With a few simple tricks, you can make your home cozier and the colorful leaves and warm candlelight put your whole family in a better mood. Adding autumnal accents to your decoration is very easy and the selection of decorations is so wide that there is something for all tastes.
In the following text, we will try to give you some of the most interesting ideas to give an autumnal touch to your home.
Traditional fall decorations
Autumn brings us many gifts. Acorns, chestnuts and colored leaves can be used as decorations. If you don’t want to spend a lot of time on autumn decoration, you can simply place a few chestnuts or leaves in a wicker basket or a transparent jar, or put rowan branches in a vase. We can use bouquets of asters or heather pots to decorate the house.
Decorative pumpkins can be used to give your interior an autumnal air. Placed on a table or on a windowsill, they will look great with candles or dried flowers. If you want the room to be warmer, you can also opt for curtains or blankets in soft browns, oranges or yellows, colors traditionally associated with autumn.
Autumn decorations made by you
Giving your house a unique look is not that easy when most of the decorations are bought in general stores. If we want the decoration of our house to be unique, we can make ornaments with our own hands.
Hanging a wreath on the door, for example, will give you a wonderful autumn feeling from the very doorstep. You don’t need much to create it: only a dozen leaves, decorative ribbons, perhaps a rowan or wheat ears. By intertwining everything, we can create any composition that suits both the door and the environment. If you want to make your wreath more interesting, you can use small decorative pumpkins, sticks, or tissue paper flowers. It is convenient to fix the set with varnish or choose to keep the sheets in glycerin so that they do not lose their color and shape.
Candlelight adds charm to a room and makes it more pleasant. To make autumn-style lanterns, we only need a jar and leaves. Use glue to adhere them to the surface of the glass -on the outside- and then place the candles inside the container. Candlelight shines through the colorful decorations and creates characteristic shadows on the walls. Instead of leaves, we can also use sticks, or place the candle in a piece of wood or a hollow gourd.
Autumn window decorations
When the cold and gloom are present in the window, it is a good idea to decorate the window sill so that it is easier to chase away the autumn chill. Instead of the raindrops hitting the glass, our gaze will linger on the colorful lanterns, canes and other warm decorations. The decoration of the window, and therefore the sill, is extremely important, since its appearance will attract the attention of not only household members, but also outsiders. To create an autumnal atmosphere, we can place compositions of autumn leaves and flowers in vases with warm colors or in hollow pumpkins on the windowsill. Lanterns of all kinds, which will be perfectly visible outside, and hanging decorations placed on the curtains or on the window frames are very effective.
If you choose the right curtains, you can complete the autumnal atmosphere that you want to create in your room or living room. Beige, orange or brown materials will go well with the rest of the decoration. If you don’t like curtains, you can always opt for blinds or shutters in similar colors.
Autumn centerpieces
With the arrival of the colder days, we spend more and more time at home. The table decoration will facilitate the creation of an autumnal atmosphere in the living room, kitchen or dining room.
Making a table decoration does not have to be difficult. All you need is a bowl of water, a few floating candles, and rowan or cranberry fruit beads. The water will prevent the fire from spreading and the light will illuminate the room well. We can opt for the aforementioned heather pots, hollow gourds or jars filled with leaves. Don’t forget the wicker baskets filled with chestnuts, acorns and walnuts.
If we have some paint available, we can cover the cones with gold veins and place them in the company of other autumn gifts. Decorative pumpkins are an interesting decoration in themselves, and you can easily decorate regular pumpkins yourself with string or paint.
Autumn at the door: Decoration of the terrace and the front door
It is not enough to decorate the interior. It is also worth thinking about the decoration of the front door and the terrace. Planters, pumpkins, and leaf arrangements at the entrance will also give your home an “autumn look” from the outside. If you have a covered terrace, you can choose to create hanging decorations of pine cones and leaves. And we can hang a beautiful wreath on the door.
Fall decorating doesn’t have to be limited to chestnuts and leaves. Halloween fans may choose to decorate their home with pumpkin lanterns cut out in various shapes. Instead of wreaths and leaves blowing in the wind, doors and windows can be decorated with bats or artificial spider webs. Whichever solution is chosen, it is important to ensure that exterior decorations are adequately protected from water and the strongest gusts of wind.
Autumn in your house to keep in mind
There are an almost unlimited number of ideas to bring the autumn atmosphere to our home. Decorating the interior and the patio will make us fully enjoy this colorful season. When choosing decor, it is important to maintain some restraint and match the individual elements to each other. A bold red candle may not match the delicate heather-colored curtains, just as placing too many candles and decorations on the windowsill can make it difficult to access.
It is very important to maintain security. If you use varnish or flammable substances to preserve autumn leaves or fruits, it is better not to place candles near them. It is better to replace rowan berries with dried fruits if there are small children at home. And when you install hanging decorations, make sure a cat or child can’t reach them. Autumn is a beautiful time of year, so to enjoy it to the fullest, make sure you have the right decoration in your house. Introducing a warm and autumnal atmosphere will help us avoid the cold and spend every afternoon in a pleasant way.