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How to Design Your Home with Fall in Mind

Posted by Jonathon G. Billingsworth | Interior Design | Thursday 29 October 2009 5:20 am

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The cooler weather reveals a shift away from summer styles as we approach autumn. Fall is a season of change. The fall season has striking decor differences to the warmer tones and decorations we traditionally associate with summer. That’s why it is vital that your decor aligns with this change in the weather. Autumn decor should replicate the greens, oranges, and browns all around you. A warm and inviting home is a welcome place in such brisk weather. Keep this in mind while making your decisions.

Fall weather evokes bare tree branches, multi-colored leaves, golden hues, and rustic textures. Consider what aspects or popular autumn themes you associate with the most, and focus on these when considering decor additions.

Substituting your table linens is an easy way to reflect seasonal change in the dining room. Fall color schemes are traditionally warmer than those of the summer and they’re commonly earthy tones of orange, red or brown. As fall weather makes baked breads, sweets and hot soups popular in the kitchen, these colors will best suit your dining-room setup. Use them with your tablecloths, runners and napkins, or add some fall prints embroidered in heavy or natural textures.

Filling ceramic bowls with oranges or pine cones evokes an ambiance of fall in your entryway or atop your living room coffee table. Fill dried pumpkin seeds or acorns in variously sized or shaped vases as an easy way to use those empty summer flower vases for the autumn.

Candle decoration is a common design technique in the living room. If you use glass vessel holders for your candles, an easy autumn tip is to fill them with dried cranberries or coffee beans to add a rustic look. Wicker baskets are a perfect fall addition. Arrange a rustic basket filled with Eucalyptus or dried flowers petals for a taste of autumn in the bedroom.

Senses often go neglected when doing home decoration. Think about ways you can enhance your decor by enlivening your guests lesser used senses. Freshen up your home fragrance with autumn candles. Cookies, pumpkin and apple aromas are all popular autumn candle additions for this time of year. Cinnamon is another common fall aroma. Cinnamon-scented candles will add a lovely aroma to your home decor. Give generic candles a seasonal feel by decorating them in birch bark or strips of cinnamon root.

Give your scented candles an autumn accent by turning an old lantern into a candle holder for your living room. Fire safety ordinances got you down? You can still make autumn scent a reality with fragrance. Fragrance burners produce scent by heating a wickless candle, thereby avoiding the hazardous flame.

Fall bedding is improved by simply redesigning some specific pieces of your bedroom set. Heavy throws give your bedroom a cozy feel. If you really want to enjoy the best in bedding, get a fine goose down comforter. Not only will it make your bed comfortable for the fall, it is the perfect addition to your winter bedding collection because of its amazing warmth. Making your home look more autumn-like is amazingly simple. Applying all the tips discussed here isn’t necessary to achieving home interior themes that you enjoy.

You’ll find adding fall touches to your home decoration surprisingly easy to achieve. It isn’t even necessary to utilize all the tips employed here. Take a step back and remember what autumn meant when you were younger, then let that guide your decor changes. One or two key additions to your current home decorations will do wonders for adding an inviting autumn feel to your home this fall.

J. Gerald Billingsworth writes about luxury bedroom products including pillows, bedding, and theSealy Pillow Protectors.

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