It’s the perfect time of year to try some new decorating, don’t you think? The air is clear and bright, and creativity flows again after a long summer of ducking inside to beat the heat. Harness your newfound energy to update your fall home decor. It will serve you well until December arrives!
Over the years, fall home decor has expanded way beyond its tried and true colors, themes, and fabrics. Personality abounds throughout home decorating trends for creating a modern, fall home.
Here are some ideas to jumpstart your fall home decorating updates.
1. Choose a Focal Point
Choose a focal point in your home to showcase a new fall look for an easy autumn update. A fireplace mantel, a foyer, or a piece of furniture with a featured space in the room are natural spots to create a seasonal vignette.
This year, go a bit rogue and invent a new color story or theme. Creativity always sparks new ideas for the rest of the house, so be prepared—you might end up with a new kitchen backsplash!
Photo by Truecreatives from TrueCreatives via Canva.com 2. Play with Color
Today, fall home decorating is so much more than the traditional red, orange, and yellow trio. The color options have blossomed into everything from a neutral palette to a rainbow of pumpkin hues. It’s common to see pumpkins, leaves, and acorns adorned with non-typical colors and a layer of added shine from a gloss or glitter.
However, if you want to stay super on trend this year, choose affordable home decor with rich, moody color palettes, such as earth tones like rich brown, deep plum, olive green, and auburn. These colors naturally feel cozy, especially if you incorporate them into lush fabrics like velvet or suede.
If deep purple isn’t your style, stick with brown in all of its glorious versions, from chocolate to chestnut. Incorporating brown throws, pillows, and window coverings elevates fall decor beyond the overdone pumpkin spice vibe. Wooden accents like candlesticks and picture frames will finish off your color story with a natural flair.
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3. Woven Details
If you’ve collected baskets from international travels, this is your season to show them off. Natural woven decor is dominating fall vignettes.
Baskets aren’t the only way to show off the trend; you can showcase woven intricate patterns with wrapped vases and candleholders, as well as repurposing a woven tray. The weave look has a bonus: most pieces work with a variety of furniture and home styles.
4. Add Acorns
The idea that your yard or local park has everything you need to create fall projects is as popular as ever because of the accessibility to materials and the inexpensive nature of leaves, pinecones, and twigs. However, the natural “it” accessory of the year is the humble acorn.
Designers are tucking them into bowls and jars and grouping them by size. Natural or faux, acorns are the perfect bit of charming fall home decor flair. You may even find vintage or thrifted acorn motifs to display on bookshelves or coffee tables.
5. Choose a Fall Home Decor Theme
For more fall decorating impact, incorporate a theme showcasing your home’s style. For example, homes on the coast often use a seaside motif. October is the month of imagination, so take yours to the limit.
Use this example if you’re beach life-inclined. Picture a mermaid decorating her house—she’d have white sand pumpkins carved or painted with sea stars and sand dollars.
Other home styles to incorporate:
- Nautical: red, white, and blue with anchors
- Preppy Chic: Lily Pulitzer-inspired patterns with bold colors like pink and green
- French Country: blue and yellow with toile and ticking patterns
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6. Use Lush Fabrics
The cold temperatures make lush, cozy fabrics all the more appealing. The idea of comfort and home has translated into fall home decorating and trendy crafts. DIY fabric pumpkins in all colors and fabrics are taking over this season. Pillows, blankets, and slipcovers that follow your chosen fall color scheme also enhance the room's overall look. They are inexpensive and versatile throughout the fall months.
Don’t forget to adorn the rest of your home, because the entertaining season has just begun! Let the colors and fabrics you’ve chosen flow into guest rooms and the bathrooms that friends and family will use while visiting.
7. Add a Warm Scent
Though scents aren’t technically visible (unless you buy fancy candles) like a home accessory, but somehow, delicious fall scents take home decor to the next level. They finish your home’s style by adding a wisp of all things autumn, like a bonfire, pumpkin spice, apple cider, and toasted marshmallows. You can’t go wrong with adding your festive fall scent to an entryway or living space.
As the holidays draw near, refer often to the regular updates on the MilitaryByOwner blog. Here, you'll find how to accommodate guests, inexpensive seasonal home decor, and even how to decide if the holidays are the right time to stage your home and try the seller’s market.
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