The smell of Fall!

Well ok there's no actual smell of Fall when you live in Florida but once you walk into my house where there are tons of Fall Harvest Yankee candles burning there is!

I love, love, love Fall! Growing up in Northern Illinois it was my favorite time of the year, tied with Spring of course. Everything changes and you get such a sense of starting over. I so wish I could start over on a few things and after a cold winter have my "ick" bloom into something new and beautiful. Think of the possibilities! Laying to rest yelling at my children when they don't deserve it, or not being snippy to my husband because he doesn't come bouncing through the door every night after a long day at work ready to be Super-Dad, not being lazy and actually wanting to work out every day, oh the possibilities really are endless!

Anyway, I have been inspired by my friend Natalie and a fellow blogger to show my house and how I decorate for Fall. So here's a little tour, I hope you enjoy it and are inspired to bring a little Fall into your home!

This is the table as soon as you walk in the front door. I have cinnamon scented pine cones on the table and in a bowl of Fall scented potpourri, the smell just screams Fall!

Directly in front of that is the family room. I love this little round table, it is my favorite thing to decorate!

The mantel is a little boring but just wait until I do-it-up for Halloween, I have such a vision in my head!This is the newest addition to my Fall decorations and it's also my Christmas present from my Mother and Father in law. You gotta love a relationship so strong that you can call and say 'hey I know what I want and I want it now', thanks Mom & Dad T, I love it! It's hard to make out in the picture but it's a bunch of twigs bound together with acorn twists and 4 candle sticks at each base and it sits on the dining room table.
 I LOOOOVE IT!
Across from the table sits my fiber optic scarecrow on a bail of hay, he's lights up the hallway at night.

The glass shelf in the dining room is the perfect place for the fall garland and the picture of the girls playing in the leaves. My sister boxes the fall leaves from her farm in Illinois every year and mails them for the girls to jump in, it's one of their Fall highlights.

In the kitchen, where everyone hangs out, is also my favorite place to decorate. I love these torte burners from Yankee candle, as I continue the tour through the rest of the decorating season you'll see a lot of them!

This is where I keep the paper plates and napkins, the girls know that this is where they go to grab their napkins. I always have plates and napkins that go with the current season or for a family birthday, such a fun and easy extra touch that they love.

I hope you enjoyed the tour and since I LOVE HALLOWEEN I'll post those pictures as soon as I get the boxes down later this week. Now don't judge this Southern Baptist girl too harshly, I don't love the stigma that is attached to Halloween but I'm a firm believer that you get out of something what you put into it. We don't put anything evil in, no monsters or devils but I do love those adorable little witches, so nothing evil comes out. I have taught my girls, like my parents taught me, that there's no such thing as sorcery and that God is the only Creator and He alone holds all of the power necessary for our salvation. So again I say you get out of something that in which you put into it. Halloween is just a fun time to dress up in silly costumes and get free candy...hello how much fun is that! Trick or Treat!