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In my opinion, fall is the most beautiful season of the year. The colors of autumn are a joy that nature doesn’t give us at any other time of the year. The air becomes crisper. The harvest season is in full swing. And people come together for the excellent festivities. If you want to really put yourself in the season, fall is a great time to decorate your home to match the changing world around you. Autumn is one of the most rewarding times to decorate your home, and you can do so in exciting, simple, and cost-effective ways. Here are some tips to remember when decorating your home for fall…
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Fall-ify Your Home’s Existing Color Palette
The colors in your home are probably not immediately autumnal in your mind. (Unless they are, in which case: great!) However, there are ways that you can use the walls in your home as a terrific base for a variety of autumnal shades. For example, you can completely change the tonal coloration of a room by switching out key pieces of decor. A good start for this is to switch out the throw blankets and pillows in communal areas with pillows and blankets that are more fitting of the season. By this point, nearly any home decor store should have fall options for these items.
To find more ways to bring autumnal joy into your living space, stand in the middle of a room and look around at the elements that can be easily replaced with colors that are more befitting of the season (look for shelves and mantels for easy options).
Use the Fruits of Harvest Season
One key identifier of the fall season is that it is also “harvest season”. This means that tons of crops and produce are at their perfect stage of ripeness. Using pumpkins, squashes, gourds, and other types of fall produce, you can decorate your home to represent the fertility of the season. Best of all, you can even use some of this produce for cooking purposes during the season, such as making a delicious butternut squash soup or a pumpkin pie.
Don’t Forget the Exterior
When getting lost in the throes of home decor, it can be easy to neglect the exterior of your home, but that’s like having your cake and not being able to eat it. Putting that fall spirit into the exterior of your home helps tie your entire house together. The good news is that nature is already doing a lot of the work for you. The changing leaves on your trees are the very heart-and-soul of autumn style, so having trees frame the front of your home will create a very fall-vibe. For other ideas of what you can do with your home’s exterior during fall, read this article about fall curb appeal.
Include Green in Your Natural Accents
While using the golden yellows, oranges, and reds of autumnal fashion in your decor is great and necessary for fall, it’s important to remember that these autumn colors feel more natural when you accent them with other colors. That’s why you still want little elements of green to be strategically placed throughout your home. Think of it this way: vibrant and rich greens are still seen in the fall season, from evergreen plants to pumpkin stems.
Play into the Holidays
Fall is home to two major holidays: Halloween and Thanksgiving. If you fully embrace the Halloween aesthetic in October and the Thanksgiving aesthetic in November, then you’ve got two clear decor dogmas to stick to for most of the fall season. For this reason, it’s a great idea to just play into the different holiday seasons. After all, decorating is half of the fun during the holidays; and the spooky vibes during Halloween are a ton of fun to play with, as are the harvest-themed vibes during Thanksgiving.
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Kathryn, thanks for shing these seasonal tips. love the flowers in the pumpkin. My garden club is doing that activity at our October meeting.