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Go Natural!<br />
by Dana Mordecai<br />
As the harvest season approaches, we all turn our minds to walks in<br />
the pumpkin patch and thoughts of turkey dinners, hayrides and the<br />
beginning of a hectic holiday season. When decorating for fall, it can<br />
be as easy or elaborate as you make it. The natural look is an easy, yet<br />
elegant way to utilize nature’s bounty around your home.<br />
Gathering pumpkins and gourds from the grocery store is a fall<br />
decorating staple, but look around your home for other items that can<br />
be reused in different ways for a look that makes you feel homier. Try<br />
using quilts or other blankets with warm colors to layer with tablecloths<br />
to add some coziness. Use a large vase to fill with mini-gourds for a<br />
colorful look. When using fall leaves from a nature walk with your<br />
kids, rub the leaves with moisturizer and let dry to prevent them from<br />
curling. These are great tossed on a table to add to a centerpiece, or<br />
can be tacked onto a taper candle or pressed into a larger pillar candle<br />
after melting the wax slightly using a hair dryer.<br />
Speaking of centerpieces, this is usually the focal point of any<br />
annual family dinner. Remember to not overwhelm your table settings<br />
with a centerpiece that goes overboard. Again, think naturally when<br />
placing items in the center of the table. This could be as simple as a<br />
few candlesticks tied with raffia. Or pumpkins in varying height down<br />
the middle of the table. The main focus should be the time with<br />
friends and family, not how much detail is in the decorating.<br />
The smells of the holidays will waft from the kitchen to the<br />
outdoors, so try a few things outside to spruce up your home with a fall<br />
theme. Use a pumpkin as a flower container for mums on your front<br />
porch. This would work extremely well with smaller pots of flowers<br />
that can be easily taken out when pumpkins can give way to other<br />
containers. Of course, a hay bale or corn stalks tied to the porch post<br />
are great ways to use the harvest of the season to decorate outside.<br />
Also, an easy, natural wreath for the front door can be made by using<br />
apples, pears and nuts tied with floral wire to a form with just a few<br />
pieces of twigs and leaves for filler. This would be a great project with<br />
kids and a reason to give thanks for time spent together.<br />
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