12 Fabulous Fall Decorating Ideas for Your Home

New season, new mantel setup. A mantel is an ideal place to go all out with seasonal or holiday décor as it's the main focal point of a room. Also, fall is the perfect time to light the fireplace, wood burning or electric, and gather around with friends and family. For fall mantel decorations, your options are endless. Here are just a few ideas to get you started. Mix and match candles and candle holders to set the mood. Incorporate faux spiders, webs and bats to create a festive scene. Hang a moody photo or festive wreath above the mantel. Decorating for fall should be enjoyable while reflecting your own personal style — get creative and use elements that speak to you.

The living room is an essential space to sit back, relax and soak in the season — so decorate accordingly. This cozy coffee table vignette is a great choice for homes with children. The adorable fox pumpkin adds the perfect touch of woodland charm. But you can go any direction with your vignette, whether your style is traditional, coastal, rustic, eclectic or otherwise. For a glam look, choose glass pumpkins. For a more artful aesthetic, consider velvet plush pumpkins. Rather keep the pumpkin décor on the front porch? Consider other tabletop decorations like gnomes or fall leaves. Complete your coffee table vignette with seasonal pillows and comfy throws to infuse your space with extra coziness.

After the front porch, the foyer is the first impression. Welcome trick-or-treaters by dressing up your entryway with seasonal décor. After Halloween passes, transition to Thanksgiving. Use natural accents like bare branches in a vase, put down a room-warming area rug and create a fall-themed arrangement on an entry table. Bonus points for thinking outside the orange and yellow box and using décor in colors and textures that speak to your home's style.

Cooler temperatures call for cozy places to sit indoors. In your living room, drape warm throws over sofas and chairs for a little extra warmth. Have a rug that's seen better days? Now might be a good time to replace it. After giving the living room some love, consider other sitting areas in the home whether that's a den, office, dining room or foyer. A seasonal throw pillow is a simple way to add a little extra comfort and style to any space. If you're a fan of pumpkin décor, here's the perfect moment to add a plush one into the mix.

The fireplace, the center of indoor living when it’s cold, is the natural place to hang a festive wreath to welcome the season. Don’t have a fireplace? A wall also works. Whether you go classic, like the wreath shown here, or not — wreaths are synonymous with fall decorating. Hang one or hang many, but don't skip this iconic fall decorating idea.

Fall table décor is a fixture of the season, but a creepy-fun Halloween tablescape puts a spin on traditional centerpieces. Put resin animal skeletons under glass and arrange a grouping of candles on a textured runner to give an eerie Victorian-science-lab vibe to a dining room. You can put out this décor in early October and take it down once Halloween has passed, replacing it with Thanksgiving-themed décor.

Shelf styling is a fun, simple way to transform a room for the season. Add decorative items to your shelves to welcome a new season, ensuring the look and feel of your room never goes stale. Use house plants, photos, books and décor to make shelves the center of attention.

Lean into the moodiness of the season and adjust lighting accordingly. Here, a shelf has been styled with Halloween décor that radiates moody light, from the electric candles to the torch-bearing skeleton to the glowing cauldron. Add a Halloween wreath on the wall, dim the overhead lights, and you’ve got Instagram-worthy seasonal style. 

For standout Halloween decorating, blend store-bought décor with natural elements like tree branches, shown here. Adding faux cobwebs into the mix is always a great Halloween design choice. Use Command strips to make it easy to hang décor on your walls without causing damage. Utilizing natural textures offers a realistic look that instantly boosts scare factor. Play around with layering décor on top of items you already have, like books.

Think outside of the dining room, living room and foyer when it comes to decorating for the season. A child's room is the perfect place to add décor to bring the feeling of fall indoors. You might want to give your child some creative freedom when choosing the decorations — perhaps they're drawn to scarecrows, gnomes, trucks, foxes or sunflowers. A charming way to complete any decorative display is a strand of string lights.

Fall tablescapes are classic for a reason — they reflect the colors and textures of the season. Whether you're hosting a Thanksgiving meal or not, dressing up your dining table is a perfect way to bring the season of gratitude and gathering into your home. Use practical items like dinnerware, placemats, napkins and wine glasses mixed with stylish décor whether that's glass or velvet pumpkins, garland or tabletop decorations.

Known in Spanish as Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday in remembrance of those who have passed away. Celebrated with bright colors, candles, sugar skulls and photos of the deceassed, this holiday isn't about mourning but rather, about remembering the love and joy loved ones gave while living. Traditionally, altars were used to display items but today, mantels are also decorated in memorial.