• How can I embrace the autumn season with outdoor decor updates?
  To embrace the autumn season with outdoor decor updates, you can transition to rich fall colors, invite texture and warmth, switch to seasonal plants, prolong outdoor dining season, and give your lighting a glow-up. Adding richer hues, textures, seasonal plants, cozy furnishings, and appropriate lighting can help create a warm and inviting outdoor space that reflects the essence of autumn.
• What are some tips for transitioning to rich fall colors in outdoor decor?
  You can transition to rich fall colors in outdoor decor by changing slipcovers, adding pillows in fall hues, incorporating bold patterns in rugs, and sticking to earthy solids or neutral patterns. By introducing colors like moss green, deep charcoal, or russet orange, you can create a cozy autumn vibe in your outdoor space.
• How can I invite texture and warmth into my outdoor space for fall?
  To invite texture and warmth into your outdoor space for fall, consider using weatherproof furnishings, textured rugs, a mix of cushioned and modern seating, cozy throw blankets, and textured pillows. Adding elements like a chiminea or fire pit can also enhance the warmth and ambiance of your outdoor space during the cooler months.
• What are some ideas for switching to seasonal plants in outdoor decor for autumn?
  For autumn outdoor decor, consider replacing tropical plants with heartier, temperature-resistant plants like Norfolk Island Pine, ornamental cabbage, kale, mums, goldenrod, coneflower, and pansies. Additionally, switching minimalist plant containers for richly hued glazed ceramic or metal containers can help set an autumnal tone in your outdoor space.
• How can I prolong the outdoor dining season in fall?
  To prolong the outdoor dining season in fall, consider changing out table linens for richer colors, adding table lanterns and flameless candles for ambient lighting, refreshing your table decor with seasonal elements like winter squash and gourds, and incorporating fall blooms. By making small changes to your outdoor dining setup, you can create a warm and cozy atmosphere for dining al fresco in autumn.
• What are some tips for giving outdoor lighting a glow-up in the fall?
  In the fall, with shorter days, it’s essential to rethink your outdoor lighting. Consider enhancing your outdoor lighting with industrial string lights, galvanized metal pendants, portable globe lamps, and outdoor chandeliers for a cozy and well-lit outdoor space. Layering different light sources can help create a relaxing ambiance for outdoor gatherings during the autumn season.

Embracing Autumn with Outdoor Decor Updates

There is nothing quite like the arrival of autumn and all the nostalgic feels that come rushing back with the first frost-tinged morning, football fever and schools back in session. And where did the day go? Like actual daylight. Seemingly overnight, we wake up to darkness and return home at the end of the day with the sun already setting and street lamps in full brightness mode.

How we embrace the change of season is very much informed by these little cues that are quintessentially, endearingly fall. If you are catching all the fall feels like we are, you want to be out of doors savoring every crisp-aired, picture-perfect second of it before winter roars in.

We cant think of a better way to embrace the full fall experience at home than to update our outdoor style to align with the seasonal changes. Not only is it a great excuse for a décor refresh, it will truly be a space you will want to inhabit all season. Whether grilling and chilling or dining and entertaining, it can be as simple as bringing in a few transitional touches like richer color and cozier textures to create that autumn-y vibe. Here are a few fun, affordable ways to style your most sought-after outdoor spaces.

1. Transition to rich fall color

Its true, what’s on trend for your interiors is precisely what will look of-the-moment in your exterior spaces. Like most design pros, we look for color continuity from one room to the next (and we like to think of our outdoor spaces as rooms just like the ones inside). If you have cushioned furniture, consider changing the slip covers to a richer harvest hue that’s still in your overall color palette consider teal to replace aqua or russet orange in place of bright citrus or papaya. Save the stripes and bright whites for the following spring and stick to earthy solids or neutral graphic patterns. For an even easier color transformation, introduce a fresh set of pillows in a rich color like moss green or deep charcoal. Layer a smaller rug with a bold pattern over a larger neutral rug to ground the space in richness. With a few simple color changes, outdoor living is feeling a whole lot cozier.

2. Invite texture and warmth

One of our favorite tricks for creating a warm, welcoming outdoor space is to style it with lots of texture like you would in a casual living room or den. The only real difference for outdoor is to be sure you are using weatherproof furnishings and décor, and that everything is safely weighted or fastened down to withstand inclement weather. For fall, we like a larger area rug in a richly textured weave that stretches across your whole seating area. Mixing up seating so you have some cushioned pieces or poufs paired with modern metal or molded plastic seating is another great way to create contrast and texture. Warm everything up even further with cozy throw blankets and softly-textured pillows. If they do not pose a safety risk with smaller children around, a chiminea or fire pit lends a cozy, artful vibe that can extend your outdoor use well into the colder months.

3. Switch to seasonal plants

Sad as it is to see the tropical plants and bright florals of summer go, it creates opportunity for bringing in gorgeous potted fall foliage that perfectly sets the vibe for the season. Heartier, temperature-resistant plants like Norfolk Island Pine and ornamental cabbage and kale not only look lush and healthy, they reflect the seasonal changes happening beyond your porch or patio. If you like pops of color here and there, look to vibrant, autumn perennials like mums, goldenrod, coneflower and pansies to establish a seasonal palette while keeping the vibe cheery. Think beyond the plant, as well, to what’s containing the plant. Replace the clean, minimalist containers that looked so sleek in summer in favor of richly hued glazed ceramic, galvanized metals and weather-friendly raffia or jute baskets with lots of texture. Just a few small changes can really set an autumn tone.

4. Prolong outdoor dining season

One of the major perks of having an inviting, well-designed outdoor space is how it can serve as a second dining room a more relaxed, intimate one even. This time of year, it happens to be our favorite dining spot in the house. Instead of packing up patio furnishings at the first hint of cooler weather, were all for keeping the table set but implementing some small changes to make the space feel warm and cozy. Changing out table linens like a runner, placemats and napkins for a set in a richer palette and a heavier textile is a great place to start. We like bringing in more table lanterns and flameless candles for warm ambient light, and switching out summer cushions and pillows for a richer color and texture. Refreshing your centerpiece and other table décor to include winter squash, gourds and potted fall blooms creates an artful vibe that feels aligned with the season (and your yummy, fall-inspired menus).

5. Give lighting a glow-up

Unfortunately, shorter days mean fewer hours of natural light but, being the eternal optimists that we are, it also creates the opportunity to rethink your outdoor lighting situation. Whether you are using the patio to unwind with a glass of wine after work or throwing a dinner party after the sun goes down, you will need to put more emphasis on illuminating tables and gathering spaces, but also making sure your entire porch or patio is sufficiently lighted to keep everyone safe. In summer months we can get away with a few outdoor wall sconces and a lantern on the table but with darkness setting in early, creative lighting reinforcements like industrial-inspired string lights, galvanized metal pendants and portable globe lamps go a long way increase your wattage (not to mention your style). If you have an overhang or screened-in porch, consider an outdoor chandelier for instant ambiance. Its about layering your lighting so that you have multiple soft lighting sources coming from different areas of your deck. Experiment with the level of illumination that helps to achieve your version of a cozy, relaxing vibe. We can feel the warm glow already!