Fall Frames

posted on : November 11, 2014

In the spirit of fall, which we highlighted yesterday with our front porch welcoming committee, I can’t wait to show you another easy way to bring some of the beauty of autumn into your home. This project is great because it costs almost nothing! All you need are some frames, a few leaves, and something to mount them on as a backing. I wanted to add some autumn to our kitchen, so I used our gallery wall of frames for this project.

My inspiration for this was actually just driving around all season and admiring the beauty of all of the leaves changing. I especially love the ones that look like they’re on fire with reds, oranges, and yellows, so I wanted to see if I could capture some of that color for the gallery wall.

The other neat part about this is that it requires you to spend some time outside and literally “stop to ~~smell~~ look at the ~~roses~~ leaves”. Last week, while was babysitting for my cousin, so we took a walk in search of the prettiest leaves we could find. Back at home, I laid them out and played around with the order to see which look I liked the best.

For the backing, I used white card stock to make the leaves pop and mounted it on a scrap of burlap to bring in more of that autumn-y texture.

Just lay each frame on the ground, add your leaf:

Center the white card stock over top (it’s okay if the leaves stick out a bit from the sides… adds character):

Add your burlap:

Cover with the frame backing, and you’re all set to arrange as you see fit!

That’s really all there is to it! We’re loving the fall look in our kitchen and the best part about it was that it was free! I already had the burlap (although if you had to buy a yard or two, this would still be a cost-friendly project), paper, and as far as I’m aware- they’re not charging for leaves these days.