| Adding the autumnal warmth to a room can mark | | | | pick up a couple of candles in your new rich focal wall |
| the change in seasons for the entire family, ushering | | | | color and set them out on a pretty plate, or add just |
| in football, holidays, and cups of cocoa after school. | | | | one throw pillow to the couch and chair in that color. |
| And it can be easy, dramatic, and inexpensive! Follow | | | | Pick up some ribbon in that hue and use it to tie back |
| these three simple steps to take any (or every!) | | | | curtains, or wrap it around pillows a few times and tie |
| room in your home from summer simple, to fall | | | | with a pretty bow. Add a throw blanket from the |
| fabulous in just one day! | | | | linen closet draped over the easy chair, and a stack |
| Step One- Add rich, warm color! Whatever your main | | | | of books on the end table to read on a cool night. |
| wall color is in your room, paint your focal wall a deep | | | | You don't need to go buy out the home section, just |
| shade of that color. No major color scheme change | | | | add a few quick touches to warm up the room. |
| here, everything you already have in that room will | | | | Step Three_ Add nature! Nothing says the harvest |
| still work because you are just amping up the | | | | season like displaying the fruits of natures bounty in |
| present color scheme. For instance, if your walls are a | | | | your home. Set out a bowl full of nuts and nestle a |
| pale peach, paint your focal wall a rich terra cotta. | | | | candle in the middle, scatter pressed fall leaves over |
| Light sage? Paint that focal wall a deep warm green. | | | | your mantel or coffee table, or tie branches into |
| Just have white walls? Here is your chance to | | | | bundles, add some dried flowers and hang over |
| develop a color scheme and bring a lot of warmth | | | | doorways. Display fruits and veges on your kitchen |
| into your room. Pick any one color you love, plus | | | | counter or take the kids on a nature walk and fill a |
| white, and you have a color scheme! Still love your | | | | large clear jar with gifts from Mother Nature. (Always |
| white walls? Then paint the focal wall a rich cream, or | | | | follow laws about collecting, however). |
| even a chocolate brown. Remember, its just paint, | | | | There you go, three quick steps and in one day |
| and you can always paint it back in an afternoon with | | | | you've created a room for your loved ones that |
| a cheap can of paint! | | | | breathes the comfort and cozyness of fall! |
| Step Two- Change out a few of your accessories... | | | | |