My Fall House Decorating Tour ~ Down Memory Lane

Fall house decorating is a special time. I know that fall started yesterday, but for me fall decorating starts October 1. (Remember I live in Dallas and September can still be hot and we still wear flip-flops and white jeans. )

Since Sweet Shark and I are on our way home from vacation, I thought today would be a good day to go down memory lane to last year’s fall decorating. Just like last year, fall will just have to wait until I return home.

Sweet Shark will pull all the fall and Halloween decorations down from the attic and I will get to work.  It’s nice to see what I did last year, how I used last year’s inspiration, and what I want to change this year. I definitely have some ideas for changing my fall house decorating this year.

My Fall House Decorating

This weekend, I knew fall was really, truly here.  How did I know? When I woke up Saturday and Sunday mornings, the air was cool ~ a lovely 61 degrees.  And it’s not supposed to hit 80.  Yippee! When I went to tennis drills Saturday morning, I actually wore a zip-up jacket (I did take it off after 10 minutes.) Yesterday, I started switching out my summer clothes for fall clothes and I put away my sandals and pulled out my boots ~ I knew I had to stop wearing pink and aqua.

But the biggest reason I know fall is here?  Last night Sweet Shark and I ate dinner outside on the patio.  Under candlelight.  And no mosquitos.  Just a beautiful evening enjoying grilled pork chops, roasted potatoes and Brussels Sprouts (That’s another reason I know fall is here; I bought Brussels Sprouts for the first time.), and sautéed mushrooms with a Pinot Noir. It was delightful.

So back to decorating the house for fall and Halloween.

It’s kind of embarrassing how many decorations we have accumulated over the years.  Sweet Shark loves the house decorated for the holidays and he loves to drop in Jo-Ann’s on the way home from work and pick up some cute little scarecrow or witch.

So here are the boxes of decorations

We have another big box of scarecrows for outside.

So my plan for October is arrange Fall and Halloween decorations. Then November is Fall and Thanksgiving. So for now, I’m only using half of the contents of the boxes.

I like to create little vignettes.  I looked up the word; it means “any small, pleasing picture or view”.  A grouping of like items, or unlike items, that create a smile on your face. Makes me smile. Are you smiling?

Here’s what you see when you come in our house, just passed the dining room.  Still needs a little tweaking.

And here’s my little vignette.  I used one of my inspiration photos for the jar filled with red lentils, white beans and pumpkin seeds ~ all reusable.

This cute guy greets you, too.

These little cuties sit on a small writing table in the hall to our family room.  They are all smiling!

Witches, goblins, and spiders, oh my, adorn the mantle.  I still need to find fall candles for the large candlesticks.

We’ve had these guys forever, but they are still cute.  The pumpkin looks better lit at night.

A scarecrow village sits on the sofa table.

I combined the real sunflowers with some dried floral pieces in my French vintage coffee pot for a centerpiece on the breakfast room table.

I haven’t decorated the dining room table or the front entry outside yet.  It’s just so pretty outside and I feel fall calling.