Vintage Wilson

1. Use the "use what you have" theory! Spend your cabinets and drawers to find items that can be used as accessories on the screen down. Find pitchers to use to maintain the wild flowers and dried herbs, making warm throws to throw on your couch layer of fabric on their tables. (Remember, pretty blankets and quilts can work very well!)

2. Take a walk in nature. Collect organic elements that can be used in their currencies fall image. Acorns, pinecones, seed pods, bark, even stones can be used as wallpaper in containers at home. Press pretty leaves and spread them around on the tables and centerpieces.

3. Remove candles! If you stop using the candles for winter, now is the time to take the stage. Gather groups of ex-voto good market and tie with raffia pieces.

4. The scent of home. Simmer apple peels and cinnamon sticks on the stove, or invest in a couple bottles of oil potpourri. They are relatively cheap at only a few dollars each, and last forever, because it requires only a few drops.

5. Celebrate the flavors of the harvest season. Keep apples and pomegranates in the bowls, squash at the counters of the bank, choose a pumpkin or two products in its booth (although not ita Halloween yet!) and use as a centerpiece, or stack a couple near the kitchen door.

Above all, take time to celebrate this special season and enjoy the comfort we can offer our families in our own homes.

Kathleen Wilson is an author, national columnist, and editor of The Budget Decorator. You can find more free ideas and projects, and info on her online workshop based on her book at http://www.TheBudgetDecorator.com