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How to get your home ready for Autumn


1/10/2011
Evenings are drawing in and it is time to make our homes cosy for winter.  Judging by many of the new trends that I saw at the Maison Objet show in September, it is all about adding texture and warmth through your accessories this season.


 
 
Cushions
 
Cushions are a great and relatively inexpensive way to ring the change in seasons in the bedroom and living room.  Put away your light coloured cushions and invest in comfortable cushions with lots of texture for the winter. Think of cushions embellished with buttons, bobbles, lace, embroidered flowers, tassles, faux fur, raised velvet, piping, faux flowers …. .  Hand knitted cushions are very much back in vogue too with patterns from the simple plain/purl to the Aran designs.  If you don’t feel up to taking out the knitting needles yourself, there will be a wide array of knitted cushions in the shops and the softer the wool is, the better. It is all about being tactile this season.
 
Get out those knitting needles!
 
Indeed, such is the enthusiasm for wool in interiors this season that woollen products are not just limited to cushions and throws.  Candles have an Aran pattern on the outside, clocks can even be finished with a knitting pattern, even pouffees can be purchased in a cable knit.  Lampshades are now available in knitted patterns as well as embellished with knitted flowers or even coloured goose feathers!  The choice is endless as are the challenges if you want to take those knitting needles out again.
 
Colour
 
Don’t forget colour - bring in some warm autumnal shades in those cushions and other accessories.  Reds, oranges, purples, browns, aubergines.  Decide in advance what the dominant colours for your Christmas decorating will be so they will compliment your autumnal decorating.
 
Sticks and Stones
 
Natural products such as wooden logs were very apparent at the show this year - from slices of log being used as place mats to bathroom walls being created from thin slivers of logs.  Open fires are what really makes a house a home but don’t hide the logs away in a log box - have them on display.  If your fire is gas or electric, why not have some ‘perfectly shaped’ logs on display?
 
Hallow’een decorating
 
Wreaths on the hall door aren’t necessarily just for Christmas. Create a autumnal wreath for Hallow’een to welcome those trick or treaters - add nuts, dried oranges, small apples, berries - whatever you like to a simple bought plain wreath.  Don’t forget the decorated pumpkins either and now it is possible to purchase a variety of different shaped and coloured squashes, pumpkins and gourds from the shops.  Have fun with the children by carving out different faces and put the various pumpkins and squashes on display on your hall steps or inside in the hall.
 
Above all - have fun, stay safe with matches and candles and remember that cosiness is key this winter.
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