Transitioning from Summer to Fall Decor: Beautiful Decorating Ideas That Work in Both Seasons

If in-between weather has you wondering how to decorate your home for this time of year, today I’m sharing some ideas for effortlessly transitioning from light and breezy summer decor to a warm, cozy, and welcoming look in your home for fall 2024.

I’ve found that neutral and natural decor works beautifully for both summer and fall, making it easier to slowly transition your home from one season to the next.

With that in mind, below you’ll find several beautiful spaces that incorporate a mix of both seasons, along with ideas for shifting your home from summer to fall decorating.

Transitioning from Summer to Fall Decor

While this space is decidedly summery, it could easily be updated for fall with a heavier throw blanket, like this one, and a couple of textured pillows:

Pure Salt Interiors

A vintage rug in warm tones, along with a leather lumbar pillow and warm wood coffee table, lend an instant touch of fall to this beautiful living room:

Meg Leonard Design

Earth tones and a neutral color palette work in both summer and fall.  Removal of the dark patterned pillow in front would instantly revert this space to a lighter, summery look.

Heirloom Projects

A muted color palette, woven coffee table, and striped round ottomans lend a modern fall feeling to this contemporary space.

Pure Salt Interiors

Dark accent tables, a textured rug, earthenware vases, pampas grass, and dried stems add a touch of fall to this light and airy living room:

Trickle Creek Homes

Earth-toned pillows lend an instant fall look to this otherwise summery sitting room:

Pure Salt Interiors

Warm wood accent pieces are an easy way to transition your home from summer to fall decor.

Willow & Co.

With its earthy, natural textures and backdrop of white, this beautiful bedroom exudes both summer and fall feelings!  Switching out the artwork for a landscape in warm tones would completely shift this space to an autumnal look.

Pure Salt Interiors

Here’s another beautiful space that celebrates summer to fall decor.  The warmth in the wood coffee table, basket tray, and beads, as well as the floral arrangement, make this space feel relevant for fall.  Switching out the light throw with a chunky knit throw — and perhaps adding in a couple of warm-toned pillows — would help prepare this space for the cooler months.

Pure Salt Interiors – similar coffee table

This sitting area is similar to the one shown above, with the same four white chairs, warm-toned pillows, and unique tree trunk coffee table. Here’s a similar version.

Salt Design Co.

This open-concept living space is a great example of how beautifully blues mix with warmer tones and textures for fall:

Pure Salt Interiors – arm chairs – counter stools

Here’s another view of this beautiful space:

Here’s another space that incorporates a beautiful mix of blues and earth tones.  The branch arrangement and rustic vase on the mantel also lend a touch of fall decor to this living room:

Livingston Interiors

This living room is a great example of a space that works in both summer and fall, thanks to plenty of texture and an assortment of earth-toned pillows:

Pure Salt Interiors

Sometimes, a soft cashmere or silk throw blanket and a few fall branches are all you need to bring a feeling of fall to the living room:

M Elle Design

This space already exudes a warm and cozy feeling.  All it needs for fall is a knit throw blanket draped at the end of the bed. 

Pure Salt Interiors – chandelier

A few fall flowers, branches, or stems are all you need to update the kitchen for fall:

Oakstone Homes – vase – counter stools – pendant lights

This pretty master bedroom exudes a warm fall feeling, via the wood bench and nightstands, landscape artwork, neutral rug, and knit throw at the end of the bed:

Alexis Andra Austin 

Here’s another lovely bedroom — this one with a decidedly summery feel.  To transition this space for fall, all needs is a different piece of artwork over the bed and a warm throw draped at the end of the bed:

Pure Salt Interiors – nightstands

This wonderful open-concept living room and kitchen exudes chic year-round style.  Switching out the pillows and floral arrangements is all you’d need to do to transition this space from one season to the next:

House Seven Design – pendant lights

This beautiful living room incorporates a wonderful mix of summer to fall style.  The addition of a chunkier throw blanket and perhaps a fall arrangement on the table and/or mantel would help bring an autumnal feeling to this space:

Pure Salt Interiors – similar coffee table

This space is more on the fall side, with its chunky throw blanket, layered rugs, and warm earth tones:

Kelsey Leigh Design Co.

Summer to fall in our home

After the clean, simple look of summer, I’m adding back in a few extra pillows and throws in our living room and hearth room.  

Hearth Room

I love playing with textured fabrics like nubby throws, plush velvets, linen, and rugs.  In addition to warmth and coziness, they add visual and tactile interest to our home for fall.

master bedroom – rug

This cabinet, decorated with baskets, books, and neutral finds from around our home can easily transition to fall without many changes.

Here’s a late-summer look in our dining room.  For autumn, I’ll probably replace the orchids with a big fall arrangement in the middle of the dining table and add a few fall touches to the console table.

dining room

Our patio even receives a dose of fall warmth with the addition of a few extra throws and blankets. Here’s a look from last fall:

patio

Summer to Fall Decor

While summer home decor generally has a light, organic feeling, fall decor is more about warm colors, luxurious textures, and chunkier fabrics.

This is a great time to find on-trend items to help you easily create a warmer feeling for fall, while still keeping your look stylish, relevant and fresh. 

Below, you’ll find a few neutral transitional pieces I love for fall 2024, including rugs, pillows, baskets, lamps, pampas grass, vases, and small decorative items to help you easily shift your home from summery to autumnal: 

Looking for more fall decorating ideas?  You might be interested in these related posts from Jane at Home:

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