Fall Decorating: Warm Autumn Decor Ideas for the Kitchen
In this post: Fall decorating is a great way to bring seasonal color into your neutral home. These autumn decor ideas will bring warmth into a white kitchen.⇒
For me, autumn is the season of warmth.
Warm family get togethers, warm blankets and sweaters, and of course, warm fall colors. And if there’s one room in the house that most embodies warmth as the heart of the home, it’s the kitchen.
But what if you have a stark white kitchen that, while lovely, hardly exudes warmth?
Today I’m joining with my Home Style Saturdays gang to bring you the Fall Home Style blog hop. Please be sure to check out the other wonderful posts at the bottom of this one. But first let’s look at some warm fall decorating ideas for the kitchen.
Fall Decorating in the Kitchen
In our old house, our kitchen was built around light woods, warm toned granite and creamy beige walls and it was easy to bring in traditional fall colors. In fact, my most popular pin on Pinterest came from THIS POST detailing 6 ways to add autumn warmth to the kitchen.
But in our new kitchen, that’s unapologetically white, I feel bringing in such colors only underscores how cold white can look. My goal, instead, was to decorate for fall with hints of fall color, but lightened up a bit and infused with a twist, hoping the result still says ‘fall’ but works better with my very light palette.
I didn’t necessarily set out to have a particular palette this fall, but it seems one evolved organically anyway. Not every room is exactly the same, but the one common factor is that variations of pink found their way into the mix. I started with a base of green and white, then added in burgundy and plum, and finally bits of truer pinks.
(This is the very same concept I used on one of my favorite fall tablescapes, where pink was used along with fall color, to throw the whole table in a more unique direction.)
As always, a big part of my decor is centered around florals, but for fall I also like to work with fruits, giving a nod to the harvest season. I keep fruit on my counter all year long, but if you prefer to keep fruit mostly refrigerated, you can easily decorate with faux pieces. The pears below are not real, and I love that I can use them year after year.
I used wheat stalks in a wine caddy to bring in a touch of pale warmth, and I like the way the wheat tone plays off the gold hardware in my kitchen. The wicker basket with velvet pumpkins adds a similar note, and on the bar counter I placed a floral mixing burgundy mums with tiny pink roses.
Perhaps the quintessential element for adding autumn warmth to any room is a bit of copper, and if it’s vintage copper, all the better. I bought this copper coffee set at an antique market a few weeks ago and I’ve scattered the various pieces around the house, sometimes displaying them together, and other times pulling an individual piece out to present by itself.
For my main floral, sitting on the island, I chose varied flowers to make a pretty statement. Once again, the pink roses add the twist to an otherwise traditional fall arrangement of sunflowers, greenery and those cute little orange buds that I have no idea what they’re called. (Anyone?) If you simply replaced the roses with a rust or burgundy flower, you’d have a very different arrangement. For me, it’s the pink that keeps it light and a bit more feminine.
Copper stemmed goblets bring in more warmth, as do claret grapes in an aged wooden bowl. I brought back the bowl from a recent trip to my parents house and I have fond memories of my mom chopping tuna salad in that bowl. In fact, I think that’s only thing I’ve ever seen her use it for!
I could have decorated the kitchen using only white pumpkins and other neutrals, and I do actually enjoy that look. But this year my fall decorating has taken on a more colorful tone and appears to have settled into a signature palette. The best way I can describe it is to take a traditional fall palette and lighten it up. Wheat instead of gold. Copper instead of orange. Then toss in some pink. Rinse and repeat.
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**NOTE: Since the copper pot is a one-of-a-kind vintage item, it keeps selling out. So, you can find several options at THIS LINK and THIS LINK or similiar HERE.
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Your kitchen accents always inspire me and make me think about adding more beloved French pieces. Thanks for organizing Lory!
Perfect fall additions Lory. I love your copper coffee pot.
Love Your style & Kitchen is FABULOUS!
I think those might be marigolds in bud?
Lory, I love how you’ve brought in just a hint of fall color in your kitchen with the flowers and soft velvet pumpkins! Pretty as always… <3 Coming over from Style Showcase this week. Off to check out a couple of your links.
Happy fall,
Barb 🙂
Thank you so much, Barb!!
Lory,
Going back over this older post, I really appreciate you plugging the subway tile as I have been trying to figure out where in the world you purchased it from! Ask you shall receive!
~Affectionately Confectionery
Hate to see summer end however love to decorate for autumn. Love your blog!
I agree, but we’re just planning at this point… 😉
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. I love the velvet pumpkins.
Love the fall decor ideas; so beautiful, as always! Thank you!
The flowers, touches of copper and velvet pumpkins are all just a nice hint of fall and what’s yet to come. Looking forward to seeing all of your fall decor.
I always enjoy reading your blog. Today what I found most interesting was the tips on creating a warm autumn kitchen. Since that is my favorite time of the year I’m always looking for new ideas and tips. I too have started bringing in the copper and bronze colors. Loved what you’ve done. Thanks
I love all of these images. I like that they are now in place {in my mind} so when fall is coming I can draw on them
Lovely, subtle accents! Thanks for sharing all the links!
You reminded me of why I picked up those acorn tops on the dog walks last fall…those cute velvet acorns!! I’m slow getting going on the decor for the season so I must get ahead of that this year.
Copper is what I love for the fall..and with the fall shades so I must go look at those links.
Any alternatives to that Ballard adirondack door basket they have? Love that fall look but boy is it pricey for another basket that I don’t need!
Love your blog and autumn 🍂!
Beautiful! You certainly have a talent for incorporating warm tones with your white kitchen. Love the distressed bread box with the more elegant countertop pieces.
I just love the Fall and the warm colors it brings. I love the ideas shared to reintroduce Fall and done with touches without being overdone. I love it (and may use them myself). Thank you for sharing your creativity.
Fall is my favorite time of year and those pumpkin pie turnovers look so good….I love decorating with fresh fall flowers and fall colors
I love the pumpkins in the basket! So cute!
Hi there!
I love your pops of color in your unapologetically white kitchen!
I love the wood bowl with fruit. I have several wood bowls so it’s time to use these everywhere in my home.
This post got me thinking more of fall and I can’t wait! Beautiful ideas.
I love your warm inviting decor you created for the fall. I want to sit in your kitchen with cup of coffee and dream that it’s mine. I envy the young people today having your blog to inspire them. Thank you for sharing you home and decorating talent!
I love your hints of fall decor. Gorgeous!
Thank you kindly!!