19 Modern Fall Decorating Ideas (without a lot of fuss) – jane at home (2024)

I’m a big fan of summer, but around this time of year I find myself getting excited about the warm colors and cozy feelings of fall. With the changing seasons on my mind, I thought this would be a great time to share a few fall decorating ideas for 2024 with you. I hope these ideas will help you bring a touch of autumn to your home that will look fresh and beautiful throughout the coming months.

Since I’m all about keeping things easy, most of the fall decor ideas in this post involve creative ways of using colors, textures, and items you already have around your house, like plush throws, wood and woven elements, warm comforters, and textural pillows.

Pure Salt Interiors

To begin, here are a few decorating tips to help you embrace the fall season:

Use organic, natural elements for a modern fall look

When decorating our home for fall, I always begin by gathering fresh branches and greenery from outdoors. There’s nothing easier — or more beautiful — and it’s one of my favorite tips for decorating for fall on a budget.

Here’s a beautiful space showing how the simple addition of a few fall branches, along with some wood elements and framed artwork, can create a modern fall look in the entryway. From Alexis Andra Austin.

You can often find fall grasses, stems, and dried flowers in neighboring fields, too.

The space below is a lovely example of how to bring a natural touch of fall to the breakfast nook — or any spot in your home.

The simple addition of some oversized greenery, along with a couple of leather pillows, brings a seasonal look to this otherwise summery space. The beautiful woven pendant light adds a wonderful organic touch, too.

Bria Hammel Interiors

Adding a few pumpkins here and there is another easy way to decorate your home for autumn.

I love this beautiful fall mantel display incorporating a combination of real and faux pumpkins in shades of blue and white, along with fresh greenery and stems. It’s the perfect way to decorate the mantel for fall with a modern seasonal look!

Janan Kissler

See my post, Simple Fall Decorating Ideas with White Pumpkins, for more ways to use pumpkins in your home this autumn.

Add in some warmth with textiles

Next, throw in a few pillows, throws, and rugs in warm, earthy fall tones.

Switching out some of the pillows on your sofa, adding a heavier blanket to the end of your bed, and draping chunky knit throws on the arms or backs of your couch and chairs can bring an instant touch of warm fall décor to your home.

Kelsey Leigh Design Co. – knit throw blanket

To create a layered space, pair dark finishes with a warm palette, an oversized sectional, and textured elements:

Meg Leonard Design

A new pillow arrangement, as well as a cozy throw draped casually at the end of the bed, can instantly give your bedroom a warm and welcoming feeling for autumn.

Pure Salt Interiors

Here are a few favorite pillows and throws for fall:

Layer on the texture

I mention this in almost all my decorating posts, but adding in some textural layers and cozy accents can completely transform the look and feeling of a room — especially for fall.

Pure Salt Interiors

In the fall, you might want to experiment with woven elements, jute, linen, wood, baskets, velvet, boucle’, and even fur to add a sense of warmth and coziness to the bedroom, living room, and family room.

Studio McGee

Here are a few similar fall textural finds:

19 Modern Fall Decorating Ideas

Below are several spaces that beautifully illustrate how to decorate for fall without a lot of fuss. You’ll find ideas and inspiration for incorporating natural elements, rich textures, and warm hues in your home for autumn — all without having to change your current design style or color palette.

1. Here’s a beautiful space showing how the simple addition of a few fall branches, along with some wood elements and a small framed landscape, can create a modern fall look in the kitchen. From Kelsey Leigh Design Co.

2. Here’s a lovely way to bring a touch of fall style to the entryway — faux branches, rich natural wood tones, and a few baskets create a warm welcome. From Amber Interior Design. Here’s a similar wood console table.

3. This beautiful entryway features a natural jute rug, warm wood console table, and fresh greenery to lend an inviting touch of fall to this home. From Architectural Digest.

4. Pampas grass is the perfect way to add a modern fall look to your home. The textured rug, earthenware vases, and dried stems also add a touch of fall to this light and airy living room. From Trickle Creek Homes:

5. This beautiful fall bedroom also features pampas grass, along with warm tones of rust, orange and teal, to create a stunning master suite. From Juniper Home.

artwork –rug – bed – nightstand

6. Cozy textures in the pillows, basket, hat and sheepskin, beautiful artwork, and a modern bench (available here & here in natural) create a beautiful feeling of fall in the entryway. From Lindye Galloway Interiors.

7. Comfy arm chairs in rich leather, botanical prints, cozy throw blankets, a rich velvet sofa, and a deep grey and indigo area rug create a warm and wonderful living room that exudes fall coziness. From Chris Loves Julia.

8. Warm tones in the pillows, rug, and leather bench, as well as the seagrass basket tray and dried flowers,create a beautiful fall living room. From Studio McGee:

9. There’s so much to love about this open concept living room. The wood coffee table, along with the warm tones reflected in the rug and armchairs, work together beautifully. From Willow & Co. Home.

10. There’s something about this beautiful master bedroom that just draws you in. The warm wood tones, as well as the natural fiber rug and cozy layered bedding, lend the perfect touch of modern fall decor to this space. From The Heart and Haven.

11. I love the simplicity of this beautiful living room, with its gorgeous earthy neutrals and bold artwork. The muted color palette, woven coffee table, andstriped round ottomans lend a wonderful modern fall touch to this space. From Pure Salt Interiors:

12. This beautiful kitchen features a wood island, cane counter stools, and modern pendant lights. Magnolia branches placed in a pretty white vase, as well as fresh pears on a cake stand, add the perfect fall touch to the kitchen. From Studio McGee:

lights – counter stools

13. Here’s a simple way to bring calm to the bedroom with textural layers and a muted color palette: drape a lovely coverlet at the end of the bed, pop on a few textural pillows, and add a pretty fresh or faux arrangement to the bedside table. From Pure Salt Interiors:

14. This lovely living room is perfectly dressed for any season, but I think the dried floral arrangement and warmth in the wood coffee table, basket tray, throw blanket, and wood beads make this space feel relevant for fall. From Pure Salt Interiors:

similar coffee tables here and here

15. This gorgeous bedroom exudes luxurious fall comfort and warmth, from the upholstered bed, to the wooden bench, to the artwork, and warm tones in the bedding and rug. From Alexis Andra Austin:

16. Here’s a great way to bring a modern fall look to the dining room — fresh branches popped in a rustic terra cotta vase, a warm wood charcuterie board (complete with linen napkins), a natural rope chandelier, and touches of black.

From Kelsey Leigh Design. Photo by Emily Hart Photography.

17. This beautiful home is filled with modern fall decorating ideas. The pillow combination on the sectional, as well as the addition of warm wood accents and fresh branches, bring a touch of fall decor to this space without going overboard. Here’s a source for the black pendant lights.

From House Seven Design.

18. This stunning space from Amber Interiorsis a wonderful example of how to decorate the kitchen for fall.

Simply add a vase filled with autumn branches, pop some wooden spoons in a lovely ceramic pitcher, and accent with rustic pottery, a wood bowl, and framed landscape artwork (which could also be leaned against the backsplash)–and you’ve created a warm and welcoming fall feeling in the kitchen.

19.Here’s another beautiful spaceexuding warm fall style. I love the rich and luxurious textures, colors, and wood tones in this stylish living room. The key to a dynamic, collected space is all about mastering the mix of modern and timeless. From M Elle Design:

fall home decor finds:

I hope you found some great modern fall decorating ideas in these beautiful spaces. Wishing you a wonderful fall! xo Jane

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