Welcome back to our fall Decorate with Me series. I’m joining Terrie from Decorate and More with Tip and Tammy from Patina and Paint for the third day to deck out our coffee table with fall decor. In this post I’m also sharing an end table and a DIY fall wood planter box tutorial. Let’s get started!
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Here are a few things I used on my fall coffee table, end table, and my wood planter box:
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Fall Coffee Table Decor
Our farmhouse style coffee table is quite large. It’s about 4′ long and 2.5′ wide. It also has a shelf on the bottom which is split into two compartments. It is the heart of what goes on in our living room, which is, I’m sure, the same for you. So I kept the fall decor on top of the coffee table to a minimum.
First, I placed a khaki table runner that says “thanks + giving” in the center of the table. The fall “thankful” planter box sits on top and covers the writing. Keep reading, and I will give you a tutorial for how to put together your own fall planter box. Like I said, it’s very simple and can easily be moved if need be.
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DIY Fall Planter Box
Isn’t that fall planter box just stunning?! I absolutely love the way it turned out! Let me show you how I made it.
Paint Styrofoam Pumpkins
For this fall planter box, I used some styrofoam pumpkins that came in a box of filler from Dollar General. They are 2″-4″. They weren’t quite the right color blue, so I got out my chalk paint.
First, I removed the stems from the pumpkins. Then I painted 2 larger ones with navy blue Folk Art chalk paint, and the pumpkins on the leaf stems I painted with silver marlin, which is a light steel blue, also by Fold Art. To make it easy to reach every part of the pumpkin, place a wood skewer in the hold where the stem was. If you are low on time, like I was, you can use a blow dryer to speed up dry time.
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Assemble the Fall Planter Box
First, place floral foam in the planter box. I didn’t’ have enough, so I placed some balled up thick kraft paper that came as packaging in a delivery in the area where I would place my center navy hydrangea. It didn’t have a stem (who knows what I did with it!), so I was going to hot glue it down a bit, so floral foam right there wasn’t a must.
Next, I started adding hydrangeas. I used two light tan and two light copper ones on each end. In order to keep the stems as long as possible since these hydrangeas were actually picks, and so that I can use them later, I just bent them, using pliers to pinch the bend tight.
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Fall End Table Decor
We only have one end table because we chose to get a sofa table in the set, which we use under our mounted TV, instead of a second end table. A second one isn’t really needed in our living room, and I think having a cute ladder shelf to decorate for all 4 seasons and holidays works better in the corner, rather than a second end table!
I planned to remove the fall decor from the end table once I decided where I wanted everything and take photos as I added each piece back to the end table, but I ran out of daylight! Sorry about that, but you can see everything that I did in these photos.
I left our lamp sitting on 3 black books because I’m a goober and thought an 18.5″ lamp would be tall enough when I ordered it on Amazon! We had a really tall one before that I hated, so I wanted a small one. Goofy me got a super small one, lol. Nevertheless, it looks cute on the books anyway! I placed a bronze “Blessed” name plate made for tablescapes that I got from Hobby Lobby on the second book.
Then I placed a small glass riser on the table with a bronze, metal pumpkin that holds a votive candle on top. Next, I used a fall stem from Hobby Lobby to wrap around the riser. It doesn’t completely hide it from this angle, but it does if you’re looking while sitting on the couches.
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That’s all, folks! My fall coffee table & end table is decorated, and planter box is set!
Here’s a view of most of my fall living room, including the coffee table, end table, and the ladder shelf I shared yesterday. The only thing I’ve decorated so far that you can’t see from this photo is my fall entryway, which I shared on Friday. You also can’t see my love seat, which you’ll see tomorrow with fall pillows, or our console table, which I decorate as a mantle. You’ll see that decorated this Friday, so be sure to follow me via email so you don’t miss it!
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Terrie – Decorate & More with Tip | Fall Coffee Table & End Table
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Tammy – Patina & Paint | Fall Coffee Table
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Through a Vintage Door and Corine with Curly Willow Acres aka Junk to Gems Facebook videos to see their beautifully styled fall coffee tables for even more fall decorating inspiration!
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