Next to Christmas, fall is my favorite season to decorate for. I love the colors and the coziness that it brings. It just makes you want to snuggle up under a blanket and grab a warm drink.
Adding some fall to your home doesn’t have to be difficult, expensive, or time consuming, so give it a try! Today I’m joining some blogging friends to share some simple fall decor inspiration with you. There are lots of wonderful ideas so be sure to check out the links at the end of the post.
I thought that I’d show you some simple fall decor ideas that I used to dress up our dining room. All of the tips can be applied to any space and can be done within 10 or 15 minutes. If you check out our fall home tour, you can see that I used many of the same ideas in our front entry, kitchen, and family room.
Let’s get started!
Use natural elements.
Since fall is the season of the harvest, it’s the perfect time to gather up pumpkins, apples, gourds, or other seasonal crops to display in your home. Or take a walk outside and gather some fall leaves, pinecones, or acorns. We have a couple of wonderful apple orchards around us so I always make sure to grab some extras to use for decor. We just eat them and replace as needed!
Pumpkins are also a personal favorite of mine and it’s fun to use some of the different varieties. I usually grab a bunch from the pumpkin patch and then pick up a few bags of the baby boos from our local grocery store. Place them in bowls or baskets, or add them to a hutch or mantel. Add a few berry sprigs or fresh leaves and you’ll have a beautiful display!
Use fall printables or other artwork.
There are so many beautiful prints available these days and you can find many free printables online. All you need to do is choose what you like, print it out, and display. I added my u-pick apple printable to a canvas from the dollar store and quickly framed it with some 1x2s {you can find the print and tutorial here along with links to 35 other free fall printables}, but you can always just simply add it to a photo frame.
If you use a print in a frame, keep it in the frame for storage in the off-season and just rotate your prints around as the seasons change. You’ll only need one minute to switch things up each holiday! You can find the free fall printable displayed below {and more!} HERE.
Add chalkboards.
Chalkboards are lots of fun to work with and you can be as simple or as elaborate as you would like with your designs. You also don’t need to worry about having to store them in the off-season – just keep them up year round and change up your artwork. I added a small chalkboard to this book page wreath and keep it up year round with just a quick swap of the design each season.
Put together a fall beverage bar.
If you’ve been around here for a while, you know I love to make up a little beverage bar each season. Fall is all about the apple cider for me {like my warm cranberry-apple cider or apple cider slushies}, but you can do a hot chocolate bar or coffee bar with some seasonal flavors such as pumpkin spice or cinnamon.
Add some color to tie the space together.
While I am usually drawn more to neutral tones, it’s hard to stay away from all of those beautiful fall colors! It doesn’t take much to really make an impact. I used some orange berry twigs that I cut apart with wire cutters and layered them throughout the room in the centerpiece, hutch, and a couple of other small vignettes. It creates a cohesive look with those fall pops of orange!
Light it up.
Who says lights just have to be for Christmas? Add some battery powered lights to your fall displays for some added warmth and coziness. I like to purchase ones with a timer so you can just set it once and then have them come on for a few hours every night without having to remember to turn them on and off.
Before you leave, check out the links below for more beautiful fall decor inspiration!
LOVE your fall decor! The pumpkins of the scale – oh my ~ perfect!! And fast!!
Jenn, I love love love your great idea for fall decorating. And I’m wild about your cider bar! You home is amazing! I can tell that fall is your favorite season after Christmas. I am so inspired by your post!
I love the addition of the lights to the pumpkin!!
Thanks Susan!
So very pretty, thanks for all the wonderful tips
Your home is so pretty!! I love all your fall ideas!
Debbie
SO many beautiful ideas! Feeling SO inspired!!!
Love all of these ideas!! I have a stash of those minilights too – aren’t they so fun to decorate with? Happy Fall friend!! 🙂
Your fall decor is so warm and welcoming. I wish I lived close by so I could come over and sit awhile to enjoy it all while getting to chat with you. 🙂
Thanks Diane! I would LOVE for you to be able to come over {and I’d love to drop by your beautiful lakeside home too!}
Really liking your owl ceramics. I was wondering if you could tell me where you got the towel with the ruffle. I like that too.
*Smiles*
Such wonderful choices you show, I had to look at everyone. Thanks and nice to find your blog again. Sandi
Thanks Sandi!
Lots of great fall inspiration. Thank you for sharing at Snickerdodle.
Thanks so much!
Your fall decor is just beautiful and I love the color of your hutch! That is pretty close to the colors I want to paint my kitchen cabinets.
Love all of your fall decorating ideas. I have an olive bucket and I just might use your idea for pumpkins and some lights. I use lights in there at Christmas, but you are right, why now at other times.
Thanks for sharing at Turn It Up Tuesday,
Bev
I love the ideas you shared in this post! Your fall decor looks amazing! Thanks for sharing!
God bless,
Patty
Thanks Patty! I do love decorating for fall!
Fall is my favourite season, so naturally fall decor is my favourite too!
Beautiful ideas here!
Thanks for sharing (and for linking up to the #SHINEbloghop).
Wishing you a lovely week.
xoxo
I love Fall and wish I could just decorate with the look all year long! 🙂 Thank you for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty
WHAT is the paint color of the hutch? 🙂 🙂
It’s graphite from Annie Sloan. 😉
I’m loving all the pumpkins. The pumpkins looked great on the old scale. Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday.
Great ideas for fall decorating.I love how you decorated your table. The owl was a nice touch with the pumpkins.
Thanks! Happy Fall!
So many wonderful vignettes! I love fall too and will be pulling the rest of mine out soon. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Great post! Thanks so much for sharing at our To Grandma’s House We Go DIY, Crafts, Recipes and more Link Party! Pinned this! Hope you join us again next week!
How cute are these ideas! Thanks for sharing with Thursday Favorite Things – I’ll be featuring you tomorrow! Angelina at Petite Haus
Included this in a fall round up on my blog 🙂
Thanks so much!