#266: Fall Books, Movies & Decor
A Beautiful Mess Podcast
Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
This week we're sharing our recommendations for a fall reading list, movies to watch and decor ideas to get into the festive spirit. We'll also share design decisions that we regretted.
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Top 3 Fall Books
Emma
- The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
- The October Witches by Jennifer Claessen
- The Wrong Way Home by Kate O'Shaughnessy
Elsie
- Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
- Cackle by Rachel Harrison
- The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Top 3 Fall Movies
Emma
- Harry Potter
- Twlight
- Knives Out
Elsie (what's playing in my kitchen)
- Hocus Pocus
- Practical Magic
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
BONUS: Horror: Susperia 2018 (remake of 1977) and Funny horror movie: Companion 2025
Top 3 Fall Decor Ideas
Emma
- Halloween bats
- Giant stuffed skeleton
- Spooky village
Elsie
- Asylum for criminally insane women (mirror from Etsy)
- Halloween Lego sets
- Kitchen decor (black ribbon, candles, a jar of candy corn or trail mix)
Listener Request: Have you ever made a design decision you regretted?
Emma - Painted kitchen cabinets a butter yellow color and cooper backsplash
Elsie - Too much shiplap
Book Report:
Elsie - The Raven King Series by Maggie Stiefvater
Emma - Memoirs ****of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Beautiful Mess Podcast, your cozy comfort listen, and this week we are sharing our recommendations for a fall reading list, movies to watch, and decor ideas to get into the festive spirit. |
| 0:15.7 | We'll also share design decisions that we regretted. |
| 0:18.3 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:19.3 | Those regrets are always fun. |
| 0:21.2 | Okay, I love this episode. |
| 0:22.5 | I think this is going to be so fun. |
| 0:24.9 | Before we jump in, can I tell the little miniature epic story of my range getting delivered? |
| 0:32.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:32.7 | Oh, yeah, definitely. |
| 0:33.7 | Please do. |
| 0:34.9 | Okay. |
| 0:35.8 | It's far enough away now that you don't have to cry during... |
| 0:38.5 | There's no tears allowed. |
| 0:40.0 | There's no tears in podcasting, right? |
| 0:42.3 | I guess. |
| 0:43.3 | We've cried actually a lot. |
| 0:44.6 | I think we've cried quite about that. |
| 0:46.0 | All right. |
| 0:46.8 | Back story. |
| 0:47.7 | So our kitchen was gutted in April, and it is now September. |
| 0:52.0 | And the only thing that Mommy wants in the whole universe is a kitchen to cook soup |
| 0:59.2 | and like, you know, make coffee and just like basic everyday things. |
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