Fall Decorating on a Budget!

I love to decorate but, I don’t love to spend money I don’t have to. I’ve been working on ways to do some ‘Fall Decorating on a Budget’. Here’s the first centerpiece I made.

{Fall Centerpiece #1}

(click on the picture to see how I did it).

{Fall Centerpiece #2}

I  was able to share some “Fall Decorating on a Budget” ideas on Kare 11 this week and demonstrated how I made my 2nd fall centerpiece along with a few other ideas.

Here’s a step-by-step of how I made this centerpiece.

I knew I wanted something long and skinny for the dining room table. As usual, I shopped my ‘house’ first. I rummaged t through the garage to find something to hold it in and SCORE, I found some old metal drawers.

Step #1: Prime and then spray paint drawer; no project would be complete without spray paint..lol.

 I used Rust-Oleum Kona Brown.

Step #2: Fill the bottom of the drawer (or whatever you are using to hold your centerpiece). I used raffia because it’s cheap and has the perfect fall look.

 Step #2: Add your largest pieces first, I used hurricanes from The Dollar Tree and filled them.  You can create various heights by gluing them together with their candlesticks (use E6000 adhesive).

Step #3: Add pieces largest ‘filler’ pieces next. I used my painted pumpkins.

(To see how I painted my foam pumpkins from The Dollar Tree click on the picture).

Step #4: Add a small garland for color (I got mine from you guessed it.. The Dollar Tree).

The total cost for this centerpiece was under $15.00- YAHOO!

Have you made a fall centerpiece? I’d love to see it; send me your pictures!

Love you more than being to decorate for fall and not breaking the bank, 

Sunday