Fall Interior Design Ideas

H e l l o!

Up on the blog this week I'm helping you get your home ready for Fall.  Even though summer is still in full swing, autumn will be here before we know it!  If you’re in the mood to start shopping for fall home decor, this is a great time to find on-trend interior design items that will make it easy to transition your home from summer to fall.

More layers will make you feel more snug and cozy.

In spring we begin to remove layers to lighten the overall feeling of the home. Now, we slowly add them back in! I love woven textures like rattan and seagrass as they are so versatile for year round use. Find ways to add additional layers of these textures to your interior, such as placing woven trays on tabletops, dressers or nightstands to add warmth and pull together books or accessories.

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Slowly warm your home with color.

Even if you normally design with neutrals or cooler colors or more “summer” colors, consider adding just a few warmer tones to make your home feel like fall is on its way! It can be as small as a book with a soft green or muted rust hue on the spine, a branch of fall foliage, a warmer tone of blue fabric on a pillow, or use your woven accessories to bring in even more natural tones.

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Swap out pillows or rugs.

Try using zippered covers on your pillows so you can swap out the styles for a new season. Look for an extra soft cozy material or a color that brings a hint of fall to your regular design palette. Add a rug to bare floors or add a second rug to layer over a sisal rug. Lighter weight rugs make it easier to swap them out. 

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Foliage should feel organic.

Start using more “fall inspired” florals and foliage. Hydrangeas and other foliage is becoming more muted in tone this time of year, so follow nature’s lead! It’s an appropriate time to start swapping out arrangements of faux or fresh flowers in tones that represent the current season. I love these faux fall branches. 

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Ambient lighting around the room will transform the mood.

This time of year with the longer days, I hardly ever turn on lights at my house, except right before bed. But, as the days grow shorter and darker, you’ll want wall or table lamps to cozy up dark corners, reading lamps, floor lamps, etc. Overhead lighting can come in handy at times, but it really doesn’t help create a cozy mood. You need ambient lighting, it transforms the feeling of the home.

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Create a cozier environment.

It’s the little things that will make “staying in” on a cool autumn evening more inviting. Flickering battery-operated candles (I love taper candles in various colors). A good book you’ll want to curl up with. A mug for your favorite hot beverage. 

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Get inspired by subtle visual cues.

Start to change out some of your interior design accessories. Swap out existing artwork for more fall-ish scenes. Or, if you don’t want to change the wall art, simply add a fall-inspired botanical or landscape art to a table top (framed or propped on an easel, or even just leaning on a bookcase.

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