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Autumn Decorating

Carolina925 — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 13:38:24 GMT

I did it! I put out my autumn decorations yesterday. It felt good to do a thorough cleaning and putting away my summer things anxiously awaiting the first day of Autumn. I don't do a lot of decorating, just strategically placing pumpkins/flowers/berries all through my rooms and packing away my bunnies and birds' nests. Okay, I'm ready

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amyb — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 13:50:35 GMT

Yes, I too am now, ready to start switching over. With weather changing, outdoors feeling and starting to look a bit different, late summer into early fall, here in CT...and today a gloomy, rainy day in store...sighhhhhh, aNOTHer one!! I really, really do love to go with the flow of what's really happening with my seasons out my window....nature transitions from one month to the next much more subtley, and with nuance, than retail will have you rush into things, just so they can sell Halloween stuff early...I personally, don't want to miss any of it.

Time to change from my summer beachy flameless candles back to ivory, take the blues/coastal themed things away and put out more ivories, neutrals. I live in a CT Coastal town, so I always have a little, but seasonal, coastal vibe going on...but bringing in the early fall stuff.

Time to go out to my seasonal storage, unpack the Valerie starry night pumpkins. But those dang things, unfortunately eat up batteries every 10 days to 2 wks on timer mode. I'll maybe just have to turn them off and on...which is a pain and disappointing but oh well. Time to also stock up on new batteries!!

My summer annuals outdoors on my deck are still in full force and will remain...I'll add a few real pumpkins this week.

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Maizie Green — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:06:16 GMT

My fall has been up for a month. Next week it all comes down and into Halloween 🎃

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Effie54 — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:35:35 GMT

My autumn decorations have been up for 2 weeks. It will be fall leaf peeping season here soon. I don't decorate for Halloween, just for fall in general.

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pdlinda — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:03:31 GMT

@Effie54 Me too! This is the week to change my decor from summer to fall.

Here in AZ the weather is still hot but I went out this morning and the temps were in the 80's (that's just a "tease" as they will rise again).

However, in a few weeks, beautiful weather will begin and my house will be ready to reflect the "****** in the air."

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CarolinaGirl88 — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:58:58 GMT

It's always a good feeling to get that done. I've done some of my outside fall stuff (even though it's still hot as blazes here ), and I will do my inside next week. I love fall decor; I keep it out until the weekend after Thanksgiving.

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JYWilliams — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:21:59 GMT

@Carolina925 , I haven't started at my home yet but I did decorate my mom's Nursing Home room this morning. I decorate her room for the holidays and what ever season it is.

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Effie54 — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:27:31 GMT

@pdlinda wrote:
@Effie54 Me too! This is the week to change my decor from summer to fall.

Here in AZ the weather is still hot but I went out this morning and the temps were in the 80's (that's just a "tease" as they will rise again).

However, in a few weeks, beautiful weather will begin and my house will be ready to reflect the "****** in the air."

@pdlinda I enjoy decorating for the various times of the year. Fall is lovely in New England.....the temperature is so cool. I do love Arizona as well though.....it's stunning!

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Marsha2003 — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 02:32:06 GMT

I'll wait until October for autumn decorations. My A/C hasn't been working so I haven't wanted to do the deep cleaning that I like to do before changing out my deocr. I'm hoping it gets repaired this week. Fingers crossed!

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shoptilyadropagain — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:50:09 GMT

I normally wait until October 1 to put out my fall decorations but I couldn't wait and did it last week.

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Pecky — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:22:34 GMT

I have had mine out since the end of August. I don't decorate for Halloween, just not a fan of it.

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msgb — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:36:50 GMT

We have some decor that even though it is basically fall we keep up all year. Very little storage in our townhome. I do have a pumpkin that has an initial on it and when Sept 1 comes I put it on the skirt of the fireplace. Come the day after Thanksgiving I have a large ornament also with an initial and that goes where the pumpkin was seated.

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tsavorite — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:08:11 GMT

Had mine up over the holiday weekend Sept 1st there abouts....but I keep adding or changing it up here and there LOL!

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AngelPuppy1 — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:26:50 GMT

@Carolina925 wrote:
I did it! I put out my autumn decorations yesterday. It felt good to do a thorough cleaning and putting away my summer things anxiously awaiting the first day of Autumn. I don't do a lot of decorating, just strategically placing pumpkins/flowers/berries all through my rooms and packing away my bunnies and birds' nests. Okay, I'm ready

@Carolina925

I am envious! I haven't done anything yet. I keep saying I'm gonna do it and then I talk myself out of it! I have decided that I am not going to do as much for fall and Halloween as I usually do. I told DH that I am thinking about cutting back for Christmas also, but don't know if I will stick to that. It's all so much work!

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Carolina925 — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:49:14 GMT

@AngelPuppy1 , I get you! I only have a few harvest type decorations, never go all out for that, but I do store my things that definitely look spring/summer. I'm seriously considering not putting up a Christmas tree this year and just putting out enough things to look like it's the season. I've got so many things, why are Christmas decorations so difficult for me to thin out? It usually takes me a couple days to pack away things after Christmas and am wondering if I'll feel free this year or regret it. One year I wasn't going to be home and chose not to put up a tree and it never felt like Christmas that year. I live alone and oftentimes only have a few visitors throughout the season.

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faeriemoon — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:38:31 GMT

@Maizie Green wrote:
My fall has been up for a month. Next week it all comes down and into Halloween 🎃

You don't incorporate Halloween into fall? You're removing fall decor a week into the season?

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AngelPuppy1 — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:43:51 GMT

@Carolina925 wrote:
@AngelPuppy1 , I get you! I only have a few harvest type decorations, never go all out for that, but I do store my things that definitely look spring/summer. I'm seriously considering not putting up a Christmas tree this year and just putting out enough things to look like it's the season. I've got so many things, why are Christmas decorations so difficult for me to thin out? It usually takes me a couple days to pack away things after Christmas and am wondering if I'll feel free this year or regret it. One year I wasn't going to be home and chose not to put up a tree and it never felt like Christmas that year. I live alone and oftentimes only have a few visitors throughout the season.

@Carolina925

The worst thing for myself is getting the boxes of decorations out to put up and then putting the boxes away! They have to get stacked in the garage and I can't do it myself because of my back issues. DH always has helped me but it's hard, difficult for him because of his health issues. We both love the decorations once they are out but is it worth it to risk our health??? Christmas is when I always put a lot out. I take care of all the decorations but putting the tree up. DH puts it up and then I decorate it also. If you could manage it, I would put a tree up because it doesn't feel like Christmas without one. Even if you have to purchase a smaller one if you can't manage the one your have!

As for fall and Halloween, I put up quite a bit usually, but I don't think I'm putting up much this year, I will get a few pumpkins and gourds and maybe do a few other small things and that's about it!

We should do what we can and not worry about it. I say that, but I do worry about it or get anxious about it. That shouldn't be what it's all about, right?

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lynnie61 — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:14:52 GMT

@amyb I'm sorry about your SN pumpkins battery issues! Yikes. I put mine out mid September, and even thought my batteries dim a bit near the end, they definitely last the whole season. I typically have them out 10-11 weeks. I take them down Thanksgiving weekend. I use the timer mode too.

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amyb — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:47:48 GMT

@lynnie61 wrote:
@amyb I'm sorry about your SN pumpkins battery issues! Yikes. I put mine out mid September, and even thought my batteries dim a bit near the end, they definitely last the whole season. I typically have them out 10-11 weeks. I take them down Thanksgiving weekend. I use the timer mode too.

You're so lucky @lynnie61 ...I don't have this problem of eating up batteries on any of my many other battery operated items~ Luminara candles, Valerie lanterns, Bethlehem Lights wreaths...only these pumpkins!

I use top quality batteries Duracell or Energizer. But on timer these pumpkins started to dim in 2 weeks. So, I just put them out today~we'll see how it goes this year!

I just refreshed, for the new season, all my candles, lanterns and these pumpkins...spent $40 for batteries on Amazon to do so. So, we'll see. So strange to me that other people did NOT have this issue with the SN pumpkins, but some did (I read many reviews that said they had the same issue as I did.)

What brand batteries and from where do you use?

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lynnie61 — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:55:43 GMT

@amyb Last year I used Rayovac from Lowes or Home Depot, don't remember which. I just put energizers in this year, I will see if they last. I think this is my third or forth year for the SN pumpkins and I usually do not always use the same exact battery brand.