Fall Home Tour

Do you decorate your home differently for every season? I don't do it for every season, but I am trying to be more intentional about purchasing décor that is long-lasting and timeless so I can make each purchase an actual investment.

And of course, that means doing most of it on clearance, so I'm always working for the next season. Today is the fall home tour on this link-up, and I thought I'd show you some of my best fall finds from the years and why I love them so. (Fall is one season I decorate for rather thoroughly, mostly because I can make it last for almost three months, so it's worth the work!)

My apologies for photo quality today. The day I took the pictures was not a bright, sunny fall day, so I had a terrible time getting the lighting right. (aka I did NOT get the lighting right.) So these aren't all that they could be, but hopefully they're tolerable for you today.

I'm actually still working on our front porch décor. I have part of it done, and earlier this week we found some pumpkins at a great price. But I don't have the straw or the mums yet, so it's just a half-done corner right now. (It didn't want its picture taken, I'm quite sure.)

I do love our front door wreath, though. I got it a few years ago at the end of the season at a good price, and it has been serving us well ever since.

I also really like the foyer table, which is filled with fall pieces I've owned for several years. And I am still madly in love with my typewriter, which is an attic find from my parents' house. It used to be my dad's actual, working, every-day typewriter.

I also love this gigantic thing, because in one fell-swoop, it decorates an entire piece of furniture. Doesn't even need fluffing! I found it at Hobby Lobby (back in my single days, I think) after the season ended, for twenty dollars. I believe it was originally $100. (Which we all know it shouldn't have been, but doesn't it sound great for reporting a sale?)

I used to put it on the fireplace, but that now holds all our TV and internet stuff, so it's been relocated to the cedar chest.

I also love this little corner of assorted treasures, gathered throughout the years. The monogramed tray was a 40th birthday gift from my friend Amber (she did all that artwork on it herself!) and the little picture was a gift from my friend, Kari. It's Ryan holding his mom's hand while she was in ICU prior to her death.

I also love this little corner. That's a Lindsay Letters canvas that she gifted to me when we visited her storefront a few years ago. I adore it and think it will always be one of my best-loved art pieces in our home, because the portion of Scripture about being delivered from the wilderness into the Promised Land has such personal significance to me.

Mom gave me this vintage cake plate this past Christmas. It belonged to her, so bonus points for sentimentality, and when I'm not using it to serve food, I make it a decoration pedestal.

I didn't have a ton of things to put in the kitchen, but I do have a few fall mugs that I add to the area above the cabinets. I pretty much keep that area decorated with standard stuff throughout the year and just intersperse a few seasonal things. Makes it easier.

Since I'm still building my fall collection, I also don't have many fall things in the bedrooms, because then they can't be seen by the people who come over. But I do have this little pumpkin on my dresser in our bedroom.

And this free printable from Pinterest graces the guest room:

And I love this little area on our porch coffee table. The metal tray was a gift from Ryan's mom a few years ago. The metal vase (which you can't really see too well here) also belonged to her, and Allen gave it to me back at Mother's Day. He brought me a rose in it and told me if I'd like to keep it and use it to decorate, he'd like me to have it. So of course I said yes. I wasn't even thinking at the time how perfectly it would match the tray she'd given us. I got those flowers at the dollar store (shhhh) and the little plate was a gift from Lynne back when I worked at the station. It's the perfect fall collection for that table.

So there you have it! Our fall collection - the foundation edition. If you need me at the end of the season, check the Hobby Lobby clearance aisles. ;)