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How do you make home cosy for autumn?

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Tumbleweed101 · 05/09/2020 08:18

What kind of things do you change to make the house cosy?
I am going to put new throws on the sofas, get new candles and look at autumn recipes but was curious what changes others make to mark the change of season.

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Flamingolingo · 05/09/2020 08:20

I don’t really do anything? At some point we will start using the heating. And the woodburner. Our food changes though from lighter summer-friendly food to things like soups and casseroles

Mermaidonabathhat · 05/09/2020 08:21

Watching with interest! I’m tempted to get loads of fairy lights 90s style...

PersonaNonGarter · 05/09/2020 08:21

Nothing conscious but we light the fire and have autumn candle smell (Feu du Bois) that I love.

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Emmie12345 · 05/09/2020 08:22

Candles , start making autumnal food , might get some new throws

Does anyone else have loads of massive spiders coming in at mo? Any natural remedies to stop them ???

OhioOhioOhio · 05/09/2020 08:22

Why are fairy lightss 90s style?

EwwwDavid · 05/09/2020 08:26

I've got a lovely autumn centerpiece for the dining table and some little ceramic pumpkins that I got last year in the sale. I'm getting those out soon. Also ordered some cute little felt pumpkins from Etsy last week, not sure what I'll do with them yet.

Am also pondering an autumn garland for the front room fireplace...autumn is my favourite season!

May also change the sofa throws for something more textured and cosy.

Flamingolingo · 05/09/2020 08:27

Apparently spiders don’t like conkers

EwwwDavid · 05/09/2020 08:28

@Emmie12345 I know its an old wives tale but about 4 years ago dd2 put conkers in the corners of the rooms...we had no spiders that year. We have done the same every year since, it seems to work for us.

Emmie12345 · 05/09/2020 08:48

Yes I heard conkers but I am not sure there are any near where i live ! Cornwall ! Xx

Emmie12345 · 05/09/2020 08:48

Am going to Devon today actually so may try and find some to take back home!

Will0wtree · 05/09/2020 08:49

@Emmie12345 I've put conkers in the corners of all the windows before... and then found spiders making webs over the top of them as a convenient base. So I wouldn't put all my hopes on the conker thing.....

Lockdownseperation · 05/09/2020 08:50

@Emmie12345

Candles , start making autumnal food , might get some new throws

Does anyone else have loads of massive spiders coming in at mo? Any natural remedies to stop them ???

It’s because it’s cold outside so they are moving into the warm.
Ginfordinner · 05/09/2020 08:51

Put the heating on.
I hate fairy lights, candles, other forms of low lighting and "cosy". I just don't want to be cold and to be able to see properly.

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Tumbleweed101 · 05/09/2020 08:57

We always get the big hunting spiders in the house this time of year. I think I read recently it’s their breeding season so they are travelling more to look for one another - I also put it down to the fact the fields have all just been harvested around the house so they have been displaced. I don’t mind them about although a couple of my children aren’t so impressed lol.

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Fallowfield · 05/09/2020 09:00

I have wooden bowls that I fill up with autumnal nature stuff from the garden; conkers, pine cones, tree bark etc for decoration.
I add cinnamon oil to my diffuser, and put a seasonal wreath on the front door (just trying to figure out one to make, maybe something with lots of brown leaf shapes).
Get the chimney swept, make jam for Christmas, and swap a few cushion covers for gold/purple ones, which I prefer to traditional autumnal orange! I have a stash of different cushion covers in a cupboard that I change over for seasons. Lots of throws, and a few more tea lights around!
Also stacks of books in seasonal colours/themes can look cool on the coffee table.

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Tumbleweed101 · 05/09/2020 09:01

I agree - good lighting is as important to have for the next few months as cosy lighting.

I like the idea of some fairy lights scattered about.

I like September/October before the really cold, dark and weather kicks in properly.

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FromTheAllotment · 05/09/2020 09:01

Cover the place in seed and bulb catalogues Grin
Drink cider
Trade the sand and beach towels left everywhere for muddy wellies and raincoats left everywhere 🙄

Magicbabywaves · 05/09/2020 09:03

Use candles, put fairy lights on. We have squash we have grown on the side so that looks autumnal.

Ginfordinner · 05/09/2020 09:17

I'm sorry I sounded so negative. I find candles and fairy lights hurt my eyes. I also find that low lighting affects my mood in a negative way. I also dislike the smell of cinnamon in anything other than baking.

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Tumbleweed101 · 05/09/2020 09:25

The muddy wellies thing is definitely something that happens in my house too! One of our little Autumn rituals - although it may be fading now they are getting older - is for them to run and get an apple off our tree to go in their lunch box each morning for next month or so.

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Bluntness100 · 05/09/2020 09:27

Conkers don’t work it’s an old wives tale, I can assure you, because I have had spiders webs on the actually conkers...😂

I don’t do anything for autumn, I find the thought a bit odd. The house is the house, the throws are out all the time on the back of the sofas, I don’t bin them and buy new ones, candles are used till done and then new ones purchased. The only difference is heating on and wood in thr baskets for the wood burners.

Ginfordinner · 05/09/2020 09:29

I'm with you Bluntness. I don't change anything either. My mum used to have summer and winter curtains in the lounge though. Such a faff.

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Tumbleweed101 · 05/09/2020 09:31

Ginfordinner - my mum has to have her house well lit over the darker months as her eyesight is very poor and for her a cosy autumn/winter house is a bright, warm one that chases away the dark, cold nights and dull days. She wouldn’t want the fairy lights/candles kind of cosy either.

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OhioOhioOhio · 05/09/2020 09:31

Okay, anyone have any good fairylight ideas? Apart from the jars.

Ginfordinner · 05/09/2020 09:33

@Tumbleweed101

Ginfordinner - my mum has to have her house well lit over the darker months as her eyesight is very poor and for her a cosy autumn/winter house is a bright, warm one that chases away the dark, cold nights and dull days. She wouldn’t want the fairy lights/candles kind of cosy either.
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