60+ Early Fall Decorating Ideas For Your Home

Explore 60+ early fall decorating ideas to help you transition from late summer to the autumnal season. Let’s celebrate the end of summer and welcome early fall.

The Digest #12: Ideas For Transitioning From Late Summer To Early Fall

Can you feel the change coming? I hope so. Although the weather is sweltering, there is a feeling of excitement building about the coming days when we will feel that lightest fresh breeze, letting us know that fall will soon be here.

This is the time of year to celebrate summer’s remains and embrace early fall’s arrival. So let’s make a conscious decision to enjoy every day and celebrate it!

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Here are 60+ ideas for transitioning your home from late summer to early fall…

• Pick summer flowers and display them.
• Incorporate eucalyptus stems in vases for a touch of green.
• Hang early fall-themed artwork or prints. See one HERE, HERE, and HERE.
• Use lanterns with LED candles to create a cozy ambiance.
• Start to incorporate a mix of different patterned throw blankets like herringbone, plaid, and block print.

• Swap out summer for fall pillows
• Add more textural baskets to your decor.
• Display a stack of early fall-themed coffee table books.
• Add copper or brass accents for a warm touch.
• Decorate with dried wheat or grasses in vases.

• Stack vintage wooden bread and cutting boards in your kitchen. See one HERE and HERE.
• Add a fall-scented candle or essential oil diffuser.
• Get out fall dishes and napkins.
• Put an early fall wreath on your front door.
• Plant herbs in pottery.

• Dry hydrangeas and display them.
• Switch out summer dish towels for those in fall colors.
• Clean your front porch and door.
• Display amber glass.
• Incorporate candlesticks with soft gold or brass holders.

• Put a small bowl of ACORNS (real or DIY) on a coffee table. See HOW TO MAKE MAKE LITTLE WOOL BALL ACORNS.
• Take a nature walk and make a foraged arrangement.
• Set a pretty outdoor table and enjoy remaining long, warmer evenings.
• Layer a new fall doormat and a small indoor/ outdoor rug that work together.
• Add a small vase of summer/fall flowers to your bathroom sink.

• Put real or faux apples or pears in a bowl and display them.
• Replace bright summer flowers with arrangements of mums or dahlias.
• Add a burlap table runner for a rustic look.
• Start putting summer home decor away.
• Use a blockprint tablecloth or quilt on a dining room table.

• Dry apples and oranges. See, THE BEST WAY TO DRY ORANGES SO THEY STAY VIBRANT. Buy dried oranges HERE.
• Transition from summer to fall bedding.
• Use amber glass bottles for dish soap and hand lotion.
• Hang up a coat hook in your foyer.
• Place an umbrella stand with umbrellas in it at your front door.

• Make an arrangement with early fall leaves.
• Plant fall mums indoors. Buy them when the flowers are just starting to bloom. See HOW TO PLANT AND CARE FOR MUMS INSIDE.
• Invest in slate or cork drink coasters. See one HERE.
• Decorate with dried gourds.
• Cover books with burlap. See HOW TO COVER BOOKS WITH BURLAP AND STILL BE ABLE TO READ THEM.

• Put seasonally scented soap in your bathrooms. See one HERE.
• Use fall 2024’s most trendy colors: burgundy, all shades of green, amber, and muted oranges.
• Create an early fall coffee/ tea bar.
• Start making fall DIY projects.
• Put your favorite summer family photos in frames and display them.

• Diffuse fall aromas throughout your home. See how to make a FALL SIMMER POT.
• Display fall books on a coffee table. See one HERE.
• Put fall magazines in a nubby basket.
• Decorate your mantel for early fall.
• Hang ironstone and brown and white transferware dishes and platters on a wall.

• Put a vase of real, dried, or faux fall flowers next to your bedside table.
• Tie a pretty burnt orange ribbon in a bow and let it drape from a knob or a table.
• Add a stylish floor lamp for more light as the evenings get longer.
• Make a fall apple dessert and keep it in a glass dome. See RAW APPLE CAKE, and see a dome cake plate HERE.
• Hang a leaf wreath from a mirror. See a pretty wreath HERE. And see how to make an EASY FALL LEAF WREATH DIY.

• Decorate with a dough bowl.
• Hang a basket filled with fall brambles and flowers on your front door.
• Fill a small vase or creamer with bittersweet or fall berries.
• Make a kitchen vignette with a big wooden cutting board, a stack of plates, and a bowl of green apples.
• Rework a bookshelf or bookcase and add a few touches of early fall.

• Lay a wreath down flat on a table and add a glass hurricane with a candle in the middle. See the Luniara wreath HERE.
• Cut a thin tree branch and put it in a large container with water to make a graceful early fall centerpiece.

As you transition your home from late summer to early fall, these ideas will help you infuse it with warmth and style during the changing season. By incorporating natural elements, rich textures, and cozy accents, you can create a welcoming environment that reflects the beauty of early fall.

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Happy fall decorating, Friend!