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Modern & Fresh Fall Tour

by Jennifer

I’m up today in the Modern & Fresh Fall Tour hosted by Kristen from KFD Designs and Lindsay from The White Buffalo Styling Co.

There has been so much beautiful inspiration already and we’re only on day 8 of the tour!  Did you catch Carolyn’s tour yesterday?  I loved all the natural elements she brought into her spaces.

I had so much fun putting together some fall accents around the house and really focused on the things I always seem to be drawn to when it comes to decorating my house – mostly traditional with a bend toward rustic and a sprinkle of glam.

I love the antlers that are everywhere in home decor right now but I just can’t get over this shivery feeling inside at the thought of bringing the actual horns of a dead animal into my house.  It’s like floral denim – I like it on others but not on me.

My homáge to the antler craze this fall comes in the form of branches I foraged in my yard and sprinkled with glitter, mounted on a wood plaque, and hung with a black satin ribbon on the inside of our front door. 

Here are the details on how I put this glittered faux antler project together.

I love the colors of white and heirloom pumpkins and created a little vignette in our entryway using a collection of them.

I made the little chalkboard out of a picture frame and used both a chalk marker and regular chalk to add a quote about autumn leaves.

If only we aged as well as leaves do!

Here’s the easy tutorial on turning a picture frame into a chalkboard.

In the dining room, I added a simple wooden box centerpiece filled with a white-berry garland and a few mini-gourd candles I bought years ago.

I love the juxtaposition of the rustic box with the more glamorous crystal candlesticks and our silver and white wedding china.  I am exceedingly low-maintenance when it comes to table settings – I never iron table linens and the accents I love most are simple hemstitched linens, lightly rumpled placemats, and the warm glow of candlelight. 

I’ll share details on how I made the centerpiece box out of scrap wood soon!

The last area of our house where I added some fall touches is the living room.

Our mantle can only accommodate pretty low-profile objects because of the TV mounted above it, so I went scavenging in the yard again and came back with a collection of branches that I spray painted gold and lay across the back of the mantle.  I added a few more mini white pumpkins in the front and a handful of antique hydrangea stems in a glass vase.

I also added a glass bowl of teensie mini pumpkins to the coffee table and brought out our birch firewood to sit by the fireplace.

Several of the pillows in the living room are crewel knit and feel especially cozy this time of year.

I hope you enjoyed the peek inside our house this fall, and don’t forget to check in with Bethany tomorrow to see how she’s incorporated fall into her beautiful home!

Tutorials on making some of the projects pictured here:
  • Glittered Faux Antlers
  • Mini Chalkboard
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1 – Kristen from KFD Designs and Lindsay from The White Buffalo Styling Co.
2 – Sarah from Sarah M. Dorsey Designs 
3 – Gabbi from Retro Ranch Reno 
4 – Brittany from Brittany Makes 
5 – Jesse from Scout & Nimble 
6 – Julia from Cuckoo 4 Design 
 7 – Carolyn from Sweet Chaos Home 
 8 – Jennifer from The Chronicles of Home 
9 – Bethany from Dwellings by Devore 
10 – Carmel from Our Fifth House 
11 – Kristin from The Hunted Interior 
12 – Anneke from This That & Life  
13 – Michelle from Décor and the Dog 
14 – Cassie from Primitive & Proper 
15 – Ally from From the Right Bank 
16 – Shannon from Shannon Berrey Designs 
17 – Danika from Gorgeous Shiny Things 
18 – Kristin from Bliss at Home 
19 – Jenna from Rain on a Tin Roof 
20 – Jessica from Dear Emmeline 
21 – Kelly from View Along the Way 
22 – Sarah from Lacquer and Linen 
23 – Eileen from A Creative Day Blog 
24 – Sarah from Royal Marigold 
25 – Lori from Lori May Interiors 
26 – Jennifer from Dimples and Tangles 
27 – Caitlin from Desert Domicile 
28 – Sherry from Design Indulgence 
29 – Lakeitha from Lakeitha Duncan Lifestyle Blog 
 30 – Shavonda from A Home Full of Color and Whitney from The Curtis Casa
31 – Angela from Number Fifty-three and Jennifer from Brave New Home


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Meet Jen

I'm a design and DIY lover, decorator, modern home-maker, foodie, fashion enthusiast, and jill-of-all-trades when it comes to home improvement. I'm slowly but surely adding classic-contemporary style to my early 90's colonial home one inch at a time and I'm taking you along for the ride.

It's often messy - there are usually project remnants and toys strewn about - but the making of a home isn't always tidy work and I love showing you how you can make and style and organize your way to a home and a life you love!

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