Cozy Cottage Fall Home Tour
Decorating for fall with warm and cozy golden vibes throughout our seasonal cottage. Come step inside, take the tour and be inspired!
Welcome to my home! I'm so happy to share my decorated fall cottage
with you today, and honored to join a talented group of friends. Thanks to
Cindy of County Road 407
for hosting the tour today. You will be able to click over to all the
beautiful decorated fall home ideas at the end of my tour. We have 11 friends
sharing their seasonal homes today!
If you're visiting from
Christy at Our Southern Home, I'm so happy to have to and I hope we become friends! Didn't you love the
way she incorporated the 5 senses into her cozy fall home?
My Fall decorated cozy cottage
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Some of you know that we're in a time of transition as Mr DIY is searching for
a new job. It's taken much longer than we anticipated, and our faith is
certainly being tested. For that reason, I chose not to unpack all my Fall
bins. Instead, I purchased a few golden stems and relied on vintage pieces,
velvet ribbon and handmade items to finish out my fall decor this year. I was
expecting my home to look stark, but that is nowhere near reality lol!
Dining room fall decor
Let's start in our dining room, home to not one but two vintage hutches! Yes,
I'm a dish addict and I love it! This year I've found several brown
transferware pieces which I added to my primitive pine hutch. The brown is
getting so hard to find. See that large tray? That's a transferware dupe. I
don't have a tutorial, but I created it the same way I did my
vintage transferware pumpkin
that I made last year, decoupaging Spode napkin pieces to a painted tray.
The table was dressed with a vintage crock filled with faux flowers, and
scalloped dishes in a beautiful beige. My striped napkins were tied with
velvet brown ribbon and I tucked a sprig of mustard berries into the center.
Across the room is my black painted hutch, which has already gone through a
few transformations this season! It's currently holding some of my treasured
vintage tureens, painted pumpkins and my
DIY chunky tattered sunflowers
that were so fun to make!
More feathery golden stems fill the crocks on my thrifted trunk. I stood it on
it's side so it was taller and could hold some goodies! I love the cozy
cottage vibes in this room!
Did you notice the new curtains? If you're looking to make one change in your
home, consider curtains. They really finish a room off nicely!
Fall decor in the living room
Moving into our cozy cottage living room, I really kept the decorating minimal in here because this is where we hang. Mr DIY hates anything blocking that big 'ole tv screen (especially during football!), so I decorate around it.
To the right of the fireplace mantel (and big black box) I have my cottage
white dresser that I refinished years ago. To give height to the wall above, I
layered two styles of shutters, including
these amazing arched shutters. My little primitive pie safe is a favorite piece, and I decided to display
it with the door open so you can see some of my collection of vintage
ironstone smalls.
The beautiful leaf stems in the antique bread box below add some of that
golden seasonal glow that feels so warm and cozy, as does a burning candle.
See that scroll piece on top of the white shutters? That is actually the top
to my pine hutch. I prefer contrasts, which is why I hung it above the white
shutters, and the pine hutch got the white piece.
On a recent trip to the thrift store, I scored this wood trunk for only $2.99.
I think it was a toy box in its former life, but I thought it had great
cottage appeal. I cleaned it up and changed out the feet for
these beautiful carved ones. I plan to store pillows and throws inside the trunk. I'll need to sand the
edges down a little bit, and I'm torn about whether to leave them natural or
paint them to match the trunk. What do you think?
I normally don't keep decor on top of the trunk, but added some old books,
candles and golden stems for fall. It helps to carry the colors throughout my
open floor plan home.
Millie is normally very happy and willing to pose for treats! She is so cute
on her little vintage spindle dog bed, surrounded by pumpkins, ruffles and
velvet bows.
Let's visit the kitchen next.
Kitchen nook fall decor
This little nook is a favorite area to decorate, and I'll already switched it
up several times for the season. Here's how it's looking today. This wall
always feels a little bland, and I realized it needed contrast! I brought the
dark wood shutters over and love it! I hung my
tattered fabric strip wreath
and added
these flameless tealights
to my painted pumpkin Jack O Lanterns. I partnered with MacKenzie-Childs this
season and will share more of my decorated fall table very soon on
my Instagram feed.
A new neutral diamond shape rug from V-MAT was the perfect piece to ground our
table and chairs in this nook. This company is wonderful to work with, and
they'll custom cut any mat to size to perfectly fit your space! You can
see my rug here, (use coupon code DIYBEAUTIFY15 to save 15% on anything).
Here's how this space looked a week ago. I added my
rustic book page DIY sunflowers
to thrifted white pitchers, along with blackberry stems, white berries and
thrifted copper pieces.
The branch of Fall leaves on my table is made from brown paper lunch bags! If
you'd like to see how easy they are to make,
watch this short video.
There's one more space to visit on my cozy cottage Fall tour, and it's our
main bedroom. I love to make it extra cozy in here during the "ber" months!
Cozy Fall cottage bedroom decor
Layers of pillows and bedding give me that cozy feel that I love! The ruffled
waffle weave blanket and matching pillow covers is a favorite, you can shop it
here (use coupon code Cindy15 to save!) I like to read in bed, and the extra
pillows provide much needed support for my back.
The fall vibes in here come more from colors and textures than specific fall
items, although I did add a few of my book page sunflowers and primitive
tattered chunky sunflowers to the baskets. These are nesting baskets and come
in a set of 3 from Antique Farmhouse. You can see them
here.
I have loved my blue toile curtains, but wanted to switch them out for
something more neutral for the fall and winter.
These beige toile curtains
are by the same company, very affordable, and I love that the linen is a
little heavier weight. I love the vines and pomegranates.
That finishes up my fall tour! Thanks for making it to the end.
Debra of Common Ground
is next on the tour and you can find all the links below so you can visit
everyone! I love all the inspiration I gather from these home tours and I know
you'll be so inspired.
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Cindy, First of all I pray that your husband finds a new job soon. That must be stressful. Your gorgeous fall home, I am sure brings you both much joy and peace. It is beautiful with the minimal fall touches you added this year. I wish I had know about that pediment before I hung my plates in the kitchen. LOVE it! The beds are stunning and look like a big, fall hug!
ReplyDeleteYour home tour is so beautiful, Cindy. I love that you leaned into this season of life and highlighted all your favorite pieces, added lots of layers of beautiful texture and found stems too. It's all gorgeous. I can't get over the new curtains either. They're fabulous! Sending you so many hugs and adding my prayers to everyone who is lifting you, your husband and your family up right now, CoCo
ReplyDeleteCindy your home is just so warm and inviting. I love how your layer you vintage finds and all your brown tones in your dining area. The whole tour is fabulous. Great job.
ReplyDeleteCindy, everything looks so pretty and cozy for fall. I love your hutches and how you have them decorated. And those paper bag leaves are so clever. Prayers for your husband to find something very soon.
ReplyDeleteWell done, my friend! I can't imagine a more beautiful place, even with dragging out the fall bins. The layers are what make me ooh and ahh. And of course, even Millie gets some decor on her new bed. I will open this post back up when I get to the farmhouse. I wish you lived close so you could help me decorate it. Because I get down there only a few times a year, I feel uninspired and restricted when it comes to decorating. Anyway, love your tour and all the inspo I've received. You are an amazing cozy maker! pinned
ReplyDeleteCindy, your home looks so beautiful decorated for fall ~ I love every cozy detail. All of the layers and textures are so pretty. I have this bookmarked and pinned so I can come back for inspiration (yeah, I haven't started decorating for fall yet...) Thank you for sharing your gorgeous home with us.
ReplyDeleteAnd I hope your husband finds something soon!
I'm loving every pretty detail of your fall tour Cindy. I'm convinced I really need to incorporate more velvet ribbon. It adds such a personal touch to your vignettes. I love seeing all your darling craft projects too! Wishing the best for you and your husband, and hope for positive news soon!
ReplyDeleteCindy, I love all the textures in your home with the shutters, the soft browns, tans and greens. Swapping the two hutch tops was a fun idea! I have one left from a piece we had and it just didn't make it when we sold Amy's vintage desk that she outgrew as she became a teenager (years ago now). I think I need to pull it out! :) Love your sunflowers and your bedroom!!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your beautiful home all decorated for fall,
Hugs,
Barb :)