Welcome guests this autumn with a rustic gourd garland, pumpkin planter, or any of our fall indoor and outdoor decorating ideas. These seasonal touches make the perfect first impression when family and friends come calling on Thanksgiving—or any day.
Photography: John Dolan
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Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins
Who says seasonal decor has to be complicated? Like "Queer Eye's" Bobby Berk we love displaying pumpkins in all different colors, shapes and sizes around the house or on the tapletop.
Dried wreaths don’t have to skew over-the-top country. This wild wonder owes its elegant good looks to the natural materials that embellish its standard straw base. We added wheat stalks laced with wooden beads and sculptural bleached seedpods.
Ghostly pale pumpkins make striking vessels for small, sculptural plants. House your favorite sun-loving varieties—echeveria, haworthia, and jade—inside a natural planter that's both functional and beautiful.
One easy way to make objects more elegant: place them in a cloche. We love taking mini seasonal pumpkins and displaying them in the glass vessel for an instant statment piece.
A wreath is a lovely way to welcome guests into your home. Unfortunately, for as festive as wreaths are, figuring out how to hang them can quickly dampen the holiday spirit.
Outdoor fall decorations can still look classy. Bring a bit of the outdoors in by decorating a lamp finial with a pinecone, plain or spray-painted silver.
Long after the last leaves on the lawn have been raked away, this autumnal wreath will hold on to its crispness and color. It's fall decorations at its best.
Greet guests with the prettiest hues from fall's palette by hanging a cluster of artfully arranged dried corn on the front door. You'll win the fall porch decor prize.
This is fall decoration you'll want to keep up all year long.  These adorable and (natural!) gourd garland looks equally charming hanging from an outdoor fence or an indoor mantel.
Repurpose your planters with fall decorations. When cold weather arrives, gourds, winter squash, flint corn, and small pumpkins can fill the planters that once overflowed with flowering annuals.
Bring some delicate beauty to your fall decorating by fashioning flowers from the husks of dried Indian corn -- a farm-stand staple at this time of year.
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