A Simple Fall Home Tour: Cozy Seasonal Touches Made Easy

During this first week of fall, I’m sharing a little tour of our home and the cozy touches I’ve added. A few carefully placed pumpkins, some seasonal florals, and a couple of soft pillows and blankets are all it takes to make your home feel like autumn.

Sometimes it only takes the smallest changes to shift a space for the season. A throw blanket here, a few pumpkins there, and suddenly everything feels warm and inviting for fall.

A green glass vase holds dried yellow wheat stems on a floral tablecloth beside a framed print with handwritten Acts 2:42—a cozy simple fall home tour scene.

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Have you started decorating for fall? Now that the calendar says the season is officially here, I’ve been busy adding little touches of autumn around our home.

Sometimes updating your home for a new season can feel overwhelming, but a few simple swaps make the process easy and fun.

For me, it’s really about reusing favorite pieces throughout the year and then layering in a few seasonal touches. Before long, the whole house starts to feel warm, cozy, and ready for fall.

A cozy living room perfect for a simple fall home tour, featuring a white sofa, patterned pillows, a wooden coffee table with candles and moss decor, an armchair, and a fireplace under a wall-mounted TV. Large windows let in natural light and frame the greenery outside.

Simple Tips for Creating a Cozy Fall Home

In our home this year, I wanted simple, so instead of a big decorating overhaul for fall, I focused on a few small changes that instantly gave our home a cozy fall vibe. Here are the simple updates that worked for me, and I bet they’ll work for you as well.

1. Switch Out Your Pillow Covers.

A cozy, simple living room features a beige sofa with decorative pillows, a side table with a lamp, a large abstract painting, and a piano holding framed photos—perfect for your fall home tour with natural light streaming through nearby windows.

One of my favorite ways to change the look of our home for fall is by swapping out the pillows or pillow covers on our sofa. I like purchasing pillow covers because it saves on storage space when you are using them.

Changing your pillow covers makes it simple to bring in the colors of the season into your rooms. This year, I’m using a mix of blue, green, and brown for our fall colors. It’s a palette that feels cozy and rich for autumn while still working with the rest of our home.

Bright living room with a cream sofa, blue and white pillow, and a wooden coffee table topped with moss balls and candles—perfect for a cozy simple fall home tour. In the background, a dining area with large windows lets in natural light.

A cozy simple fall home tour features a cream-colored sofa with blue and brown pillows, a wooden coffee table, framed art and photos, a table lamp, and a vase of flowers on the console table against a warm beige wall.

Since I typically keep my favorite blue and white pillows on our living room sofas and chair, I simply added some brown pillows and a velvety green lumbar to bring in these fall hues.

A green chair with a red and pink patterned pillow sits next to a black dresser topped with cozy fall decor—a lamp, gold lantern, vase of dried flowers, and mirror—in a well-lit hallway with wooden floors, perfect for a simple fall home tour.

I love the colors and texture of this Kilim pillow I tossed in an extra chair in our dining room.

2. Layer in Cozy Throws

A beige sofa with a green striped throw, blue and white floral pillow, and brown velvet pillow creates a cozy vibe. Behind the sofa, a white console with a potted plant, framed photos, and lamp completes this simple fall home tour look.

Nothing says fall like a cozy blanket within arm’s reach. I pulled out our green plaid throw and added it to one sofa.

A cozy simple fall home tour scene: a cream armchair with colorful pillows and a green throw sits by a fireplace beneath a TV. Decorative vases, lanterns, and flowers adorn the mantel and floor, while curtains frame the glass doors.

This gorgeous brown and white striped blanket is draped over our wingback chair. It was a great find last fall and it add a high-end look at a great price!

A cozy, sunlit living and dining area perfect for a simple fall home tour, featuring a cream sofa with decorative pillows, a green throw, a wooden dining table with chairs, a chandelier, and framed art on white walls near large windows with shutters.

I draped another deep green knit throw over the other sofa.

Not only do they add warmth and texture, but keeping extra blankets in a big basket makes them easy to grab when the weather cools.

3. Update Your Florals

A blue and white ceramic vase with floral patterns holds a bouquet of pink hydrangeas, leafy branches, and greenery. Next to it, a lit white candle sits in a gold holder on the mantelpiece—a cozy touch for a simple fall home tour.

Another favorite way I transition our decor from season to season is by updating the flowers and greenery around our home.

For our fall mantel, I reused the same blue and white vase from summer but swapped the summer florals for faux burgundy stems, seeded eucalyptus, and dried hydrangeas from our yard.

Don’t be afraid to mix real and faux florals together in an arrangement. It’s especially easy to do with dried hydrangeas since they don’t require water. Mixing realistic faux stems with dried flowers is an easy way to create arrangements that look natural and last.

A terracotta vase with green and brown hydrangeas and leafy branches sits on a white console table next to a lamp, creating a cozy simple fall home tour vibe, with abstract blue artwork hanging on the wall behind.

I combined dried hydrangeas with faux greenery stems in the arrangement on our sofa table. The turned wooden vase is another staple decor piece that I use year round. I removed the faux delphinium and white cherry blossom blooms and replaced them with large dried green Annabelle hydrangea blooms from our yard.

A decorative table holds a vase of blue hydrangeas and foliage, a green book, a framed landscape painting, and a lamp with a white shade—perfect touches for a cozy simple fall home tour. A round, gold sunburst mirror hangs above.

In our foyer, I updated an arrangement I made last fall in this DIY Anthropologie-inspired vase. I added these gorgeous dried blue hydrangeas that I’m using for at least the third year! If you store dried hydrangea blooms in a cool, dry, dark location the color remains for quite a long time!

Having an abundance of hydrangea bushes in our landscape certainly pays off this time of year! I brought more stems in from the yard to create arrangements on our kitchen and dining tables.

A round table with a blue-patterned tablecloth and a glass vase filled with dried flowers sits by three large windows, surrounded by white upholstered chairs in a bright, cozy dining area—perfect for a simple fall home tour.

This pretty brown glass vase on our kitchen table has the perfect moody vintage look for displaying the dried hydrangeas. I love how pretty this centerpiece looks with our new block print table cloth! This was another great find that will transition beautifully from season to season.

A round dining table with a blue patterned tablecloth is surrounded by four white slipcovered chairs. A large floral centerpiece sits on the table. Bright windows and autumn decor set the scene for a cozy simple fall home tour.

A cozy simple fall home tour centerpiece features a peach pumpkin, white pumpkin, dried hydrangea flowers in a vase, apples, and an orange on a textured beige runner, with a candlestick visible in the background.

I clipped more limelight and Endless summer blooms to create this centerpiece on our dining table. I love the beautiful burgundy and green in the blooms in the white vase.

4. Add Pumpkins, Gourds, and Fresh Produce

A rustic dining table centerpiece sets the scene for a cozy simple fall home tour, featuring a tall candlestick, green and orange pumpkins, hydrangeas, apples, and a pear atop a textured runner. A framed mirror hangs on the wall in the background.

Pumpkins are an instant way to make your home feel like fall. I love mixing heirloom varieties with traditional pumpkins around our home, and my favorite colors to use inside are the pretty green, peach, and white pumpkins.

A cozy dining room with a wooden table, cream-colored chairs, a white runner, candles, and assorted gourds as a centerpiece—perfect for a simple fall home tour. A gold-framed mirror and artwork hang on the walls beneath the chandelier.

A quick trip to the produce section at our grocery store provided the colorful display for our dining table centerpiece! Among the heirloom pumpkins in rich greens and muted peach, and mixed in fresh nectarines, pears, and blood oranges for a rich autumn look.

Using fresh produce is always a great way to at a natural organic look to your arrangements. If you prefer not to buy fresh pumpkins and produce every year, collecting a few good faux pumpkins and even some faux fruit is a year-after-year option.

A vase of dried yellow flowers sits on a floral-patterned table next to two books, a small blue bird figurine, and a framed Bible verse—perfect touches for a cozy simple fall home tour.

I added a bunch of faux wheat stems on our dining room buffet table for a pretty touch of fall to complement the table centerpiece.

5. Hang a Simple Wreath in a Window

A wreath of orange and green autumn leaves hangs on a window with bamboo blinds, adding a cozy touch to your simple fall home tour decor.

I love a pretty fall wreath in a window. In our breakfast nook, I reworked an old wreath by tearing it down to the base, and then attached some floral stems and berries and hung it in our breakfast window over the buffet. I love the touch of orange in the room.

A cozy simple fall home tour vignette: a leafy orange wreath, two black lamps, green and white pumpkins, a glass hurricane candle, and a potted plant on a tray brighten the window with garden views.

Below the wreath, I kept the buffet simple with a few pumpkins, and a candle in a hurricane, and a potted plant.

A large, dark green pumpkin sits on a white surface next to a small white pumpkin with orange stripes and a white candle on a woven tray, perfect for a cozy simple fall home tour by a bright window.

6. Create Cozy Lighting

Lighting plays such an important role in creating a cozy fall atmosphere! In fact, the lighting in a room is probably the most important way to create a warm and inviting space. I say you can never have too many table lamps!

A cozy living room perfect for a simple fall home tour, featuring a beige sofa with blue, brown, and green pillows, a green throw, large abstract painting, potted plant, table lamp, framed photos, and natural light from nearby windows.

I just made a small lighting switch in our living room, and it made a huge difference. I simply moved the small blue and white lamp that sat on our piano to the end of the sofa table behind the sofa, and it instantly made the room feel cozier! It looks so much better with the artwork.

Two wooden lanterns with metal tops sit on a hardwood floor next to a large rustic vase filled with red leafy branches, creating a cozy simple fall home tour vibe in front of a dark fireplace and white wall.

The pair of lanterns that used to grace that sofa table have a new spot on the hearth for fall.

I love using battery-operated candles in our home all year long. I keep large battery-operated moving wick pillar candles in the lanterns and they come on every night to create a cozy look.

A large blue and white vase with floral patterns holds an arrangement of pink and green flowers and foliage. Beside it, a lit white candle in an ornate gold holder warms the mantle—perfect for a cozy simple fall home tour.

I also love using battery-operated taper candles on our dining table and mantel. They are perfect to use in close places and around flammable materials such as dried flowers and florals.

A cozy dining room with a wooden table, six white chairs, a blue-patterned rug, and a chandelier. The table is styled for a simple fall home tour with gourds and flowers. A navy sideboard and large mirror complete the inviting space.

A cozy round table with a blue and white patterned tablecloth and a vase of dried flowers sits in a bright dining nook, perfect for a simple fall home tour, with four white chairs and large windows showing a brick wall outside.

We are still loving our new chandelier and pendant lights we purchased last winter for our dining room and breakfast area. The dimmable switches allow us to adjust the light level during cozy fall meals.

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I love that these small updates make our home feel ready for fall without being overwhelming. It’s proof that a cozy, seasonal home can be created with simple touches and things you already have on hand.

Bright, airy living room with large windows, white sofas with patterned pillows, and a wooden coffee table—perfect for a cozy simple fall home tour. Enjoy an open view into the dining area set for a meal beneath a sparkling chandelier.

What about you? Have you started adding little fall touches around your home yet? Let me know in the comments!

Happy Fall Decorating!

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