Do You Decorate For Fall?

Project 365, Day 232/365

Sometimes, I really think I’m a walking oxymoron. As someone who has spent most of her adult life writing about design, decorating, “transitioning your home for the seasons,” and all that jazz (the internet wants what it wants, people), it would only make sense that I’d be someone who as soon as the calendar flips over into September or October, I’d pull out all my apple-scented candles, roll out my “Witch, Please” doormat (true story, I have one from a long-ago photoshoot), and swap out my linens for a cozier “fall” vibe.

Except that, well…I do not do any of that. Sure, I have a cabinet somewhere in my house with a few random wicker or felt pumpkins, candles with names like “Sweater Weather” and “Pumpkin Perfection” or something, but…I kind of can’t be bothered the last few years and I’m perfectly fine with it. Don’t get me wrong. I am someone who quite enjoys the changing of a season, particularly summer into fall (whatever that actually is in a warm climate like I always seem to live in). Fall and winter have always been my favorites, likely because I’ve never blown or raked a single leaf or shoveled a single patch of snow. Fall and winter have always been in my heart.

But in my heart they stay, because, ironically considering what I do for a living, I’m just not the type of person to start peppering leaf wreaths or knit pillow covers around my house however much I kind of wish I were. Which then got me wondering…how many people actually do this? I’m not talking about putting out a pumpkin or a small bowl of acorns on a table, but like…really going all-in on decorating for fall (or any season)? Yes, I love my home twinkling with lights and small little ceramic villages for Christmas, but any other time…eh.

I will say, I may attribute my lack of enthusiasm for it all to the fact that I always had to do it for work (style a fall-centric photoshoot like the lead photo of this post…which I did many moons ago, write a bazillion posts about how to decorate with pumpkins), and the work always started in July or August when I was still sweating through my T-shirts and blasting my A/C. Nothing ruins your free-willing desire to do something like turning it into work, huh?

All my life, I dreamed of having a fireplace and a mantel to festoon with the decor du jour season, and now that I have one, I kind of forget until it’s time to pull out my evergreen garland. I love seeing other homes adorned, so you’d think I’d enjoy having my home tailored to the next upcoming holiday or general “season” bucket, but perhaps I’m too lazy for my own good.

Anyhow, my curiosities are getting the best of me: Do you decorate for fall? Why (and how so) or why not?

See ya tomorrow, friends.