With a new season approaching, it’s the perfect time to switch up your home décor to revitalize your space’s look and ensure it reflects the right theme for holidays such as Halloween.
However, while a new season may spark your creative side, not all decorating choices will work out. Avoiding certain mistakes could be the difference between whether your fall décor works out or ends up ruining the aesthetics of the space.
Here are some decorating pitfalls to avoid this fall.
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1. Forgetting About the Lighting
As any designer worth their salt will tell you, lighting is one of the most crucial elements in any space. Yes, you have switched up the colors, made your space cozy, and even carved out pumpkins, but all this could all be in vain if your lighting isn’t proper.
Start by maximizing the available natural light in your home. Once you’ve set up and styled your décor, you can focus on accent and ambient lighting for the space. Lighting options such as string lights will work well with Halloween décor since they are easily flexible and can be used in a variety of settings.
2. Forgetting About Wall Décor
Wall décor adds visual interest to any room, so you can’t afford to ignore it when revamping your space for fall.
If you’re going for seasonal fixes, you can spruce up your wall décor by switching out the frames to something more appropriate, like temporarily changing your wall art frames or adding temporary art displays like mosaic art, interesting displays of leaves, or even using pine cones to craft new décor pieces.
Alternatively, you can take a more extended look and purchase wall décor materials that aren’t suitable for fall and fit with the general style of your space. This way, you won’t have to switch up the décor after fall.
3. Going for Overly Faux Décor
Natural-themed decor, such as leaves, works well as fall decor; however, going for extremely obvious faux foliage could be unsettling. While faux foliage offers a long-lasting decor option, some fake leaves may completely ruin the aesthetic of your space.
Even though faux leaves are used for decorations, it’s important to note that the purpose of such decor is to mimic the natural, authentic leaves or plants. Pay attention to the color of your faux leaves and plants.
Ensure they’re neither too bright nor too yellow or orange. The trick here is to ensure the plants look just like the naturally occurring ones.
4. Purchasing New Décor Every Season
The excitement of a new season will likely trigger purchases to ensure that your space reflects the theme. However, rather than heading to the store to purchase new décor items each time fall sets in, consider investing in pieces you can display or use season after season.
Buying long-term décor items creates a sense of tradition. For example, consider having a favorite Halloween blanket that you only pull out during this festive season.
Buying long-term décor items also saves you money in the long run and allows you to create fond memories and connect with your space each season.
Rather than going for trending items, consider items you really relate to that will withstand the test of time and become staple décor items within your household.
5. Leaving the Outdoors Out
Fall usually involves decorating with several items from nature. However, most people fail to draw inspiration from the natural scene unfolding just outside their homes and opt for store-bought items.
There’s no need to spend money on natural seasonal items you can collect for free from the environment. For the fall season, natural items that many people tend to decorate with include pine cones, pumpkins, and leaf motifs.
Most of these items grow naturally just outside your doorstep, so rather than spending money on them, set out a day to gather them and make DIY items from them.
Besides, it can be a fun seasonal activity for you and your family; you can make wreaths, gather pine cones, and assemble a variety of décor displays since, with naturally occurring materials, costs won’t be a major issue.
6. Sticking to Fall Colors
As fall approaches, you want to switch to vibrant colors like orange, brown, and red that reflect the spirit of the season. While this has the potential to transform your space and bring in the autumn spirit, overdoing it can make a space seem monotonous, overwhelming, and dated.
Modern interior design styles lean more on experimentation; with this in mind, consider other hues that’ll still reflect the fall season while making your space visually interesting.
Colors such as grays, greens, and yellows will work well when looking for fall décor alternatives. The key here is balancing fall colors with other exciting hues.
7. Forgetting To Add Textural Pieces
One of the things that most of us are looking forward to as fall approaches is creating a warm, cozy feeling, and one of the best ways to do this is by adding comforting textural pieces to your home.
While your existing decor may be comforting enough, fall decor just won’t be complete without a few textural touches. Avoid filling your space with plastic and paper accessories and instead go for materials with more depth.
Try items such as woven baskets, rugs, or even blankets. To make the space more inviting, opt for natural materials such as jute, hemp, and wood.
8. Failing to Consider the Scent
Fall decorating is all about making sure that your home looks the part. However, good scents may also be crucial in how your home looks and feels. Sometimes, the space may look confusing if you have fall decor but spring or winter scents.
Pick out scents that match the season and add them to your space. You can even light a few candles to ensure your home smells like the season.
9. Displaying Pumpkins Too Early
Fall decor is simply incomplete without pumpkin decorations. However, displaying them too early can cause more harm than good to your décor setting.
It’s important to note that fall is a long season, so there’s no need to display your jack-o-lanterns as soon as orange-colored and pumpkin-flavored products hit the store shelves. Displaying your pumpkins prematurely, especially if they are already curved, could be a significant issue once the season peaks.
The main issue with displaying pumpkins too early is that since they’re biodegradable, they may end up partially or wholly rotten by Halloween, and the last thing you want is rotten pumpkins falling off your porch.
Go for seasonal floral decor items such as mums, which you can easily change and will maintain the fall theme until Halloween, which is just a few weeks away. At this time, you can bring out your pumpkin decor.
Decorating with pumpkins too early may cost you double, as you may have to rebuy everything when the holiday season really sets in.
10. Failing To Consider Everyday Décor Scheme
One thing you should always consider when decorating or redecorating is whether your temporary additions match the overall aesthetic and design scheme of your home. Decorating this way ensures your seasonal additions don’t feel out of place and allows the décor to really make an impact.
Integrate bold colors with prints and add several neutral accents. If you generally decorate your space with neutral colors, spruce up your space with bolder fall décor that will make the colors really pop. Consider creative patterns and bolder hues like yellow that match the fall season.
