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66 Best Fall Decorating Ideas to Turn Your Home Into a Seasonal Escape
Add cozy autumnal touches all around your house with these festive and easy ideas.
Cozy-lovers, rejoice! School is back in session, a subtle chill is creeping in, and the leaves are are showing signs of changing, which can only mean one thing: Fall is officially on its way! So, while nature’s magic is happening outside, it’s up to you to create a cozy escape inside with our very best fall decorating ideas.
From quick-and-easy additions like festive fall door decorations to help liven up the entry to fall mantel decor ideas to add a stylish, autumnal touch to your living and family rooms (and even seasonal centerpieces for your family’s Thanksgiving gathering), these ideas will help you add the best of fall’s colors, patterns, and iconic materials throughout your home. And, for you low-maintenance decorators, you’d be surprised how big of an impact a few well-placed plaid pillows and blankets can actually make!
We also have some decorating ideas that will have you donning your favorite themed sweater and heading outside to gather the beautiful natural bounty of the season. There is no better—or budget-friendly—decoration than a freshly foraged branch or just fallen pinecone. And, don’t worry, we've got ideas for decorating your front porch and outdoor areas, too!
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Flank Your Front Door with Foliage
Ensure guests are greeted with a seasonal scene by layering your front door with fall foliage. Here, a bittersweet wreath hung with a plaid scarf adds an additional fall flair.
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Swap Your Linens for a Seasonal Color Palette
In this cozy mountain bedroom, a warm white backdrop lays the foundation for a cozy mix of rusty red textiles.
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Repurpose Your Wool Blanket
Add a seasonal touch to your living room with this fun project of repurposing a wool plaid blanket into a comfy pouf.
To make: Start by cutting a blanket into six 16-inch squares. Topstitch the pieces together in a cube, leaving a 6-inch opening. Stuff with shredded memory foam filling, and stitch closed. Add a decorative blanket stitch along the outer edges.
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Hang Weathered Accessories
Bring in an added rustic-y, fall layer to your space with well-worn vintage accessories. In this North Carolina cabin, antique game boards add a pop of perfectly patinaed color.
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Make Clever Curtain Tie-Backs
You know those iron pine cone weights that hang from cuckoo clocks? Employ them as a decorative curtain tiebacks using ribbon or rope. They will add a seasonal touch to any corner of the house.
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Add Feathers to Your Centerpiece
Elevate your table with this unexpected floral arrangement.
To make: Hollow out a tall gourd such as a Hubbard squash, and slice a sliver off the bottom to help it stand. Place a piece of damp floral foam inside and fill with feathers, foliage, and flowers (here, roses and ranunculus).
For the festooned pumpkins, use hot-glue to cover the pumpkins with long turkey (large) or pheasant (small) feathers. For the larger pumpkin, finish with wispy green chicken feathers around the crown.
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Craft a Mossy Wreath
Create a textural wreath by incorporating different types of moss, such as Spanish moss, preserved forest moss, and dried tree lichen.
To make: Cover a 12- to 16-inch foam wreath form with clumps of moss and lichen, attaching with hot-glue. Glue tiny bits of moss and lichen around the stems of mini white pumpkins, then secure to the wreath with floral pins and wire.
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Stack Your Pumpkins
This pumpkin topiary will become the show-stopper of any fall event.
To make: Start with three white pumpkins that stack nicely. Remove the stems from the bottom and middle pumpkins. Insert three wooden skewers into the bottom of the middle pumpkin, then pierce the skewers into the top of the bottom pumpkin to help hold them together. Repeat with the top and middle pumpkins. Using long floral greening pins, attach small pieces of damp floral foam where the pumpkins meet. Insert flowers (here, dahlias, ranunculus, and roses), foliage, and privet berries around each tier.
Bring on the Pumpkins!
Go all out at your front entry like at this charming mountain cottage. To get the sophisticated and collected look, head to the pumpkin patch or local garden center and load up your car with a variety of pumpkin and gourd styles and mums of various shades.
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Create the Warmest Welcome
Make guests feel right at home from the moment they meet your front door. Here, fall door decorations up the curb appeal outside. Once inside, cozy paint colors and wallpaper, fresh flowers, and a soft vintage runner underfoot make this entry hall feel as special as any room in the house.
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Layer in Pine Cones
Take a note from this cottage entry and layer in a gathering basket full of freshly gathered pine cones to ring in the season. Yes, it’s just that easy!
Display Vintage Collections
Bring out the good (fall-themed) china! Take a note from this homeowner and display your collection of seasonal trasferware in a dark wood hutch. Mix in pieces of ironstone and smoky glassware for a more collected look. Want a no-fuss flower arrangement? Just add feathers to a crock.
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Warm Up a Room with a Fire
We can’t think of a better way to cozy up a living room or den than with a roaring fire. Get your chimney checked out to make sure it’s in proper working order, then get to decorating with fall mantel decor ideas.
Create a Cozy Reading Cubby
Turn unused space into a kid- and adult-friendly hideaway complete with books, a reading light, and piles of pillows and nubby blankets.
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Add in All the Ironstone
Gather dishware and collectibles in like colors to display on open shelving. Here, this shelf that sits atop a rustic worktable is packed with ironstone. The pieces have varying tones—from white to creamy to beigy-brown—and make for a nice, neutral spot to display white pumpkins.
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Hang Woven Pieces for Homey Texture
Hang woven baskets and trays on the wall to add some texture and dimension to a collection of framed artwork. This idea works all year round but we love how the rich browns of these woven pieces blend well with pumpkin-colored pillows and fall florals.
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Bring Out Your Copper Collection
This hanging collection of copper pots insures the practical merges with the pretty in this hardworking farmhouse kitchen.
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Add Some Orange
Nothing says fall like a classic orange pumpkin, so why not bring the color inside in a more permanent way. Here, a pair of orange velvet sofas that date back to 1962 make nice with a wood sideboard piled with pumpkins. A coffee table, made from an old iron gate, adds an outdoorsy touch to the gathering space. Not ready to commit to quite that much orange? Start by layering your current neutral sofa with a pair of orange pillows.
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Get Ready for Guests
Give your guest bedroom a little love this time of year, as friends and family pay visits over long holiday weekends. An old wood dresser repurposed as a nightstand adds a spot for books, fresh blooms, and storage for extra linens. Tuck a folding luggage rack in the closet for easy unpacking and packing.
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Build a Bar and Games Station
Turn any table into a serve-yourself entertainment station ready for impromptu fall gatherings and holiday visits from family and friends. Here, an old post office sorting table becomes a one-stop shop for drinks and games.
Anna Logan is the Senior Homes & Style Editor at Country Living, where she covers design and decorating trends, home features, and gift guides. She also produces home features and styles content for the print magazine. When she isn’t working, can often be found digging around antique shops for the perfect find. Follow her adventures on Instagram!
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