It’s so easy to fall into a pattern of buying seasonal decor from a fancy store or online shop. This designer worked with the natural world around her to forage red flowers and leaves displayed inside a petite white pumpkin and placed the arrangement atop blue, white, and red chinoiserie plates. Find the prettiest maple or oak tree near you and collect a sample that could be used in a similar setting or as a centerpiece.
23 Tantalizing Natural Fall Décor Ideas To Celebrate Autumn
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Published: September 26, 2023
Updated: November 14, 2023
The air is crispy outside and smells like fresh fallen leaves. Soft gray clouds float across the sky, and suddenly you’re longing for a warm drink with cinnamon or pumpkin to cozy up under a blanket in front of the fireplace or a favorite movie. As the days grow cooler, nights grow longer, and the months move away from summertime, it’s understandable that we crave that cozy ambiance inside the walls of our homes.
Natural fall décor ideas consist of stylistic choices intended to draw us closer to nature inside our homes. The careful compilation of fresh leaves, fruits, and vegetables inspires us to become one with our environment through a season centered on harvesting and gathering. These exciting designs below will tickle your senses and inspire your desire to incorporate the natural world into your seasonal fall decorating by bringing the joy of the outdoors right inside your home.
02 of Faux Branch Natural Fall Décor Ideas
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Though this garland may be artificial, tiny leaves are interwoven in a wooden branch that reflects the earth outside. Orange, brown, and yellow are natural colors that work with the remaining black, white, and brown decor. Placed above a piece of artwork or banner, as shown here, this is a polished way to appreciate what is happening in the environment in the cleanliness and comfort of your home.
03 of Balancing Greenery Bohemian Fall Décor Ideas
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Autumn doesn’t necessarily mean there must be an absence of greenery in your home. Embrace the naturalness of the season by balancing the best of both worlds and weaving living and dried plants together. As shown here, a leafy plant and a pot of tasteful vines rest beside a beautiful Fall display consisting of a white and brown wreath, a fan of corn husks, and an oversized basket tray, creating an organic and serene scene.
04 of Organically Whimsical Fall Mantel
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A repurposed wooden palette is an ideal backdrop for an elegant fall wreath filled with leaves, twigs, cornhusks, and pumpkins. Centered in between knit pumpkins, wooden candlesticks, and an oversized vase of whimsical leaves, twigs, and sprigs, the organic appearance of this fireplace mantel bodes well with the season’s ambiance. Replicate a similar look in your home by including decorative items of similar natural textures like shrubbery and wood.
05 of Striking Natural Autumn Tablescape
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Have fun embracing the feelings of nature in your home by creating a tablescape centered on changing seasons. A narrow wooden crate works well as a container to hold bunches of wheat stalk beside an assortment of glass jars filled with faux leaves. Finish this look with a classic fall table runner like the bright orange piece shown here.
06 of Simplistic Halloween Décor Ideas
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Halloween decor in a sophisticated home can be a bit polarizing because the silliness of the season can clash with the beauty of a pristine room. In this case, the fun associated with the spooky is on full display with the incorporation of faux spiderwebs delicately strewn across various antiques. Add a few pumpkins and a simple ghosty garland, and you’ll want Halloween to stay all year long.
07 of Decorative October Corner Table
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Lamps and furniture made of raw or unfinished wood are an ideal surface for autumn decor because of their rustic nature. This sophisticated corner table houses painted white pumpkins, a spicey fall candle, and a miniature wreath made of beige pinecones. Incorporating items that occur naturally in the environment, like trees and pinecones, creates an authentic scene within our interiors.
08 of Cozy Natural Fall Fireplace
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Embrace the feelings of the changing seasons by preparing your fireplace with fresh, chopped wood as a functional piece of decor in your sitting room. Just above the busy hearth below rests a compilation of dried leaves that function as a filler for white candles, a rustic lamp, and fall signage atop this white mantel. Complete a similar look with an arched mirror for an added level of elegance.
09 of Versatile Leafy Garland Natural Fall Décor Idea
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It’s the smallest detailed decorations that make the most significant difference in transforming a home for an upcoming holiday. This small cottage coat rack embraces the season’s joys with a lettered sign above a hanging woven basket. For a bit of extra frill, faux autumn leaves have been eloquently placed to rest on the corner of the sign, proving that leafy garland belongs anywhere and everywhere in the home.
10 of Falling for Fall Neutral Mantel
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A white fireplace with board and batten paneling is a matchless backdrop to a neutral decorative mantel. Draped in fluffy tan-leafed garland, contemporary candelabra stands and monogrammed pumpkins surround a sleek flatscreen television. Achieve the same look by selecting fall decor in a neutral beige, white, and gray palette that ties in a rustic flair.
11 of Woodsy Décor Ideas for Table Settings
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The showstopper of this table setting is the woven placemats that lay elegantly underneath wooden plates and folded orange napkins. A warm decorative collection like this pairs well with a farmhouse-style table and a centerpiece bursting with delectable trinkets such as candles, coasters, fresh fruit, and a vase filled with Autumn paraphernalia. Focus on organic materials for each table setting to get this same look.
12 of Crafty Autumn Décor Ideas
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The beauty of the brick fireplace mantel shown here is the level of intentionality that was put into the decor. Crafting is a popular activity of the season, and many of the decorative pieces shown are items that can be DIY’ed at home. Complete with messages about counting your blessings and welcoming the new season, there is something for everyone in this happy home display.
13 of Glamorous Fall-inspired Dining Room
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There is a misconception that natural decor doesn’t vibe well with sparkly interior glamour. This cool-toned dining room proves the opposite to be true as the metallic sheen of the wall decor accentuates the natural clay vase of flowers centered on the table. An easy way to combine contrasting aesthetics is by maintaining an element of grandeur amongst items selected, like the overall size of this vase beside the exaggerated wainscotted walls of the room.
14 of Oh My Gourd Natural Table Runner
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Create an organically inspired table runner with the help of a little garland, pumpkins, eclectic gourds, and elegant candle stands. The simplicity of the wood on the tabletop is the perfect complement to the natural colors found in the leafy display. You can create a greater level of depth by selecting candelabras with a height that coincides with the floral vase in the center of the table.
15 of Sheer Leafy Table Runner
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A leafy garland is not the only way to display beautiful autumnal foliage. A sheer table runner like this one shown has adorable scalloped edging with embroidered orange leaves and acorns, which is equally as pretty. In the center of the table is a black tray with petite pumpkins and popular fringe beads. Complete a look like this with a double-handled black vase filled with fall sprigs.
16 of Elevated Light Fixtures for Natural Fall Décor Ideas
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In a French farmhouse, details are crucial. Candleabra chandeliers are a vital light fixture for this aesthetic, and you can draw attention to them by wrapping red and orange leaves around the individual arms for a fun and festive appearance. When displayed above a purposefully curated dining room table, this will be a look you return to year after year.
17 of Speckled Green Pumpkin Centerpiece
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A delightful little trinket, these speckled green pumpkins are adorable in a white bowl beside white pumpkins, leaves, and pinecones. Considering that green is an unconventional color of fall decor, this display is a great transitional piece for September. Pair them with draping vines or seasonal florals like mums for a more purposeful fall display.
18 of Cozy Fall Living Room Décor
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One of the best elements of fall is the beautiful combination of cool and warm weather. That theme is mimicked in this lovely sitting room filled with cool grays and purples, but heated up with a brown refinished antique piano bench, and spindled tables. You can easily adapt a room in these tones to an autumnal aesthetic by including heavy knit throws and fall-inspired plants.
19 of A Touch of Olive
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Decorating for fall doesn’t mean throwing out all of your gorgeous year-round plants. The textured brown countertops in this kitchen are home to a few eclectic pieces like a wood stand, a handmade clay pot, a petite wooden cutting board, and an organic vase of olive branches. Beside all of this is a small pinecone that represents the significance of fall in this modern, minimalistic kitchen.
20 of Interior Door Wreaths To Elevate Natural Fall Décor
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Wreaths are often considered unnecessary decor because of how infrequently front doors are used in most suburban neighborhoods. If you still want to appreciate your glorious seasonal wreath, consider moving it indoors to be admired by those on the interior. This modern barn door is home to a full and chic leaf wreath that looks impeccable above light hardwood floors.
21 of Fall Farmhouse Kitchen With Ambient Lighting
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An old wood-burning stove is a perfect place to house a jack-o-lantern in a farmhouse kitchen. Beside the spooky scene on the fireplace, a vintage cottage-style table is filled with colorful Fall stems of yellow and red. Decorations aside, the room’s overall ambiance welcomes fall with the airy open windows and candlelit surfaces, so don’t be afraid to make it moody with a bit of candlelight.
22 of Colorful Fall Stems
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Coffee tables are meant to be decorated, and a two-tone vase like the white and clear number shown here is filled with colorful fall stems of orange and red. A subtle pop of color goes a long way in a room bathed in neutrals, especially next to a stack of books with writing in a similar shade. Continue this color scheme with a decorative area rug or vibrant accent pillow for an elevated seasonal paradise.
23 of Raw and Rugged Natural Table Centerpiece
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Simple styles are meaningful, and this vintage cutting board placed beneath a white bowl of pumpkins is the perfect home for a creamy vase filled with dried stems picked from the property. The warm yellow-brown tones of the plants work wonderfully with the cowboy hats and wooden decor that hangs on the back wall. You may be amazed at what wonderful decor grows in the environment just outside your walls, begging to be displayed in your home.
