10 Beautiful Kitchen Décor Ideas for Fall
We all know that kitchens today are used for much more than cooking. They are the true centres of our homes, where family and friends gather to eat, work and socialize. When decorating your kitchen for the fall season, your goal should be to turn the most-used room in your house into a cozy and warm retreat that will draw people in and encourage them to stay.
Because fall is the harvest season, most fall decorating tends to reflect the season by incorporating warm fall colours (particularly yellows, browns, oranges and reds) and harvest themes. Pumpkins, apples, nuts, cut branches with colourful leaves or berries and corn stalks all feature heavily in fall décor. Don’t be afraid to bring the outdoors in by decorating with found objects or the bounty from your own garden.
But how do you decorate your kitchen without compromising its functionality? You will want to avoid decorating surfaces that you use for food preparation. Instead, concentrate your fall décor on the walls or on high open shelves that are used infrequently. In addition, you can swap out regularly used items (such as tea towels, napkins, place mats and salt and pepper shakers) with special fall versions that complement your décor.
Here are 10 easy ways to help make your kitchen warm and beautiful this fall:
- Textiles. Table clothes, tea towels, and even your apron can help celebrate the season by bringing warm colours and harvest motifs into your kitchen.
- Centerpieces. Unless you are having a party, keep centerpieces small, to minimize the amount of table or island space that they monopolize.
- Garlands. Great for those with smaller kitchens, garlands look great in locations that would otherwise be completely unused, such as over the doorway, or on top of the pot rack or light fixture.
- Signs or artwork. If you don’t have any room to spare in your kitchen for additional seasonal décor, switch out your usual artwork for something with a fall theme.
- Place settings. Consider acquiring some plates in celebratory fall colours, or with a pretty fall theme, such as nuts or colourful leaves.
- Glassware. Your fall place settings won’t be complete without matching fall glassware.
- Candles. Nothing says warm and cozy like a nice fire. If you don’t have a wood stove in your kitchen, candles can be used to replicate that cozy feeling. As a bonus, they often have great fall smells, like pumpkin pie!
- Flower arrangements. Certain flowers, such as sunflowers or mums, are a nice complement to fall décor.
- Wreaths. Essentially a centre piece that hangs on the wall, this is another great option for those short on counter or table space.
- Display produce. Instead of hiding fresh fall produce away in a cupboard or a drawer in the fridge, leave your apples, squash or other produce out in a nice bowl as a simple display or centerpiece.