30 Cozy DIY Autumn Home Decor Ideas 🍁 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Look Elegant

You don't need a ton of money to create a beautiful and cozy home this fall. I found an inexpensive dupe for the viral pinch pleat drapes. I have several simple DIYs you can make to create a cozy atmosphere this season. And in this video, I am sharing 30 easy fall decorating ideas that I think you'll love. So let's get started. First up, I always recommend swapping your pillow covers only for the season, not the entire pillow. So I have a collection of feather inserts that I keep around and then I can easily store some different pillow covers for each season or simply whenever I want a decor change. I found this adorable ruffled gingham pillow cover on Amazon. I will link it down in the description box below as well as everything that I'm featuring in today's video. I love how it instantly warmed up my couch and it brought in some really subtle colors for the season. And I love this modern cottage look. This one is my favorite swap in the whole video. Pinch pleat drapes have been huge in home decor for the last few years. I've been searching for some budget friendly drapes. These are perfect. They come in a variety of colors. They're already trained so that right when you open up the package, they pleat perfectly. You can put these plastic attachments on the back and adjust them to be whatever height you want. Add these rings onto the clips and then hang them on your curtain rods. I chose this soft brown color to tie into my cushion cover and just add a lot of warmth to my whole room. It also ties into my flooring and my fireplace. You can make a rustic wood riser for your kitchen. I simply used some old boards for this fence that we took down. I simply cut one piece to size, the size that I wanted a riser. And then I cut two smaller pieces that were about two inches high. And then I attached them to the bottom of the first piece with some nails and some wood glue. I cleaned mine and kept it rustic, but you could stain yours. You could sand it, whatever you want. It's so cute on the kitchen counter with candles or seasonal decor. Now, instead of buying drapery fabric, you can make your own DIY drapes with flat sheets. I found these ones on Amazon and I love the gingham pattern and I love the ruffle they had on the bottom. So I'm using the flat sheets from the set that I bought because I don't really use flat sheets in my bedding. I use a washable duvet cover. It's a queen size. I'm cutting it in half vertically, hemming all the way around. Except for the bottom, I'm gonna leave the ruffle at the bottom and then I'm going to use some clips and curtain rings to hang these up in my dining room. They add such a cute and cozy look to the space. If you have an old plaid scarf in your closet or if you find them at the dollar store, I found this one at Dollarama. You can easily use it to create a pillow cover. Simply find a pillow insert that fits inside. I found this rectangular one that was the perfect size for this plaid scarf. And then you can cut the scarf and sew all the way around, leaving a hole in the middle. Turn it right side out. I left some fringes from the original scarf on either side of my pillow. Put the pillow insert inside. Hand sew that hole shut and you have a really cute seasonal pillow for your couch this fall. You can also take a plain knitted throw blanket. I found this one at Ikea. And then take some of your favorite color yarn. I'm using some burnt oranges. And use a running stitch to create a plaid pattern on the blanket. This is a really easy way to make a blanket that you may already have in your stash look a little bit more festive for the season. And this one is extra simple. Drape a plaid throw over your ottoman or your coffee table. It adds a pattern and texture to the room in about 10 seconds. I put one here on my ottoman in my living room and it makes it feel so much more festive. Adding texture to your curtain decor is a really simple way to make it look cozy and chic for fall. You can create your own DIY faux fur blanket. You can buy one from Amazon. I love this one. And just simply adding that furry texture to the decor you already have is instantly gonna make it feel so cozy and inviting. Now you can take two pool noodles. I got mine at Dollar Tree. And you can attach them together with zip ties and put a few Dollar Tree candle holders in between them. Then you can take some Dollar Tree faux florals and push them into the pool noodles. The pool noodles are going to act as some floral foam. Key here is to cut up your florals into individual pieces and use as many florals as possible to make this look more high end. Then you can add some candles to the candle holders and this makes a gorgeous centerpiece for the season. I love these burgundy stems from Amazon. Burgundy is definitely a color we're seeing a lot this season. Adding them to a textured vase and then using the triangle method on a tray on your ottoman or your living room coffee table to create a designer look. So we have one tall item, which is the stems in a vase, one medium item, and one short item. And using this triangle method as you're styling your space for the season always looks amazing. Amber glassware is everywhere at the thrift store and this is something that you can easily find at Value Village, Goodwill, et cetera, and add to your fall tablescapes. It gives such a warm and cozy look and you don't have to have everything exactly the same pattern. You can grab a variety of different patterns of glassware, vases, et cetera, in this amber color and it's gonna look incredible. Also from the thrift store, there's always some amazing glassware that you can grab. So you can grab a plate, pick up a couple of different cups in various sizes and some candle holders, and then you can glue those containers onto the plate, add some candles. I also found these on the thrift store and you create this gorgeous, special candle plate that you can also use as a centerpiece and make your home feel so cozy. Fill a Dollar Tree hurricane vase with some mini pumpkins and acorns. Also from the Dollar Tree, you can add some twinkle lights inside of that and place it on a tray again with a tall, medium, and short item as another little centerpiece or for your side table this season. So easy and looks cozy and glowing. Also from the Dollar Tree, you can grab some faux fall leaf stems, take off the individual leaves and hot glue them to some napkin rings. I found these rattan napkin rings on clearance at Ikea and I thought they were the perfect texture for fall. This adds so much to your tablescape and they're super quick to make. Dollar Tree gold frames can look really cheap and shiny right out of the store, but you can make them look antique by picking up some brown colored paint, also from Dollar Tree, and applying that to the frames. Then wipe off any excess once it's almost dry and this gives your frames a beautiful antique look. Once you have these antique frames from that last hack, you can add some scrap fabric to the back of the frame. Then you can take these Dollar Tree faux bundles and glue them onto the fabric. This makes some beautiful 3D art that's perfect for the cozy season. If you have a dated word art sign just sitting in your closet somewhere or in storage, you can upcycle it and create something amazing for your home. Simply print out an antique art print. You can find lots of free ones online. I'll link them in the description box below. Send it to your local print center and make sure they print at the same size as your sign. Then you can use some Mod Podge to apply that print to the inside of your old sign art and then apply some more Mod Podge on top using brush strokes to add lots of texture. And this creates a beautiful vintage looking piece for your mantle or your wall. A DIY blanket ladder makes such a beautiful piece for the fall and the winter season. You can easily make one out of dowels and copper pipe fittings you can find at the hardware store. Simply cut your dowels to the size that you want and use the copper pipe fitting to create the ladder shape. And I'm simply using some epoxy glue to make everything fit together. I'll leave the full tutorial for this one down in the description box below if you want the exact step-by-step version. Swapping out some of your cabinet knobs to a beautiful antique brass tone is a really easy way to warm them up for the season. My favorite antique brass knobs and pulls are from Amazon and I love how they add this vintage vibe to my space. I've used them everywhere from my kitchen cabinets to my sideboard to the knobs on the nightstands in my bedroom. Swapping out your area rug to something with richer tones is also a great way to decorate for fall. My favorite area rugs are washable. I have this beautiful brown-toned one in my living room. I also have this gorgeous one in these deep blues and green tones in my dining room. They're really easy to clean and I love how they make the space instantly feel layered, elevated, and cozy. Grab a mug or another heat-resistant container from the thrift store and you can create a beautiful candle from that. I'm simply using some soy wax and some candle wick to create my own at home. It's such a cozy personal touch and it's a fraction of the cost of buying a new candle. You can make your home smell incredible by simply taking some food scraps. So I like using things like cloves, cinnamon sticks, orange peels, apple peels, and adding them to some simmering water on the stove. Let it simmer on low for about half an hour and then turn it off and you'll still have this beautiful scent fill your home. You can also fill a heat-resistant container with water, add things like coffee beans, other aromatics, and put it under a candle warmer and this is also another great way to add a beautiful scent to your space. Instead of using your typical orange and red tones for fall, you can consider other beautiful colors like cream and green. I created this wreath with a Michaels wreath base and some faux florals that I had on hand, some faux pumpkins from the dollar store, and just simply used my hot glue gun to glue everything in place and I love how this one turned out. To create a beautiful fall coffee station, all you need to do is add some faux stems in fall tones. Again, I'm loving these burgundy tones for the season. I draped this faux leaf garland over my coffee station and it instantly makes it look seasonal and gorgeous. You can also simply swap your plain soap jars in your bathroom for amber-toned ones. I found some beautiful ones at Costco. Even Dollarama has amber-toned bottles. You can fill them up with just some different Dollar Tree soap and this amber-toned glass is going to make your bathroom feel extra cozy. Take a Dollar Tree leaf-shaped bowl. I found mine in the seasonal section and make your own baking soda paint with some brown paint and some baking soda mixed together. I usually use about one-to-one ratio. Paint the leaf bowl all over, let it dry. Paint it one or two more times to make sure that you get everything covered and it looks like some homemade pottery. I love the texture of this. You can mod podge some pressed florals onto pumpkins. I love these black pumpkins I found at my local pumpkin farm to give them some extra texture and color for the season and you can use them in a centerpiece, on your mantle, or even on your front porch. You could also take some Dollar Tree faux pumpkins and use some chalk-style paint or create your own baking soda paint once again to give them more of a cottage cozy look. For mine, I'm also adding some faux greenery on top and a little bit of lace trim. Also from Dollar Tree, you can string some wooden beads onto twine, add some of Dollar Tree's faux leaves and use this as a garland for your mantle or simply draped on a table centerpiece. This is a great way to add some texture and some warmth to your fall decor. One of my favorite hacks for creating a welcoming front door is adding some pumpkins from my local pumpkin farm onto my steps or add faux pumpkins if you'd like, adding some mums or some faux florals and then taking some string lights and weaving them throughout. I think that just adds so much gorgeous ambiance. It's really beautiful at night. And those are my 30 favorite ways to make your home look cozy and beautiful for the fall season. Let me know in the comments below which of these hacks you're gonna try when you're ready to decorate for fall. If you want links to any of the items I mentioned, I am leaving them down in that description box below. And if you liked this video, I'm gonna leave this video for you to watch next. I'm sharing all of my favorite Dollar Tree DIYs, lots of cozy things to get you ready for the season. I will see you in that video.