Fall Decorating

I love Fall decorating, especially decorating the fireplace for the season. Why wait until the traditional Christmas season?

Autumn is the best time to decorate with nature inspired materials. Bring the colors and aroma of Fall indoors.

The use of nature's materials is not only easy on the pocket, but you can't beat the vibrant colors and textures it has to offer.

Fall is a fun season with traditions of apple cider, bonfires, and all the leaves changing colors.

Combine that with Halloween's ghost and goblins, that's what makes Fall the best season of the year for me.

The temperatures are cooling down and cozying up to a fire in the fireplace is good for the soul.

It's easier to plan one decorating strategy by combining Halloween and autumn. After Halloween is over, remove the scary things and keep the autumn decorations through Thanksgiving.

Vases of leaves are a great way to display Fall's colors. It's a very easy and simple way to bring the outdoors inside.

This is an idea that takes little effort with big results. When the leaves dry out just replace them with new leaves.

Leaves can also be preserved with mod podge. It's easy to do, but a little time consuming. Brush a couple coats of mod podge on both sides of the leaves. Let the mod podge dry between coats.

The colors of the leaves are more vibrant after coating them with mod podge. Another option, buy pressed leaves from naturespressed.com or press your own leaves.

You probably pressed leaves with wax paper when you were a kid. If not, it's easy to do.

Place leaves between two pieces of wax paper. Place a cloth over the wax paper and iron.

The heat from the iron will seal the wax paper together. The wax paper will preserve the leaves and make the colors even more vibrant.

As you can see in the photos, the wreath is the centerpiece of the fireplace mantel. It's a 32" diameter artificial pine wreath covered with corn husk.

No glue needed, just a pair of scissors and corn husk. You can purchase corn husk at some grocery stores, fresh produce markets or plant nurseries.

To make the wreath cut the husk in 8" strips. Fold in half and attach to the wreath by wrapping the wired pine around it. Peel the thicker pieces of corn husk in strips after attaching to the wreath.

Continue all around the wreath until it is covered. The wreath looks better in person. It's huge, very full and the browns and gold tones of the corn husk really looks amazing.

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