So many other blogs are posting about home decorating for fall, and you can probably see the "fall decorating" we've done here at JoP (thanks Susan?), so I felt called to share my own plans for fall decorating.
Number one is fragrance. Right now is prime time for pumpkin flavors and scents, but just between you and me, I can only handle so much pumpkin! Candles that smell like vanilla, cookies, any gingerbread product, or toffee all make me wanna barf. I only want my food to smell like food, you know? My go-to scents for cooler weather fall more into the spice-and-herb category. Right now I'm into patchouli, which is a really nice compliment to a citrus scent too. Evergreen is also nice; cedar and eucalyptus will never let you down. So.
HOT: citrus and spice
NOT: cookie scents
Number two: windows. Everybody's changing out their valence-shade colors and hanging garlands of faux leaves, but I'll be covering my windows with shrink-wrap plastic for insulation. My windows may not be "festive," but my energy bill will be beautiful!
HOT: saving energy!
NOT: buying the same curtains in a different color just because the seasons change
Number three: It's what everyone is talking about! CENTERPIECES. Also mantlepieces. A popular idea these days is to cover some fall items (pumpkins, faux or real; leaves; gourds; brown and orange things) in a cake dish and toss leaves around. Voila! But that looks like crap. Another one is to arrange some things in a bowl. Replace your stupid boring old everyday fruit bowl with a...gourd bowl! Toss some multicolored authentic corn husks in for fun.
Just kidding everybody! Unless you run a country club, I wouldn't worry about making new centerpieces for fall. Nobody will notice or care anyway!
HOT: no centerpiece/whatever you already have!
NOT: spending hundred$ on decorative pumpkins and special leaf garlands
Good luck out there, everybody. We all know the next big decorating challenge is right around the corner...stay tuned for Christmas!
Number two: windows. Everybody's changing out their valence-shade colors and hanging garlands of faux leaves, but I'll be covering my windows with shrink-wrap plastic for insulation. My windows may not be "festive," but my energy bill will be beautiful!
HOT: saving energy!
NOT: buying the same curtains in a different color just because the seasons change
Number three: It's what everyone is talking about! CENTERPIECES. Also mantlepieces. A popular idea these days is to cover some fall items (pumpkins, faux or real; leaves; gourds; brown and orange things) in a cake dish and toss leaves around. Voila! But that looks like crap. Another one is to arrange some things in a bowl. Replace your stupid boring old everyday fruit bowl with a...gourd bowl! Toss some multicolored authentic corn husks in for fun.
Just kidding everybody! Unless you run a country club, I wouldn't worry about making new centerpieces for fall. Nobody will notice or care anyway!
HOT: no centerpiece/whatever you already have!
NOT: spending hundred$ on decorative pumpkins and special leaf garlands
Good luck out there, everybody. We all know the next big decorating challenge is right around the corner...stay tuned for Christmas!
4 comments:
nice work. i agree about the fragrance section. cookie/overly sweet scents make rooms smell stuffy to me. what patchouli brand do you buy? i used to like root's but they've changed the formula. also - thoughts on scented oils/brands?
I had no idea centerpieces were out and saving energy was in this fall. Very informative.
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Weaver Street is having a special on essential oils right now so I got the patchouli oil for like $4 off. I put a few drops in an oil burner and let 'er rip! Root's patchouli scent is still probably the best though, just too pricey for me these days.
I'd be interested to hear a good recommendation for a citrus smell, by the way. Everything out there smells like sugar candy, none of the bite of real citrus.
OH, AND if you're able to spend big bucks on a huge candle, A Southern Season has a lot of really nice ones.
OR if you insist on cookie scents for your home, I noticed that Yankee Candle is having a big sale.
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