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Started Fall decorating...

Susan Louise — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:21:30 GMT

...and I hope to be finished by the end of the day. The 1st vignette I completed is on top of our fridge. I used a dried flower arrangement I made in 2013 and have been using it every year since.

Back in 2013 & 2014 I used it on our pantry. In 2015 & 2016 I paired it with a red Luminara lantern and an owl on top of our fridge...and in 2017 & 2018 with swans...

Here's the vignette from last year...

This year I used the VPH bunny w/lantern I have had on top of our fridge since early Spring and saw no reason to take it down. The amber light on the inside of the lantern also adds a touch of Fall and pairs great with the pumpkins. Below are pics with the lights on and and then off...

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yellowrose — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 17:58:29 GMT

Love Love Love it all @Susan Louise

I hate to say that I only have a very large electric griddle that I rarely use

sitting on top of my fridge.

I have cabinets over my fridge so I couldn't put anything tall on top, but I

can do better than a griddle.

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Susan Louise — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 18:05:54 GMT

@yellowrose wrote:
Love Love Love it all @Susan Louise
I hate to say that I only have a very large electric griddle that I rarely use
sitting on top of my fridge.
I have cabinets over my fridge so I couldn't put anything tall on top, but I
can do better than a griddle.

@yellowrose Thank you!

As for the griddle...why move it, just decorate it!

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JYWilliams — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 18:56:45 GMT

Pretty. I'll be getting my Fall decor out of my storage building this weekend.

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Oznell — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:37:24 GMT

That charming vignette, anchored by bunny with lantern, captures the mysterious, swirly-leaved magic of fall...

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Mazie G — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:54:14 GMT

You guys are killing me....I live in the south, and my family gives me a hard time if I decorated before the middle of September. It feels odd to be swimming in 90-degree heat and looking pumpkins as I float by.

It takes me two weeks to pull everything down from the attic and pack all my summer decor up and put my fall stuff up. I am so ready! Seeing all the fall decor makes me want to start.

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godi — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:28:09 GMT

🎃🍁🎃🍁🎃🍁🎃🍁 So pretty

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bikerbabe — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:33:22 GMT

Pretty. I can’t bring myself to decorate for fall until late September, or even October. August and September are our hottest months, regularly 100 and over.

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Susan Louise — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:44:24 GMT

@JYWilliams @Oznell @godi @bikerbabe Thank you all

@Oznell You have a way with words...have you ever dabbled into poetry?

@Mazie G Boy, I wish I was swimming in a pool...and seeing pumpkins while floating by wouldn't bother me in the least...LOL...lucky you!

I was just determined to be finished with Fall decorating before all the Fall decor shows tomorrow. It helps tremendously on saving money from buying decor I don't need and be content with what we already have. I'll be able to sit and watch the shows w/o buying. It's also good to have gone through all the decor to refresh one's mind on what one already has...

Additionally, I like to have the decor finished before the end of the 2nd week of August anyway so I can concentrate on other things like spending more time on our patio & porch documenting our migrating hummingbird visitors. As each day passes now the more frequent the number of visits/hummers there are...

I've also had most of the Spring/Summer decor up since the end of January, so it was time for a change. I'll put up holiday decor the day after Thanksgiving.

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Glittergal — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:03:44 GMT

Nicely done. I have the same bunny and one of the swans like you have, so you have given me some inspiration for how to use them when I decorate for fall. I can't wait! I'm not a summertime gal.

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mousiegirl — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:05:04 GMT

@Mazie G wrote:
You guys are killing me....I live in the south, and my family gives me a hard time if I decorated before the middle of September. It feels odd to be swimming in 90-degree heat and looking pumpkins as I float by.

It takes me two weeks to pull everything down from the attic and pack all my summer decor up and put my fall stuff up. I am so ready! Seeing all the fall decor makes me want to start.

@Mazie G LOL! I wait until September, and it takes me weeks also, putting away, and getting things out, then deciding how to create my displays.

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mousiegirl — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:20:36 GMT

@Susan Louise My DH once said to me, "why can't we just enjoy what we have," and I said I do, but I want more, lol. I am slowing down a lot on buying decor, have plenty, but since I rotate, I am able to use everything, just not every year.

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Pecky — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:13:48 GMT

I'm chopping at the bit to start mine but I am waiting until the end of the month.

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Krimpette — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:38:46 GMT

tt's pretty, but I'm nowhere near ready to part with summer. Maybe early October I'll think about fall.

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Oznell — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 22:01:49 GMT

Thanks, @Susan Louise -- just dabble a little...

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sweetee2 — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:01:48 GMT

I'm going to start also. Just a little here and there until it's all out, then October into Halloween. I told hubby I'm going to start christmas decor in Nov. just a little here and there until it's all out. There's no down time between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. There's usually a week or so before December. This year there isn't so just a little at first so I'm not stressed out .

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1Snickers — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:25:01 GMT

A little decorating at a time is best for me also.

Yesterday I removed white arrangements in the living room and put out burgundy mums with burgundy and green Coleus leaves.

I received Valerie’s 4’ white birch tree and it’s in a corner behind a crystal and gold large vase with the leaves.

I’m not ready for the pumpkins yet, they come out in September.

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homedecor1 — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:55:17 GMT

@Susan Louise

Love your Fall decor but here it's 90+ and we never see Fall weather☹️.

One of the things I hate most living in FL no change of seasons.

Maybe end of September I'll get out Fall. Haven't gotten Fall decor out in 2 years...just can't get into it anymore. You've given me incentive...thanks!

I have nothing on top of my fridge -- might "borrow" your idea!

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Mary Bailey — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 01:05:31 GMT

@Susan Louise I love everything you did! truly I do!!

but winter is too long in Chicagoland

I go kicking and screaming into fall and winter

I'm not giving up Summer one second before I absolutely have to

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Tennesseegal — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:10:42 GMT

@susanlouise

Your pictures are so pretty and watching these shows today is making me want to go ahead and decorate. After all, my sunflowers are blooming in the garden and some of my pumpkins are turning orange!