I have a pin board with tons of inspiration for fall.
I’ve been working on it and planning for it and trying to figure out unique ideas for decorating the house this season.
Just between us?
I was thinking about using purple this year.
Can you see it? Layers and layers of purple and violet and magenta with persimmons and pomegranates and eucalyptus and garlands of lamb’s ear—starting with these amazing purple flowers that I found.
At first, I was going to add in white pumpkins with it.
And then?
I was at the store and found the MOST AMAZING thing to decorate with for fall with all my purple.
Something I’ve never ever used before.
Something I never ever thought of before for fall.
I’ll give you a hint.
It’s not in the pumpkin family—not even close.
It’s something that looks like…
…this.
MUSHROOMS.
Can you even?
Have you ever thought about using mushrooms for fall? Once I started looking I found them everywhere. There were mushroom potholders (calm down KariAnne you don’t even really cook) and mushroom doorstops and mushroom pillows and vintage mushroom posters that look like this.
I kind of hit the mushroom jackpot at Hobby Lobby.
An entire trove of mushrooms hopped into my cart and I used them to create this.
This little mushroom fairy garden on my kitchen island.
I started with branches from the yard.
My husband cut off a giant branch that needed to be trimmed off one of the trees in the front yard and I broke it up into smaller branches and created “trees.”
I started with a wooden bead pedestal that I placed on one side.
Then?
I broke off the branches and stuck them in florist foam and taped them down to the pedestal and added them on the basket.
Next, I covered them with some random brown paper from my Amazon order. I was going to try and find craft paper, to crinkle up to look like dirt, but the Amazon paper was free.
And free is my favorite word.
So I crinkled up the Amazon paper and taped it in place over the florist foam.
I found this little moss-covered bird house (which I’m reimagining as a fairy house) and placed it on the other side of the basket.
Next, I placed my treasure trove of mushrooms on the basket that were all on sale.
There are wood mushrooms and velvet mushrooms and mushrooms that look like they are about to be used in science class.
And together they look like a fairy forest.
Here’s a close-up of one of the tops of the mushrooms so you can see how soft they look.
The stems are like paper.
And they look like mini fairy trees to me.
Then I covered all the paper and parts of the basket with four different types of moss that came in a kit.
The moss was on clearance, too.
(See what I mean—it’s as if the world wanted me to decorate with moss and mushrooms for fall).
I added pinecones and these snails (the snails look so realistic that they kind of ick me out a little). I decided I’m not really a snail fan, but they did look cute in the garden.
I found a set of these vintage mushroom posters for under $12 for both of them (they are a little smaller than my other vintage posters) and hung one on the door leading from the laundry room.
And one on my chalkboard in the kitchen.
You know how much I love to decorate this chalkboard.
You can see all my chalkboard decorating ideas here.
I created a mini mushroom garden at the bottom of the chalkboard–just a few mushrooms and some moss.
These mushrooms are amazing because they came on sticks.
I just used a couple of pieces of florist foam to stick them in place.
Can you even believe it?
Did you guess mushrooms?
Aren’t they the cutest? I’m actually using them to decorate the hutch today and then my mushroom kitchen will be complete.
But here’s the amazing thing.
If you thought the whole mushroom thing was NEXT LEVEL.
Stay tuned.
Wait until you see what I create with this.
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