Autumn House Tour

I have kept our autumnal decorating simple this year. It’s just what I felt I could manage, little touches using some of my favourite decorations, most of them handcrafted by me others picked up over the years. The reason why I add seasonal touches throughout my home is that it really is a celebration of the season. Each season is beautiful in its own right and I do like to pause throughout each day to appreciate little moments that could so easily be missed.

Watching the sunlight pool on the carpet, or gazing over the fields early in the morning that are cloaked in autumn mists, or perhaps watching a bumble bee visiting white clover in the grass and the butterflies flocking on buddleia flower spikes. So many little beautiful moments.

I’ve kept my front entrance simple with this stunning autumnal wreath I picked up at T Maxx about 4 years ago and my must-have autumn ‘mums’ and pumpkins.

Of all the different colours of mums, this russet colour is my favourite. Each year I think that I must perhaps pick a different colour but then I stand in front of the array of choice and I just cannot resist the russet ones. Perhaps next year I’ll get two or three different colours and create a whole display on my front porch. 

Stepping through the front door you enter a large entrance hall off of which we have a guest WC, the passage leading down to the bedrooms on the right. The kitchen to the left and straight ahead we have the living room.

I have hung strings of autumn flower fairy bunting I made a good 5 or 6 years ago and to the left of the door pictured above, I have my welsh dresser. On the shelves, I have little autumnal touches, a garland of knitted acorns I made, a few cross-stitched smalls, and of course lots of tea lights.

Coming through into the living room, the mantle is all decked out with a display of cross-stitched pillows, hand knitted pumpkins and apples and a sewn corn on the cob, and another string of autumnal bunting I made a while back.

I haven’t made any new autumn decorations this year which is a bit disappointing but I suppose understandable given that we were pre-occupied with our house move. 

Of course, there are candles everywhere because well…I like candles to brighten up these shortening days. Most of them are pumpkin spice scented so the house smells amazing this time of year.

I bring in branches of berries and grasses gathered on our walks. They usually find a spot on the mantle or on the Welsh Dresser. I like bringing nature indoors, its free and nothing can compare to its beauty.

 On the little coffee table in the middle of the room is a little display that I change up through the seasons.

Right now we have some pine cones, a little autumn stitchery, some autumn leaves and a gorgeous set of autumn leaf coasters gifted to me by a very dear friend.

So that’s it for this year’s autumn decor. I really wanted to do more but just could not do it with everything else that has been going on. We’ve been in our new home for just over 3 weeks now and I am finally beginning to find time to sit down and indulge in a bit of stitching and knitting. Today I even managed to dye some yarn for my Etsy shop! So I feel like I’m making headway. 

Brrrr! The temperature is beginning to drop. It’s late afternoon and soon my evening chores of making dinner etc will need to be done. I think I’ll quickly light a fire before I do that – it will chase the chill away. Until my next post, keep warm and take time to enjoy the small moments and happenings in your day.

Blessings to you all…