Mother Nature is beginning to put on her grandest show for the year, and we're heading to the attic or basement for all those boxes marked "Fall Decorations."  As many of you would agree, fall is a great season to change out or update your seasonal and home décor, but just like our wardrobe, sometimes we need to weed out or refresh our stash.  Here a few ideas and tips to help you update your home for the season and infused the latest trends into your home décor.

•1.)    Give your rooms a new arrangement.  Fall is the perfect time to review your spaces and ready your rooms for the upcoming succession of holidays. Like a blank canvas, a new arrangement gives you an introduction for a medley of fresh ideas from accessory placement to infusing new color ideas.  By starting at the base, you can layer on interesting new ideas, rotate your collections and perhaps come up with something totally new! (Insider Arrangement tip:  Your hearth, piano or picture window is appropriate launching points for your new redesign.)

•2.)    Shop Your Home & Reinvent It.  Unveil those fall décor boxes and sort through your decorating goods by shopping your own home.  Metallics are at the fore front of 2009-10 trends.  Could your ceramic pumpkin and Indian corn collection get a hip makeover with a quick coat of trendy antique copper paint; perhaps those pitted cabinet knobs, a lamp bases, or a painting frame could be given the same coat, creating a new metallic tread to your décor?   From lamp shades to art print's mats - small changes made to your old stuff gives them the same result as a bit of Botox!

•3.)    Put it into Rotation.  The same stuff out all the time, in the same place becomes a bit dull on the eyes - Consider a rotation of your accessories.  Packing away a few of your room accessory staples when seasonally decorating, not only rejuvenates your room, but when you bring it back into the mix, put it in a different spot!  My motto is - "A pumpkin in, means a Llardro out. "

Howchow's Patchwork Stools•4.)    Layer it On.  As the temperature goes down, the layers come out.  Nothing speaks more to the season than cozy & warm textiles.  Hot trends are nature inspired textural prints, animal motifs and ethnic patchworks - So incorporate layered fabrics and other textiles like rugs into your seasonal decorating.  Have an old quilt that can be reinvented into a beautiful pillow, framed as art, or upholstered into a footstool? (Horchow's Patchwork Stools.) Don't be afraid to layer more than one rug on the floor or consider that rugs can be wall art too. (Insider Tip: No one ever said you can't use fabrics as accessories - Down tables, tossed on sofa backs or tucked into or on top of bookcases or armories.)

World Market Ombre•5.)    Setting the Room's Mood.  Nothing is cuter than Mr. Scarecrow you picked up at the craft show, but is he appropriate sitting in your formal living room?  Remember to set the mood of the room with how you accessorize it.  Mr. Scarecrow would be better far better suited to hang out in the kitchen, and sitting on your cocktail table a re-purposed silver serving tray adorned with pine cones, leaves and candles more befitting for the flavor of the room.  Ombre is a trend, so why not invest in a few large ombre colored candles for a new candle look. (World Market Ombre Candle Holders.)

•6.)    Coordinate with Color.  Incorporating a new color palette into a space is one of the easiest ways to revitalize a room. Some new color combinations may evoke your creativity when seasonally accessioning your rooms, looking for a new pillows, window panels, throws or creating vignettes:

 -Coffee Bean Brown paired with Artichoke Green

-Deep Plum paired with Paprika

-Apple Green paired with Tomato Red

-Smoky Blue paired with Champagne BeigePottery Barn Panels (Panels from Pottery Barn.)

 

 
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11 Comments on “Falling” in Love with Your Home 2009 Style

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This just makes me want to go through each room and accessorize for Fall! I'm feeling very inspired! Thanks for the great pep talk!
3:23pm • #1

Hi Julea,  Those are wonderful tips.  BTW...I love your new profile photo! 

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Julea, I love the change of seasons, not just for the weather but as an excuse to change out items in each room. Drapery panels, deco. pillows, accessories, artwork. Makes this small home more interesting. I guess that it's just part of the addiction and most people don't understand. Rotating items is one of my favorite things to do and its often difficult to convince clients of the value. Thanks for the inspiration...fall starts tomorrow at the Foust Haus.
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Julea - Another great set of tips from a top-notch professional.  Thanks for sharing these. I'm so ready for fall.

Kathy

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Hi Julea!  Thanks for sharing... I love the colour combos!

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Thanks! All these ideas too can be applied to your Home Staging projects also. It is SO important today when staging a home whether occupied or empty - To be up to date on the seasons and the trends. Today's consumers are smarty-pants, and since it's our jobs to make the prospective buyer "Fall in Love" seasonal always tugs at your heart strings. Ginger - I use "archiving" as my choice word when I tell someone they have to "put it away." Monica - Me too! I'm evoking the plum and artichoke at my own homestead!
7:05am • #6

Hi Julea  great post, I like your second point, shop your home and reinvent it.  I am all for reduce recycle and reuse, sometimes things in one room look better in another room, first I always try to use what I have and then buy if it is necessary, that way you contain the clutter and save money too.

shobha

9:26am • #7
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Lots of fantastic tips Julea, for personal decorating and even staging in some instances. Love all the fun color in your first photo. Thanks for sharing!
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Julea: These are all great tips to incorporate for personal and staging use. Fall is definitely in the air. I'm thinking of breaking out my flannel sheets!

The change of seasons is a great opportunity to market to potential redesign clients.

9:45am • #9
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Julea, Wow - what a neat bunch of tips and a great reminder that we can change our decor (or that of our clients) to reflect the time of year. I love your color suggestions. Mel
3:33pm • #10
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colourful post ! love those patchwork stools :) thanks for sharing.
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