Autumn has finally arrived here on the homestead! After a long stretch of warm weather, we’re welcoming crisp mornings, cozy evenings, and all the beauty of fall. If you’re looking for simple, budget-friendly fall décor ideas, this is the perfect time to create a warm, inviting space without overspending.
Is it just me, or is the Christmas decor making an earlier appearance in stores than ever before, and does that bug anyone else besides me? I started seeing Christmas decor in stores where we live the first week of September!
Since we’ve had such a whirlwind year with our move back in May, and since the whole year had been a month late with the seasons I’m finding that I don’t even want to go there with even thinking about Christmas yet!
I do know it’s coming and have started my Christmas shopping, I learned a few years back that with as many kids as we have that there is no such thing as too early of a start when it comes to Christmas shopping!
Still, I want to savor fall for a little while before thinking about all the Christmas decor, after all, we haven’t even had Thanksgiving!
Homestead Fall Decor
As a homeschool mom I haven’t had time to decorate for fall for years. A couple years back I learned that I could designate those fun festivities to my kids, and I learned this actually made the holiday more fun for them. One year the kids made the cutest leaf art, and beautiful fall crowns (they did need my help with the crowns). These were super affordable ideas.
That was the year we all went to the pumpkin patch and a corn maze too. Although it was fun and definitely worth doing, and it’s something we would like to do again someday, it was expensive for our family since we are a larger family!
This year we are definitely watching our expenses with the economy like it is, and looking at ways to decorate beautifully while using what we already have. Since we have moved and live in the mountains now, we have some unique decorating materials growing on our property! I think we found some special idea’s almost anyone could do.
There’s of course the leaf art, but you can decorate with items from a simple nature walk. Just make sure there are no critters on things from nature that you bring in the house!
We had some corn from our garden that we decided to dress up the front of our home with this year (see video). I will say, however, our front porch is still unfinished and needs some work-but I do have to be 100% honest with you, I think it looks pretty good with all that firewood stocked to keep us warm! I know it’s not the most pinteresty visual but it makes me happy.
One of my favorite things to use for decor in the fall is pumpkins and foods like apples and garden produce, because once you are done using them as decor you can eat them! Us big family mama’s on budgets appreciate little things like that!
Thanksgiving Hosting
One of the reasons I’m stepping up the game on Fall decorating this year is because I’m delighted to be hosting Thanksgiving in our new home this year for some of our family members. I’ve been menu planning away! My husband is doing a brisket, the kids and I will be making pies and other thanksgiving goodies and I’ll probably make some sourdough focaccia. Since we have homegrown red potatoes I’ll probably make rosemary garlic roasted potatoes, and herby sourdough focaccia, let me know if you’d like those recipes in time for Christmas!
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