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5 Easy Ways To Decorate For Fall

In: DECORATING, Decorating Tips & Tricks, Fall Decorating Ideas & Projects

Who else loves decorating for Fall…raise your hands!! I know it’s Summer but I’m already thinking about Fall- maybe it’s the crazy humidity or it could be the bunnies and chipmunks wreaking havoc in my garden but I’m starting to dream about crisp air and pumpkins from the farm down the street from me! Here are my 5 easy ways to decorate for Fall.

Scamman Farm, Stratham NH
SCAMMAN FARM, STRATHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE (LINK)

Here’s a look at my 5 easy ways to decorate for Fall with some of my favorite Fall decor looks from the past few years.

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1. Easy Fall Shelf Displays

One easy way to decorate for Fall is to style a shelf in your home. Here are a few of my favorite shelves that I styled for Fall.

white pumpkins for fall
WHITE PUMPKINS ARE FEATURED ON THIS RUSTIC, NATURAL SHELF DISPLAY

I just love a white pumpkin…I think they are my favorite kind! White pumpkins fit into so many design styles; they look just as pretty in a farmhouse setting as they do in a French country home. I tend to lean towards coastal cottage style here at the Cottage On Bunker Hill.

You can mix them with natural elements like I did here. I mixed in dried hydrangeas from my garden with pine cones I had foraged. To add to the natural, rustic style I added burlap to my hand-painted sign and a garland of grapevine running across the shelf.

Fall shelf with pumpkins, apples, and hayrides sign.

This was my favorite! I hand-painted my sign from one I had seen on Pinterest. I used all the traditional Autumn colors; orange, brown, cream, and red. I made this simple design by starting with a berry pip Fall garland on the shelf. I added a grapevine pumpkin and 2 white corn husk pumpkins and then popped in apple and pumpkin floral picks, I finished it off by adding two loose pumpkins to fill in the gaps.

Farmhouse hutch with Fall decorations
Hutch decorated for Fall

All my favorite Fall items are displayed in my kitchen. On top of my white kitchen hutch, I added some artificial pumpkins that I had chalk painted with white and green paint. To stick with the soft green colors I added eucalyptus stems and dried hydrangeas. I finished the display off with rattan pumpkins.

pumpkins, hydrangeas, and eucalyptus arrangement on top of cabinet.

2. Easy Tabletop Fall Decor

I go all-in for Fall! I just have to look out my windows and I’m surrounded by so many amazing Fall colors that it’s hard not to be inspired!

Velvet pumpkin arrangement
VELVET PUMPKINS ARE THE STARS OF THIS AUTUMN DISPLAY

This more glam Fall display started with an antique frame and I added a glittery berry pip garland as the base. I wanted a brown & green theme and used velvet pumpkins, and sparkling mini pumpkins, and finished it all off with green mosses and pine cones.

Here’s another Easy Fall Tray that I put together.

PUMPKINS IN TIERED TRAY
FARMHOUSE FALL DECOR

My velvet pumpkins took on a more farmhouse feel when I added them to a galvanized tiered tray with mini pumpkins and greenery.

white pumpkins on tip of white candlesticks
candle sticks with mini pumpkins

Mini white pumpkins sit atop distressed candlesticks. This set of candlesticks was originally a dark walnut color. I used a combo of white, light brown, and beige chalk paints to give them a more distressed look.

3. Dried Hydrangeas For Easy Fall Decorating

I’m lucky enough to live in a part of the country where we can grow hydrangeas! I personally love blue hydrangeas and grow the prettiest Endless Summer variety in front of my house.

endless summer hydrangea

By late Summer the blossoms start to change color and their texture becomes more papery; this is the time I cut some of the prettiest stems for drying. You can see my super easy method for drying hydrangeas here.

The dried hydrangea stems are the perfect partner for white, blue, or green pumpkins.

WHITE PUMPKINS AND HYDRANGEA CENTERPIECE

This table centerpiece is so simple to put together…seriously, I think it took 2 minutes! I used a few silvery-green stems to fill the bottom of the galvanized container, then I popped in 3 mini pumpkins, tucked in the dried hydrangea stems, tossed in pine cones, and nestled some grapevine into the back for a little height.

Above a kitchen hutch, I also used a few stems of dried hydrangeas along with painted pumpkins, lamb’s ear stems, rattan pumpkins, and pine cones.

Farmhouse/ Cottage KItchen  hutch
CORNER HUTCH

I tucked a rope bowl filled with dried hydrangeas into a bookshelf. The rope bowl is an easy DIY too!

dried hydrangeas in a rope bowl
A BOWL OF DRIED HYDRANGEAS RESTING ON AN OLD BOOK

Check out this Fall Hydrangea Wreath that I made with some of the dried hydrangeas from my garden.

4. Fall Door Decor

DIY pumpkin sign
HARVEST PUMPKIN SIGN

This Dollar Tree DIY is one of the most popular posts I have on my site! For just a couple of dollars and under an hour you can make one for your front door!

Fall Door Basket
AUTUMN DOOR BASKET

It’s nice to change things up on your doors and use something besides a wreath to decorate. I have had this basket from Antique Farmhouse for a few years and have used it in countless ways! I added a few Fall floral picks and a raffia ribbon and hung it on my garage entryway door.

This is a new version of my door basket.

5. Fall Front Porch

Decorating my front porch for the Fall season is one of my absolute favorite times of the year! Yes, I do like decorating for the other 3 seasons but there’s something about Fall that I just enjoy so much.

One Fall I did what I thought was a pretty simple porch display. Using artificial pumpkins for the most part because there was an insane amount of squirrels in New Hampshire for that year and they were destroying everything. Honestly, there are few things sadder than looking out of your front door and seeing pumpkin guts all over your porch!!

FALL FRONT PORCH
WELCOME FALL!

This was the Fall front porch at my old house. It was such a great area to decorate! I mixed all the traditional Fall colors with a few white pumpkins tucked in.

Fall Porch Display
ANTIQUE FARM CRATE WITH LANTERN AND PUMPKINS

I even snuck in some fake pumpkins on the porch! The trick to making that foam white pumpkin look more realistic was to add some dark brown paint in the crevices and wipe a little antiquing wax over the entire thing.

TRADITIONAL FALL PORCH
TRADITIONAL FALL FRONT PORCH DECOR

Even before I had even imagined my career path would lead me to have my own website to share all my decorating ideas I was creating elaborate Fall porches.

Orange pumpkins, mums, and corn stalks made this a very traditional take on Fall. I handpainted the Pumpkins sign using one I saw on Pinterest as a template.

Pumpkin Sign
PUMPKIN SIGN

HERE ARE SOME OTHER FALL PORCHES I DECORATED

  • Fall Decorating Ideas For The Front Porch
  • Fall Front Porch 2020

I’m so looking forward to taking out my bins of all my Fall goodness now!!! I hope I gave you a little bit of inspiration too!!

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By: Jennifer Howard · In: DECORATING, Decorating Tips & Tricks, Fall Decorating Ideas & Projects · Tagged: dried hydrangeas, fall decor, fall porch, fall wreath

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  1. Danielle says

    September 28, 2020 at 1:56 pm

    What great fall inspo! I love your mums and hydrangeas!

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    • Jennifer Howard says

      October 1, 2020 at 5:24 am

      Thanks Danielle!!

      Reply
  2. Kim Waldorf says

    September 21, 2020 at 3:14 pm

    I love the velvet pumpkins! They are so popular right now and I definitely need to get a few. The porch decor looks beautiful! Thanks for all the Fall inspiration!

    Reply
  3. Linda Johnston says

    September 20, 2020 at 4:51 pm

    Cute stars in th pumpkins!

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    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 21, 2020 at 2:02 pm

      I bought them about 10 years ago at Marshall’s and I use them every Fall!

      Reply
  4. Kristin says

    September 20, 2020 at 4:25 pm

    I love your fall decor inside and out! Your porch is so pretty and so are your styled shelves and vignettes! Thanks for sharing to Charming Homes & Gardens!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 21, 2020 at 2:09 pm

      Thank you so much Kristin! I appreciate your kind words.

      Reply
  5. Sonya says

    September 17, 2020 at 7:29 pm

    Lots of fun fall inspiration and love those dried hydrangeas. I hope mine grow next year so I can dry some.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 21, 2020 at 2:04 pm

      Only 2 out of my 4 had blossoms this year!! I’m so bummed!

      Reply
  6. Creatively Beth says

    September 16, 2020 at 4:47 pm

    Fabulous ideas for Fall!! I’d love for you to share over at our weekly Wednesday Creative Crafts Linky Party https://creativelybeth.com/creative-crafts-linky-party-7-join-in-the-fun/
    Have a great week!
    Creatively, Beth

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    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 16, 2020 at 8:43 pm

      I’ll hop over and do it now! Thanks Beth!

      Reply
  7. Linda says

    September 15, 2020 at 3:14 pm

    I love white pumpkins the most too! I have never dried our hydrangeas, but I will now. So pretty!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 15, 2020 at 8:49 pm

      Oh, I love dried hydrangeas so much! They are such a nice reminder of summer!

      Reply
  8. Jennifer Williams says

    September 12, 2020 at 7:36 am

    I love all of these ideas. Drying hydrangeas is one of my favorite things to do for fall decor.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 12, 2020 at 5:16 pm

      Thanks Jennifer! I’m so bummed, my hydrangeas barely bloomed this summer so I only have a few new ones this Fall.

      Reply
  9. Juliet says

    September 10, 2020 at 7:01 pm

    White pumpkins are my favorite too! I love all these ideas, especially the neutral-ish palettes. I’m motivated to get decorating! xo

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 11, 2020 at 9:59 am

      I’m hoping to finish up decorating this weekend. It’s going to be chilly here in NH the next couple of nights so it will really feel like Fall around here!!🍁

      Reply
  10. Donna @ Modern on Monticello says

    September 10, 2020 at 3:42 pm

    Beautiful ideas. Thanks for sharing. I am just now starting to pull out my fall decorations so I needed the inspiration.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 11, 2020 at 9:58 am

      Thanks so much Donna!!

      Reply
  11. Carol Karl says

    September 9, 2020 at 3:34 pm

    All gorgeous ideas. Thanks for sharing.

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    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 10, 2020 at 5:26 am

      Thanks so much Carol!!

      Reply
  12. Jayne says

    September 9, 2020 at 10:40 am

    There are so many beautiful posts here already! I love that first photo of Scamman Farm, the scenery is so beautiful!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 9, 2020 at 10:57 am

      They actually used that photo last Fall! It’s about a minute down the street from me and I could tell it was going to be an amazing sunset, so I grabbed my camera and bolted!!

      Reply
  13. Paula@SweetPea says

    September 6, 2020 at 7:31 am

    I loved seeing all of your fall ideas, especially your beautiful front porch displays.

    Reply
    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 9, 2020 at 10:59 am

      Thanks Paula!! I love Fall in New Hampshire…the only downfall is that winter follows😂

      Reply

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