Early Fall Decorating Ideas for a Cozy Home Now!

Hello friends, Labor Day weekend is over and the unofficial end of summer has come. Are you looking for early fall decor ideas without extra cost? I know late summer just passed and it’s hot. Most of us in late August and after Labor Day weekend, are dealing with 90 degree temperatures. And you are saying, I am not ready for full fall mode! I hear you. However, as I write this blog post celebrating my favorite season I enjoy a pumpkin spice coffee. It’s never too early to enjoy pumpkin spice, right? Here’s the thing. The fall season and the official first day of fall are approaching.  And the great thing about today. I’m here to help you begin making simple changes for the change of seasons. I’m sharing early fall decorating ideas for a cozy home now! It’s filled with my favorite things! 

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Early Fall Decorating Ideas for a Cozy Home Now!

Get Your Home Fall-Ready: Budget-Friendly Ideas for Early Semptember

This is a good time to share these easy ideas. I’m here to help you get your own home ready. So you can enjoy this festive time of year with these simple ideas. These budget-friendly ideas aren’t just perfect for early September. They’re the easiest ways to refresh your living spaces through the autumn season. So, when the fall leaves start changing into their fall colors, you can cozy up with a pumpkin spice latte or tea and add real pumpkins in warm colors to your home decor and enjoy the process. I hope you enjoy this early fall tour sharing my favorite ways to add simple touches of the season.

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Small Touches/Fall Colors

Small Touches: Our Living Room with Natural Elements

When the change of seasons begins, I add small touches of fall and warm colors to our living spaces.  For example, these include the living room, dining room, coffee table, and kitchen dining table. Decorating our homes for the fall season doesn’t need to be complicated. I’m excited to share an easy way to add favorite things, and natural elements to your home decor. 

How do I add nature to our home decor for the autumn season?

• Fall wreaths
• Acorns
• Pine cones – grab these while visiting Michaels, Hobby Lobby, and Dollar Tree
• Nuts in the shell
• Dried gourds
• Pumpkin stems dried from real pumpkins (at the end of this post I will share easy ideas to make pumpkins from Dollar Tree or craft store look real!)
• Dry artichockes
• Cinnamon sticks
• Star Anise
• White pumpkins
• Dried Oranges
• Dried hydrangeas
• Wood crates
• Baskets
• Pheasant feathers – I own these!

Shop Your Own Home: The Right Time

Shop Your Own Home: A Good Time to Refresh Fall Decor with No Extra Cost

Early Semptember is a great time to shop your own home. This is the perfect time to remind yourself what faux greenery, fall florals, and throw pillows you used last year for seasonal decor. It’s also the perfect time to see if your fall florals and greenery are in good condition. So when you see fall inspiration at the thrift store or Hobby Lobby it’s a great way to avoid extra cost. I have, to be honest, been there and done that. We all have at one time or another with our decor.

Cozy Vibes: Budget-Friendly Throw Pillows for Seasonal Decor

I broke my rule this year and bought new throw pillows. I couldn’t help myself. When I saw the pillows I had to buy them. They are budget-friendly and are an easy way to add cozy vibes. And the throw pillows are a great way to welcome fall to our living room/family room. They are budget-friendly so they don’t break the bank and are an easy way to add cozy vibes. The throw pillows are a great way to welcome fall to our family room.

• Direct Link – Wheat Pillow is perfect for a neutral palette or traditional fall colors. These are in Coconut Milk. Aren’t they perfect this time of year? These simple changes add cozy vibes to our homes.
• Direct Link – This says it all for the Autumn Season – fall leaves are falling and Autumn is calling! 

Cozy Vibes Throw Blankets

Cozy Vibes: Throw Blankets Create the Perfect Spot

Throw blankets are a must in our living room. There’s no better way to add cozy vibes to home decor. It’s the best way to spend a chilly evening this time of year? This is my favorite season to snuggle under cozy throw blankets with my husband and our pup Reeses. One of my favorite things is watching a movie or reading a good book under comfy throw blankets with a pumpkin spice latte and a fire. 

Acorn Obsessed

Obsessed with Acorns: How I Use Natural Elements for Early Fall Decorating

Natural elements are my favorite ways to welcome the autumn season. Adding pieces of nature doesn’t come with extra cost. Guess what my favorite early fall decorating items are? If you have been following Cloches & Lavender you probably remember. My new followers my favorite early fall pieces for our living spaces are ACORNS! Yes, acorns, are obvious fall decorations and I’m slightly obsessed, okay not slightly, I’m obsessed. I have a collection of real acorns in the 100s. See an easy way and a step-by-step tutorial in this blog post to clean and preserve acorns for crafts and decor for years! You will see how I preserved small sticks too!

Nature Loving Hoarder: How I Use Nature in the Change of Seasons

I told you I love adding nature. I didn’t mention when it comes to acorns, pine cones, and nuts in their shells from the grocery store, I’m a hoarder like squirrels and chipmunks gathering nuts during the fall season. See a step-by-step tutorial in this blog post for the best ways to clean and preserve pinecones for crafts and decor!  I recommend shopping in the grocery store for fall decor. Pine cones and nuts are great pieces to add to centerpieces on a coffee table, as well as a fall vignette in a dough bowl on a dining table. These are some of my favorite things for early fall decorating ideas for a cozy home now! You will see these often in this early fall tour.

Grocery Store Finds

Get Fall-Ready with Easy Ideas for Grocery Store Finds for Early September

Now is a great time to get fall inspiration at the grocery store. Think nuts in the shell (I save mine to reuse the next year and have for years— don’t eat them!)

• Small white pumpkins – Cindy’s Pumpkin Tip: Remove stems from real pumpkins at the end of the autumn season. Here’s an easy way to dry them. Place the stems inside a brown bag. Store in a dry place. A closet works. Use them next year. Use these for the fall season in vignettes, centerpieces, and more!
• Gourds
• Indian corn
• Apples (this time of year is a good time to look for faux apples and pears at the thrift store or Hobby Lobby) Here’s a direct link to apple and pear
• Pears
• Star Anise
• Cinnamon Sticks
• Oranges – Fall is the perfect time to add dried oranges. Here’s a dried orange garland. It works through the holiday season! How’s that for budget-friendly?
• Faux Figs – Here’s a direct link to Fig 
• Wheat stalks
• Sunflowers – This blog post shares the easier ways to dry sunflowers!

These easy ideas and small touches for early September will add cozy vibes, especially if you’re not ready to dive into full fall mode. Place faux fruits in a dough bowl on your living room coffee table, or dining room to add warm colors. You can add these to your home decor next year! Talk about the best ways not to break the bank, right? 

Simple Fall Vignette: My Favorite Ways to Create a Rustic Look with a Dough Bowl

When adding seasonal decor to our kitchen dining table, I add a fall vignette, I keep it simple with dried gourds in an antique dough bowl. A stack of breadboards is the perfect base layer. This is a great way to add a rustic look. This is where I purchased gourds. Store them in a dry place. Keep the gourds inside the box with the lid open. Store them in a cool dry place away from direct sunlight. This is why suggest, decorating with nature. It’s a great way to avoid extra costs! Storing pieces correctly, they last. You can use them next year and the year after!

Cindy’s Fall Decor Tips: Here are early fall decor ideas for a centerpiece. Mix fall florals with greenery such as seeded eucalyptus, and branches with fall leaves in warm colors. Add these to a vase or pitcher. Add white pumpkins, pine cones, or mini pumpkins to a bowl or tray. The great thing is that these are budget-friendly ideas and simple ideas that work through Thanksgiving.

Living Room and Cozy Vibes

Fall Shelf Decor: Our Family Room with Thrift Finds and DIY Touches for Cozy Vibes

Shelves in our family room are the first thing I change when adding seasonal decor. I kept this in a neutral palette. These early fall decor ideas have my favorite things, acorns, dried pumpkin stems, and pheasant feathers. The pumpkin stems are saved from small white pumpkins. These small touches are the best way to welcome fall! I purchased the Ironstone soup tureen last year. It’s a thrift store find, I paid $5. It’s filled with a new piece of nature, for me. Sweet gum balls. Finding the sweet gum in late summer from a neighbor was a stroke of luck. Living here for 12 years, we never knew this Sweetgum tree was down the block.  

Cindy’s Fall Decor Tip: I found mini pumpkins in a neutral pallet. They are great for early fall. My walnut garland I shared last year or so is the perfect finishing touch, check the link. You can make this in moments!

10K Views on TikTok! Gold Paint and Seed Pods Became My Favorite Fall Wreath

I shared this story on TikTok. It received over 10,000 views! Can you believe it? I added gold craft paint to the seed pods and the great thing it added instant charm. What better way is there to add nature? No, I wouldn’t want to have these in our yard. I can imagine the ankles that have been twisted. The first thing I thought, the fall colors and unique look would make a beautiful wreath for my, favorite season, fall. And free, talk about budget-friendly ideas! In late August, my husband mentioned how much I adore nature and he gave them to us. He grabbed two buckets and brought them home.   

My Secret Obsession: Style Shelves with DIY Vintage Books and Pine Cones

I kept a secret from you and apologize, I have another slight obsession, small crowns, Where this came from, I’m not sure. Most are from the thrift store and I paid a few dollars for each. The shelves are filled with simple ideas, books, nuts, acorns, pinecones, and a grapevine ball. The Alabaster is a thrift store find the right time and right place, I paid $8! Some books are old but the books with the pages facing out, I made them look old look in minutes. Check my DIY page! This brings me to fall wreaths.

Cindy’s Moss Tip: When adding moss to wreaths or other crafts. I spray the moss with Mod Podge Matte Sealer. It prevents the moss from fading and shedding!

Simple Fall Wreath

Fall Wreath: Nature-Inspired Look That Won’t Break the Bank

When the change of seasons is on the horizon, the first thing I think is to create a new wreath. Late summer is a perfect time to plan for fall wreaths. At the end of summer, craft stores such as Michaels, Hobby Lobby, and Dollar Tree are filled with fall inspiration. I have a better way to welcome the fall season. If you guessed adding pieces of nature, you’re right! My mind often leans towards adding nature to our home. Besides the fact there’s no extra cost, nature adds a unique look. The seed pods did the trick. It adds cozy vibes. It’s a good time to visit my DIY & Crafts page. wreaths for multiple seasons. This pinecone wreath is a favorite and it’s three years old. It looks as good as the day I made it, can you believe it?

Cindy’s Fall Wreath Tip: Wreaths don’t have to hang. Add a wreath to a coffee table or inside a lantern. 

Fall Florals

Favorite Early Fall Florals: My Favorite Ways to Use Limelight Hydrangeas

First, look at these hydrangeas. Talk about budget-friendly ideas, Limelight from the yard. These are my favorite early fall florals. Late August is a perfect time to cut them. They are gorgeous! If you don’t have hydrangeas I have these white hydrangeas, they look real.

Cindy’s Faux Flower Tip: Add water to a glass vase. I do this. Everyone thinks my flowers and greenery are real. If you cut the stems and wire is exposed. Add a coat of clear nail polish. It avoids rusting. Works like a charm!

Fall Vignette

Nature-Inspired Fall Vignette: Pine cones and DIY Touches

This fall vignette is in a crate filled with nature, pine cones, pumpkin stems, dried artichokes, and walnut shells split in half. I added hot glue, Spanish moss, and dried lavender. Extras from a wreath I made. This wreath has walnut shells and dried oranges. It’s a simple fall wreath. The birch bark covered battery-operated candle adds a soft glow. I made the candle ring, look for the easy DIY to come. Be sure to sign up to follow Cloches & Lavender. Never miss a blog post and gain access to free simmer pot recipes! These candles are similar.

Cindy’s Tip: Look in the store while grocery shopping, I looked in the floral department. I found dried lavender and wheat bundles for a great price. Maybe your store will have some too.

Dining Room

Dining Table Details: The Easiest Ways to Add Rustic Elegance with Nature-Inspired Accents

On our dining room table are nuts, sweet gum, acorn caps preserved on sticks, and a large wood acorn. This bust is beautiful and I’m thrilled I made the purchase!  The star anise on the satin ribbon is elegant and rustic. At the end of this post, I will share direct links to the easiest ways to create fall pieces for the home.

Simple Touches: Nature-Inspired Fall Vibes

Thanks for sticking around and taking a peek at these simple ideas for early fall decorating ideas for a cozy home now! With the official first day of fall just around the corner, I hope you’re inspired to slowly add changes to your home. Remember, fall decorating doesn’t have to be over the top. Sometimes, the little things bring the most charm. I’d love to hear about the changes you’re making while we are waiting for the official first day of fall in your home. This is a good time to sign up for my newsletter so you never miss easy craft ideas, DIY tips, and decorating inspiration. I look forward to sharing more ideas with you soon. Welcome fall with warmth, coziness, and creativity!

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