Is It Too Early To Decorate For Fall?
Is it too early to decorate for Fall? I get this question all the time! When is it okay to decorate for the new season… I will answer those questions for you and more!
Everyone that follows me knows I love decorating for holidays and Fall/Winter time. So I am usually one that jumps the gun during Summer and puts up my decorations early.
So do you wonder about when is it acceptable to take out your pumpkins as well as all things orange and brown?
It’s funny that you can still be wearing a tank top and shorts because it’s still hot outside but ready to start drinking pumpkin spice everything!
I feel like in the design world we tend to decorate earlier than most for seasons because we photograph and share the new trends for that year. So I pull out my Fall decorations the beginning of August although it’s technically still Summer.
We live in Wyoming so Fall weather comes earlier here than other states. It gets chilly at night and you can wear a hoodie all year round.
That makes it easier to get in the Fall decorating mood. 🙂
Tell me in the comments when you decorate for Fall. Because I would love to hear when you are totally checked out of Summer and ready for hot chocolate, spooky movies, and pumpkin spice everything.
It seems to be different for a lot of people. I know it’s pretty common to pull out those Fall decorations the first part of September and put them away a month later. Then October comes the Halloween decorations. I usually like to keep my Fall decor out for 2 months. A lot of my decor I can keep out but combine my Halloween decorations with it.
I say it time and time again the most important part about decorating is making sure you are true to yourself. You are using decorations you truly love. It’s better to decorate your home the way you want than it is to be trendy.
Here are a few of my favorite Fall blog posts that you will love.
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I start decorating for the Fall on Sept. 1st. It’s usually over 100 degrees and yes, I’m in shorts and a tank top, but in my heart, it’s Fall. I’m an East Coast girl living in California and I miss the seasons terribly.
I don’t do Halloween at all, so I decorate in Sept. and leave it up until Thanksgiving. When I decorate one of my 10 Christmas Trees.
When to decorate for the fall season is the question I pose to myself year after year. Immediately after Labor Day somehow always feels too early. Some years I’ve waited until the first official day of fall, even though the temperature remains in the mid to high 80s. Three years ago, I waited until the first week of October and felt like I’d missed fall and Christmas was right around the corner. I’m curious if your readers have set days when the fall decor comes out no matter what.
I start the first of August. I like to celebrate it as long as I can. I love the autumn colors. Besides I worked retail for 30 years and I know that retail decorates 3 months ahead so that you can be ready.
I also start decorating August 1st
I’m from New Jersey and I decorate for Fall right after Labor Day.
If the first day of Fall is on a weekend, that is when I decorate. (Like it was this year.) If it falls on a week day, I decorate the weekend before or after. Happy Fall Y’all!
I start sometime in August cause I leave mine up until I start decorating parts of my home for Christmas mid October !
I love Fall and would leave my Fall decorations up year round but I leave in south Alabama. Oh yes, if you’ve ever been through here on your way to the beautiful beaches of Florida you know what I’m talking about. It’s HOT! The humidity is almost unbearable 😫. Even with the heat; I still go to my she shred and start dragging out my Fall decor on July 31 because on August 1st the season begins to change. Well at least in my mind
I’m from Minnesota and Fall is one of my favorite times of year so already I’m thinking Fall. So by the middle of August I start fall cleaning and decorating. I don’t decorate much for Halloween so I try to keep Fall up through November. Can’t wait🎍
In August, I move to my late summer look. All of the fruity candles, flip flop, beach & popsicle décor, and the red, white and blue is switched out for gold and navy pillows, sunflowers, roosters, and more vanilla and sandalwood scents. This décor can stay out right up until Christmas! I only have to switch door wreaths, pillows, tea towels, and blankets for Sept, Oct & Nov, add a pumpkin or two (or ten)and eventually add in some turkeys, but this décor is the longest decorating break for me!
I decorate for fall immediately after Labor Day. I incorporate my Halloween into my fall the first of October. I start my Christmas decorating November 1st! I have a tree in every room so it takes several weeks! I have Christmas ready by Thanksgiving as I don’t host Thanksgiving dinner.
I live in New Mexico and it’s even warm in the fall. so I just start early. Hoping that Fall will come earlier LOL I start on my birthday August 24th for fall decorating. It’s my favorite season!
I live in New England. I put out my decorations in mid September. I add a couple Halloween things in October and after Halloween I put up a couple Thanksgiving things. Fall is my favorite 🥰
I like to decorate my house about 3x per year. January-March winter (I live in Minnesota, so our winters are long!) I use white leftover from Christmas and use white candles and throws. In February, I throw in 1 or 2 reds candles, vtg cards). I decorate again in April-August with greens, subdued yellows, baskets( leftover from Christmas decorations). Last one is September-December oranges, greens, and then the Christmas tree. I am 75, I am busy with outside activities; but I still like my home to feel cozy winter, summer, and fall.
I started decorating today!! August 7th. I like to have all my fall decor ready before school starts. It makes me happy and I always feel ready for the craziness of those first few weeks that I am at least decorated for fall even though I am drowning in work.
I decorated for Fall when my kids go back to school!! They leave on the first day of school and come home to a beautiful Fall oasis in the making!!! I live in TX so we don’t really have Fall so I make my own when school starts back in mid August!
I love to decorate for fall I usually wait until till the first day of fall, started getting my out in Aug. I live in Louisiana so it’s hot most of the time. Love to decorate for each season. Happy fall!
I decorate for Fall the first week of September, even though it’s still blazing hot here in the Texas Hill Country. Then in October I add some Halloween things about two weeks before and then immediately take them back down, leaving the fall stuff through Thanksgiving. We get our trees the day after Thanksgiving and begin decorating for Christmas. I love fall and can’t wait to put up my fall stuff.
Fall decor goes up September 1. Focus is apples, harvesty kind of things. Pumpkins can go out but no Jackolanterns. Second week of October Halloween goes up then comes down November 1, when everything transitions to Tday and deep fall. Then of course, after Thanksgiving we blitz Christmas!
I decorate fall Sept 1st. Leave it up until end of Oct, when I start on Christmas. Fall is my favorite time of year and yes, I am crazy about anything pumpkin spice.
I would and do decorate by middle of September but my summer flowers are still blooming so I have a mixture on my porch. Fall is my favorite time of year. Some leaves are beginning to turn here in Virginia.