The beauty of autumn lies in the sense of wonder of the changing season’s ability to create wondrous landscapes of beautiful gold and yellow colors. Harvest time is the season to prepare for the colder months, and the Holidays that lie ahead. The rich colors bring to mind an abundance of stored foods and cooler weather perfect for being outside enjoying the beauty of the season with friends and family and for most it means the joy of high school football games and pro-season football beginning.

You can bring the colors of autumn into your home and on your doorsteps with a few decorative touches that add warmth this cooler season. The absolute diversity of the colors available this time of year in nature provide a full pallet of rich gold’s, and yellows that can suit any style of home decor and any type of outside patio or apartment balcony.

The use of pumpkins and gourds to make centerpieces for Fall has long been the traditional method of welcoming the autumn changes. During harvest season roadside stands and retail stores abound with selections of pumpkins and gourds in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. They can be carved or not, and they last for weeks and hold their shapes even with the most detailed carving used; perfect for display inside or out. Used outside they can become the centerpiece for elaborate displays of straw bales, scarecrows, and even giant horns of plenty.

You can set up a Halloween display using outdoor rugs and use red fountain grass, white pumpkins, and have a distinct display that will set your house apart from the neighbors’ with flair of sophistication. Using yellow rugs and red and bronze chrysanthemums, spotted with the rich yellow of gourds and orange pumpkins can provide the perfect backdrop for a welcoming doorway this Holiday Season.

Using textures and colors is a marvelous way to build a tabletop centerpiece or an area featuring harvest time as the theme inside, as well. With an area rug that features the bold autumn colors you can make a focal point in your living room. A small table topped with a basket of miniature pumpkins and gourds can reflect the changing seasons. Change the rug for Christmas, add a few pine boughs and pine cones to the pumpkins and your focal point is still an attractive display.

With the lawn decorated, the porch has a focal point of bright fall colors, and the now the doorway itself needs attention. Place a warm welcome yellow rug, and a wreathe upon the door featuring raffia tied fall leaves, small gourds, dried berries, and fruits, and your entrance to your home will be perfect and ready for the photographs so often displayed in local newspapers during the Holiday Season.

The tradition of viewing the changing colors with a drive in the country has now become a viewing of neighborhoods. These autumn tours move through town and people get to look over the exotic, and the traditional autumn decorations of their favorite parts of town.

You can have your home on the yearly drive-by tours and become a neighborhood favorite by incorporating autumn themed colors into your creative scheme and decor themes.

Author Bio: Seraphina is a senior staff writer dedicated to helping you learn about interior designing around harvest time. Her most popular tip is to lay yellow area rugs or red area rugs on your floor to add a fresh new feel to your room.

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