Using Fall Flower Colors for Decoration

With the autumn season upon us, it’s time to start bringing in those glorious reds, oranges, yellows, and other fall colors into the house. Incorporating fall flower colors into your home’s décor is a great way of highlighting your fresh flowers while at the same time making sure they don’t clash with the rest of your decorations. Here are a few ways you can use fall flower colors in your home.

One way of accenting your fall flowers is to use small squash, pumpkins, and gourds. You can surround your vases with these little items, plus you can bring in some fall leaves to scatter around the table. Another great idea is to add things like wheat and cattails to your arrangements. These interesting fall items will give your flower bouquets a different type of look while still letting the blooms themselves take center stage. You might even want to see how a few twigs look as frames for your fall flowers. Pine cones, pine needles, and some fruits also make nice compliments to your fresh flowers.

Want to do something really fun and different? Cut open the top of a pumpkin, remove the seeds, and then use it as a vase for your flowers! If the pumpkin is large enough, you can sit your entire vase down inside it. If it’s not, you can use the pumpkin itself to hold your flowers. You can do the same with gourds. Small pumpkins and gourds can also be used as candle holders. Likewise, baskets make great fall decorative items since their brown hues compliment fall flowers very well.

Fabric and fabric items are also great ways of bringing fall colors into your home. Change out your summer table runner and placemats for those done in fall colors. You may also want to change out some of your small throw rugs for some that feature more oranges, browns, and reds. Small fleece blankets, afghans, or quilts tossed over the backs of chairs or placed along the back of your sofa can be a nice way of pulling in color while at the same time providing some warmth against the coming chills of late fall. Don’t forget that you can place small swatches of cloth underneath vases to add a colorful base to your bouquets.

These are just a few ideas for bringing fall flower colors into your home. Remember to get creative and use your imagination when decorating. You never know what something’s going to look like until you give it a try!