I am not a fan of this season. If the sun shines, it’s not so bad. But the dreary days of cool weather and lot’s of rain, nada!!!! The rain is welcome but makes it depressing. I love the early part of fall with the glorious leaf changes. Not too cold or too hot. Once the leaves fall, I dread the coming days. The leaf raking and bagging are not a favorite of mine. I don’t like cold weather. The only reason I can stand fall or winter is that I get to bring out my boots. I’m an avid boot wearer. Love, love, love boots!!!!! I must have 30 pairs. So fall is welcome if only for that reason.

That said, I decided to do some fall projects to lift my spirits. I started with door decor. Looking on pinterest always gives me inspiration. If I can, I like to use what I have on hand to make my projects. I have totes in my basement marked with the season or holiday. I pulled up my Halloween and Thanksgiving totes to go through.

I pulled out leaf garlands and grabbed a couple of pieces of boards. Looked through my collection of left over paints and picked a tan color for the boards. After I painted both pieces, I planned what to put on them. I had a long piece about 12″ wide and 48″ tall another piece at 7″ tall x  24″ wide.

The larger piece was going to be for my daughter’s door. She has a large glass storm door perfect for showcasing this. After the tan paint dried, I painted most of it with a black chalkboard paint. Then I hot glued leaves I had taken from the garland along all 4 sides. Wrote “Hello Fall” down the board and drew a small jack-o-lantern at the bottom with chalk. Once I felt the glue was dry I drilled 2 holes at the top, cut a length of sisal rope and pulled it through the holes and knotted the ends.

My daughter loved it!!

Next I started on my door decor. I had bought a really old small garden rake at a flea market and knew it would work great in my project. I took the smaller piece of wood and used black chalk board paint on a section of it. Drew a leaf from a pattern on each end of the board. Once the paint was dry, I thought it needed more leaves. I hot glued a few at top and bottom. Drilled two holes at the top and cut a length of sisal rope to size and inserted into the holes and knotted the ends. Drew “hello fall” in chalk and I was ready to hang. I placed a garland of leaves on the rake forks and down the handle. Hung the rake on the door and then placed the sign below it.

I thought it turned out great. Very colorful.