Fall DIY Decorating

Is it lame to decorate your house for each season?

It might be... 

I didn't pick all the seasons though... just my two favourites: fall and Christmas :) 

I just l-o-v-e the fall! 

Not the ghost and witch version, but the leaves and pumpkins version ;)

I've never decorated for a season before, but this year I had two events on the go - a fabulous fall-themed girls party and hosting a family Thanksgiving meal! 

More than enough reasons for me to craft up some fall decoration ideas! 

Here are some of the results so far:

A simple fall centerpiece for the table :) 

Some quick additions (owls, pumpkins, orange candles...) to liven up the cabinet.

 A DIY mantle piece banner :)
For this, I cut the letter stencils out using my cricut and spray painted the letters onto burlap.
(or rather, my husband spray painted... helping his preggo wife once again!)

And a DIY wreath for the front door! 

Ahhh... ready for all my fun.
The house looks and smells like the fall now.
Smells like fall partially because of the cinnamon candles, and partially because of all the baking treats (more to come!).

{xoxo}

Orange Accents

FACT: I like colour

FACT: My home is full of beige and brown

FACT: I can't wait to paint

But since painting will have to be put off for a bit, I need to find other ways to add colour :) I'm targeting the living room first, since it's one of the most used rooms in our home. I've been planning since we moved into the home to paint our kitchen a redish/orange colour. Since the living room is sitting just off the kitchen, I thought some red and orange accents in the living room might nicely pull out the colour from the kitchen once it's painted, plus it'll look awesome in the meantime!

We had some gift cards left over from our wedding gifts, so we went on a bit of a shopping spree for coloured accents at a home store in GP and Winners.

Here's out living room pre-colour: 

(sorry for the poor quality - it wasn't meant to symbolize the darkness and lack of colour, it's just the only picture I had without taking a new one!) 

Here are my lovely NEW accents:

And here's the room all put together:

And Joop enjoying a new orange accent pillow...

{colour}