Fall Back Decor

Monday, November 2, 2009

Fall Back Decor

I have a love hate relationship with the Fall. I love the weather and all the beautiful colors of nature. I also enjoy creating festive fall vignettes too. But I do not like turning the clocks back. The 5am wake up calls from the kids kills me every year. Waking up to total darkness really hurts!

But, back to my "love" part of Fall. Here is an outdoor fall display I created mixing old and new. I found this great basket at a garage sale. I thought Mum's would fit perfectly in it. My mom got the old bench for free. So cool. I like how it raises the basket up so you can see it better. I am digging the metal pumpkins. They don't grow mold like our current Jack-0-lantern now turned furry science experiment does! The Pick Your Pumpkin sign is a couple of years old but I still love it. And I just picked up the wheel at Michael's yesterday on clearance. It was the perfect piece to fill in that spot. This is set up on my front steps so it makes me happy every time I come home.

I also created a little indoor vignette in my entry.

I found this great old mini school desk. I thought it would get a lot of use because I can use it as my foundation and change out my seasonal decor.

The old crate is a shout out to my northern upbringing. I am a Damn Yankee! But, just for the record it does not mean I am a Yankee fan...I grew up outside of Boston so I am a Red Sox Fan. I mixed faux and fresh veggies and put them in the crate. I like to layer to add more intesest when decorating.