Welcome to my 2016 Fall Home Tour! Thank you to Marty from A Stroll Thru Life for organizing this annual event! If you are visiting from The House of Silver Lining, Welcome! I’m so glad to have you here! This is always such a great week to gather inspiration for your own fall home! And speaking of gathering, that’s just what I did for this year’s tour! I’m calling this year’s tour a foraged fall home tour.
I spent a few days traveling Lancaster County in search of some great fall natural elements to add into my space. I had a main color that I wanted to incorporate this year – shades of plum, eggplant, berry. So, as I foraged, I kept an eye out for anything with those shades.
Even the plant in the corner came home with me because of the color! Yes, it’s just an annual that got really big and it’s not meant to be an indoor plant – but it was $5 on deep discount clearance at the local nursery. I have a spot for it outside, but I thought it looked perfect in the living room for this photo shoot.
For my mantel, I was inspired by a trough arrangement I saw at Terrain. I had the wooden trough and added ornamental cabbage, hydrangea, seed pods, berries, cockscomb, and a few other fall grasses and plants. I love how it turned out!
I picked up the cotton wreath at Marshall’s earlier this year. And, I added walnuts to the base of each lantern.
The flowers in this arrangement are from a sedum plant. I was driving by a garden market and saw the color from the road. I quickly turned in and grabbed a pot for $4.50. It was so large and had plenty of blooms to fill this vintage silver urn. I added some bridal veil from my own yard as well.
This is a reveal of something Mark and I have been working on – a family gallery wall. Mark made me the photo shelf and I made the sign. The frames are all from Ikea.
For the sofa, I kept the shades a bit softer and the sweater knit pillows add texture and are so soft. In the corner, you can see more cockscomb in a silver pitcher. I got one huge branch of cockscomb for $1.25 from a local farm stand.
Now, lets’s move into the dining room. Again, most of what I used to decorate this space is natural – pheasant feathers, pumpkins, wood, wheat, and crabapple branches.
A huge Cinderella pumpkin looks perfect perched on top of this wood slab stand.
I love the green from the crabapple branches. I have to be honest and say that those green gourds are not real, but I had them in my fall stash and they look perfect with the branches.
Here’s another look into the dining room and you can see my bar cart and shelves with a little fall added.
Lancaster County is known for whoopie pies! At this time of year, pumpkin whoopie pies with cream cheese frosting is a favorite at my house! There was to be no touching of the whoopie pies until after my photos were taken! I can assure you, that these will not last long with three men living here!
I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing a bit of my foraged fall home tour. If you missed my fall screen porch, you can see it HERE. And, don’t forget to visit all of the other tours this week.
Love the maroon/cranberry tones that you worked into the decor. So pretty!
Thanks so much, Julia!
Everything you did is so lovely!! Mixing the plums, etc. with the grays is just beautiful – makes me wish I had my living room in gray tones.
Thank you so much, Jen! I love those colors in my wardrobe and decided to give them a try!
I love how you have gathered tons of nature to decorate with, how pretty and it creates such a natural, warm and inviting space. Genius. The deep plum tons are stunning with your white and gray, so pretty. Your living room and dining room are both so pretty. Beautiful tour.
Thanks so much, Marty! Really enjoying the tours this year!
I love the different colors.
Thanks, Paulette!
Lovely. Again, your ability to work attend to the details is wonderful. Thank you for the inspiration.
Sometimes I feel like I get too caught up in the details – so glad you noticed! Thanks for your sweet comment!
Lovely! You did good! Different – awesome!
I just listed my home and in order to get a little fall decorating done, I used ceramic, foam, twig, paper Mache and all sort of “faux” pumpkins.
The faux pumpkins are getting so realistic now! I bought one for my 86 year old dad, and he could not believe it was fake until I handed it to him! He was ready for a heavy pumpkin and laughed so hard when he saw how light it was!! Wishing you a quick home sale and smooth transition to your future home!
Beautiful colors and a great idea how you put them together. Love the textures and shapes as well and really enjoyed your plants and flowers. You got some great buys! Thanks for sharing.
I love where I live in Lancaster County – I can find such great plants and flowers . . . for an affordable price!
okay- who knew that plum and gray could look so fabulous together! Your home is beautiful. would you believe I have never had a whoopy pie!!
They are dangerous, Laura! So good! Told my guys to get them gone ASAP!
Such a beautiful home! Love the trough arrangement on your mantel and all your plum colors…so pretty!
xo
Thank you so, so much Shauna!
Those moon pies look too good to resist. Where may we find the recipe?
Working on that recipe! Stay tuned!
Doreen,
Oh, dear friend, your shades of plum, eggplant, berry are one of the most stunning of all Autumnal decor I’ve seen!
I adore how the subtle PoP of the plum brings out the beauty of your Traditional pieces of furniture!
The plum scarf made into a pillow is definitely the WoW factor on the chair!
Your gallery wall is a fantastic blending or your husband and your talents and enhances your home beautifully!
Thank you for opening your lovely foraged home for the Fall Home Tour!
Fondly,
Pat
Your comment made my day! Thanks so much for all your sweet words!
Absolutely beautiful home!
Thanks so much, Rebecca!
Is the verse from Joshua done free hand. Impressive! Love the way you weave your Christian belief in your home. I have tried to do the same.
Hi, Kathie. No, I didn’t for this sign. I used a stencil I created on my Silhouette Cameo.
your grays and whites paired with the bold plum and the softer greens and oranges is spot on!
Thanks, Cassie! I was at my friends yesterday and she had just received the fall Anthro magazine. I was scrolling through and saw lots of plums and greens! I was like – “Look – I’m on trend!”
Your house looks gorgeous Doreen!! I love the colors you chose! They work so well together and it all looks just beautiful! I love the projects you and your hubby do together too! Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration!:)
Thanks so much, Cindy! I’m gonna share your comment with the hubs! He is enjoying the DIY more and more – especially if it involves getting a new tool!
Your home is just gorgeous, so warm and inviting. Thank you for opening your home to us! XO
Simply divine Doreen!!!! I love the buffalo check curtains and red cockscomb too! Your home just shines no matter the season! So honored to share this Fall home tour with you!
This is soooo pretty! I love the colors!
Doreen, the lovely shades of plum added to your decor are just gorgeous! I’ve been crushing on those shades as well. My SILs and I are decorating tables for a ladies’ luncheon at our church and we found some plum fabric at JoAnn’s back in August. If I could find more of the fabric, I would try making some fabric pumpkins but our local store doesn’t have any more! Loved your foraged tour!
Doreen, your fall home tour is just beautiful! I love the combination of colors and textures you used to create such a cozy and inviting space!
Such a beautiful space! The plum just pops in this room. And I love that cotton wreath!
Your home is beautiful! I love the plum, orange and green shades you’ve incorporated so nicely. I always adore to see your screened porch, and now it’s not only the porch but also your beautiful living room. That mantel is spot on!
Your fall home is beautiful Doreen! I love the purple.
I just want to jump in a car and head over now. Everything is just beautiful and inviting. I love the simplicity. Just so clean and fresh. Crushing on that shiplap accent wall. 🙂
Oh, Doreen, I love that plum color! It is so beautiful. That is my favorite color to wear, although I don’t have anything in my closet at the present time in that shade. You are so very talented, and I love reading your blog posts and seeing your beautiful home.
Beautiful, I love your home! Every season looks awesome!
XO
Debbie
Beautiful tour, Doreen. I love the pops of deep plum and how smart are you using a scarf to make a pillow.
So beautiful Doreen! All of your foliage is stunning ~ you have quite the eye for putting your arrangements together, I love the texture, colors and life they add to your home!
Your fall home tour is simply stunning! So lovely! Pinning away! 🙂
What a stunning home tour!! I’m a fellow fall foliage forrager too – love your sedum and crabapple branches and displays – so pretty!! Your photos are stunning too – happy Fall!!
I love all of the natural elements-beautiful!
You can take cuttings from the coleus, root them, and then pot up to keep in the house until spring. It’s a great way to save them each year.
Thanks for the tip on the coleus, Jess! I’m going to give it a try!
OK those cookies look so tasty! I love your buffalo check drapes. Your home is so charming. the fall touches are so cozy and look so great!
Your home is absolutely gorgeous! Where did you get your black and white checkered curtains???
Hi, Lacey.
I actually made them from fabric that I purchased at Ikea. Unfortunately, they no longer carry the same fabric.