Autumn decoration ideas for every room

As the days are quickly becoming shorter and the sunlight fades faster in the evening, Autumn is certainly beginning to make her presence known. The leaves are changing colour and slowly beginning to fall. It is easy to find yourself hankering to rush home into the warm, wanting to pop your feet up and embrace that cosier, hygge, autumnal feeling.

Let’s look at ways in which you could bring that outside Autumnal ambiance inside your home, ready to reflect the upcoming change of season.

The colour scheme

The quickest way to reflect the shift in seasons is by a carefully chosen colour palette. You can utilise these tones through wall paint colours, soft furnishings or decorative accessories. Opt for burnt oranges, deep browns, rich greens, subtle yellows and dark creams to reflect what Mother Nature is currently conjuring up outside without placing a single pumpkin in sight.

Front door

The quickest and boldest way to make an Autumnal statement for all the neighbours to admire is to create a sensational, seasonal, showstopping front doorscape. Place a big, beautiful foliage wreath on the front door flecked with fallen leaves and pinecones adorned with winter berries. Drape colourful fresh or dried flower garlands around black, copper or brass-toned lanterns. Perfectly position an array of pumpkins on your front steps, intertwined with faux candles and hay bales… Ok, maybe hay bales was a step too far, but you can see just how easy it is to get carried away with creating something wonderfully personal and scenically perfect for your home at this magical time of year.

Spice up your kitchen

Create a table centrepiece that will get your dinner guests talking by foraging for foliage in your garden or when walking in your local forest. Wrap ivy, pinecones and dried autumn leaves around faux candles, copper LED lights and mini pumpkins. If foraging doesn’t take your fancy, there is a wealth of seasonal faux plants available to purchase online or in stores in all shades of the warm autumn rainbow.

Create height and drama with pampas grass, eucalyptus and dried seasonal flowers displayed in dark green glassware or deep brown bottles.

Seagrass table mats, jute runners, warm toned linen napkins, slate coasters, brass candlesticks and gold cutlery will all help to create a cosy textural feast for your lucky diners eyes.

Bring autumn into your living room

Autumn just wouldn’t be the same without a pumpkin. There is a vast selection of knitted, clay, stone or ceramic ones available that you can sprinkle around your home at this time of year.

Coffee table trays are the perfect place to create an internal autumnal display. Wooden or wicker trays adorned with scented candles, dried flowers, fairy lights and a couple of perfect little pumpkins are a wonderful visual way to get you into a wintery mood.

Moving round the living room, you can complement your perfect little pumpkin display with cable knit cushions, Harris Tweed sofas, deep buttoned leather accent chairs, dark tartan throws and a roaring open fire for ultimate Autumnal ambiance. These elements easily create a cosy autumnal vibe leaving you glad to see the back of those long summer days, so you can snuggle down and enjoy the dusky, Autumn evenings.

Cosy autumn bedrooms

There is no place more perfect to bring autumn colours into your home than the bedroom. The deep seasonal colours only aid in creating a warm, cocoon like haven that is so welcomed during the long, dark winter months.

There is no need to reflect the season so literally with pumpkin adorned duvet covers and cushions. Try creating a more subtle reflection of the time through soft cream boucle duvet covers, exposed incandescent light bulbs, thick woollen bedspreads and warm toned tartan cushions. Beautiful handmade wreaths are not just to be kept for the neighbour’s enjoyment but are also a welcomed feature inside. Hang them on internal doors, place on open shelving or display as a focal room feature, right above the bedhead. Don’t forget to sprinkle copper LED lights around until your autumnal heart is content.

Hopefully these ideas have given you some inspiration as to how to decoratively embrace the changing of the seasons and revel in the delights of Autumn, both in and outside your home.

Author: Carly Sheppard