Fall is in the Air – Autumn Decor

Today I’m sharing a couple of projects with you.  My Fall Blocks and my background boards.  I’m so excited about both of these projects!  If I had a mantel, this is what I would decorate it with.

First, let me tell you about these Fall letter blocks. I designed these completely myself!  I was teaching classes at a local wood store, and I designed this to be my next class.  But before that time came, I decided that I wasn’t going to teach classes anymore, so I just had this project for myself.  I ♥ the way it turned out! The dimension and colors in this project are my favorite!

The other project I’m sharing are these background boards.  I picked up some 1x3x8 furring strips and cut them up and made these.  They were originally going to be white with dark distressing…but, I don’t know how to stain things. 🙂  I had them all painted white, and then started staining them.  Well, the paint soaked up some of the stain, SO they are darker than I was planning, but I still love them!

Here is a closer look at the ‘F’ block.  The F is made out of cedar wood and the front of it is rough. I used a light coat of light ivory paint on it, but I left some of the wood showing through.  I used paper on the block and tied ribbon around it as well.

For the ‘A’ block, I painted the sides of the block and the letter a dark green color.  On the face of the beadboard, I used light ivory, and then I papered in between on the smooth parts.  I also papered the letter.

The finial is one of my favorite parts of the whole project!  I painted it dark brown, followed by light ivory, and then I distressed it with some sand paper. Once it was finished I tied ribbon around it.

This ‘L’ is cedar wood as well.  Using georgia clay paint, I did the same thing I did to the F.  Letting some of the natural wood show through.  Then I made the block for it to sit on.  I papered the top, but thought if I papered the front of the block, it would be too much, so I just left it the light ivory paint color. I applied vinyl to the front of it. I finished it up by using the rustic twisted wire and some ribbon on it.

For the last ‘L’, I papered the block and the letter.  Then used some twine to tie around the block.

For the display I used this fun burlap type ribbon, that has holes in it.  I LOVE it, and is isn’t messy like burlap is! 🙂

So, between my background boards and my Fall letter blocks, I’m pretty excited for Fall!  The only thing that could make it better was if I had an actual fire place with a mantel, so I could sit in front of the fire and keep warm, oh and I think this set up would look pretty great on a mantel, but I’ll take my table for now! 🙂

Do you decorate for Fall?  It is one of my most favorite times of year to decorate for!  To see some of the other Fall projects that I’ve shared, click here.