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Decor For Transitioning Your Home Into Fall

September 1, 2020

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I am not one to break out the hand towels with holiday inspired sayings when Thanksgiving or Christmas rolls around, but I do love adding subtle touches to my existing decor to welcome each new season. Fall has become one of my favorite seasons & I am always so excited to warm up our home with cozy smells & colors that I don’t typically keep in our home year-round. I like having a base-layer of furniture and decor pieces that that can transition easily through the seasons with a few tweaks. Investing in vintage pots or neutral textiles allows you to add the necessary layers to them through the year to keep things feeling fresh & season-appropriate without going on a big shopping spree with each new holiday. There are a few elements that I focus on bringing into my decor when the weather starts to cool: texture, jewel-toned hues, plaid patterns & layered neutrals.

TEXTURE
Vignette by McGrath II
Interior Design by Amber Interiors

I’m typically all about texture but as the weather cools I’m drawn to even more natural elements, chunky woven textiles & worn wood tones. Think: wool, bucle, jute, leather, warm walnut, aged oak, terra cotta & stone elements. Texture instantly warms up a space & gives that cozy, lived-in feel that we all crave when we retreat to our warm homes during cold winter months. Add a few hand-carved wooden bowls to your shelves or coffee table, a bucle throw blanket or a mix of linen & wool pillows to your sofa.

JEWEL-TONED HUES
Interior Design by Lauren Smyth

When it comes to adding color to our home for the holidays I like to think outside of the typical orange, red & green. Using jewel-tones to spruce up a space feels fresh & unexpected while still leaning into the warmth of the season. I always gravitate toward plum, caramel & olive green hues when choosing new pieces for our home once fall approaches; my favorite ways to add these in are through faux greenery, textiles & handmade pottery pieces — that makes them easy to move in and out of our decor with the change in seasons.

PLAIDS & LAYERED NEUTRALS
Pillows: McGee & Co.
Interior Design by Katie Hodges

Plaids don’t have to be reserved to the holidays, but I gravitate toward them more during the fall & winter — I think I like the nostalgic feel they lend to decor. Plaids also mix well together and create an interesting, collected feel when added to a sofa or armchair. I like to keep my textile and decor layering fairly neutral with hits of rich color; this keeps the extra decor added to our homes during the season from feeling too heavy or cluttered. Try adding faux greenery to your styled spaces, a throw blanket & set of pillows to the corner of a sofa that’s usually empty or layer your front doormat with a plaid cotton rug underneath.

SHOP NEW DECOR FOR FALL

XO —

Lauren

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By: laurenmacke · In: Blog Posts, Holiday · Tagged: 2020 Fall Decor

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  1. JT says

    September 1, 2020 at 3:29 pm

    This is SUCH a great/helpful post!!! Thank you!

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