Simple Tips to Make Your Kitchen Cozy for Early Fall

You can use ideas for simple and cozy fall decor to create your own fall kitchen and home.

A beautiful limelight bush with drying hydrangeas lives outside our front door. It is a stunning harbinger of fall, even before I feel that first fresh fall breeze. Cutting them and bringing them inside is the beginning of fall decorating.

Early fall is all about bringing what is outside our doors inside. Decorating with organics is attractive and easy to create that cozy fall feel.

I’m so glad you are here to visit us for our fall home and kitchen tour!

Our Hydrangeas

This time of year, my early fall tours always include hydrangeas. And you can see why!

My favorite hydrangeas line our front walk. And they are ready to be picked this time of year! The pink-tinged edges of the florets let me know these booms are ready to come in.

A Simple Way To Decorate For Fall

I love decorating for each season, but I must admit fall is my favorite! I think it is because our area is resplendent this time of year! Just as summer fades away and fall eases in, I like to transition from summer decor to fall. And in the height of the season, I like to add a bit more to my fall decor. Then I start putting away most of my fall decor, so Thanksgiving only has the best and most cozy of my fall decor. And as fall wains and the fa-la-la of Christmas can faintly be heard, I start easing into Christmas. Honestly, that is not exactly how to decorate now, as a blogger, but this way of decorating is really a joy!

The Smart Girl’s Guide To Easy Fall Decorating will show you a much easier, simpler, and prettier way to decorate! A must-read, my friend!

Now, let’s head to the kitchen!

Create Kitchen Stations

One of the easiest ways to keep an organized kitchen is to parcel your kitchen into stations. Each station serves a specific purpose. No matter the size, stations are the best way to get optimum use out of the heart of your home. Here are the stations in our kitchen.

• Cooking Station
• Prep Station/Serving Station
• Sink Station
• Coffee Station
• Pop Up Bar Station
• Bar Seating
• Small Serving Station

I like to decorate

Inside The U

Let’s start on the inside of the U!

Our U-shaped kitchen is dressed up for fall! This is the right side of the U and my cooking station. I like to think about how I use my kitchen and break it down into stations. As you can see I don’t have much room on the right side of the stove

A brambly blond wreath hangs on the hood, just like the one in the foyer. However, I tied a bow with a cream and honey-colored ribbon. See my explanation for why I buy multiples of some decor in Part 1 of this year’s tour. Do you buy multiples, too?

I was so happy to get this creamy white Dutch oven in time for the tour. It was from the Pioneer Woman collection, but I found it on Poshmark since it is no longer in stock this year. I just love it! It will sit on the stovetop all fall long. I can’t wait to make soup and stew and other yummy fall recipes in it!

I put the vase with faux leaves from the dining room table on the kitchen countertops. When we have company or family for dinner, I usually take the centerpiece off of the table and put it here. I added some pumpkins, a faux gourd, and spinners to keep the leaves company!

The Coffee Station

I like to add a touch of the season at the coffee maker. If truth be told, this is the heartbeat of our kitchen! We are having overnight family for the weekend, and I like to have a little something sweet at the coffee station so our guests can help themselves.

I tied up these cute little napkins I found at a local shop with a thin russet-colored velvet ribbon.

It’s always nice to have some fruit and something sweet to eat for overnight guests! And I like to cut a few little blooms and keep them on the tray that holds our coffee pods and sugars for something organic and pretty. The little orange mum blooms look so sweet in a clear milk bottle.

Hydrangeas In The Sink

I brought the hydrangeas in and put them in the sink. They don’t need water, but I wanted to cut their long stems, strip their leaves, and shake them out. Hydrangeas are quite messy!

Each bloom is a little work of its Painter’s hand!

So, where are these hydrangeas going from here? I’m making a hydrangea wreath. I have never made one in all the decades I’ve harvested hydrangeas. Look for an upcoming DIY.

The Banquette

When I was moving some furniture around in the living room last summer, I put the small round French table in the corner of our banquette. It’s where we sit and eat breakfast or watch the birds at the feeders or even work.

In the center of the table, I potted two ornamental cabbage and tucked them into a little basket. I added a couple of my favorite baby boo pumpkins and a handful of Kentucky spinners.

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Shopping

Shop my home and fall decor. When I can’t find the exact item, I search the web for something similar.

I hope you have enjoyed our kitchen tour and more! Thanks for stopping by! Now, please visit my dear friend Julie from My Wee Abode!

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