Come In, and I’ll Show You Around

Come in, and I’ll show you around. This autumn home tour begins on our front step and winds through to a harvest dinner in the garden at the end.

We live in a five-level split, so you’ll climb a few staircases along the way. Every room leans cottage-inspired, so it feels warm, cozy, and lived in. Each stop below has a quick look and a link to the full post.

Autumn Home Tour: Start at the Front Step

The tour begins where every visit does, at the front door. Tall drop-cloth pumpkin topiaries I made myself anchor the steps, now in their sixth autumn, and mums, grasses and purple millet fill in below. This year, I tucked faded hydrangea blooms from my summer urns around the pumpkin bases.

See the whole step in Autumn Front Step Decor: Pumpkins, Mums, and Garden Hydrangeas.

A Cottage-Style Entryway for Autumn

Our sunken front entrance is the first room you see, so it gets a warm welcome. White wire cloches and an old iron window grate frame the space above the closet. Handmade pumpkins fill the entry dresser, and a garden bench my husband built from old elevator wood waits by the door.

Look around the whole entryway in Autumn Entryway Decor: A Warm, Cozy Welcome at the Front Door

A Cozy Cottage Living Room for Fall

Just beyond the entrance, the living room leans into deep brown, rust, soft green and a little blue. An old window from my grandparents’ farm hangs behind the sofa, and this fall it finally got a wreath. A swan arrangement sits on the coffee table, with pillows and throws close by for curling up with.

Settle into the full room in Autumn Living Room Decor: Warm, Cozy, and Filled with Time-Worn Finds

The Dining Room, Set with Family History

The dining table belonged to my great-grandma, and my grandma once cut all of her fabric on it. For autumn, it’s set as though company might drop by, with my grandma’s china cabinet nearby. Even the small canisters have a job here, serving as butter dishes and pickle jars.

Pull up a chair in Autumn Dining Room Decor: A Table Set with Family History, and see more ways to use canisters at the table in Creative Ways to Use Kitchen Canisters at Your Fall Table.

Autumn Home Tour: The Kitchen, the Baking Nook, and the Coffee Corner

The kitchen is where autumn gets hands-on. Vintage finds, thrifted frames, and two little geese I painted for my grandpa sit above the cupboards. In the baking nook, my collections show how one corner can change with the pieces you use every day. A lamp glows in the coffee corner on early mornings.

Take the full kitchen tour in Autumn Kitchen Decor: A Tour Filled with Vintage Finds and Meaningful Pieces. Then peek into the baking nook in Autumn Baking Nook Ideas: Creative Ways to Style a Working Kitchen, and see the coffee corner in A Simple Coffee Corner for Fall Mornings.

A Family Room Made for Real Life

Down in the family room, a fire is going most evenings from September through May. The old hutch came from my husband’s family, out of a coal cellar, and a vintage lamp my husband bought me glows beside the fireplace. It’s the room where we really live.

See the whole room in Autumn Family Room Decor: A Cozy, Collected Space for Everyday Living.

The Guest Bathroom, Dressed for Fall

Even the guest bathroom gets a little autumn. A refinished family dresser makes the vanity, and Magnolia canisters hold the bath salts and cotton balls. Two ducks in rust bow ties sit by the sink, and candles wait beside the tub for a relaxing evening bubble bath.

Step inside in Autumn Bathroom Decor: A Simple Refresh for a Guest Bathroom.

Autumn Home Tour: Collected and Timeless

Small pieces tie these rooms together. Old books wear velvet ribbon, brass duck bookends hold them up, and a lamp base has become a fall vase. A tin tile sat in the dining room last year, and now it sits above the kitchen cupboards. The furniture is only the bones, and these are the pieces that finish the story.

Take a closer look in Collected and Timeless: The Small Pieces That Complete an Autumn Home.

A Harvest Gathering in the Garden

The tour ends outside, under our apple tree. A buffet built across the raised lettuce bed holds a pear and brie-stuffed pork tenderloin, roasted tomato soup in a pumpkin tureen, and sage bread baked in terracotta flowerpots. Lights glow overhead as the evening cools.

Join us for Autumn Harvest Gathering: An Outdoor Fall Dinner Under the Apple Tree, and get the sage bread story in Old Homestead Sage Bread.

Cottage Living, in the City: Our Autumn Home Tour

That’s the whole autumn home tour, from the front step to the garden. Every room here leans cottage-inspired, which for me means warm, cozy, and a little time-worn, with a story in the pieces. It’s cottage living, in the city. Start with whichever room you like, or take the tour from the top. I hope something in it helps your own home feel a little more like autumn.

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With Grace,
Kimberly