FALL DECOR: Fabulous Fall

<div style="text-align: center;">I love the beginning of Fall. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The days are still warm, but the evenings have a little nip in the air </div><div style="text-align: center;">and as the nights get cooler the colors of fall heat up, bringing reds, magentas, golds, </div><div style="text-align: center;">browns and oranges into play. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Fall is excitement! </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is the color of fire, of warmth, of spices. </div><div style="text-align: center;">What a wonderful opportunity to infuse our 'nests' with the glow of seasonal color. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No matter what colors you have used to decorate your home, </div><div style="text-align: center;">there are fall colors that will coordinate or compliment your color scheme. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Blues become bluer and more beautiful with oranges. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Greens come alive with the compliment of red, burgundy and terracotta. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Purple loves gold. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You can find a brown to compliment almost any color, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but brown especially makes blues, teal or pink more appealing. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a time saving trick: </div><div style="text-align: center;">Put your seasonal green garland on your banister and mantel now (use artificial garland) - </div><div style="text-align: center;">tuck in autumn leaves, berries, pumpkins, sunflowers or fall picks with acorns and mums. </div><div style="text-align: center;">For Halloween, add spiders, crows, skulls and black ribbon. </div><div style="text-align: center;">These elements are simple to remove after the Fall celebrations and replace with </div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas picks and ribbon. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You'll have a head start in the seasonal decorating game! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7k7XOBLmKsNJtKdWLPVZGHAxbJMASJ34gdeRMSU2X0Wr_POya1m1VJEXQugxp2V1jhm-26OOEGnoxjPN5vRYomlL1kddiqiol2TUmWHtm_pBjZTGvS7fW5gYlzzi55do2skXJwzcB0aQ/s1600-h/IMG_2727.JPG" onblur="function onblur()<br />{<br />try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}<br />}"><img alt="" border="0" height="424" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252448845355603922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7k7XOBLmKsNJtKdWLPVZGHAxbJMASJ34gdeRMSU2X0Wr_POya1m1VJEXQugxp2V1jhm-26OOEGnoxjPN5vRYomlL1kddiqiol2TUmWHtm_pBjZTGvS7fW5gYlzzi55do2skXJwzcB0aQ/s640/IMG_2727.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a> You can add Fall color to your decor in the form of toss pillows, place mats, tea towels, and florals - and don't forget the pumpkins! Bring those amazing colors into view on the outside too. Color pots of mums and daisies in vibrant colors and a wreath on the front door with autumn leaves will practically shout 'welcome'. Greet trick or treat patrons with a wreath of black feathers, or skulls and black roses. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTl8yKFcb-I_herQTWui0r8RarM-h9x8H75bUUB38dEWfUqiF8CPrnQ_6kjghnh6TwEJfeQyes6_qTYic8ShMiUTOq0JUGmxSmHEkaWRX-9Q_1q5_jqTYMvHUGCccpYC7l_NDwMMpc98/s1600-h/IMG_3011.JPG" onblur="function onblur()<br />{<br />try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}<br />}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252442329597409426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTl8yKFcb-I_herQTWui0r8RarM-h9x8H75bUUB38dEWfUqiF8CPrnQ_6kjghnh6TwEJfeQyes6_qTYic8ShMiUTOq0JUGmxSmHEkaWRX-9Q_1q5_jqTYMvHUGCccpYC7l_NDwMMpc98/s640/IMG_3011.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="426" /></a>Autumn is full of nostalgic childhood memories: pumpkin pie baking in the oven, the crackling sound of shuffling through fall leaves, and merry laughter while making popcorn balls for Halloween. Halloween night in Southern California seems to be the very first time you feel that promise of a nip in the air. We look forward to that nip - its as close to a seasonal change as we get here. Or maybe its just the first night we are out long enough to notice. I think I'm enjoying Halloween even more as an adult. It is definitely the only time of year that I actually invite spiders into my house and create cobwebs instead of sweeping them away. I'm planning a very spidery entry this year - so I'd better get busy. Halloween is just around the corner! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2m3iqxjTAYT9UdsKH8csYMDlAHrMWxA3Inf9doSI0lVrjjB4hSOHDTrlcBSYByyNpWPHcdCYWBRSQ0xOxUi72gWZ0PIytKb6VTUPi3h1GPmpMDb7zo2EKfpfoES9ltUnfWH8SGdaoyI/s1600-h/IMG_3006.JPG" onblur="function onblur()<br />{<br />try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}<br />}"><img alt="" border="0" height="426" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252444082708282274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2m3iqxjTAYT9UdsKH8csYMDlAHrMWxA3Inf9doSI0lVrjjB4hSOHDTrlcBSYByyNpWPHcdCYWBRSQ0xOxUi72gWZ0PIytKb6VTUPi3h1GPmpMDb7zo2EKfpfoES9ltUnfWH8SGdaoyI/s640/IMG_3006.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a></div>

FALL DECOR: Fabulous Fall

I love the beginning of Fall. The days are still warm, but the evenings have a little nip in the air and as the nights get cooler the colors...

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