Harvest Decor for the first-timers

AAHhhhh! My first fall season in my own home. You start to realize how hard it is to create something.... out of nothing!  When you start out, holiday decor isn't right there in your home.  So, a quick trip to the grocery store, and some creative revamping, and I have my Harvest mantle.




Here is my fireplace, it had been sealed off well
before I moved in. So instead of firewood
I have used the opening as a
"picture frame"

 
I don't have many decorations specifically for the fall season. So, instead I rummaged through my collection of keepsakes, and used them to create the fall atmosphere.

My wedding motifs was all things vintage, and birds. So I used my sweet little birdhouse
full of good wedding memories

My fall art piece -courtesy of my sweet husband. The paint is still wet!

This collection from Shakespeare is over 200 years old!

Something you may not know, I worked construction up until a couple months ago, this book of Shakespeare's collected works was given to me from one of our clients.

The birds were handed down to me from my great-great grandmother
And the candlesticks are handmade from Jonathan's grandfather
a wonderful wood worker

Enjoy!