Traditional Fall Kitchen Tour

Traditional Fall Kitchen Tour

Hello, friends!

I mentioned in a previous post that I’ve been slowly adding a few fall touches to our new rental home.

Today I thought I would share a little tour of our warm and cozy kitchen.

Although I’m usually a neutral color person when it comes to decor, I really LOVE all the rich-warm reds, yellows, and yes, even orange that nature provides in its landscapes this time of year.

Fall just wouldn’t be fall for me, without touring our countryside and seeing all the beautiful trees turn, and I really like to bring that same warmth and color into our home.

What I don’t like to bring into our home this time of year is leaves, flowers, or anything foraged from outdoors. Unfortunately, I have seasonal allergies. Fall is the worst season when it comes to them.  So I’ve learned over the years that I can save myself a WHOLE lot of grief if I stick with faux or dried stems instead.

But that doesn’t mean you have to spend a fortune on faux stems and dried grasses. In fact, fall is one of my favorite seasons to decorate for, because there are so many other ‘nature’ inspired elements you can add that cost little or nothing!

faux can be fall fabulous

This simple fall foliage arrangement cost me $0 to make and took about 10 minutes. I simply took some fall stems I already had (some from the Dollar Store) and arranged them in the cream pitcher. Then I tucked in some dried stems I purchased last year from Walmart. Lastly, I added in some soft plumes of silver grass (Minnesota’s pampas grass), that we found on a backcountry road near the farm.

Sidenote: I may or may not have fought off an army of mosquitoes, received a few cuts and bruises, and overcame my fear of snakes just to pick that silver grass!

But what I didn’t get was an allergy attack because after cutting the grasses down to size and removing their leaves, I hung them in our basement to dry. It took a good two weeks, and then I took them outside and gave them a light coat of hair spray.

MORE DRIED FLOWER OPTIONS:

• Wheat
• Pampas Grass
• Eucalyptus (brown or burgundy work amazing)
• Sunflowers
• Hydrangeas
• Bunny Tail Grass
• Cotton Flowers
• Dried Leaves

 

 

adding in food elements

I didn’t go all out with the pumpkins this year as I usually do. The temperatures have been just too warm (not complaining) and I didn’t want them to get yucky. So I grabbed a few baby boos and some squash from a local farmer’s market and called it done. At least until the weather gets a wee bit chillier and then I’ll probably pair a few orange and white pumpkins with the mum’s I have on our front porch.

Since we live close by to the apple capital of Minnesota, there are always PLENTY of apples for picking and baking this time of year.

Displaying apples on a pretty cake stand or in a large bowl can be such an inexpensive, yet stunning way to add a bit of fall to your kitchen counters. BONUS-you get to eat them too!

Although I started out with a large collection of wood cutting boards when we moved. Many of them are still in boxes that have yet to be unpacked. Yes, I know were two months into living in this house but… Anyhoo. I do love the warm tones the boards provide and they come in quite handy for a fresh loaf of baked bread!

Which makes the perfect vessel for the SUPER yummy jam our sweet neighbors gifted us when we moved in. This one is blackberry and it’s absolutely scrumptious!

Baking something homemade is another way I LOVE adding a warm and cozy fall vibe to our kitchen. Anything baked will do. Pie, Cake, Muffins, and yes, bread. But if you don’t have time to make it homemade, just grab something from the grocery or your local bakery. It doesn’t cost much $$ but it sure makes the kitchen look and smell like fall.

other food decor ideas:

• Pears
• Green Apples
• Carrots
• Cranberries
• Grapes
• Eggplant
• Red Cabbage
• Figs
• Pomegranates

WREATHS AREN’T JUST FOR THE FRONT DOOR

This space above our stove was supposed to be for our microwave, but we haven’t gotten to installing it quite yet. So until we get that little chore done, I thought it would be the perfect spot for the fall Raffia Wreath I made a while back.

Initially, it was on our front door until several barn swallows decided to attack it one afternoon. I guess they thought it had all the ingredients for one soft and cozy nest.

Sidenote: Bird fact: Barn swallows don’t just build nests in barns. Although it is a favorite place for many of them they pretty much LOVE any quiet solid structure. They are wonderful insect eaters and they build the most amazing nests out of mud! Barn swallows are also a protected species in Minnesota.

I added the rest of the silver grass I collected and dried to another vase over on my baker’s rack. I’m just LOVING all the fluffy texture it provides and I think it looks so gorgeous in that black vase!

 

More squash, Indian corn, and some faux pumpkins add a BUNCH of fall color for not a lot of money!

Total aside: This photo has nothing to do with our kitchen. But I have to pass the staircase going upstairs while I was photographing the kitchen and this totally caught my eye. I absolutely LOVE the simplicity of this vase with dried wheat and how striking the amber glass is against the black and white. SIMPLE yet so ELEGANT!

Here’s the view into our dining and living room. As you can see we do not yet have a dining room table. Which has been quite frustrating for a gal who finds great pleasure in designing pretty tablescapes! With that said, I think I have found a way to resolve our table-less dining room and I’m hoping to share it all with you real soon!

Well, friends, that’s a wrap!

I hope you’ve enjoyed our Traditional Fall Kitchen tour in our new home! I’m really enjoying the space and I can’t wait to finally have everything unpacked and feeling like home.

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