Simple Fall Kitchen & Home Tour

Simple ideas for adding fall touches to your kitchen and your home. Easy seasonal decorations that add cozy charm on any budget level!

Hey there, friend! I’m so glad you’ve stopped by to get to know me a little bit and see my fall home tour. If you’re hopping over from Annie at Zevy Joy, welcome!! Isn’t her home just gorgeous? I’m always picking up my jaw off the floor when I see her home. I’m sharing my home with 39 other talented women this week, so be sure to check out their homes at the end of this post, too!

We’re several weeks into the Seasonal Simplicity Tours that my friend Krista at The Happy Housie hosts each season. You can find the rest of the series here:

• Simple & Neutral Fall Mantel Decor
• DIY Dough Bowl Fall Centerpiece
• Pumpkins & Greenery Fall Tablescape
• Greenery & Pumpkins: Free Fall Printables

As a long-time blogger, I’ve always admired the ladies who could make their homes pretty AND themselves pretty and take pictures of themselves in front of their homes. Well, I decided that since both my girls now attend full-time school, I also had time to photograph myself in my home tour.

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Let me just tell you – that getting yourself presentable to be in the photo is NOT for the faint of heart. It’s it much easier said than done. I’m usually running around like a headless chicken in shorts and a ratty t-shirt while I’m getting ready for a “home tour.”

I literally worked for two days getting those planters at my front door finished in order to take said picture. And moments before I had to snap the pic or else lose the right lighting, I was covered in planting soil from “planting” those faux trees and was sweating profusely in the 90-degree Alabama sun. Not cute OR picture-ready, let me tell ya!

At this point I was cursing the idea of ever wanting to be in a photo, because I was bumping up against the time I had to leave to go to my daughter’s school and relieve her teacher of lunch duty. Is duty-free lunch a thing at your kids’ school, too? So, I get cleaned up, didn’t get the photo yet, but made myself presentable to run up to the school.

Upon arrival, I found out that it’s NOT a duty-free lunch day after all and I wasn’t needed. Haha!! Now it was just comical.

Thankfully I was able to make it back home in time to change into a more fall-like outfit. (Weather, could you cooperate already?!?! Because this sweater/sweatshirt combo is soooo comfy! Yet still WAY to hot to be wearing it. Womp. Womp.) And I got the photo before the sun came too far over the house and was shining in my eyes. 😂😓

Miraculously I got the shot on the first try and didn’t have to torture myself in the sweltering heat in order to get the perfect shot. LOL Another secret, though – I only put fingernail polish on one hand because I didn’t have time to put it on both. And so I just put my other hand behind my back or by my side. I tell ya – the behind-the-scenes of this crazy life would be comical if anyone were videoing me try to get it all done.

But golly darn it!! Doesn’t the above photo just make you want to come inside and have a cup of coffee with me? ☺️ We’ll pretend that’s what I was doing when I just hopped up and snapped this photo, mmmmkay?!

OK, let’s chat about the home tour, shall we??

I shared my fall mantel with you last week and you got a peek at the living room along with it.

The kitchen is just to the left of the living room and pretty open to it. So, the first thing you see is my open kitchen shelves (which I DIY’d a few years ago).

In the past I’ve filled up the shelves with lots of decor. A prime example – last year’s kitchen shelves:

I just filled ‘er on up! 😜 I loved them last year, though, and loved my cascading pumpkins. I quite like it. But I wanted a little more simple this year.

Also, I figured out that in the past I felt like I had to cover up the old telephone box, which was in the wall behind the printable art on the bottom left step. And then I had to balance out the rest of the shelves because I had to put so much in that corner.

But we had the phone jack taken out when we had the walls painted as a part of the flooring being replaced this summer. So, I no longer feel the need to add a bunch of stuff.

I really like a little less this year and just photographing the home in it’s simple, natural state can be just as beautiful as a room filled up with season decor, in my opinion.

Now, I didn’t just leave the home “as is,” I definitely added a few fall touches, like writing a quick fall message on my DIY chalk board.

That’s about it for my simple kitchen tour. If you’d like to see the other spots in my home dressed up for fall, check them out here:

• Simple & Neutral Fall Mantel Decor
• DIY Dough Bowl Fall Centerpiece
• Pumpkins & Greenery Fall Tablescape
• Greenery & Pumpkins: Free Fall Printables

I’ve also shared in the past about budget decorating, how to get organized in the fall and 11 ways to add Fall to your home!

• My Favorite Budget-Friendly Fall Decorating Tips
• 11 Ways to Add Fall to Your Home
• Fall Organization Tips (and why this is the perfect time to declutter!)

I hope you enjoyed taking a look at my fall kitchen – and I hope you’ll take some time to hop around to the gorgeous home tours that are linked below, especially Doreen Corrigan‘s lovely home filled with beautiful greenery.

Shop This Fall Look:

Kitchen Nook

• Turquoise Dishes
• Natural Plate Chargers
• Chandelier
• Bamboo Window Shades (see my full review here)
• Blue & Cream Curtain Panels
• Curtain Rod
• Sign above window
• Table (Craigslist find – painted with Chalk Paint)
• Bay Leaf Topiary
• X-back Chairs
• Chalk Board (DIY tutorial)
• Chalk Holder (DIY tutorial)
• Wall Hanging System
• Tea Towel
• Cutting Board
• Paint Color: Sea Salt by Sherwin Williams

Kitchen Shelves

• Pizza Paddles (I have the medium and the small.)
• Cutting Board (on the left)
• Cutting Board (on the right)
• Blue Vase (it’s from Hobby Lobby, but I can’t find it online)
• Fig Leaf Stems
• Velvet Pumpkins
• Fiddle Leaf Fig
• Blue Linen Pillow
• Patterned Pillow

Front Stoop

• DIY Hydrangea Wreath
• Faux Cedar Trees
• DIY Planters (tutorial coming on how I finished them)
• Plaid Rug
• “Fall-elujah” Doormat
• Ring Doorbell (I reviewed it in my March Faves post!)
• Cozy Sweater/Sweatshirt
• Skinny Jeans
• Open-Toe Wedge Booties
• Earrings
• Coffee Mug

Living Room View

• Hydrangeas at the sink
• Large Mirror
• Let’s Stay In Sign
• Faux Wooden Pumpkins
• Olive Trees
• Wood Shutters
• Blue/Brown Patterned Pillows
• Medium Blue Linen Pillows (color “midnight”)
• Black & White Pinstripe Pillow with Whipstitch
• “Home” Pillow (sold out, but this one is cute!)
• Plaid Pillows (sold out, but this is similar)
• Chairs
• Vintage-Style Blue Rug
• Sofa
• Greenery along mantel (sold out, but this one is cute!)
• Barrel Side Table (old from HomeGoods, can’t find a link online)
• Plaid Blanket (sold out, but this is the same style, different color)
• Ceiling Fan
• Blanket Ladder (DIY Project)
• Bamboo Window Shades (see my full review here)

This week is Fall Home tour week! All week long talented bloggers are sharing their homes dressed and ready for fall to help inspire you with all kinds of ideas for your own fall decor. Just click on the links below the images to see more…

Sharing with me today…

Thursday

Sincerely, Marie Designs // Rooms FOR Rent // Shades of Blue Interiors Stacy Risenmay // Hallstrom Home

Place of My Taste // Twelve on Main // Zevy Joy // The Turquoise Home // Doreen Corrigan

And sharing the rest of this week…

Monday

The Happy Housie // Modern Glam // She Gave it a Go Inspiration for Moms // In My Own Style

Cherished Bliss // Grace in My Space My Sweet Savannah // All Things With Purpose // Just a Girl and Her Blog

Tuesday

Clean & Scentsible // Two Twenty One // Love Create Celebrate Rambling Renovators // Life is a Party

Lemon Thistle // Cassie Bustamante // So Much Better With Age The DIY Mommy // Taryn Whiteaker

Wednesday

Home Made Lovely // Craftberry Bush // The Tattered Pew Town and Country Living // Shabyfufu

A Pretty Life // Amber Tysl // Jenna Kate at Home Kim Power Style // Summer Adams Designs