Fall Decorating Ideas: Simple Ways to Cozy Up

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Fall Makeover: Living Room

• If your furniture is similar in style, pattern, finish or color, pieces can be interchangeable. You can add the feeling of fall to a room by swapping a comfortable pattern-covered chaise in the living room for a leather-covered club chair and ottoman from the study.
• Use khaki as a neutral background color. Red, green, blue and orange hues look very organic against this popular color.
• Instead of rearranging your furniture, consider a new area rug for the floor. It will be soft and comfortable underfoot.
• Romanticize shorter days by placing tea lights and candles around your home. Light them when it gets dark.
• Make sure you have plenty of direct lighting in the living room, such as a cantilevered lamp you can read by.