Autumn is here, announcing itself with gusto and gusts, less rays, more rain and generally a bleaker picture all round. It’s time to give up hope on that Indian summer. Put the barbie away, bring in the outdoor seating, take off the sunglasses – basically all of the symbolic gestures which signal the end of summer need doing, now.
But autumn’s arrival needn’t all be bad news; it’s a time for cosy cups of hot chocolate, snuggling up with your loved one and embracing the excuse to spend more time indoors. Because you’re going to be confined to your home with increasing regularity, it’s important to get your four walls looking and feeling the part. With that in mind, we’ve teamed up with Kendal Tile and Stone to give you our 5 IDEAL décor ideas to ease into autumn.
Freshen Up Your Front Door
It all starts here. You want the threshold to be fresh and in tune with the seasons. Treat your front door as a blank canvas for each season, and consider a lick of new paint as autumn arrives. An earthy, autumnal green looks just great at the entrance to your house, as does a dark red, we think. If this seems like a little too much work, maybe a seasonal wreath might be more your thing?
Depending on your craft skills and budget of course, you can buy or make one, it’s completely up to you. We’d recommend something including pinecones, pumpkins and the colours of nature.
Focus On The Fireplace
If you have one, fire it up when nights get cold. Not only does it bring, obviously, the temperature up but it also gives the room a focal point and feeling of snugness. The colours of the open flame are perfectly in tune with those of autumn, so it’s the perfect time to transition into fire place usage, even if not on a daily basis. Even if you don’t have a ‘real’ fireplace, consider introducing some logs and a basket as an interior design piece. It looks just right during the colder seasons.
Bring Texture & Warmth
Bringing both texture and warmth to your house for autumn is a must, not only because temperatures will be dropping faster than you can say ‘fall’, but also as indoor aesthetics start to take more precedent during the shorter days and longer nights.
Anything from new cushions in autumnal hues to thick, fluffy bedspreads and throws can give the requisite feel and ambience you’re after. Go further and consider hanging a quilt on the wall as a piece of art. Aside from art pieces, there are great options for floral arrangements on East Olivia that will surely bring warmth and cozy vibes to your place.
Lights, Lamps & Candles
Of course, when the light outside gets lower and the darkness longer, it’s time for a revamp of the lighting in your house to match, or should we say, counteract. Great lighting becomes even more essential as the nights get darker.
Dimmer switches are perfect for the changeable weather, suiting your mood and the season succinctly. Also, there’s nothing better than getting turning on the lights to give your home a warm and cosy glow when it’s cold and miserable outside. Functional floor lamps are perfect for illuminating a dark corner.
Side lamps can be used as a mini statement light as well as adding a warm glow to your room. And of course, you can’t forget beautifully fragrant candles that will definitely light up your sofa sessions this autumn. We suggest to fill your home with scents evocative of the season, from eucalyptus & pine, to cinnamon and clove.
A Fall Fruit Bowl & Foliage
Make your fruit bowl more than just sustenance. Not only does it make economic sense to shop seasonally, a focus on the right produce to suit the time of year also tastes so much better. On top of that, a bowl of blushing plums, dark, moody looking blackberries and earthy pears are a statement piece for the season. Equally, flowers and foliage of time and place announce Autumn with elegance.