Our Love for Autumn

Autumn has always been one of my favourite seasons. I love that moment when you first notice the air changing, the colours appearing in the garden and the evenings becoming a little darker.

Growing up, autumn meant watching the garden slowly change around us, with my parents working outside and preparing it for the winter ahead. The leaves would turn from green to shades of yellow, brown and burnt orange before gradually falling from the trees and covering the garden below.

The family gathering around the table for afternoon tea, with homemade rolls, coffee and candles lit, looking out at the changing garden together. These were simple, cosy moments and, for me, a perfect example of Danish hygge - spending time together, enjoying the warmth of home and the little things that make an ordinary afternoon feel special.

It is a simple memory, but one that has stayed with me and a tradition that lives on today. Those colours, the changing garden and that feeling of hygge still influence how I decorate my own home and the autumn collections we create at We Love Seasons.

The colours of autumn

When we choose our autumn colour palette, I often look to the colours naturally appearing outside.

One of the first colours that comes to mind for me is a lovely burnt orange - the colour of changing leaves and still one of my personal favourites. But autumn is about so much more than orange.

Natural browns, creams, soft greens, greys and warm yellows are all part of the landscape at this time of year, and these quieter, earthy tones are an important part of our autumn collection too.

Rather than choosing a completely new colour theme each year, we return to traditional autumn colours and introduce them through different materials and textures. It's why you'll find pumpkins, acorns and garlands that can easily be mixed with pieces you already own.

I don't think everything needs to match perfectly. A home feels much more interesting when different textures, colours and pieces collected over time are brought together.

Bringing the garden indoors

Autumn is also a wonderful time to bring a little of the outside in.

I love gathering a few branches from the garden and placing them in a simple vase, particularly as the leaves begin to change colour. Over the following days, you can watch the colours develop and the leaves take on a completely different character as they dry.

It's such a simple way to decorate for the season and doesn't need to cost anything. A vase of autumn branches can look beautiful on its own, or you can add a few of our hanging acorns or small hanging pumpkins amongst the branches.

Inside the home, I like to continue those natural colours and textures. A soft felt or knitted pumpkin can sit alongside straw, rope, natural leaves, wood or ceramic. The pieces don't need to be made from the same material or bought at the same time - the autumnal palette helps bring everything together.

You don't need many decorations either. A few pumpkins grouped on a sideboard, a garland draped across a mantelpiece, some acorns arranged in a bowl or simply a vase filled with branches gathered from the garden can be enough to bring a little of autumn indoors.

Autumn evenings and candlelight

Candlelight has always been part of autumn for me. As the evenings become darker and we spend more time indoors, lighting a few candles brings back that same sense of warmth and hygge I remember from growing up.

It's one of the reasons our dark wooden candleholders feel so at home in our autumn collection. Their rich brown wood works beautifully with both burnt orange and the more neutral, earthy colours in the collection, while their simple design means they aren't limited to one season.

I particularly love a pair on the dining table as the evenings draw in. They also look striking on a coffee table, mantelpiece or sideboard alongside a few autumn decorations.

Can our wooden candleholders be used with real candles and LED candles?

Yes. Our wooden candleholders are designed to hold a standard 22mm candle and can be used with either a real candle or an appropriately sized LED candle.

If you are using a real candle, always follow the candle safety instructions and never leave a burning candle unattended.

My Love of Autumn Colours

Of all the colours associated with autumn, burnt orange is one of the first that comes to mind and remains one of my favourites.

It immediately makes me think of leaves changing colour in the garden, and I love the warmth it brings into the home.

You'll see burnt orange across different pieces in our autumn collection, including our Straw Pumpkin, Knitted Pumpkin, Large Ceramic Pumpkin, Hanging Stoneware Pumpkin and Burnt Orange Autumn Wreath.

Using the same colour across different materials means the pieces work together without everything having to match. A ceramic pumpkin can sit alongside the softness of a knitted pumpkin or the natural texture of straw, with the burnt orange connecting them.

And if burnt orange isn't for you, we also have a beautiful range of autumn decorations in a neutral, earthy palette. Cream pumpkins, natural straw, light brown felt, rope and wood can be mixed together to create a softer, more understated interpretation of autumn.

Our Burnt Orange Autumn Wreath

Our Burnt Orange Autumn Wreath is one of my favourite ways to introduce this colour into the home.

What makes this wreath stand out from more traditional autumn wreaths is its unusual texture. The front is created from wood shavings in a rich burnt orange, giving it a distinctive layered appearance, with a touch of glitter adding a subtle sparkle to the finished design.

Although the wreath can be displayed in the traditional way, I think it looks particularly stunning placed flat in the centre of a dining table. At approximately 44cm across, it creates a striking autumn centrepiece without needing lots of additional decorations around it.

Can our Burnt Orange Autumn Wreath be used outdoors?

Our Burnt Orange Autumn Wreath is designed primarily for indoor use. It can be displayed in a very sheltered, covered outdoor area, but it must be protected from rain, snow and other wet weather.

If you're displaying it near an entrance or on a covered porch, make sure it remains completely dry and bring it indoors if the weather changes.

Traditional colours to bring out year after year

Perhaps the most important part of our autumn collection is that I want the pieces to actually be used.

I don't believe you need to replace your seasonal decorations because a different colour, pattern or theme has become fashionable. Some of my favourite family memories come from seeing the same familiar decorations reappear year after year.

That's why we return to traditional autumn colours, natural textures and familiar seasonal designs rather than building an entire collection around a passing trend.

Burnt orange, warm brown, cream, green and yellow belong naturally to autumn. Pumpkins, leaves and acorns are familiar symbols of the season, while materials and textures such as wood, straw, rope and natural leaves help connect what we bring into our homes with what's happening outside.

I want a pumpkin you choose this autumn to work with something you already own and still feel at home in your autumn decorating several years from now. Perhaps you add a few new pieces to your collection each year, mixing them with old favourites as your autumn traditions grow. Over time, these are the decorations that become familiar and have their own memories attached to them.

For me, that is what seasonal decorating should be about. It isn't about completely changing your home every few months or following a new trend each year. It's about noticing the season changing outside, bringing out familiar decorations and perhaps adding one or two new pieces along the way.

That's what I hope to bring into We Love Seasons. Pieces that become familiar, that you look forward to unpacking and that, over time, become part of your own seasonal traditions.

I hope you enjoy welcoming autumn into your home as much as I do.