Fall Living Room Decor

My Fall living room decor is feeling warm and inviting this year. I used only things I already had around the house, except for purchasing a few dried gourds and mini pumpkins.

I mostly added fall decorations to the mantel, but warmed up the rest of the room with everyday decor in warm tones. Now I’m thinking I may keep warm tones in here permanently and move away from cool colors.

Fall Mantel decor with branches and leaves

My fall-inspired mantel looks much more difficult to create than it was. I had several bunches of faux fall leaves from last year that I wanted to use. Rather than just making them a garland across the mantel shelf, I draped them above the mantel.

To do that, I used a grapevine that I had left from last Christmas. There is one nail above my mantel that is there for seasonal decorating, so I attached one end of the grapevine to that. Here’s a photo of what that looked like. Don’t mind the terrible lighting in this one.

Next, I attached the bottom part to the mantel with a clamp to keep it stable. Then I added the stems of the faux leaves to the grapevine.

I did find another garland I had used for my fall entryway decor a few years back, and added that too to give it more volume. Then I adjusted it until it looked right. Using any faux flowers always requires a lot of fluffing.

On the mantel shelf, I used vintage items from around the house mixed with the gourds and a mini pumpkin. I wanted it to be very minimal so as not to compete with the garland.

Fall living room decor – the entryway

My small entry is actually part of our living room; it’s more of a nook that I created to serve as an entryway. This is why it becomes part of my living room fall decor.

This year, in the entryway, I used nothing more than the rest of the fall leaves. You may remember I used the leaves last year for my Fall table setting.

I bought those at the Christmas Tree Shops. They look surprisingly realistic!

They also coordinate well with the rug by the front door. I picked that up at Christmas Tree Shops this year. Because my cats ruin all rugs, I only buy the least expensive rugs I can find. They won’t last long. Rarely do I buy anything with red in it, but I liked this one for fall, and it was the best option available that day.

TV Stand Fall Decorating Ideas

I’ve been working on changing up the TV stand decor in my living room for a while. It just so happens that what I put together works really well with my fall living room decor.

What took the most time here was collecting enough vintage books to fill the bottom half of the TV stand. Ever since I did that book collection in my daughter’s dorm house living room, I’ve wanted to recreate something similar here.

I started with a mix of old and new, but it didn’t have the same effect as the vintage books. Most everything else on the table is thrifted as well.

The lamps were an excellent flea market find, and the brass birds were from an estate sale. I don’t even like birds, but I really fell in love with these.

Mixed in with the stacks of old books are some fun vintage art pieces.

I’ve got framed George and Martha prints, as you can see. And if you look closely behind the terracotta vase, you can see another sketch art print peeking out.

I love how collections of books add such warmth to a room. I’m on the hunt for more because I have several more ideas of ways to use them around the house.

fall living room decor on a budget

As you can see, I didn’t go all out with seasonal decorations for my fall living room. I used what I had and mixed in a few natural items and warmer tones.

A few candles and string lights go a long way when decorating, so I always keep those handy.

While I do love to get my seasonal decorating inspiration from all over, sometimes it’s enough to shop your own house and use what you’ve got!

What do you think of my Fall living room decor? If you’re interested in more Halloween decor, check out my Halloween mantel here.

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