Page 7 Fall Home & Garden | September 2023 Lincoln Daily News your garland with floral wire. Next, weave in warm string lights. Add the foliage of your choice to accent your garland to match your style and color scheme. You can choose to use ribbon as the center point of your garland as the video shows or you can incorporate antiques, vintage books, pumpkins, or anything else that makes you think of fall. Decorate the hearth of your fireplace to add the finishing touch. Debbie Theobald, owner of Debbie’s Downtown Floral in Lincoln loves to incorporate sunflowers and lilies in fall arrangements. Warm light, rustic colors, gnomes, scarecrows, and woodland creatures bring autumn vibes to the downtown store this time of year. To make the outside of your home look festive, Bees Floral and Landscaping suggests mums, asters, Indian corn, pumpkins, gourds, and even some bales of hay. Give your porch a makeover by layering any number of these items to stage the perfect fall display. Add a simple welcome mat with a warm message like the one in this video. Continued -- These easy steps will up your curb appeal in no time. 1. Swap out your summer doormat for one with a fall theme. A simple rattan rug will work, or you can get creative with stencils and paint to create your own one-of-a- kind doormat. Supplies you will need are a rug, computer printer, paper, scissors, sponges or paint brush, craft paint in desired color, and clear coat or modge podge. Create your design, size your design to fit your mat, print the design. After the design is printed you will cut out the middle black section of the letters. Secure the paper design to your
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