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Fall decorating

Bettyanne — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:44:09 GMT

My spring loweres are looking rough. I am so anxious to decorate for Fall when do you alll start to change the seasonal decorations??

Re: Fall decorating

Susan Louise — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:09:16 GMT

Usually I decorate for Fall sometime during the last 2 weeks of August. Currently I'm waiting on some VPH decor I recently ordered, so this year it will be around the 1st week of September or so.

The only decor I put up so far is a wreath for our front door.

Re: Fall decorating

Mom2Dogs — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:52:09 GMT

@Bettyanne Inside the house I wait until at least the weekend after Labor day. I try to keep my outdoor flowers as long as possible, but once they start to look bad or leggy, I dump them.

Our weather has turned a bit cool, which is a nice change from weeks of hot, humid weather.

Re: Fall decorating

50Mickey — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:56:11 GMT

Bettyanne I started today. I know I know it's still August but I got tired of the spring and summer decorations that I put out in February. Anyway fall is my favorite season so I don"t mind seeing fall up in my house now.Haven't put up my fall wreath yet. I'll wait until 9-1 for this. My outside plants are looking rough from the heat and spotty rain. I'll probably move my ferns and geraniums to the back yard in a week or two.

Re: Fall decorating

JudyL — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:23:47 GMT

I'll decorate for Fall this weekend.

Re: Fall decorating

ninjawife — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:24:12 GMT

I don't really have fall decorations. I have Halloween decorations so I wait until the beginning of October to decorate which includes putting pumpkins and mums on the front porch. I don't put up a wreath.

Re: Fall decorating

hopi — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:07:48 GMT

@Bettyanne wrote:
My spring loweres are looking rough. I am so anxious to decorate for Fall when do you alll start to change the seasonal decorations??

Go for it... It is time.

Re: Fall decorating

Cathyshopper — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:19:04 GMT

@Bettyanne I would start whenever you are ready! After watching Valerie's Harvest shows, I got so excited that I started this past weekend. I switched out my fall color starry night hurricanes, brought out some of the little pumpkins and candle rings that I use as small wreaths. I still have starry night pumpkins and some other things to put up, but I have to buy batteries first. I'm trying to spread it out over a few weeks since I enjoy decorating for the seasons.

I too, am waiting for several Valerie items to arrive from her recent shows, and those will be incorporated as soon as they arrive! I also just ordered some new sage living room curtains (which I needed) and they should match nicely too.

Happy decorating! 😊

Re: Fall decorating

Bigdoglover — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:35:14 GMT

I started today as I got some batteries for my Valerie pieces. I always decorate inside and then work on my front porch the first week of Sept. I'm retired and now I spend a great deal of my time in my home and enjoy decorating for each season. I have moved everything up as I want the time to enjoy it and after I do the fall decorating I wait until Oct. 1st and then put up a few Halloween items. I got Valerie's starry night pumpkins last year and this year I got the set of pumpkins in bronze that you can stack or not. I'm using the starry night pumpkins on the fireplace mantel with timers so they come on automatically. The new bronze pumpkins are beautiful and I've decided to use them on my dining room table. Valerie's shows are so entertaining that I love them for inspiration.

Re: Fall decorating

Pooky1 — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 23:11:52 GMT

We start in September. Well we start decorating for holloween in September.

Re: Fall decorating

Bonkers1 — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 23:57:11 GMT

I put my outdoor decor out today. I did the inside yesterday.

Re: Fall decorating

cjm61 — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:26:16 GMT

@Bettyanne I usually like to the first week in September. Last year my son visited us from Colorado at the end of August. I thought it would be cool to have our Fall decorations up. Keep in mind, I go all out with decorations, no matter what season.

That year I got my Christmas tree down and decorated it all in Fall motif before he arrived. (I posted a picture of it last year). You could not miss the tree as you came down the stairs, it was pretty much in your face.

Well, later we were at my parents house chit chatting and I mentioned my tree. My son said "what tree?". I looked at him like, OMG you are kidding right? You didn't see this 7' tree all decorated as you walked RIGHT BY IT?

He is just one of those oblivious kind of guys that does not notice anything. So, he will be visiting this weekend. Haven't decided if I will decorate it and put it right at the front door so he can walk around it or just not put up decorations until after he leaves since he doesn't even notice.

Re: Fall decorating

Bettyanne — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:41:40 GMT

@cjm61 THat is funny!! Thanks for the chuckle.

Re: Fall decorating

RedTop — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:59:31 GMT

I will put the fall garden flag out on September 1st and say I'm done.

Re: Fall decorating

Grade1Teach — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:30:24 GMT

I'm changing over this weekend and I couldn't be more excited about it.

I love Fall!

Re: Fall decorating

shoptilyadropagain — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:23:32 GMT

I only decorate for fall and Christmas (and a little bit for Easter). My pumpkins, etc. won't get put out until the end of September.

Re: Fall decorating

RetRN — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:26:01 GMT

The day after Labor Day.

Re: Fall decorating

haddon9 — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:45:43 GMT

For me the middle of September at the earliest. I will do a bit indoors and will do some outdoors on my front proch.

I get real pumpkins, mums and a bale of straw (yes it is a mess to get in the car) and it looks so festive! I like to leave it out up to Thanksgiving so I don't want to get them too soon so they last.

Re: Fall decorating

wagirl — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:53:37 GMT

Over Labor Day weekend,I think. Got some adorable halloween plates yesterday from Homegoods---I decorate my fireplace mantle and the walls only--have a tiny apt so no room. I have fiestaware plates for the hoildays that I use--have plate hangers that I use for the walls.

Re: Fall decorating

Marsha2003 — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:55:37 GMT

I'll probably wait until the first or second week of September, but I'm already playing with options in my thoughts.