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Easy and Elegant Fall Home Decor Pumpkin Style! FrugElegance With Carol and Randi, the Frugirls
It might not feel like Fall yet, but it's quickly approaching and we have some fabulous Frug-Elegant fall home decor ideas using Pumpkins! Real and decorative, pumpkins come in a huge variety of colors, sizes, materials and price ranges. You can find them anywhere from the local dollar store to high end decor stores. Just to name a few, there are plastic pumpkins, glass pumpkins, wood pumpkins and of course, real pumpkins. If we have to pick a favorite though, it has to be the beautiful & "Rustic Chic" White Pumpkin.
Here are some super simple ideas using plain white pumpkins. •Line up small white pumpkins across a fireplace mantel. •Prop a midsize white pumpkin on a pedestal cake plate. •Place small white pumpkins on a candelabra (where the candles would be). •Display pumpkins on chunky pillar candle holders. •Use one large with two smaller white pumpkins for your front door/porch area. •Set several small white pumpkins on a table runner for an elegant table. For more decorative flare, try some super simple ways to add a little creative accents to a pumpkin. •Line up small white pumpkins on the mantel (like we listed above) and using a sharpie marker, draw a letter on each pumpkin so together they will spell out a word like: BOO, FALL, WELCOME or THANKS. •Using a gold or black sharpie marker, draw thick lines in the grooves from stem to bottom. Decorate a few pumpkins and change the pattern to circles. Put three pumpkins together with three different designs!
•Glue on some faux leaves. •Glue on some bling such as crystals, or cover the stem in glitter. •Wrap a thick ribbon around the pumpkin. •Personalize a large pumpkin with an easy to use, peal & stick, monogram sticker (found at your local craft store). Perfect for front door or a table centerpiece. •A faux vine/garland from your local craft store looks fabulous loosely wrapped around the bottom of a pumpkin. Where can you find white pumpkins? Our favorite place is Trader Joe's. They have the best selection at great prices. Local grocery and hardware stores also carry white pumpkins. If you want to go with a "faux" white pumpkin, Michael's Craft Store sells realistic carve-able white pumpkins. For more fall inspiration and our easy delicious pumpkin dump cake recipe please visit our website www. FrugElegance.com. Happy Fall Decorating!