Autumn Décor Accents
By J. A. Young
Photo: © Lisa Thornberg - iStockphoto
Fall is the season of cool, crisp weather, brilliant scenery and bountiful harvests. Bringing the autumn indoors is a way to transform your décor with both subtlety and a richness of color and warmth. Here are a few ways you can add fall accents to your home.
Get Ornamental Gourds
Not just the requisite pumpkin for the porch, but several small to large ornamental gourds to be used as a dining room table centerpiece, as a coffee table prop and even to place here and there on the book shelves. Ornamental gourds come in many sizes and shapes and their appeal is great during the harvest season.
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Decorate with Flowers in Seasonal Colors
Add a wreath to the door abundant with fall blooms dried and interspersed on a grapevine. Consider hydrangea, yarrow and goldenrod for a warm welcome into your home. Also, place bouquets of dried flower arrangements throughout your home—each with fall colors for effect.
Celebrate the Season with Scented Candles
Find an old copper tub and fill it with water. Then add some novelty candles that float—apple-shaped and scented (available at large craft stores)—and scatter some autumn leaves around its base for accent. Add other scented candles around the house, in fall fragrances like nutmeg and spice.
Add an Extra Touch with Inexpensive Fabrics
Go shopping at antique stores or flea markets for fabric in gold, yellows, oranges, browns and reds. Make new curtains or an autumn tablecloth. Flea markets are great places to find old quilts in fall colors—even if it's not in great condition, it can be used for various autumn crafts. |
