I’m starting to work on some of my Fall decorating to get ready for all the fun Fall parties coming up. Not like I was in August, messing around with Halloween crafts and stuff, but the real, serious, nitty gritty type of Fall decorating. Yes, this is serious business!
Well, I was starting to lay out my plans for our Fall mudroom, and I didn’t quite know what I was going to do. I made this one little move and everything started to take shape. I’m so in love with it, in fact, that I thought I’d share this little tip with you.
I thought adding in this string of lights, with all the black plasticy parts so visible like this might just be a disaster, but this simple move of tying these little ribbons flags around it changed the whole vibe. It’s a garland and string of light in one! And suddenly the theme of the mudroom was set, and I went from there.
Can you tell where I’m going with this yet?
Courtenay Hartford is the author of creeklinehouse.com, a blog based on her adventures renovating a 120-year-old farmhouse in rural Ontario, Canada. On her blog, Courtenay shares interior design tips based on her own farmhouse and her work as founder and stylist of the interior photography firm Art & Spaces. She also writes about her farmhouse garden, plant-based recipes, family travel, and homekeeping best practices. Courtenay is the author of the book The Cleaning Ninja and has been featured in numerous magazines including Country Sampler Farmhouse Style, Better Homes and Gardens, Parents Magazine, Real Simple, and Our Homes.