Our Hopeful Home: Dried Hydrangea Decor/Fall Decorating: Junk Visionaries October Challenge

October 5, 2015

Today I'm sharing one way I use dried hydrangeas from the garden as fall floral decor.

dried hydrangeas vintage shutter fall display

Are you a junk visionary? I'm so excited to be a part of the Junk Visionaries group. A few talented blogging friends and I get together once a month and post great repurposed stuff relating to a theme. The theme for October is nature. So I thought and thought and thought. How can I bring nature into a repurposing project?

Well, most of you know that my all-time favorite natural element is the hydrangea. At last count we had over 20 hydrangea bushes of various shapes and colors to choose from in our yard! So the light bulb went off: hydrangeas! I've displayed them in so many ways over the years, I knew that I needed a fresh new idea for this challenge. And I came up with an idea that I think works well and I'm pretty pleased with.

I started out with an old, chippy, white shutter that I picked up as part of a pair at a flea market a few years back. At the time my thought was to use them for jewelry display. I did end up using one for that purpose. But this one had basically been sitting in the garage so I knew it was time to put it to good use.

At first I only used a few blooms, and some of my Baby Boo pumpkins. (Don't worry, it gets WAY better!)

Dried hydrangeas vintage shutter window baby boo pumpkins

It looked okay, but nothing special.

Dried hydrangeas vintage shutter candle boxwood wreath

Here I added a ceramic black and white candle holder with a white pumpkin inside of it. Still okay, but nothing special.

I ended up trying a few different display tactics. The one I love most is where I filled the shutter with hydrangea blooms to the point of bursting at the seams! I like to call it the "cascade effect." I really do think it looks like a waterfall of hydrangea blooms, and really makes for a great fall décor vignette.

I'm loving how it turned out.

dried hydrangeas canvas alphabet art silver loving cup trophy

Dried hydrangeas vintage shutter candle white pumpkin

I really love the contrasting colors of the different varieties. It's a subdued fall display that I believe will really work well into the Thanksgiving season. I swear I smile to myself every time I walk past it!

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Dried Hydrangea Decor/Farmhouse Fall Decorating.

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