Add Some Pumpkin Spice to Your Autumn Staging

By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine

It’s pumpkin season and that means pumpkin everything — lattes, muffins, cookies, cakes, and, yes, even home décor. Home stagers are adding a little “pumpkin spice” to their decor, from the welcoming fall scent to pumpkin accents that inspire a cozy, autumn feel. Plus, orange can serve as a great staging color. The bold hue pops against a neutral backdrop.

Now, before you go all Trader Joe’s-pumpkin-explosion style, restrain yourself. Do not over-pumpkin your listing!

Try adding a few pumpkins to your listing’s front stoop and maybe a few orange accessories here and there. Consider even some pumpkin lattes and muffins to complete your autumn open house.

Houzz recently featured several ideas of how you can add pumpkin-orange inspiration to your décor, from orange velvet furnishings, towels, throws, and pillows to even an orange accent wall for those who want to commit on a bigger scale.

Here are some of our favorites autumn staging ideas to get you inspired to add some pumpkin flair to your listing.

1. Add some pumpkins to your front stoop. 

Photo by The Yellow Cape Cod – Search porch pictures

Photo by Southern Botanical, Inc. – Look for entryway design inspiration

2. Try some pumpkin accents along the dining room table. 

Photo by Adrienne DeRosa – Search dining room design ideas

3. Use some pumpkin flair to showcase the fireplace mantel. 

Photo by Savvy Seasons – Browse living room photos

 

4. Add some pumpkins to your flower pots. 

Photo by Greenlife Gardens – Discover landscaping design inspiration

 

5. Tuck mini pumpkins into your candle holders, and complement with orange accessories throughout the front porch.

Photo by Seaside Interiors – Look for exterior home pictures

7. Weave orange throughout a room in small doses to offset darker color schemes.

Photo by Seaside Interiors – More living room photos

 8. Use shades of pumpkin for accents. 

Photo by The Yellow Cape Cod – Browse home design ideas

This is a Pumpkin Cream accent wall (Pumpkin Cream 2168-20 by Benjamin Moore)

Photo by House + House Architects – Discover family room design inspiration

Orange pillows:

Photo by Tobi Fairley Interior Design – Browse living room ideas

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