Happy Harvest!

It’s that time of year again where the leaves are turning color and the search for everything pumpkin begins! Everyone starts feeling just a bit festive and what better way to celebrate than to immerse your home in all the fall feels? I’m going to show you two different ways to spice up your home depending on your style.

Firstly, we have our harvest lovers. I love using things that we can find just outside our doors as decorations - this means pressed leaves, bunches of sticks, twigs of berries, pine cones, feathers, and gourds. Natural elements this time of year offer such an awesome array of colors, it’s not hard to find what you need! The great thing about harvest décor is that you can elevate it to bring a sense of coziness and class into your space!

When using this décor style, I like to remind people not to forget about green and white. We’re so used to the bright greens of summer that it’s easy to just focus on the red, yellow and orange colors of the fall. Try using an olive green or a creamy white to really set off these colors and bring some color contrast into the space. Feeling glitzy? Use metallic spray paints to give those décor elements a bit of pizzazz!

Have an old sweater that you’re looking to get rid of? Re-purpose it by making wraps for your candles. I recommend using an LED candle, not only for safety reasons but also because you can set timers on most of them – convenient! Looking for something more rustic? Corn husks also work great for candle wraps!

One of my favorite DIY accessories for this style is a wreath made from book pages! Check out the tutorial here.

Next, we have a style for fans of all things spooky and eerie. When using this decor, I like to really get into the Halloween spirit and imagine what the interior of a haunted house would be like. Maybe you would like to transform your space into a witch’s den for the season?

The important factor of this style is to use things that are believable without being stereotypical “scary”. Creating that believable factor will be what makes everything so creepy. This means maybe leaving out the clown masks and the paper cut-outs of vampires and Frankenstein. Instead, create your own old fashioned apothecary full of potions! Pick up some distressed or crackled candle pillars, black lace, and accessorize with bones and spiders…the fake variety of course!

You can’t forget about that stretchable spider web material that you can pick up at any Halloween store - this stuff is the BEST when it comes to spooky décor. Think about all the corners, mantels and light fixtures that this can hang from. A helpful hint for this material is that the more stretched out it is, the more real that it will look!

I already gave you a harvest style wreath DIY activity, so naturally I have to give you one for this style too! One of my favorites can be found here.

Having guests over to admire your haunted house? Appeal to another sense and play some eerie music as they’re wandering through! Try Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, it’s a winner every time!

There are a variety of ways that you can dress your home up for the season –  just make sure that it fits your style and you’re sure to be a success!