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Autumn Inspiration for Your Home – Fall Tour

I absolutely love to decorate my home for the seasons!   The spring season brings fresh flowers and bright, crisp textiles.  Summer has a more laid back vibe with softer tones and textures.  In the winter, it’s all about enjoying the comforts and coziness of home.  But .   .   .  I think I love Fall most of ALL!  And, today I’m sharing some autumn inspiration for your home with some ideas from my Fall living room.

Today’s post is part of the Fall Home Tour series hosting by my friend, Marty from A Stroll Thru Life.  There are 30 amazing fall tours this week and I’ll be sharing links to them all at the end of today’s post.  If you’re here visiting from Southern Hospitality, Welcome!  I just loved all the beautiful fall touches in Rhoda’s charming home!  This fall season is especially busy for me.  I’ve been doing more floral design work and it’s wedding season!   And, my youngest son is also getting married next month!  So, today I’m showing you my fall living room space.  Stay tuned for my dining room and kitchen.  And, I also hope to add some fall touches to my screened in porch!

Autumn Inspiration

FALL  Mantel

Whenever I decorate this space, I always begin with the mantel!  And, this year I found my inspiration for the mantel while scrolling the Etsy marketplace for some dried florals.  I was intrigued when I saw a listing for a “dried flower bar”.  It looked like something new that I hadn’t seen before, which is rare these days with blogs, Instagram, and Pinterest!  The flower bar looked like a simple piece of wood with holes drilled in it and dried florals placed in the holes.   I could have supported the seller, but they were kinda pricey, so I decided to make my own!

The wood I used began as a 4″ x 4″ cut to a good length for my mantel top.  But, I ended up having Mark shave an inch off to make it a 3″ x 3″.   I stained the wood with some dark walnut stain that I had in the garage.  Then we drilled holes about half way through the board and five inches apart across the board.   Then, you just need to find some dried stems for the holes.  I had picked up a dried arrangement earlier in the season at HomeGoods that had a variety of different stems.  So, I just used some of those stems.  But, you could totally take a walk on a trail, the woods, or search your back yard this time of year and pick some dried stems for free!  Here’s a closer look at the top of the board and the stems.

The gold oval mirror above the mantel is a vintage mirror that I found on Facebook Marketplace!  I absolutely love this mirror.  It’s got loads of character with specks of black on the mirror itself from age and I love that!

Fall Gallery Wall

Next, I updated the gallery wall over the sofa with more moody, fall vintage images.  I’ll be sharing all of those sources soon so you can download and print them too!  If you want to see my process for creating a gallery wall, I have a great step-by-step tutorial that you can see in this post!

On the little rattan table to the right of the sofa, is my Raven ZZ plant that had been out on my screened porch.  Soon, all of my plants will need to be moved indoors!  And, I love these small, deep green acorn squash!  And, this little wooden mushroom was a Hobby Lobby find last fall.

Since there’s so much going on with the art over the sofa, I kept the pillows simple in fall jewel tones.  The green pillow is from Target and the small plaid wool pillow is from Home Goods.    I’m so happy that Target has started to make pillows with zippers so you can remove the covers for cleaning and storing away!  The burgundy and orange velvet pillows are pillow covers from Ikea.

I like to have a tray on the ottoman to hold a candle and a few simple pieces of decor.  The gold wishbone is an Amazon find and love it for now through Thanksgiving!

I brought my blanket ladder back into the living room for the fall season and loaded it up with fall throw blankets.  I also added some heavier drapes to the living room windows with these burgundy velvet panels from Ikea.  On the library table I made an arrangement using the remaining bunch of dried florals from HomeGoods.  Honestly, it’s mainly leaves, but I like all of the different dried shades and textures.

These two pheasant figures have been in my fall collection for many years.  It’s been a while since I used them, so I brought them out this year.  But, I did gave them a little makeover.  They were an antique silver and I gave them a little update with some gold Rub ‘n Buff.  You can see them on my Fall mantel from 2015 in this post.

Vintage player Piano

As an afterthought, I decided to add a little bit of fall to my vintage player piano!  It began with a variety of candlesticks.  Then I picked up a few heirloom pumpkins and layered them in front of the candlesticks.  I could have stopped there, but I added some branches from my yard.

It’s probably a bit “over the top”, but I love how it turned out!   Just a tip when using real pumpkins indoors, be sure to put something underneath your pumpkins.  You don’t want them to accidentally damage any furniture by leaving them too long and they begin to rot.  Don’t ask me how I know this!!!

  Thanks for stopping by to see my fall living room and hopefully find some autumn inspiration for your own home!   The next tour on today’s schedule is from a Pretty Life in the Suburbs.  I know I can’t wait to see Jo Anna’s home all ready for fall!

And, don’t forget to check out all the links below for the Monday through Wednesday tours.  And, be sure to stop back here tomorrow for the Friday line up!

30 FALL HOME TOURS

Monday Sept 13

A Stroll Thru LifeInspiration for MomsWorthing Court

Pink Peppermint StyleClean and Scentisible LeCultivateur

Tuesday Sept 14

Southern State of MindThis is Our BlissCuckoo4Design

11 Magnolia LaneDecor to AdoreNoting Grace

Wednesday Sept 15

Grace In My SpaceRemodelando la CasaWhispering Pines Homestead

Up To Date Interiors The Stonybrook HouseThrifty and Chic

Thursday Sept 16

CitrineLivingOur Southern HomeSouthern Hospitality

Hymns and VersesA Pretty Life in the Suburbs DIY Beautify

Friday Sept 17

Golden Boys and MeStoneGable Quarters One

The Woodgrain CottageWhite Arrows HomeChalking Up Success

kathy

Tuesday 21st of September 2021

It's all so good Doreen! The mantel, gallery wall, and piano... love it all!!

Sharon

Thursday 16th of September 2021

Love the subtle touches of Fall around the room and the abundant display on your piano. Yes, always put something under pumpkins, I have a crack in the top of my antique pie safe from a past pumpkin display. Thanks for sharing and everything that goes into it. Sharon

Gail

Thursday 16th of September 2021

Warm and cozy and elegant. I love it all

Doreen Cagno

Thursday 16th of September 2021

Thanks so much, Gail!

Gwen

Thursday 16th of September 2021

Your tour was so fun! What a beautiful space! I liked the pumpkins on the piano because when I looked at the mirror in the living room, they reflected there. It was like double impact! The pheasants look good gold. I’ve debated on doing that to a bird and tried paint and it didn’t work. I hadn’t thought of rub n buff. I’ll try that tip. Your velvet drapes keep your room always changing and current! Long ago I showed your room to my Mom to enjoy using my iPad. She oohed and ahhed over all the details like I always do. I feel like I’m back in time sharing with her when I “visit your redecorated home”! Happy Autumn!

Doreen Cagno

Thursday 16th of September 2021

Hi, Gwen! Your comment made my day! Thank you for all of your kind words!

Cindy

Thursday 16th of September 2021

Love the carpet! Your room looks beautiful as always!

Doreen Cagno

Thursday 16th of September 2021

Thanks, friend!