Disclosure: This post is sponsored by .  I shop from them regularly as a customer, so this was a natural sponsorship.  All words and opinions expressed in this post are my own. One thing that excited me about our new home was the porch!  I only had a small stoop at our last house, but this house has a nice front porch with lots of potential for decorating for the seasons. We still have some power washing and window cleaning to do, but the porch is coming along and looking cozy for fall. Decorating for fall is easy, because you can put out some pumpkins and mums and hang a festive wreath on the door and call it a day. I selected the , which is neutral and transitional.  I also saw potential to add things (and take them away) to make it suit specific seasons.  For fall, I added

I’ll be really honest here… The only reason I decorated my living room for fall was for this post.  And there it is. Before you bail on this post, though, let me tell you something more… As I started clipping eucalyptus and tucking it in around pumpkins, grabbing apples from the bowl in the kitchen and mini pinecones from the dough bowl in the dining room, there was a joy discovered that went beyond having a styled mantel for a blog post. I haven’t had a mantel for at least 15 years and I hadn’t even thought about the decorating possibilities beyond hanging stockings for Christmas.  I even had a “duh” moment when I was wondering where I was going to put the greens and gourds I bought. I fiddled and played and, when I stepped back, our mantle, and the whole room by extension, looked cozy and ready for