As summer has come and gone, the world outside is beginning to lean to a new season. There is something about fall that makes you want to curl up under a warm blanket or gather with your friends for a harvest party in the cool weather. Making small changes or adding some decorative elements to your home can make it the perfect setting for a fall escape! 

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5 Ways To Get Your Home Cozy For Fall

1. Use Indirect Lighting

One small change that creates a massive difference for the season is changing the lighting in your home. By focusing on softer, warmer, and natural lighting, you will mimic the natural tones of fall outside, inside your home. It will create a feeling of warmth and coziness that celebrates the season. 

To achieve this, utilize lamps, candles, and the light from a fireplace instead of overhead and or bright LED lights. The warm ambiance it creates will welcome fall into your home with open arms!

2. Spruce up Focal Points 

There are some areas in your home that are easy to transform into the fall season. Your mantle and entry way tend to be a go-to areas for seasonal changes and decor in a home. When changing it up or adding pieces for fall, think about incorporating natural elements with a twist! If you are keeping the main pieces on your mantle or entry table, adding dried flowers, ornamental grasses, and even seasonal fruits can add color while still staying true to the feeling of fall. Other elements like leather, wood, copper, and even some gathered pinecones help to bring the best of fall into your home. 

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3. Makeover Your Porch

When making over your porch this fall, start with focusing on harvest and autumn over Halloween or Thanksgiving. This will provide a beautiful base that will last you through the whole season. Picking out colorful and unique pumpkins can also be a fun activity for the whole family to participate in. When thinking of seasonal flowers or wreaths to add to your porch this fall, don’t shy away from neutrals and ornamental grasses especially if fall foliage surrounds your home. Practically, add a seasonal wreath, change out your decorative pillows, and add a nice cotton throw to snuggle up on the porch. 

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4. Introduce Fall Smells and Scents 

Although the use of candles should not be ignored, there are many other fun ways to add some scents of the season in your home. Making a fall simmer pot is a great and natural way to ensure the whole house will be fragrant. You can also save the brew for a few days in the fridge and simmer again when you are having company over. There are also many fall blends of essential oils you can diffuse in your home. A simple wellness blend of oils for fall is equal parts orange, clove, cinnamon, eucalyptus, and rosemary. 

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5. Seasonal Greenery and Arrangements 

Contrary to popular belief, fresh greenery is not the enemy of fall! If you are wanting to add some new houseplants for the season that match the deeper colors of fall, look into adding plants like Colorful Aglaonema, Croton Petra, Colocasia Esculenta Black Magic, and Neon Pothos. They all include traditional colors of fall matched perfectly with hues of green. Staying true to the design of the mantle or fireplace, purchasing dried bouquets or ornamental grasses is an easy way to add real flowers with a fall feel.

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