Cozy Autumn Decorating In My Cottage Home - Fall Decor Inspiration

The days are still warm, but there's that first little hint of autumn in the air. The evenings are getting shorter, and it's time to start adding warm colors, soft textures, and all the little details that make a home feel cozy. Today I'm going to be doing a little early autumn decorating, and I hope you'll join me. Entryway has been in need of a refresh for quite some time now, and I decided to add in these dried tassels from our corn from our garden, and they add just such a fun fall texture. And then to flesh it out a bit, I added in some faux florals. I love these berries, they're just so pretty. And I also added in some dried hydrangeas from our garden as well, and it really works to incorporate both dried florals and faux florals together. It just opens up a lot more possibilities than what you might just have with dried things that you find around your garden. I found this adorable sweet little stitched sign at the thrift store a couple months ago. It's blue and white, so it's right up my alley, and it's just so lovely, and I wanted to hang it right in our entryway as a little greeting when we see it. When we think of autumn, we probably think of all the cozy textures, including baskets and quilts. And just a tip, if you want the look of an antique quilt but you can't necessarily afford to buy an entire quilt, often at antique malls or other shops like that, you can find pieces of old quilts. And they're just little bits of quilts that were falling apart that have been cut up and are being sold as decorative objects, and you can completely use those in your decor. You can tuck them into baskets like this, you can use them as doilies or table runners, frame them and hang them on the wall, so many different possibilities, but it's a much more budget-friendly way to add that texture into your decor. It's been so exciting as our hydrangea bush in the back has gotten larger and larger over the years that I've been able to just cut freely and put hydrangeas all around the house, dry them, use them in projects, and not feel like I'm totally decimating the bush. So if you have an abundance of hydrangeas, this is a great way to dry them and have them look beautiful all through the fall. All I did was take a very long length of twine, made a loop at one end, tied on a little bundle of hydrangeas, and then kept adding hydrangeas and wrapping the twine round and round into a long garland. More recently I have been checking out the dollar store for craft supplies and seasonal items, and I've actually been pretty impressed in some areas. These ribbons were $1.25 a piece, and you really can't find that at most craft stores for that price. I decided on the orange because I liked how it popped against the dark wood of the old windows. I wanted to make it a little more fun and interesting, so I turned it into a ruffle ribbon by pulling the wire partly out of one side and bunching up that side of the ribbon, and then completely removing the wire from the other side of the ribbon, which turned it into this pretty little ruffle. When I tied it in a bow, it sort of ended up looking like a pretzel, but I also kind of like it, so you can let me know what you think below if you like the ruffle pretzel ribbon or if you just would prefer regular straight ribbon. I was looking for some pillow shams to freshen up our bedroom, and I found these beautiful green and white twall ruffled pillow shams on Amazon. They're 100% cotton and they have the sweetest little pattern on them. I'll link them in the description below if you're interested. Autumn is not quite here yet, but I am doing a few things to my porch to get it ready for the season, including hanging a new wreath with more of the dollar store ribbon and adding a few mums around my porch. I save my thrifted baskets all year long just to be able to use them on my porch in autumn, so I can just set my plastic mum pots right inside of the baskets. You can typically find these sort of baskets at the thrift store for just a few dollars, and they make a great cover for the ordinary plastic mum pots. Also, if you need a little prop in your basket to prop up your mum, dollar store wire baskets work very well for this. And if your wire basket is too tall, you can gently step on it to squish it down to the appropriate height. Pumpkins are not yet available in stores around here, so I'll be adding those later on in the season, so be sure to stay tuned for more autumn porch decor. If you enjoyed this video, please be sure to subscribe for more cottage living, and I'll see you next time. Thanks for watching!