Fall Is In the Air

I rarely decorate for fall in September, but the month began with cool days and I decided to go crazy with fall decor.

Faux flowers in the bag on the Dutch door got a fall treatment by simply adding a pumpkin.

I had fun going out of my comfort zone with my color palette.

First came navy and white pillows made in the summer, I added in orange and white check pillows made from napkins and then I found the colorful throw.

All it took was orange candles and a little embellishment on Mr. Goose to give the dining room a fall feel.

The colors of the fall mantel work quite well with this painting of a boat washed up on our beach.

 I am loving decorating this part of the living room since I painted the fireplace white.

I painted a new sign to hide the tv - it will be painted over for each season to fit with the decor.

 The painting of an old Mercedes Benz in the jungle fits right in with the fall colors.

 I asked Steve to change the painting on this wall too - sunflowers worked better than houseboats.

 I needed to paint a few pumpkins to get just the right colors

and added faux foliage to embellish each vignette.

My favorite vignette so far is my old typewriter -

I cut up a paper bag, tore the edges and added stickers left over from stenciling the new sign hiding the television.

I know I went a bit crazy with the pumpkins, but I don't care -

and this different color palette makes me smile.