Transitioning Your Life and Home From Autumn to Winter

Imagine a cozy home atmosphere filled with luxurious decorations, heartfelt conversations, and a transitioning series of interior design choices that will set you up for the perfect winter wonderhome. There's so many ways to decorate for the holidays, and to transition from the beginning of Autumn, to the flurry of Winter. From the pumpkin decorations and designs, to the crackling fireplace, there's plenty of ways to seamlessly bring your home into the season. 

Decorations and Ambiance

Creating a warm and inviting atmosphere that subtly transitions into winter from the classic fall decorations is easy to do when you know where you're starting. If you're looking for inspiration for your autumn decorations, let's go through a few of those:

- Pumpkins, gourds, and squash printed, themed, or literally can be great additions to the interior to keep your home up to date with the autumn season.

- Leaves, pinecones, and acorns are a great way to bring the outdoors in, and can be used as transitional pieces with just a few simple add ons. For example, take your autum pinecones and spray paint the top with some white paint, or glitter, and make it look like stone.

- Candles in autumnal scents, such as cinnamon and pumpkin spice are great for the fall season, but you'll want to swap these out for winterberry, pine, and other winter themed scents as the season transitions.

- Fall-themed tablecloths, napkins, and plates are great when you're hosting a party, but as you start to transition, you'll want to swap these out for cooler toned and wintery feeling items.

Creating a Cozy Environment

When transitioning seasons, especially into the colder months, it's very important to ensure you and your guests will enter your home and instantly be taken into a world of softness and comfort. You can do this in a variety of ways, with just a few additions to your already existing set up. 

- Soft lighting with string lights or candles is a great way to aestheticize the room, and really bring in that cozy feeling. After a long day out in the cold, you'll be grateful to come home to a warm, softly lit, cozy environment to unwind.

- Comfortable, abundant seating with blankets and pillows is great for entertaining and relaxing. Make sure you've got the fluffy blankets out, so you can get all wrapped up and enjoy the chilly weather.

- A crackling fire in the fireplace, or at least a video or even a candle that replicates this sound is an amazing way to bring coziness and warmth to a room instantly. You can really recreate the classic winter feel that you see in movies and television with this simple hack.

Setting the Tone

- Ambient music or a playlist of favorite songs running throughout the home is a great way to go beyond interior design, and completely uplift the vibe. By having a playlist of the holiday greats and the classics running, you'll instantly give the vibe a boost.

- Cozy holiday movies, such as "Love Actually" or "Elf" are great to throw on when you're hosting, or even just cooking dinner, to get you in that holiday mood! Any of the nostalgic cartoons, or films are a great way to enhance the vibe of your home and ring in the holidays.