop in tonight to see yourself featured.
Blessings,
Liz @ The Brambleberry Cottage
Thanks for the feature, Liz. Love your blog and appreciate your encouragement.
These are all lovely! Would love if you linked up on my blog hop http://www.w-t-fab.com/search/label/bloghop. Also let me know if you’d like to follow each other!
Marty,
I love your decorations. I probably have most of those decorations sitting around and would love to make a tiered decoration. Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday. Can’t wait to see what you share this week! Have a wonderful week.
Michelle
Simple and lovely. This is great! Do come ‘n’ brag: link it up at our linky party, http://www.finecraftguild.com/, ‘Time for a Party’ !
Thank you for stopping by my blog!
I love the tray with scrapbook paper. So cute! Thanks for sharing on Show & Tell at SNAP! xoxo
I have so much scrapbook paper that I have to find some uses for it! You, too?
Great job decorating on the thrift! Love the candles!
Thank you so much! I need to remember to pick up old candles at yard sales for this purpose!
Such wonderful ideas! I especially love the burlap around the candles!
Thanks for linking up! I featured your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2012/12-diy-projects/
Have a great rest of the weekend!
Thank you so much for featuring my candles. They were fun! Congrats on your blog success. It looks amazing!
Just shows you don’t need tons of money to make your home look gorgeous 🙂 I’ve been crafting all October on my blog, and trying to keep costs low by using stuff from my stash, or finds in thrift stores.
I would love to invite you to post this over at my link party on The Purple Pumpkin Blog! Hope to see you there 🙂
Michelle xoxo
Thank you for visiting, Michelle. I’m glad someone else has a stash of things for their home!
Cute ideas…I always like finding affordable, budget-friendly ways to decorate! Thanks for sharing! I’d love for you to stop by and link this up at my weekend party, going on now!
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wow, you (and your hubby!) have tons of fun fall ideas. I love the burlap candles. I figure you can add burlap or jute to anything and make it gorgeous and fall’y!
We decorated our little side porch for autumn but haven’t done anything indoors yet. Maybe this weekend 🙂
Hey, Leen. Thanks for stopping by. I’m loving burlap this season, too, and finding new nooks to decorate!
I just did a post on a Good Will wooden tray! Don’t you just love them?!?! Ooooh great idea to decorate your piano. My husband always jokes about me having decorations on just about every surface of our house. I just can’t help it! 🙂 I have quite a bit of burlap and might try what you did with your candle sticks. I really like how they turned out.
I love wooden trays, too! They are so easy to help tie together a collection of items. Thank you so much for stopping by!
ooo, love the burlap around the candles! So easy and fun! Thanks!
Thank you, Amy, for stopping by. Loving burlap this season!