Hi friends! Welcome to fall. I know it’s not official yet, but I wanted to be the first to welcome you in! Fall is my very favorite time of year. The entire essence of the season speaks my language. Snuggly, cozy, cuddle up with a good book and your favorite people while sipping hot chocolate by a dreamy fire has to sound good to you too..am I right? I wanted to bring that cozy feel to life through a farmhouse books and pages inspired fall theme. Really it’s all about friendship.
Fall brings out festivals and pumpkin patches, footballs and bonfires. All the fun events you do in community, with friends.
Fall also brings the famous Round Top Antiques Week fields to life. My friend and I have made a special road trip, just the two of us each spring and fall for close to ten years. We roam the aisles and talk and dream. We act like we are going to branch out and try new things, but we eat the same sandwich and visit the same booths every time!
Shopping in an unhurried stride, telling stories. Treasure hunting.
Sharing your life with a friend is one of the greatest treasures I can think of. My friend and I are open books, sharing life freely with one another. Often while recapping the events of our day the conversation ends with us saying, “you can’t make that stuff up!” Our lives are more entertaining, drama filled and unbelievable than any book that could be written!
As I decorated this Fall her friendship was on the forefront of my heart. In this season of thanksgiving I am thankful for a friendship that accepts the story of me, the good and the bad. And I am joyful that she shares her story with me, unedited.
As women are prone to do we often conspire to solve the world’s problems and each others. We ponder and predict the outcome of the twists and turns life throws at us. Inevitably we always say, “I wish I could peek at the last page.” Sometimes we just want to know how the story ends.
We don’t need to be book “cheaters”, reading the last chapter first, because we know deep in our hearts the end is good. God wins and that’s enough. But man, I sure am glad to have her along for the unpredictable journey of life.
So this fall filled with decorations from books and pages is dedicated to friendships. The shared tales and chapters of life. Ours, yours, the old and the new. Because there is nothing better than a good story shared over coffee on a blustery fall morning. But most of all to my friend, who is…my favorite book to read. 
Free Printable!
I made this free printable for you to share with a friend. Wouldn’t it be a sweet gift, framed or mounted on a rustic board? After you download it won’t you head over to see the amazing fall displays my blogging friends have put together for you. Tell them I said hi! Check back soon and I will show you some tutorials on the items I made to decorate for fall!
Download You Are My Favorite Book To Read Printable Here
Decorating on a Budget for Autumn @ Knick of Time
Fall in My Farmhouse Dining Room @ Worthing Court
Fall Open Shelves @ Stone Gable
Fall Wreath Update Using Floral Picks @ The Everyday Home
How to Make Velvet Pumpkins @ She Holds Dearly
Love, love, love your mantel and fall vignettes, Kim. And those gourds? Amazing!
Thanks Suzy, I am in love with the gourds, got them at a local farmers market and am going to try my hand at growing my own!
You’re fall vignettes throughout your home are amazing, Kim! I especially love the book inside the cloche and the banner hanging on the mattress spring. Thanks for joining me for Farmhouse Fall Accents!
Thanks Angie, I had a lot of fun getting fallish! So glad to be with you in this fall mix
Gorgeous Kim! Just love that mantel so much! You did such an amazing job decorating for fall.
Thanks Deb, you did too! So much fun to see into everyone’s minds through their decorating
Kim what an incredibly beautiful written post! And your images are so cozy and “friendly” and they make me want to sit in your oh, so comfy looking buffalo check chair and chat! And yes, I’ve read the back of THE BOOK and we do win! God works it all out! LOVE the Gal 1:10 scripture too! You inspired me and I’m leaving your blog “full”! Blessing and hugs!
thanks yvonne, I would love to sit and chat with you! loved your home on this tour it is always so gorgeous!
One of my favorite things – decorating with book pages or sheet music! Love your mantel!
and you do such an amazing job at it!!!
What fun creative touches to your home. Thank you for sharing. I too decorated by dinning room hutch with books this year, rather than dishes! I have a “red book” collection of vintage books. Love the tie you made between books and friendships…..”“Friendship is God’s special way of loving us through someone else.” Have a blessed day!
I bet that looks so pretty!!! and I love that phrase, thanks for sharing 🙂
I just wanted to thank you for your memory verse this month. It definitely hit the nail on the head.
I love the decorations too as I am so ready for fall.
I am so glad you liked the verse! I am willing fall on as hard as I can!
Your vignettes and mantle are stunning! I especially love your collection of cloches and how you fill them all differently. Maybe someday I will get my fall decor together.
Thanks friend! I actually made the little cloches and I think they are so fun!! Fall is easy to decorate for, just shop your yard!
Love all of your beautiful fall decor! Nicely done!
thanks so much!
Beautiful fall decor! Love your spirit!
thanks friend!!!
What a beautiful post Kim, I so enjoyed the photos and the words! 🙂 The older we get, the more we treasure those close friendships, don’t you think? Happy Fall friend!
definitely! Friendships are such a gift, thanks Kimm
I love everything about this post, Kim! Your thoughts about friendship touch my heart, you are such a beautiful soul.
P.S. I have the same colander, my grandmother gave it to me.
Thank you Sarah! I got 4 of these colanders at a garage sale for $1 each and I LOVE them!
Kim, You have no idea how much I enjoyed your beautifully written words and and how touched I was as I read them. Thank you for inspiring my day, ad leaving with the thought to reach out to someone special. Friends are by far one of the most valued things in life. Pinned to read again…and your photos are lovely as well!
Thank you wendi, sometimes i think our love of stuff looks like it consumes us as we blog about it, but i know we really treasure friendship and relationship in our hearts. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Such a sweet post Kim, and some lovely decor ideas too. I love how you share the story of your friendship and weave that into things you place around you and your family in your home. Maybe one year I can crash that Round Top trip???
that would be awesome – let me know when you want to go!!!!