Fall is almost here! Before you know it, there'll be a chill in the air and a tinge of red in the leaves. Is your home ready? Decorating for fall can be fun (and affordable!) for you 

and other members of your household. This post will cover a variety of decorating ideas that you can use to prepare your home for the coming season.

Fill a Vase. It seems like everybody has a glass vase or two in their closet somewhere. Unless you regularly buy cut flowers, those glass vases probably just sit around. You can put those glass vases to good use with colorful fall leaves! Cut a few low-hanging branches from a colorful tree, then insert the branches into water in a glass vase on your dining room table. Replace the water regularly to prevent odors and keep the branch fresher for longer.

As an alternative, you could also take a walk through the park and collect items from nature like acorns, pretty stones and leaves. Place those items into a glass vase (no water), then place that vase on your mantel or coffee table.

Create Rustic Candle Holders. Do you have wide-mouth mason jars at home? If so, mason jar candle holders are easy and inexpensive to create. Clean the mason jar inside and out. Spray the outside of the jar with spray adhesive, then wrap the outside of jar in a wide strip of burlap. Use a hot glue gun to glue a colorful fall leaf to the outside of the jar, then tie the burlap in place with a piece of twine. Insert an electric candle and you've got a beautiful candle holder. This is such an easy project, you can make extras and sell them to others, or give them away as gifts to friends.

Make a Mobile of Leaves. Spend some time at a park or in your yard. Find a straight stick and several beautiful fall leaves. Lay the stick on a table horizontally, then use twine or yarn to tie the fall leaves to the stick so that when the stick is picked up, the leaves will dangle beneath it. Hang this mobile on your wall or from your ceiling.

Scatter Mini Pumpkins Everywhere. Mini pumpkins are inexpensive and available everywhere in the fall. You can buy mini pumpkins at arts and crafts stores, farmer's markets and in the grocery store. Buy mini pumpkins to decorate parts of your home that need a little extra flair. For example: is your dining room table lacking a centerpiece? Place a small stack of mini pumpkins in a basket the middle of your dining room table. Scatter the collection with leaves and voila!

Once you start decorating for fall, more ideas should come to mind. However, if you're lacking inspiration, stop in at an arts and crafts store to get more ideas. Chances are, you'll see lots of inexpensive tools that can help you decorate your home for fall.