The arrival of autumn brings earlier sunsets, cooler temperatures, and the start of crunchy leaves on the ground. With the seasons changing, our wardrobes changing, this is often the time that we start to make changes in the home too.
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Let’s have a look at five of the autumnal changes you could make to your home:
Hang A Wreath
These are fast becoming popular, with many people now hanging a wreath during autumn just like they would during Christmas. It’s a great way of updating your exterior and a seasonal greeting that you can enjoy each day.
Have An Autumn Harvest
When it comes to harvest time, there is a whole host of fresh, local produce that can be thoroughly enjoyed with your friends and family. You can transform any dinner party into a low-key yet sophisticated supper to celebrate and get ready for the height of home entertaining. Serve up things like a hearty soup with crusty bread in a new collection of bowls, and plates. Why not decorate a cake in the same tones as the beautifully rustic leaves or a traditional pumpkin pie.
Get Your Home Smelling Like Autumn
Whether it’s scented candles or the introduction of a diffuser, scents in the autumn can be wonderful. From toasted marshmallow and spiced pumpkin through to woody, spiced smells there is always an abundance of choices when it comes to autumnal scents. You could also light an out fire to bring on a natural scent in your home and immediately make it feel restful. Cedarwood is a delicate but distinctive smell that tends to crop up in the autumn.
Update Your Bedroom
Now is the time of year when we start to retreat to our homes a little more, have longer mornings in bed, and snuggle down with the family to watch a movie in our kingsized beds. If your bedroom could do with a little love and attention to make it the perfect retreat at the end of the day, you don’t need ot spend a fortune to update it. Have a look for things like Bedroom Furniture Discounts, deals on bedding, and looking at second-hand curtains, or accessories. Make sure to add plenty of warmth and texture with the use of throws.
Decorate Your Floors
The weather always gets muddier and messier in the autumn, and you will find that this means your floors get dirtier quicker. One way you can protect your floors from the autumn and the winter alike is to use floor decoration like runners or mats to soak up the water and put a stop to the muddy prints through the house They are much easier to clean and it will help to prevent your floors getting ruined. If you have slippy floors make sure you use a floor gripper to prevent them from becoming another slippy surface to watch out for.
These five autumnal changes should get your home looking great for autumn into winter. What changes are you going make? Please share some of them in the comments below.