As temperatures get colder and leaves begin to turn brown, we can’t ignore the fact that fall is upon us any longer — so let’s welcome it in!
Transitioning from the end of summer to the start of fall is the perfect time to refresh your home decor and create a cozy, inviting space to greet the new season in style.
This season is all about embracing bold styles, with top trends including maximalism, biophilic design, and contrasting colors. So, whether you’re looking to make a bold statement or simply bring a touch of nature indoors, read on to discover some of Displate’s top interior design tips this fall.
Go bold with maximalism
Maximalism is making a bold comeback this fall, and it’s all about embracing the principle that more is, well, more!
You can forget the minimalist approach with its refined interiors and neutral colors because the bold and daring are in. Maximalist design styles openly encourage you to fill up your space with personality, texture, and color to promote joy. What’s not to love?
With this aesthetic, feel empowered to place different patterns or textures next to one another to create fun clashes and showcase a variety of different eclectic pieces. From your rug texture to your wall art choice, the key to nailing maximalism is to be experimental and accept the fun of creating controlled chaos in your home.
Top tips for maximalist fall designs
When working with maximalism in your fall designs, while it’s essential to have fun with color, balance is crucial. The aim isn’t to overwhelm your space but to fill it with meaningful objects and art that spark joy and conversation around the season of fall. Here are a handful of our top maximalism design tips to follow this fall:
Layering
Bring out the cozy charm of your rooms by layering ‘warm’, wintry decor elements such as rugs over carpets and throws over sofas. With the transition of September into October, we wave goodbye to stark, cool interiors and pile on the blankets and pillows in our design.
Layering applies to the smallest scales of your room, too. Consider your bookshelf space as free real estate for fall-themed trinkets, garlands, and little accents that bring fall joy. Yes, while too much can feel chaotic, when done tastefully, layering at all scales adds a comforting richness and coziness to any room.
Pattern play
A hallmark of the maximalist aesthetic is a serendipitous combination of patterns that usually clash to form stylish new combinations. For fall, this might look like adding leaf or pumpkin-print fabrics or art pieces onto backgrounds with plain designs to add depth. Floral prints in autumnal colors or even artwork of forest animals like deer or wolves will definitely spruce up your living room for fall.
Remember your ‘5th wall’
Often overlooked, your ceiling (or “5th wall”) doesn’t have to be a standard shade of white. Consider a warm beige — or a light orange if you’re feeling adventurous — to bring out the other colors and warm undertones in time for fall.
Find your feature piece
To avoid complete chaos, in a maximalist room, it’s important to have one or two standout pieces that anchor the design. With that being said, we recommend using things like fall-inspired wall art to serve as a centerpiece for your room which can then be accented with soft furnishings and additional objects and furniture in complimentary bold colors.
When it comes to fall-inspired wall art, we have plenty of options that lend themselves to the maximalist style. We’ve been loving the effect of creating dark and brooding visuals with eye-catching pops of color with our metal posters this fall already, combining a number of our decadent floral pieces for the ultimate light-and-dark, maximalist masterpiece.
Displaying several colorful, vintage-styles – like this rose one – in a room alongside luxurious, bold fabrics like faux furs and velvets is a surefire way to create a cozy, maximalist atmosphere.
Invite nature in with biophilic design
While the transition into fall months is often seen as a time of shutting nature out and keeping warm indoors, current design trends are flipping this belief on its head and inviting nature in.
Rooted in the idea that humans are drawn to nature (we’re not entirely sure, but this probably has something to do with our ancestors and evolution, right?), this design trend focuses on bringing the outdoors indoors, using elements like plants, natural materials, and earthy colors to create a serene space.
The word ‘bio’, meaning plant-related, combines here with the Greek word ‘philia’, meaning ‘love of’ to give designers the perfect excuse to bring trees and leaves and plants indoors in the name of interior design. Not only does biophilic design enhance the aesthetic appeal of your home, but it also promotes well-being by reducing stress and improving mood.
Here are 3 ways to incorporate biophilic design into your decor this fall:
1. Use natural materials
Incorporating natural materials like wood, stone, and wicker into your decor is a fundamental of biophilic design. For fall, this might look like adding woven baskets and wooden ornamental objects into a room to enhance its ‘natural’ feel.
The same effect can be achieved by adding houseplants. However, since fall colors are typically orange, brown, and red, you might want to opt for plants with naturally occurring reddish pigments such as the red Anthurium or the purple Polka Dot Plant for consistency.
2. Get earthy
As we touched on above, one of the hallmarks of fall-inspired design is the color palette. When choosing wall art or paint colors, you can afford to really lean into the warm browns, rich oranges, and deep reds to bring the changing color of the trees into your home.
3. Create an outdoor connection
If you don’t feel like going outdoors much in the wetter fall months, we don’t blame you! Luckily, biophilic design lets you bring the outdoor landscapes to you — and this really can be as simple as filling your home with pictures of fall settings.
This is where quality, realistic wall art can play a huge role. If you don’t have the best fall views from your windows, why not supplement the vista with posters of leaves, trees, and misty mountains to get you in the mood for fall?
Contrasting colors for cozy interiors
Lastly, the final design trend this fall has to be contrasting colors. Already touched on slightly within maximalism, designers have been loving mimicking the contrasting hues in nature with their indoor color palettes — and here’s how you can do the same.
When it comes to fall, contrasting colors have work to do in order to not only make a room feel stylish but also to evoke the comfort and coziness of the season. It’s a bit of an art, but the trick is to balance vibrant hues with more muted elements in order to ensure that no single color overwhelms your space. Whether this is done through textiles like cushions and throws, or accent pieces like artwork and rugs, contrasting colors offer a simple yet effective way to refresh your fall décor without completely repainting everything.
Here are our top color combinations:
1. Deep burgundy with soft beige
Pairing a wine-toned burgundy with a more neutral beige can really elevate any area of your home into a more sophisticated space. Drawing on the moody hues of the burgundy, only to lighten it up with the beige, makes for the perfect representation of fall’s lights and darks.
2. Mustard yellow with charcoal gray
Since fall marks the transition from summer into winter, a few lingering sunny days are to be expected still before the gray takes over. And what better way to represent this than with a yellow or orange and charcoal contrast? This contrast can be visualized in soft furnishings or through striking wall pieces depicting sunsets like this one.
3. Forest green with warm terracotta:
For the more outdoorsy among us, mixing dark green with terracotta is the perfect way to evoke both the lushness of nature and the earthiness of the season.
Fall in love with fall home decor at Displate
If you’re keen to lean into fall colors and designs as much as possible this year but you don’t want to remodel your whole house, Displate can help. Our metal posters of fall designs are an excellent way to capture the colors, styles, and imagery associated with this beautiful season in a compact piece of artwork.
Check out our full range of designs here and be sure to follow our blog for more decor inspiration.
