What date do you decorate for autumn?

[justflewinfromthewindycity]

I have got some lovely autumn decorative bits but not sure what date I should start putting them out.
Is 1st September too early ?

Yes

Do people decorate according to the seasons 😳

When you say 'decorate for autumn' do you mean winter (i.e. heavy, lined) curtains? I never remove them for summer, only for dry-cleaning. So we are in autumn mode all the time!

If you mean getting my heavy duty waterproof jacket, boots, hats, windscreen covers and reinforcing fences then it starts today!!
If you mean tiny pumpkin lights, pretend leaves & willow wreaths then never. I get scented candles out and thrown on more blankets and switch on the many fairy lights in my home. I am in very cold West Coast Scotland and it’s summer from April - August only!!

'Lovely Autumn decorative bits' are not words that should be uttered

I don't decorate for autumn, spring or summer. I also don't decorate for winter, just a little bit for Christmas. In my world, I can't imagine why anyone would! Isn't life expensive enough anyway without adding on decorating for different seasons?

People used to change the curtains or add a thick liner in the winter because it got colder - before double glazing and central heating.

I presumed the post was a joke but what do I know?

I have a pumpkin-shaped scented candle, and another one that looks like an acorn. Bought them both in the January sales and they've been on the fireplace ever since.

I'm getting this all wrong, aren't I?

I don’t decorate for Autumn but I do change the wipe clean tablecloth in the kitchen. Currently still using the Summer one (lemons) until mid September or whenever it gets cooler. Then I’ll change to the Autumn leaves one. That’s about it for me!

Presumably made of plastic/polyester so as far from natural Autumn as possible.

No I'm not American.
I just put a nice throw out and candles and I've got a few nice pumpkins and diffuser's.
It just makes me happy
My late mum used to do it when I was little just to make the house cosy (changing cushions etc )
There wasn't anything out in the 90s like now but it's just a little tradition I've carried on.

Nothing crazy like the influencers where everything is pumpkins

Oh how nice! (Honest, not sarky, response.) Do you put up thicker curtains in the autumn/winter?

Autumn decor October 1st to December 1st for me. Then I start doing Christmas

It's 28c here in the SE UK,am hiding in the shade in-between doing the washing. When the clocks fall back late October, I put up thick lined wool floor length curtains, keep the warmth in cold out. My light coloured cushion covers go away, and fluffy warm colours come out, throws on the beds and sofas. My vases of silk flowers go from summer blooms to gold/orange leaves,berries. In my 70s never watched an influencer. I just like the cosy vibe, scented candles,side lights.

I don't decorate for autumn but I do start adding cosy lights as the days get shorter, but I base that on amount of light and not on a date.

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I life to waft around in my autumn cloak from the equinox. Anything else would jam my chakra. Be careful OP this is a big decision.

Like a pp we have a garland/wreath that changes with the seasons. We put the autumn one up last week. Yesterday I switched the neon dining summer dining candles with the orange and mustard autumn ones... so slowly we're welcoming the new season in.

Never! Why would any one decorate just because it's Autumn? How bizarre!

Around now. I don't change curtains but I have a pumpkin tablecloth and I change my candles, cushions and ornaments to Halloween/ Autumn theme ones. I put up Halloween decorations the week before, then take then down when it's over, but I leave out my Autumn stuff till I decorate for Christmas.

I think @justflewinfromthewindycity is getting a hard time. How many people here buy bunches of daffodils in the spring or plant bulbs in pots for an indoor display or get cyclamen or poinsettia for Christmas or have a bowl of horse chestnuts or pinecones sitting out from walks with their kids in autumn or have some flowers for cutting in their garden? It doesn't have to be about plastic tat.

I put a couple of warm throws over the back of the sofas when I think it’s a bit chilly but not cold enough to put the heating on. I’m not sure if it counts as decorating but that’s as far as it goes in my house.

I don't decorate but a lady who lives around the corner does and the autumn wreath is on the door and ornaments of gonks and pumpkins, pinecones and a candle on the window ledge so I guess it's now 😯

I'm in the north east it's 15 degrees today with a chilly wind and heavy rain
We haven't had much summer up here