I have been watching the leaves fall from the backyard trees and silently celebrating the changing of the season. This time of year, with pumpkins and gourds of all shapes, sizes, colors, and textures abundant at the farmers’ market, grocery store, and even craft stores, fall décor touches are plentiful. Here are some quick and easy fall decorating ideas for your home—many of which can last all the way through Thanksgiving.
Centerpieces
Set the table for fall with these gorgeous centerpiece ideas. You’ll want to throw a dinner party just to show off these beauties!
A bundle of dried wheat tied with a burlap ribbon makes a simple and sophisticated fall centerpiece.
via Uncommon Designs
Dried flowers, wheat, cattails, and pods are arranged in a pumpkin “vase” to create this lovely, long-lasting centerpiece.
via The Daily Basics
White and green gourds, pinecones, and fresh kale are nestled in a rustic dough bowl in this understated and elegant centerpiece.
Entertaining has never been easier, or more beautiful, than with this tutorial for a 5-minute fall centerpiece using apples, pillar candles, seeded eucalyptus, and cheesecloth.
via Julie Blanner
Wrap garlands of dried bittersweet around pumpkins and dot with votive candles for a pretty seasonal table.
via Vera Wedding
This gorgeous centerpiece mixes small gourds, moss balls, votive candles, and other natural elements on and around a weathered board.
Another simple, naturals-focused arrangement, this wooden bowl holds gourds, greenery and moss, branches, and decorative wicker balls.
via Zelfmaak Ideas
Arrange pillars of various heights on a mirror as the basis for this centerpiece, and add pine, pinecones, and clementines or small pumpkins for a fabulous fall look. (After Thanksgiving, swap out the clementines for pretty ornaments for an easy transition to the December holidays.)
Hurricanes, pillar candles, and moss are tucked in clay flowerpots and grouped with more moss, grapevines, bittersweet, and small gourds in this lovely picnic table centerpiece.
Other Arrangements
You can tuck in a bit of fall just about anywhere—mantles, side tables, entryways, etc.—as these lovely arrangements show.
Mantles are an ideal home for fall arrangements. Here, gourds, fruit, pine, leaves, and other natural elements create a pretty display.
via Homedit
Cotton branches might not be the first thing you think of for fall décor, but when arranged in a large jug and surrounded by pumpkins real and faux, they make a sophisticated seasonal mantel display.
via My Blessed Life
A variety of containers can hold fall décor. Here, faux pumpkins, grapevines, and other elements are housed in a wine chiller on an occasional table.
via Nell Hill’s
Feathers and dried grasses fill a large urn in this side table arrangement. Small white gourds dotted around and in small vintage trophies complete the look.
via Must Love Junk
For an easy end table arrangement, fill a large vase with small pumpkins and carefully add some twigs. (After Thanksgiving, you can replace the pumpkins and twigs with ornaments and pine branches.)
Another take on the large vase arrangement, this pretty version combines small white gourds, pinecones, and a few fall branches.
via Shanty 2 Chic
This attention-grabbing entryway arrangement features a pumpkin, bittersweet, grapevine, ivy, kale, mums, and moss nestled in a pair of baskets stacked for height.
via About.com
Gourds large and small are featured in many fall decorations. But if the typical orange or green doesn’t suit your fancy, you can give them a quick and easy makeover with your favorite colors of chalk paint, metallic paint, or gold leaf.
Wreaths
How better to welcome family, friends, and fall to your home than with a beautiful fall wreath or hanging arrangement on your front door? These wonderful wreaths and arrangements will warmly invite your guests inside.
Cyndy crafted this eye-catching wreath for her front door by tucking faux persimmon stems into a grapevine wreath. Quick, easy, and so pretty!
A wreath of pinecones hung simply from a wide ribbon is classically fall. You can purchase premade wreaths or collect pinecones from your yard and make your own wreath.
Cyndy put together this striking swag of dried naturals using wheat, lotus pods, cynara flowers, and raffia. She explains how she did it here.
The Creativity Exchange
Celebrate all things fall by adding pretty natural touches to your décor. Pull leaves, branches, gourds, and more from your yard, craft stores, farmers’ markets, or wherever you find fall inspiration.
Thanks for stopping by!
Christy
Diane says
Such a lovely variety…Something for everyone here!
Patty Virginia says
What can I say except-gorgeous, beautiful, stunning. Love them all! Shared with my followers so they can enjoy these as much as me.