Bountiful Vintage Fall Baskets

Using baskets has been a fun and creative way for me to decorate since I saw the first issues of Country Living Magazine back in 1978. One of the best things about them is that they can be found at any vintage market, flea, antique shop or garage sale, usually for a price that will fit anyone's budget. Baskets come in so many varieties; mostly wood products, wicker, willow, and even metals. Since I turn first to vintage finds, I have a good stash, big and small, that I can choose from. 

I started collecting vintage and antique funeral baskets years ago, and even though that sounds a little morbid, they are beautiful wicker baskets meant for long ago floral funeral arrangements. Let's call them "vintage floral baskets" instead. Most were left graveside in the elements to later be discarded. Metal baskets are a little harder to find, and by now usually rusted, leaving little of the beautiful original paint intact.

These are pics from the entry in our last home 

back right before we moved in 2018.

The original post can be found HERE from October 2018, 

as I was participating in a Fall Basket Hop.

I've had this particular basket in my stash for years, and almost sold it many times for just a few dollars. But the wonderful green paint patina kept me from parting with it through the years. Last year I decided I needed to put it to use, so I used some faux leaves and berries with a small white pumpkin and even some birdies flew in. 

A few years ago in the kitchen at the former house.

I had also used two small baskets with handles that were filled with moss, twigs, and a grapevine orb, sitting on the entry console.

Another metal basket I've had for many years is this gray painted Italian metal piece I have been using on my dining room table. It has a base of moss and ivy which makes it easy to just change up the florals for whatever season I'm decorating. I love using faux hydrangeas, adding in some fall leaves, berries, and pumpkins.

I've kept this very old open weave basket with wooden handles on top of my china cabinet here in the dining room. The high ceilings at this house have given me space to decorate "vertically". It's hard to see, but the basket still has remnants of white paint that add to it's vintage charm.

A gray washed door basket has been used each season while we've been here. With a new door and a new house I had to re-think my front porch door displays. Here again, I usually keep faux hydrangeas mixed with other seasonal flowers and branches. Adding a wired ribbon helps dress up any basket for a seasonal or holiday display.

In the kitchen sitting and dining area I again have the top of my china cupboard decorated with a large laundry basket, a chalk board from Pier 1 several years ago, an antique bird cage and small vintage watering can.

I love using Bittersweet to sprinkle around the house in Fall. This was an old bunch that I tied together with gardener's twine to use on the old laundry basket.

Another year I kept it simple with a vintage tray and small grapevine wreath.

I found this antique fishing basket/hamper last year. This photo was taken before I used a furniture stain to clean it up a bit.

Here it is later filled with Fall faux foliage, when I had cleaned it up a bit. 

The Minwax stain helped to rehydrate it a little.

This rolling market basket is a favorite of mine and is usually kept in the entry filled with seasonal florals and branches.

I use baskets on the porches, but try to keep them out of the elements. Orchard baskets are a fun and inexpensive way to display mums, pumpkins, and Fall florals.

On the Deck from 2012

And we don't want to forget metal gathering baskets. I have several of these and when they aren't holding magazines they can hold some fun Fall decor.

Metal picnic tins are another fun "basket" to decorate with for Fall. 

These are stacked on my front porch last year.

Hope you enjoyed a look at a few vintage baskets that I've used in Fall decorating!

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