Fall has come again. Maybe not by the calendar yet, but the light has changed, the air smells different and there is a hint of color in the leaves if you look closely. Cool breezes abound, glorious colors will soon burst forth, campfire smoke will fill the air, and soups and hot drinks will array the dinner menus.
I haven’t pulled out all the Autumn Decor yet, but I do have some autumn decor photos from earlier years to share with you today, along with a few tips on how to easily create lovely Autumn Decor.
Pumkins. As the flowers of spring and summer fade and droop as fall weather comes on, I look forward to cleaning out my urns and topping them with some fun-shaped pumpkins. Pumpkins are easy and a relatively cheap way to change things up for fall. You can grow them yourself or find a local produce farm that sells them for a good price.
A tiara adds a bit of glam to a lowly pumpkin – turns it from cinderalla to princess 🙂
Use pieces of your decor that are fun and can be added to seasonal items for a fresh, new look.
Orange pumpkins are a great way to add a fun pop of color.
My favorites are white or that beautiful blue/green but orange is bright and cheerful!
Hydrangea blooms are wonderful. If you don’t have any hydrangea plants on your property I advise you to get some planted pronto. They are so wonderful. The Incrediball brand is a new variety of the old Annabelle hydrangea that has been bred to have stronger stems and larger blooms. They bloom in July. These hydrangea pictured here are Limelights and they bloom in August. I recommend planting some of each so you have fresh blooms longer and lots more dried blooms for decor.
This front door is so lovely. It belongs to a friend of mine, it is wood, and was purchased at Lowes.
Burlap is a fun detail to add to fall decor. I don’t use it inside a lot because the fibers make me sneeze, but I love adding a piece to my urns underneath the pumpkins.
A quilt, pillow and an old book in a porch chair is a fun fall look too.
Let’s go inside now!
One of my favorite ways to decorate for Autumn is with things that really belong outside – like sticks. It adds a bit of whimsy and fun, a bit of the unexpected.
Pull together things you own, move them around from room to room to create new vignettes and displays. Darker colored items, like the books pictured here, speak of fall and winter months.
I think the dark color of the books lends itself to an Autumn look. Tucking in quirky little treasures like this thrift-find-horse makes it personal and fun too.
Dried hydrangea are my go-to decor, right along with the sticks from the yard.
More sticks, some blue/green pumpkins, and dried Hydrangeas from summertime declare that Autumn has arrived.
Inside the cupboard I’ve tucked dried Hydrangeas and a few large faux acorns to keep the Autumn feel going.
The outdoors took over my living room too! These sticks made themselves right at home on my 12+ foot long shelf. My olive bucket with Hydrangeas feels comfy on my coffee table.
This olive bucked just seems to say ‘fill me with hydrangea’ because every year that’s what ends up filling it by the end of July.
Another faux acorn and a wood ‘cake stand’ adorn my side table. Yes, it is feeling very much like Autumn has arrived! Chilly outside, warm and cozy and decorated inside.
Stuff some pretty leaves inside a cloche for another fun way to bring the beauty Autumn indoors.
Add favorite decor pieces – here I added a clock face and an old camera and stacked a couple cast iron crowns.
I liked the look of mixing the natural colored pumpkins with the orange pumpkins too.
My biggest tip for Autumn decor is to use what you have on hand, bring in things from outdoors, and just have fun with it!
Enjoy the Fall weather and your decorating!
Jill
I like your decorations, but mine have to be much brighter in color!!!
🙂 I have been adding a bit of plaid to my fall decor this year Donna – probably not as much color as you like but a bit more than a couple years ago! Happy fall!
Great ideas and lovely pictures. I finally planted hydrangeas as well. I used to order dried ones on eBay until I realized how easy they are to grow. Going to move on to peonies now!!
Happy soon-to-be fall!
Jane x
I want some peonies too – and some limelight hydrangea so I have fresh blooms in July AND August!
On orders from hubs, no fall decos until middle of Sept and more into Oct. Party pooper. I bought some old books at Goodwill to use for decorating, never had used books before.
I am sure getting in mood for Fall decos tho. We’re supposed to have couple weeks in low 80’s and high 70’s, pretty cool for here at this time of year. We never did get to go to lake close by all summer and with cooler temps water will start to get colder so unless we get a surprise heat wave looks like no lake for me at all. I’m in withdrawal dad rat it. We noticed some trees around that are changing colors already. We’ve had rain which is unusual for here this time of year.
Where did you get those awesome crowns and tiara? They are perfect for Fall decorations. When I want some sticks I got over next door on road to pick some up, our neighbors trees shed sticks, etc. when we have wind and storms. When I wanted some bigger pieces to make couple little boats went over there. Daughter brought me some drift wood when they took grand daughter up to San Rafael,CA to college couple weeks ago. We took care of their beagle, he is a real sweetie. Our dog was happy to have dog to play with. Even our cat liked him. He’d get up on our bed in morning and cat would just look at him and lie down where he wanted to be. It was fun time with all our furry kids.
Loved your fall post, getting me more and more in mood for it.
We are praying and so hoping our grandson will do well with a super jolt of really strong chemo and then next week he’ll have a stem cell transplant twice in row. Son just called while ago and he said they’ll be in Denver for about 3-4 months with him. If you can spare a prayer please send some good stuff as he needs it badly. The cancer is so much in him, he’ll need lots of help, much worse this time. At least this time son is calling us every few weeks to let us know how grand son is doing. Because of his Mother we can’t send him messages or our support as she’s blocked us from his Facebook page. She decides who can send him good will. Even our grand daughter that went to college didn’t get to see him before she left. It’s very hard to live with this but hey he’s one that has to put up with being sick. He’s 21 will be 22 in early Nov. We haven’t seen him in long time, me for over 3 yrs. So if you can spare some prayers please send them this way OK? Thanks
Keep trying to get myself to get new 8.1 pc out so I can download windows 10. It’s getting harder and harder for me to type anymore, fingers go where they want, spend more time fixing errors than getting comments sent.
Have great rest of week and hope your family is doing great. Happy week
Will be praying for your grandson JaneEllen. Hope your week was a good one!
I just came across your blog and love the colors and ideas you share! I’m interested in finding out the stain that was used on the front door. It’s beautiful!!
Thanks for your help!
René
I would also love the name of the stain if anyone has one similar! I LOVE this color!
Me too please!!!!!!
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I would love to know what color the paint is on your the house!
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Hi there! Could you tell me which door this is at Lowe’s?
Could you please let me know what stain was used on the front door? I have a client interested.
Thank you!
The door belongs to a friend of mine and I don’t know the color of the stain – I’m sorry.
Can you tell me what color the siding it on this house?
Could you tell me what kind of wood they used for the front door ? It is such a beautiful door !!