I know, I know it’s all about autumn on the blog at the moment, but I’m just so excited about it and believe me, it’s not because of the big 30 next month. Autumn is just such a beautiful season. I love the crispy cold mornings and the warm sunlight shining through the leaves come lunch time.
The best thing however are the evenings. I love that it gets darker earlier. It really makes me look forward to spending time at home and getting comfy on the sofa and, of course, I love changing things around to get my home ready for autumn. It’s really simple to get your home ready for a new season by simple changing a couple of small things. There’s no need to paint walls and move furniture and these tips and tricks will quickly create a warm and autumnal feel in your home:
1. Cushions and throws
Swap bright summery cushions and throws around and use warm autumnal colours such as orange, red, brown to bring some warmth into your living room. Knitted throws or pillow covers can also add extra texture and cosiness. Esprit are having some super cute autumn cushions in their homeware section at the moment.
2. Flowers
Flowers are a great way to bring autumn inside your home. Asters, chrysanthemums, dahlias and gladiolas are colourful seasonal flowers that are widely available right now and if you arrange them with some leafy branches, berries or some rough sack linen, you will have a beautiful autumnal arrangement for your sideboard or dining table in no time.
3. Bring nature inside
Use leafy branches, berries or pumpkins to create rustic centre pieces for your coffee or dining table or hang up autumnal decorations like wreaths. You can get most of them for free or very little money and you’ll have great fun creating a unique piece of decoration for your home.
4. Candles
Candles aren’t only great to heat your front room a little, they’re also the perfect way to create a cosy atmosphere and infuse your home with autumnal scents. Diffusers are a fantastic alternative, if you have little ones around and would rather not burn candles while they are awake. My favourite candles are actually Matalan’s glass jar candles. I’ve blogged about them before, but if you haven’t read the post, I can really recommend them. At £3 a candle, they burn for ages and their scents are really lovely.
5. Accessories
Metallic or earthenware vases, bowls or candle holders add a rustic feel to your room and can be used to create great accents in your living space. Choose metals such as gold, copper or brass to keep within the autumnal colour scheme of your room. Wooden fruit bowls create a warm feel too.
How do you bring autumn into your home? Let me know in the comments below and then treat yourself to a lovely cup of hot chocolate, because that’s what autumn is all about!
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I love Autumn! My favourite season! I adore the changing colours – heaven! I adore the wreath for the front door – I’ve seen a lot of them in America but none in Britain.
it’s definitely all about the candles in Autumn!
I love Autumn, the falling leaves the nipper nights. Some great inspiration to bring Autumn indoors, I love the wreath
Autumn is my favourite season – I was born in september as well so I guess it is normal. I love the flower pumpkin pot lots!
What lovely ideas – still summer here though and loving it! Love those colours:)
Funny you should say that because I have just bought new chunky red throws and cushions last night – they’ve made a real difference to the feel of our living room. Great tips – I love Autumn,
Gorgeous ideas, I love Autumn, it’s definitely the best season.
I must admit I am looking forward to having the candles lit. Thats my favourite part of autumn.
Is it bad that I don’t even consider changing my house for the seasons, that said mine is perfect for Autumn as it’s orange everywhere! Love the cushions
I love Autumn too. It’s definitely the best season in my opinion. I also love your seasonal decoration ideas – very lovely.