Fall Table On A Budget

Living in Orlando, you can't wait to decorate when you feel fall weather because it's not going to come until November. So I just ignored that it's 86 degrees today, lit my new Bath and Body Works "Autumn Leaves" candle and got started. The only item I needed to buy for my Fall dining room table was a new white tablecloth and some apples. Somehow, I have lost my white tablecloth and haven't been able to find it for a few months. Luckily, I have many other colors so I've gotten by without having to buy one for a while. I found this one at Target for $16.99... (my old one was from my wedding registry and was from Crate and Barrel)... but this one is just a good! Of course while I was buying the white tablecloth, I saw some napkins on sale for $6.99/set of 4. I clearly had to buy them too. 

The staple piece for my table is a garland I found at Home Goods 3 years ago. It is a 5 ft. garland (for lack of a better word) with fall berries and some leaves. It has held up really well and looks good on its own or winding around other items. Here is a picture of what the finished product looked like: 

The runner is burlap. You can buy burlap at any fabric store and it is usually cheap. I got this super cheap a few years ago from JoAnn Fabric's. When cut, 3 yards of burlap gave me this runner, a smaller runner for a square table, and 3 shorter pieces I use around the house as decoration.  

The apples are in vases from the Dollar Store.

The vase in the middle is filled with old corks. We have a habit of writing on corks to document a great night! 

The chargers are Crate and Barrel circa 2008 when we got married. And the napkins are my steal from Target last night:)

I added the orange ribbon that I also got from the Dollar store to add some more orange in the mix. 

A closer view...

Even without the garland, you could easily use the burlap, dollar store vases, apples and candles to make a different fall table on a budget. My calculation for this (not including the white tablecloth or the chargers because those are staples) is: 

Bag of apples: $4

Dollar Store vase: 3 @ $1 = $3 (I'm so good at math, did I tell you?)

Burlap runner: est. $4

Dollar store ribbon: $1

Target napkins: $7

Garland: est. $15

Grand total: $35 although it could be done for much less. I hope you have as much fun decorating for Fall as I did! Now for the rest of the house....