Discover in this post the best fall decorating ideas for living room.
When the rain is falling and the temperatures are dropping, it’s the perfect time to enjoy being under a cozy blanket around a fire in a warm living room.
Fall is the perfect excuse to enhance your home with maple leaves, dried stems and lighted candles that will bring an inviting and enchanting feel to your small house.
From scented candles and mushroom figurines to maple leaf lights and crochet pumpkins, there are many ways to incorporate the fall charm in your home.
So if you want an inviting and relaxing house this fall, discover these 17 splendid fall decorating ideas for living room that will enhance your home.
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Fall decorating ideas for living room
Get inspired by these 17 welcoming fall decorating for living room to create an enchanting atmosphere.
1 – Fall leaves and pine cones garland
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To add a fall touch to your living room, you must decorate your mantel. Place a garland made of fall leaves and pine cones on top of it. Then put, next to your garland, gold dried stems and candle holders.
Lastly, place a wooden sign with a pumpkin or a fall quote on it with pumpkins, dried stems and fall pillows in a woven basket by your fireplace.
By mixing pumpkins, fall leaves, dried stems, and comfortable pillows, you will create a warm and inviting atmosphere in your living room.
2 – Pumpkins and candles
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Pumpkins and candles are essential for your fall decor. Place orange, white and yellow pumpkins on your living room cabinet.
Then, put next to them orange candles on white distressed candle holders. You can also put small pumpkins in a transparent vase.
Light a cinnamon or pumpkin spice candle to infuse your home with the fall scent.
3 – Black and gold pumpkins
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Instead of going for a typical fall color palette with shades of brown, orange and cream, you can pick a more modern color palette.
To create a contemporary living room, create a black and gold fall decor. Add white, gold and black pumpkins on your mantel with a black welcome sign and gold dried stems.
Then, put silver pumpkins and black lanterns with LED candles by your fireplace. Add golden bows on top of your lanterns to give an elegant and festive touch to your living room.
Lastly, display a garland on your mantle. You can select a fall garland made of maple leaves or wooden beads. If you want to learn how to create fall garlands for your living room, read this blog post: CLICK HERE.
4 – Fall wreath
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Discover more fall decorating ideas for living room with these string lights!
Lighting is important to create a cozy and relaxing living room. Instead of placing a simple fall garland on your mantel, add fall leaf lights.
Add big white, green and orange pumpkins on top of the garland lights with gold candle holders and orange taper candles. It will create a super cozy and warm atmosphere!
Then, put an antique gold mirror with a fall wreath on top of it to give an enchanted feel to your home.
If you want to learn how to create fall wreaths for your living room, read this blog post: CLICK HERE.
Lastly, place carved pumpkins by your fireplace to add a spooky touch. To decorate your living room table, simply put some fall branches and pumpkins on it.
5 – Fall tray
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Trays are an easy way to create a beautiful decoration for fall. Start by selecting your favorite tray. I suggest picking a 3-tiered wooden tray for a vintage and farmhouse look.
Place different pumpkins with fall cutouts (such as fall leaves and acorns), fall signs, and maple leaves to create a unique and lovely tray.
If you want to learn how to create fall trays for your living room, read this blog post: CLICK HERE.
6 – Fall centerpiece
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To make a fall centerpiece for your dining table, you need a wooden tray. Either add eucalyptus leaves with berries or fall leaves with dried stems and pine cones to your tray.
Then, place different pumpkins. Vary the sizes, colors and textures to add depth and contrast to your centerpiece.
I suggest placing silver or gold pumpkins as well as crochet or woven pumpkins to bring an elegant and refined feel to your decoration.
Lastly, place gold candle holders with white taper candles to add a cozy and sophisticated touch.
7 – Haystacks and pumpkins
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To infuse the fall feel in your living room, place some fall decorations in your shelf compartments.
Put haystacks with orange and white pumpkins, fall signs and a fall arrangement to create a unique and creative fall decoration.
8 – Fall cutouts
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Discover more fall decorating ideas for living room with these fall cutouts!
Put many fall cutouts by your fireplace to create a warm and cozy atmosphere.
Select white, orange, and silver pumpkin cutouts with fall messages such as “Thankful” or “Welcome to our patch” to give a welcoming and inviting touch to your home.
Then, put on your mantel maple leaves, fall books, fall signs and black candle holders with yellow candles to bring an enchanting feel to your living room.
Lastly, place a fall garland on your mantel with a message such as “Happy fall”.
9 – Framed pumpkin print
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Next to your dried stems, fall leaves, and pumpkins, put framed pumpkin art prints to give an artistic and cozy touch to your living room.
If you want to keep your living room color palette neutral, only place a few fall decorations. The orange touches will merge with the brown, beige and white shades.
10 – Fall arrangement
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To create your fall arrangement, mix dried stems, fall leaves, sunflowers and red berry branches. Finish it by adding some pine cones and pumpkins.
11 – Green pumpkins
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Instead of using traditional orange and yellow pumpkins, you can put green pumpkins on your shelf!
Put next to them, white and brown pumpkins, eucalyptus branches, brown dried stems and fall signs. By picking a green, white, and brown color palette, you will create an organic and relaxing atmosphere.
12 – Fall signs
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There are many different fall signs to hang in your living room. Fall signs can depict pumpkins, maple leaves or sunflowers. They often display messages such as “Happy fall” or “Farm fresh pumpkins”.
Put them on your piano with pumpkin cutouts, distressed candle holders with white candles and dried stems in a distressed vase to create a rustic and cozy living room.
13 – Fall gnomes
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Discover more fall decorating ideas for living room with these gnomes!
Fall gnomes are so funny and cute! If you want to bring a joyful and cheerful feel to your home, place fall gnomes on a maple leaf and dried stem garland next to pumpkins and fall signs.
You can either create this decoration on your mantel, on your table or on your cabinet.
14 – Fall leaf garland
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Fall leaf garlands are a must-have if you want a charming house for this season! You can create a fall leaf garland by picking real leaves outside or by cutting paper leaves and painting them earthy colors.
Place your fall leaf garland on your living room cabinet, table or mantel. Put near your garland, string lights, pumpkins, fall signs as well as red, orange and yellow flowers.
You can also purchase some fall figurines, such as scarecrows or owls, to bring even more warmth and coziness to your living room.
15 – Halloween figurines
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Fall is here and Halloween is right around the corner. If you want a more haunted and scary decoration, put ghost and pumpkin cutouts, a witch hat with spider web and dried stems on your living room cabinet.
Create a Halloween tray by adding white and orange candles, Halloween mugs, pumpkins, spiders and bats. Place this tray on your living room table.
Lastly, take your favorite Halloween throw pillows and blankets and put them on your sofa. It will bring a festive and spooky feel to your living room!
16 – Maple leaf lights
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Discover more fall decorating ideas for living room with these maple leaf lights!
Instead of purchasing standard string lights, invest in maple leaf lights. There are perfect for fall! Add near them some pumpkins, candles and fall signs for an inviting and cozy look.
17 – Fall cabinet
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If you have a small vintage cabinet, you can create a fall decoration inside it.
Take a wooden distressed cabinet and place different pumpkins, eucalyptus leaves, a lantern, dried stems and a wooden bead garland inside it.
Place a “Fall sweet fall” sign just in front of it. You can also create a fall arrangement that you will place inside an orange pumpkin.
This is probably my favorite decoration for fall because placing a fall arrangement inside a large pumpkin is just genius!
Then, add some candle holders with white candles to bring a warm and inviting feel to this living room.
Conclusion
With these 17 fall decorating ideas for living room, you will be able to create your dream cozy and relaxing decoration for this season!
To create a fall decoration in your living room, use these ideas as a starting point:
- Place different pumpkins by varying their colors, textures and sizes;
- add a maple leaf garland with lights;
- put some candle holders with taper candles and dried stems in a vase;
- create a fall arrangement and place it in a large orange pumpkin;
- and complete your decor by adding some fall cutouts and signs.
Remember to display your fall decoration on your living room mantle, table and shelves. Happy fall decorating!
