Keeping your home decor up to date with the changing seasons is an easy way to upgrade your space and promote a homey atmosphere that reflects your identity. Our homes are much more than just shelters, creating an uplifting environment that you enjoy spending the majority of your time in can significantly improve your mood and everyday life, and it doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg either!
With cooler weather looming around the corner, it’s time to say bye to summer activities and to embrace the season of orange foliage, spooky movies, and coziness. Seasonal decoration doesn’t have to be a daunting task that requires a lot of time, effort and money! Thrifting is an exciting year-round activity, but it’s especially perfect for when you are in need of a fresh start for a new season.
01 – Colors
The easiest way to shift the entire atmosphere of your living spaces is through the thoughtful use of colors. Making simple swaps in color accents here and there can make an enormous impact on your overall environment and mood. Thrifting at Goodwill of Central Iowa is a great way to refresh your throw pillows and blankets, curtains, lights, mugs, tableware, vintage coffee table books, mirrors, vases, etc. The possibilities of items are endless when treasure hunting at Goodwill of Central Iowa, but with a simple theme and a cohesive color palette, you can pull off your seasonal decorations together seamlessly. Here’s some fall themed colors to kickstart your seasonal decor imagination:
02 – Mix and match materials
One of the current most popular home decor trends is mixing and matching various textures and metals around the home to create interesting and versatile visuals that encourages creativity and amplifies personal style. Who said you have to stick with gold or silver decor? No one is stopping you from mixing velvet and linens if you have the vision for it! Thrifting at Goodwill of Central Iowa is the perfect way to explore this type of style when deciding your space’s autumnal decor this fall, the season most appropriate for experimenting with dramatic candelabras and metal candleholders, art frames, woven baskets, display ceramics, and vases. Whether you’re a minimalist or enjoy a maximalist environment, you’ll surely find all the knickknacks that your heart desires at Goodwill of Central Iowa!
03 – Gallery walls
Gallery walls are one of the most timeless and accessible decor concepts that have always been widely used and continue to be till this day. Not only do they add aesthetic complexity to any space, but they’re also extremely customizable while also adding a lot of emotional value to any home and its inhabitants of humans and pets alike. Thrifting frames for a gallery wall has been a beloved tradition by people for many years for its affordability and versatility. Whether you’re thrifting frames to repurpose them or looking for the next hidden treasure art pieces, the fall season is the perfect time to head to Goodwill of Central Iowa and curate your own intentional cozy haven with countless wall art options.
04 – Textiles and fabrics
Textiles and fabrics are one of the most approachable changes you can make when thinking about renewing your home decor for the fall season, because they can be utilized in countless different ways around your home. Their versatility of colors, shapes, sizes, textures and usage makes them the perfect item that you can sustainability and affordably keep on rotation to refresh your space with every season. That includes throw pillows and blankets, curtains, tapestries, furniture covers, tea towels, table runners, and many more!
In tandem with the aforementioned themes, playing with interesting fabrics, textures, colors and styles, can easily makes any space more cohesive and elevated with minimal effort.
We hope this brief overview of thrifted fall decor possibilities can jumpstart your imagination and help you look for the right pieces to elevate your spaces as you head to Goodwill of Central Iowa and support our mission of helping make purposeful employment possible for all this fall!
