Simply Fall Home Tour
Today, I am thrilled to invite you into my home for the first part of my Fall Home Tour. Next week, I’ll be sharing my fall living room refresh as well as a few more snippets around the house. But fear not, I’ve got loads of inspiration here and you are also invited inside the homes of the talented bloggers listed at the end of the post! Be sure not to miss more fall inspiration.
So, come on in! We will start at the front door.
I wanted to keep it fairly simple this season and didn’t try to force a theme. The only goal I set was to incorporate just a little more orange than I had in the previous years.
If you’ve been following along with the blog recently, then surely you will remember my deconstructed wreath. The tutorial can be found in this recent post.
I had intended to take you into the library, but I’ll include that in the post next week. Subscribe to my email to never miss a post.
the dining room
I love the look of a fresh, fall arrangement with pumpkins, ferns, moss small pinecones and lotus pods. I created a similar look in here last year and loved it. You can see last year’s fall home tour, here.
I shared on Instagram the complete and utter fail that was my attempt to add orange to this room. I’m not kidding when I say it looked like a circus!
If you follow me on Instagram and watch my stories, you’ll be in for fun behind the scenes like this!
Link to Instagram
The wooden trough planter box was moved in here to make room for a fall floral arrangement in the kitchen. This is the easiest DIY project to build and it is even easier to arrange. I honestly believe everyone can and should have one of these in their home. The DIY Trough tutorial post can be found here.
Fall in the Kitchen
I don’t always create flower arrangements just for a home tour, but it happened to coincide with a meeting/luncheon I was hosting at our home. So I decided to splurge a little. And when I say splurge, I mostly mean I made a special trip out to Trader Joe’s to buy inexpensive flowers.
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The copper pieces I have been collecting over the last few years look especially fall-ish when a pumpkin or two are thrown next to them.
I was inspired to try something new on the open shelves this fall after I picked up a piece of vintage art from a thrift store. It’s the bridge scene on on the top shelf. I’ll share more about the second piece of art another time.
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I had a few extra flowers left over from the arrangement created for the island so I tucked a few stems into this teal vase.
Nothing fancy on the kitchen table today. Staged table scapes typically aren’t my thing. I’m just a bit too practical for that. For a real holiday, though, like Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve dinner I’m all in! Check out last year’s grocery store table setting here.
A quick look into the living room
I look forward to sharing the recent updates in the living room next week! This is a photo I took last week for the Wood Bead Garland Tutorial post.
The living room is one room I have taken the slow approach and have let it evolve. I love a collected style and budget of course plays a big factor. As I am able, I try to move closer to the vision I have for the room. And that is okay. Be sure to get this point. Unless you have an unlimited decorating budget, which I don’t, some rooms are going to be just okay for a bit. But I would be lying if I didn’t say that it makes me extremely happy to move closer to what I had hoped for in this room.
I inadvertently made this fall the year of the fall mantle. This is my fifth iteration of a fall mantle! You can see the others in the blog post, “4 Ways to style a Simple Fall Mantle with a Round Mirror.” I even rounded up great resources for round mirrors.
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Today I’m excited to be joining a group of over 35 talented bloggers who are also touring through part of their home ready for fall. Hop around to take in all this stunning inspiration…
Sharing with me today are…
Finding Silver Pennies // Rooms FOR Rent // Willow Street Interiors // Deeply Southern Home
Maison de Cinq // Craftberry Bush // Amber Tysl // Summer Adams
Sharing the rest of this week…
Monday
The Happy Housie // Jenna Kate at Home // Maison de Pax // The House of Wood
Love Create Celebrate // Inspiration for Moms // In My Own Style
Tuesday
Town and Country Living // Designthusiasm // Sincerely, Marie Designs // Nina Hendrick Design Co.
Just Destiny // The DIY Mommy // Place of My Taste
Wednesday
Home Made Lovely // The Turquoise Home // Satori Design for Living // Taryn Whiteaker
On Sutton Place // Paint Me Pink // Clean and Scentsible
Friday
Just a Girl and Her Blog // Life on Virginia Street // Modern Glam // Grace Gathered Home
Hallstrom Home // So Much Better With Age // Rambling Renovators
Greetings Friend~ Love what you have done here..question – your black kitchen set. How do you like the fact it’s all black? I have ladderback chairs that I painted black with original cane seats. The table is the typical county table from the 90s? where the legs have been painted black but the top is still butcher block but not really crazy over. The kitchen cabinets are oak and hubby will not let me paint them. Walls are currently soft grey, white Subway backsplash and speckled quartz countertops and black appliances……..there is a lot of light in the kitchen……..open up to the family room. What do you think – paint the butcher block and have the set all black then? I’ve been waiting a long time to do something with this top! THANK YOU
Julie,
Thanks so much! Actually, my table is not painted black on top. It is a combo stain and milk paint finish that is very dark. I then applied several coats of a matte finish polyurethane.
I think I would strip off any old finish and stain it dark. Butcher block can stain unevenly so I would be sure to use a wood conditioner too. I don’t have a tutorial for this particular table but this one below is very similar to what I did. Using the milk paint first makes the stain go on very evenly and helps get that rich finish you see on the table.
https://deeplysouthernhome.com/2016/03/diy-restoration-hardware-finish-salvaged-brown.html
Hope this helps!!
Gorgeous, Leslie! So full of beautiful fall touches and your backdrop is so dramatic and stunning. Thank you for being part of this tour series!
Thank you Krista!! And thank you for hosting this series!!
This is gorgeous, Leslie! I love each and every space in your home. The copper touches are so beautiful!
Thank you, Laura! I do love my copper!1
Leslie I love all your fall touches! The box on the dining room table is adorable, and I’m in LOVE with that copper pot the sunflowers are in!! I’m thinking I need that!
So nice to be hopping with you – happy fall!
Sheila
Ooooh, is that copper pot you have your arrangement in vintage? I LOVE the patina it has. It really stands out in your kitchen and is so lovely. LOVE all the collected copper in the kitchen too. It all feels so warm and inviting.