5 Tips to Get Your Home Fall Ready

Fall is one of my favorite seasons of the year. Everything is so cozy and joyful. Rich colors, crisp weather, warm and soft fabrics and a beautiful smell of freshly baked pies! What`s not to love about that!

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Welcome beautiful fall - I’ve been waiting for you and all the good stuff you`re bringing! I don`t know about you, but I like to decorate my home for the fall. Not too much, just a little touches here and there to make it fell warm and cozy, because fall to me is all about coziness! Although I`m a neutral girl, for fall I like to bring some color to our home. My favorite colors lately are rust, turmeric, burnt orange, off white and deep blue. These are the colors that creates such a nice atmosphere and perfectly reflects the hues from the nature. 

I also like to DIY some of my fall decor, it`s a great way to make some unique decorations, like these DIY pumpkins I made a few years ago. If you want to see how to do it, read the post HERE.

So, if you`re like me and want to bring some of the fall beauty to your home, today I’ll be sharing my best 5 fall home decorating tips to easily transition your house from summer to fall. These affordable and easy ideas will get you to think outside what people typically consider fall decor and inspire your creativity! It`s nice to add pumpkins, but there`s other ways to decorate for fall. Let`s get started!

START WITH A CLEAN SLATE

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Before decorating, start with removing all of the summer decor and other things you don`t want for the next season. Remove everything from the shelves, cabinets etc. Even remove the paintings and other summer decor from the walls.

Next step is to clean everything and prepare it for decorating. After that, treat yourself with nice cup of coffee or tea and look around your clean home. This will allow you to clearly see the space and to get fresh ideas, witch leads us to a next step...

MAKE A FOCAL POINT

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You don`t need to add fall decor in every surface or corner of your home. As the mater of fact, that will be very wrong and not beautiful at all. So, while everything is empty, try to decide which are the main focal points for your decor. After that, try to imagine what will fit nicely in that area and try not to overdo it. Just a few decorative pieces, fall candles or floral arrangements will be enough. Remember,  less is more. You don`t want your house to look like a harvest festival!

On the other hand, you can add a lot of decorations in one spot and make a huge statement, but try to stick with neutrals, because they will look less cluttered and "heavy" in the space. 

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

Think beyond the typical fall decor and try to use things you actually use in the space or even use food as a decor. Like a lovely bowl filled with apples, stack of plates with cute kitchen towel on top finished with a pear, few copper mugs on a shelf, vintage books with fall candle.., get creative and think outside the box. On the photo above I used a bowl full of fresh fruit as my centerpiece on the dining table in one of my previous fall home tours.

USE NATURE AS A FREE SHOP 

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Every year I use this tip and I love it. Nature is best shop in the world and it`s free. So, go outside, take a nice walk and pick whatever your heart desires. Branches, dried grass, colorful fall leaves... This will instantly make your home ready for fall and you can enjoy a little bit of nature indoors. 

MAKE YOUR HOME COZY

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Whenever I think of fall, I think about cozy afternoon on the sofa, curled in a soft blanket. Throws and pillows are my favorite and easiest way to add seasonal flair. 

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I like to add more fluffy pillows and drape throws on the sofa and chairs to add color and soft textures in the space. My family loves to curl up in those when we are watching our favorite shows. 

Last, but not least enjoy the season your way. Don`t feel like you have to use typical fall colors or decorations. Use what you love. You can find how I decorated our house with the touches in blue HERE.

So, if you love blue, pink or neutrals, than go for it. There are no rules you must follow. Just follow your heart and enjoy! Also, I would love to know how often you updates decor in your home and do you decorate for fall. Let me know down in the comments and share your tips for seasonal decorating. 

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A Neutral Fall Wreath DIY

Hello lovely people! For those of you who are new to my blog, welcome. Today I wanted to share my DIY grapevine fall wreath! The other day, my hubby and I were at our cottage, spending a beautiful, sunny afternoon in backyard. One thing that spoiled, otherwise perfect view was our front door. They desperately need a coat of a fresh paint! While I was thinking about painting the door, I start daydreaming how beautiful it will be with fresh coat of paint and embellished with a beautiful wreath. As I was thinking of going to shop the wreath, I suddenly realized! I don`t need to buy it, if I can make it myself! We have a huge pile of grapevine in our backyard for free!

Once something is on my mind, it becomes a instant obsession and I want to start immediately. My dear hubby, who knows me so well, deliberately stayed silent when I suddenly left our afternoon coffee and start wander around. First thing was to find the right, thicker branch, make a loop and secure it with wire (with his kind support, again without any comment or objections about cold coffee he will have later - very clever guy!). After that it was just wrapping other branches around the loop until it was thick enough. I must say it`s a little time consuming and long branches can be tricky (at that point, he totally give up his coffee and disappear - did I mentioned how smart he is?). For this part you don`t need wire, just tuck the end of each branch inside the wreath, and start again.

Zdravo dragi moji! Za one koji su prvi put na mom blogu, dobro došli. Danas sam htela da podelim sa vama moj "uradi sam" jesenji venčić od vinove loze. Pre nekoliko dana moj dragi i ja smo uživali u sunčanom popodnevu u bašti naše vikendice. Pogled, koji bi inače bio savršen, kvarila su mi ulazna vrata kojima je očajnički potreban makeover sa četkom. Dok sam razmišljala o tome kako treba da ofarbam vrata, nesvesno sam počela da zamišljam lepa vrata sa prekrasnim venčićem na njima. Odmah sam počela da planiram odlazak u kupovinu venčića, a onda mi je najednom sinula ideja. Zašto bih ga kupovala ako mogu da ga napravim?! Pa zar nemamo gomilu loze u svom dvorištu potpuno besplatno?!

Normalno, kad imam na umu neki projekat, to momentalno postaje opsesivno i mora da se realizuje odmah! Moj dragi, koji me tako dobro poznaje, promišljeno se uzdržao od komentara kada sam iznenada napustila našu popodnevnu kafu i krenula da tumaram okolo po dvorištu. Prvo sam pronašla odgovarajuću deblju granu i napravila krug koji sam učvrstila cvećarskom žicom (uz njegovu svesrdnu pomoć, naravno bez komentara i primedbi što ga prekidam i što će morati da popije potpuno hladnu kafu - pametan momak!). Posle toga, postupak se svodi na obmotavanje tanjih grana oko osnove sve dok se ne postigne odgovarajuća debljina venca. Moram da dodam da je za ovo potrebno strpljenje jer dugačke grane mogu da budu nezgodne (u tom momentu on načisto odustaje od kafe i nestaje - da li sam već pomenula koliko je moj dragi mudar?). U ovom delu postupka žica nije potrebna za učvršćivanje, dovoljno je samo podvući krajeve svake grane unutar venca i započeti sledeći red.

For decoration I used some faux fern and faux lavender. Using the wire cutters I cut apart the faux greenery and flowers stems so that it is in individual pieces. Slip the branches and flowers trough the grapevine wreath to create the look you want. I didn`t use hot glue or wire to secure it because I like to take it apart and use it again for the next season. Then, I added dried hydrangea, little branches and pine cones in the middle of greenery. I`be been going with a more neutral palette this season to make it work with other decorations in my home.

Prvo sam koristila veštačku paprat i lavandu za dekoraciju. Uz pomoć klešta sam odstranila listove i cvetove sa drške kako bih mogla da ih rasporedim pojedinačno na venac. Kada sam ih aranžirala, u sredinu sam dodala suve hortenzije i grančice i sve završila šišarkama. Birala sam uglavnom neutralne tonove ove sezone kako bi se bolje uklopile sa bojama u našem domu.

After that, I made a big burlap bow and secure it on the opposite side of wreath with hot glue. Finally, I made a cardboard G letter, for our family name, painted it black with acrylic paint and attached it with hot glue just above the burlap bow. Waving the ends of the burlap tails and tucking it into the wreath was a final step to make it beautiful! That`s all there is to it, simple and cute! At the end, I decided to bring it home with me, because the cottage door needs brush and paint much more then the wreath.

Sledeće je bilo pravljenje velike mašne od jute koju sam pričvrstila vrućim lepkom na suprotni kraj venca. Naposletku sam od kartona napravila slovo G, za naše prezime i učvrstila ga vrućim lepkom tik iznad jutane mašne. Ulepšavanje sam završila blagim "talasanjem" krajeva mašne koje sam potom uvukla u venčić! I to je sve, jednostavno i slatko! Na kraju sam odlučila da ga donesem kući, jer tim vratima na vikendici trenutno ipak više treba četka i boja nego venac.

That was such a fun project and really easy and inexpensive way to add a little fall touch to your home. Also, this wreath can be used over and over again for every season or holiday with just a few new touches and decorative elements, and that`s the best part of it! Have you begun embracing the season yet with some fun fall projects? 

Ovo je bio zaista zabavan projekat i jednostavan način da unesete mali dah jeseni u vaš dom. Najbolje od svega je što ovaj venac može da se koristi bezbroj puta, uz male izmene dekorativnih elemanata, za bilo koju sezonu ili praznik! Da li i vi uživate u novom godišnjem dobu uz zanimljive jesenje projekte i kreacije? 

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