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Happy September! Â So happy to say that! Â Or type that. Â Or whatever it is I’m doing. Â So happy it’s September! :) Â Our family did a little shopping over the weekend and I picked up the BEST smelling Fall candle. Â EVER. Â I can’t say that I discovered it on my own. Â I went to lunch with friends a few days ago and one of my friends gave it to another friend for her birthday and we passed it around the table smelling it for half of lunch and I said I’m buying that candle immediately.
Then I went out and bought that candle immediately.
It’s “Pumpkin Clove” and you can order it here from Anthropologie and the outside of it is as beautiful as the inside smells and you’re welcome because seriously.. so good you guys! Â I’ve been burning ours today and the house smells heavenly right now! Â I couldn’t wait. Â My kids are back in school and we had a cloudy day. Â That’s all I needed to be ready for Fall. Â I’m so excited to decorate! Â I was going to start today but decided I wanted to deep clean and organize a few more things and take down some summer stuff first so I got started on that. Â But by this weekend I will be busting out my pumpkins!
I was looking back at past posts to remember what I did last year and thought I’d share a few pictures of how I decorated and some tips that always help me when I’m thinking Fall decor.
I tend to stick with traditional Fall colors and neutrals. Â Which of course you don’t have to and it’s fun to experiment with different looks! Â But I like WARM colors for Fall. Â Feels cozy to me. :)
Tip #1 – Bring on the baskets! Â Baskets are one of my favorite things to use when I decorate for Fall. Â Really when I decorate for any season but they feel especially perfect for this time of year because they bring so much texture into a space. Â Set one by your couch to hold throws.
Put one near the fireplace to hold magazines or books.
Place one on the kitchen counter to hold a plant. Â They look great in every space! Â I’ll link some of my favorite baskets below but if you don’t want to buy anything new try rotating the baskets you have and using them in new places.
Tip 2 – Bring the outdoors in! Â There’s so much beautiful faux Fall decor out there to buy, but don’t forget to bring in some things from outside! Â For a lot of you that’s a piece of cake with all of the beautiful leaves changing outside of your windows. Â We have to be a little more creative in my neck of the woods. :) Â Some fresh flowers and real acorns from my parent’s yard do the trick for me every year.
Tip 3 – Pull out ALL the throws! Â My favorite part of decorating for Fall is bringing out all of my cozy throws! Â Experiment with colors and textures. Â Layer throws with poms, fringe, tassels.. everything goes! Â You can’t have too many throws in the Fall. Â In my humble opinion that is. :)
Tip 4 – Layer and Stack! Â I mentioned layering your throws which will add a lot of texture and visual interest. Â Also play around with stacking things. Â I love stacking pumpkins on top of each other!
This is my same mantel the year before. Â Books are another fun item to decorate with in the Fall and are also perfect for stacking! Â I’m always sad to take my Fall mantel decor down every year. Â The pumpkins just make me too happy. :)
Tip #5 – Pull out past Fall family pictures! Â This time of year is a perfect time to get some of your pictures off of your computer and displayed in your home. Â Those cute pictures of your kids when they were little at the pumpkin patch, fun times in their Halloween costumes, or maybe a picture of you and someone you love at a football game or your family last year around the Thanksgiving table.
{Shiplap Trick or Treat Halloween Picture Display}
Use them in your decor and seeing them displayed around your home every day will make the holidays that much more meaningful for you and your family.
Bonus tip #6 – light that pumpkin spice candle immediately! Â You can’t be unhappy when a pumpkin clove/spice candle is burning. Â You just can’t. Â It’s not possible. Â So buy two if you need to and soak it in! Â That’s the plan at our house. :)
I’ve linked favorite Fall decor below if you need some ideas or are looking for a new throw, basket, pumpkin, etc. to spruce up your home. Â It’s Fall! Â YEA. Â Happy decorating friends!
{BASKETS}
{COZY THROWS}
{PILLOWS}
{FALL DECOR}
{HALLOWEEN DECOR}
Have fun getting ready for fall this weekend, Erin. Thanks for sharing your wonderful tips and previous year’s decorations. Your house looks wonderful and homey and cozy! Hugs!
Thank you so much sweet Jeanne! Hugs right back. :)
All so pretty, Erin. I LOVE the idea of pulling out photos from the pumpkin patch. I never thought of that. So sweet. Hope you are enjoying some quiet and cozy mornings at home while the kids are back in school.
Loved hearing from you Courtney! It made my day. :) Definitely enjoying some quiet.. we were all ready! I hope you are doing the same! Bring on the pumpkin spice. :) XO
Erin, so happy to see your fall decorating! I love the pumpkin clove candle. I am lucky enough to live about 20 minutes from the Sycamore Street store. Heading over there tomorrow! I also love your family room mantel and would love to know where you purchased the beautiful mirror. Your home is breathtaking. Another perfect find for me from your posts was the pink lamp from Cupcakes and Cashmere. I have been looking for lamps like that for two years. I am ordering them today they will look beautiful with the pink toile bedding. I am thrilled with my finds, hubby may feel differently!
Hi Marie! YEA! So happy you are getting those lamps because I LOVE them! I want them myself but have nowhere to put them. I feel better now knowing you’ll use and love them.. ha! :) My family room mirror was from Pottery Barn but they discontinued it! Sweetest comment.. thank you so much! xo
Guess what? Those beautiful pink lamps were sold out. I did find them on Wayfair but they are $160.00 each. I have to give that some thought. I have never bought thru Nordstrom and know you do. Once something is sold out, do they restock? Have a great day.
Hi Marie! Oh shoot! Such a bummer. Sometimes they do restock and sometimes they don’t. The one thing with Nordstrom is that when stuff goes on sale it sells FAST so I’m not surprised they sold out! I’ll keep watching and mention it on my blog if they come back! xo
What’s the black hard surface material in your kitchen — is it soapstone? or something else?
Would really appreciate it if you’d share that w/me.
Thanks
Hi Kerry! Do you mean my kitchen perimeter counters? If you do they are quartz! Caeserstone – color is “Raven” and is actually a really dark grey. :)
Your Fall style is my absolute favorite!!! I also love neutral mixed with warm tones. I am also going to try incorporating some Navy this year! Could you please share where the two lanterns on your mantle are from? They are beautiful!
Thank you so much Stephanie! I’m laughing.. I’m incorporating navy this year too! LOVE it! Those lanterns are from Tai Pan (a store in Utah) and I’ve had them for years! Sorry that’s not more help!
Ack! Your house, your style, everything! I love it all!
Love the fall touches….
So sweet of you Jenny! Thank you! xo
LOVE YOU HOME. CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU GOT YOUR “IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME” SIGN? THANKS
Thank you Sheryl! That sign is from an etsy shop called Vine and Branches! :)
Everything looks so nice & cozy for Fall Erin! My Magnolia Market wreath is up also on my mirror. I always play the Twilight series, which I know you’re also a fan of, movies in the background while I’m decorating For Fall. I do tend to sit and watch more than I should though. Lol.
Ha ha.. me too Debi! I can’t turn those movies on.. they make me too unproductive. ;) So funny you remember that I like those! You are good! Happy decorating! So fun. :) xo
Everything looks lovely! Can I ask where you got your curtains made?
Thank you! You can find details on my curtains in this post:
https://www.thesunnysideupblog.com/2017/04/custom-items-home-can-get/
:)
I love, love the color of the orange/red throw. ,can you share where that exact one is from? I love it was the PB peacock pillow. 😉
Hi Molly! I shared a pic of that throw very first on the bottom! Click on the first cream throw (it’s a Bliss throw and the color is Rust Clay) :)