Simple Fall Table Decorating

Sharing a little simple fall table decorating with you all here today. Come see what the inspiration was for this little area in my home!

It all starts with the table … and this one has a pretty good story. It just so happens that this little red oak drop leaf table is the same exact table that I ate at as a little girl – and I remember eating my mommas home cooked French Canadian suppers there every night. (Yes, I am half Canadian!).

And, it wasn’t until recently that I learned that my mom and dad actually bought this table out of a man’s truck back in 1975, the year before I was born. And now, 45-ish years later, I am using it to share my simple fall decorating set-up! Man, life is a TRIP!

Like so many of you, I just love fall. As I prepare for the cooler temperatures and falling leaves, I like to transform the inside to match the coming season. When I started working on this set up and thought about the fall colors, I knew that I wanted to keep things pretty neutral. So, I just grabbed a few things from around the house, including these two split oak/pine baskets that I found last weekend. I am really loving old baskets right now … their texture and imperfections really just appeal to me.

But, I truly didn’t have a real ‘direction’ in mind for this table until I remembered this oil painting that I pulled out of an old warehouse on Sunday. It has the prefect fall colors and as soon as I saw it I knew it would be a great piece to use for fall. I used it as the focal point and as a springboard for the rest of this fall tablescape.

This little fall table is currently in the sitting area in my bedroom and luckily there is a cute little peg rail right above it. I was able to hang a few found items there: like this old, stained table runner that I bought at an estate sale years ago and one of my recent basket finds.

I also recently found some real pumpkins at Walmart so I was excited to incorporate them as well. I wanted to give some height to one of the pumpkins so I just put it on top of this old dry measure. I feel that the uneven lid adds so much character to the entire fall space. That is my favorite part of the entire fall table – the quirky box!

I knew that I wanted to add in some leaves too so I used this huge old jug and filled it with some faux stems from Hobby Lobby. I really like how the fall leaves play off of the colors in the oil. I also decided to add in some copper there too to play off of the colors in the painting.

Finally, I wanted to include just a few little extra details to the space so I added in a few little dried florals to the dough bowl there at the bottom and I added in my very favorite little whisk broom there at the top – perched right on top of the oil painting.

As always, my hope is that this space will inspire you and that it will get your “fall tablescape” juices flowing too! Creating this space and doing this simple fall table decorating blog post and sharing it here with you was so much fun! Cheers to all the fall decorating that is ahead of us! If you liked this post then be sure to check out my other fall decorating ideas here!