Ready or not, here fall comes! I am typically the one who is NEVER ready for summer to end. I just love summer. But, for whatever reason…this year, I am very excited about fall! I really do love the crispness of the air and the beauty of the season. With kids who love to spend time outside, I have to say I am ready to be outside in less than 90 degree weather.
Another thing about me is that I am not typically a seasonal decorator. Gasp. I know that probably comes as a surprise. I have just never gotten into decorating for all of the seasons. I guess it is because I feel like I would never be settled before it was time to change again, and I just don’t think I could keep up! {Now…Christmas on the other hand, that is a WHOLE different story! You will see that closer to time…but I definitely love to decorate for Christmas!} But, this year I decided to decorate for fall. I kept pinning all of these awesome ideas to my “Spices and Spooky” page, and I became inspired! I knew I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on decorations, but I wanted that “fall feel”, so I got creative. This entire dining room makeover was…wait for it…$7.00. YES. $7.00. Now, I had several things on hand in different areas of the house, some were dollar tree finds, some were creative uses of scrapbook paper that I had on hand, and some were already existing pieces in that room…but nevertheless, the whole change cost me $7.00 to go out and BUY the extras. {I will be going into detail on how I used the dollar tree to shop for fall decor and how I use scrapbook paper to change things up later in the week when I disect the decorations…so be on the lookout!}
Today, I want to show you the room makeover! And for those who didn’t know what it looked like BEFORE: {This is year round…except for Christmas!}
Here it is NOW~all decorated for fall:
With a few subtle changes, {and a berry wreath that I already had}~ this room has been totally transformed for fall! I love it! I think I may just have to decorate for fall every year now! It was really a lot of fun.
On Wednesday, I will show you how I used Dollar Tree decorations mixed in with existing items to really kick it up a notch! 🙂
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Last Updated on September 30, 2016
I absolutely love all these type of projects!!!!!
Me too, Angie! I love to decorate frugally!!! 🙂
Hi Brooke – your Dining Room looks lovely 🙂 I’m like you – I am not a ‘seasonal change’ type of person except – like you – Christmas 🙂 although the colours I like are Christmassy anyway – lol – I love my reds, blacks and greys. It’s amazing what little changes can make a BIG difference and for the Fall (although) we don’t call it that in England, Ireland or Spain – which are the countries I spend most of my time in 🙂 I do love the Burnt Orange colour 🙂 In fact I have a very unusual lamp which is in Burnt Orange, Golden Yellow and Red and love it 🙂 It’s great when you change your room for not a lot of money – well done 🙂
Thank you, Denise! There is nothing better than changing the look of a space for pennies on the dollar! I love change, but I hate spending a ton of money, so I think that is one of the reasons I love this dining room so much 🙂 What do you call Fall over there?
It looks lovely! I love decorating for fall. I haven’t gotten around to doing that here yet, but big plans are in the works! lol
I really enjoyed decorating for fall too! I will definitely have to make this something I do every year 🙂 LOL.
Oh I love your built in shelves! And this wreath is totally adorable, classy and simple!
Thank you!! 🙂 The wreath is a favorite of mine too!
Brooke, it’s just so pretty! Thank you for sharing! You are one of the features from the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link to this week’s bash! http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/09/make-it-pretty-monday-week-150.html Hope to see you again! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Thank you, Kathryn! And thank you so much for the feature!
Hi Brooke! The Weekly Feature Series is live! You are one of the 25 Amazing Features from the Week. Here’s the link to check it out. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/09/weekly-feature-series_20.html Have a lovely Sunday! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Yay!! Thank you, Kathryn!!! ?