Forget Christmas. For many, decorating for Halloween is one of the most joyous times of the year! Adding trick-or-treat decor indoors is one way to start your holiday decorating. However, you don’t want to forget about your exterior!
Your porch is the perfect place to be creative, add some festive flair, and embrace the spooky spirit of the season. When you create a haunting (or friendly) scene outside, it will be memorable for passersby and trick-or-treaters alike. Whether you consider yourself a Halloween buff or simply love all things fall, here are five tips for decorating your porch for Halloween. Continue Reading
Is it really here? Is it truly time? The time of crisp, chilly mornings, frosty nights, brilliant autumn leaves, hayrides, bonfires, apple picking, and fields full of pumpkins?? Is there anything not to like about this season that is Still Summer but has all the elements of Fall?
And , best of all in a few short weeks, there’ll be haunted houses, little miniature people running around in wild costumes, lots of candy, spidery-cobweb decorations, and frightening jack-o’-lanterns glowing on porch steps… Continue Reading
There is something nostalgic and heartwarming about this time of year!! For many of us, it calls to mind the “good ol’ days” when we’d be returning to high school or our college campus… Summer is having its last hurrah, with yards brown and crispy and potted plants and flowers absorbing every drop of water, instantly. We know that nature is just about to put on its most spectacular display of the year, and we can’t wait!
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As the temperatures descend (I hope that this happens soon!!) and days become shorter, we are ready to welcome fall into our homes with its wonderful colors and cozy charm. By infusing our surroundings with the tones, textures and natural beauty of this glorious season, we can bring the look and feel we want into our living spaces right now.
Choose from our large collection of Harvest Decor to complete your displays for Fall 2022!!
Whether you’re looking for floral accents, baskets, or wall signs, table linens, shower curtains or bedding, pumpkins, buckets, or planters, it’s all right here in our Fall Botanicals and Fall & Harvest Sections.
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Many of us are reluctant to think about leaving summer behind as we head into September… It’s hard to believe that we’re moving quickly into August and school starting up again… In some ways, it seems like summer just got here! But days are getting shorter and our hot and humid summer of 2022 will soon be a thing of the past!!
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We all KNOW how important it is to bring a grateful heart to everything we do and every year when Thanksgiving rolls around, we are reminded, in the form of an actual holiday, just how beneficial it is to have an attitude of gratitude for the good things in our lives.
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Did you know that there is actually a decorating style known as Aspirational? Well, there IS, and sometimes we bring it home without even realizing it. This decorating style works wonders for anyone who is interested in creating a space that is comfortable and updated, with messages that encourage and inspire. Continue Reading
In many parts of the country, it’s the most colorful time of the year. Just go for a hike or take a drive through the country and you’ll see the proof.
Why not use that color to inspire your home décor, making things as lively indoors as they are outdoors? If you’re not quite sure how to do that, here are a few tips, pulled from Midwestern Living and Better Homes and Gardens, on using the shades of this season to inspire your country decor. Continue Reading
Fall is just around the corner. This is the time to celebrate surviving the brutal summer heat and transition into the best time of the year. September through November represents the most enjoyable three months of the calendar for an array of reasons. While many people point to the beautiful foliage as the season’s most endearing characteristic, there is so much more to love about fall. Continue Reading
The days have suddenly gotten shorter, and the nights cooler. In the blink of an eye, the deep green leaves of summer are turning subtle shades of yellow and orange. Soon the trees will fully be ablaze with deep reds and the golden shades of autumn. Fall is here!
The signs are clear; there’s a bit of nip in the air, jacketed children wait on street corners for the early morning bus ride, the summer perennials are fading fast while the vibrant shades of Mums and Asters take over in the fall garden. Roadside stands offer pumpkins and gourds for sale. And perhaps most telling coffee shops have added pumpkin and spice flavors to their chalkboard menus.
The autumn season marks the transition in nature from summer into winter by the gathering of friends and family for the purpose of harvesting crops. In years past, the harvest season was one of great importance. It was often quite literally, the season that made survival during the winter months a possibility. Families, and whole communities, would gather together to work, bring in the crops, and celebrate nature’s provision for the cold months to come. Continue Reading
