How to Decorate Your Home for Fall with Mums.
Mums have to be the quintessential flower to use in fall decorating and garden centers have already begun stocking them. I’m sure almost all of us buy a potted mum in the fall to decorate with! I know I buy several, both for outdoors and indoors. But lately I’ve been wondering if there were some more creative ways for me to decorate with my chrysanthemums. I did a bit of searching, and I found some really great ideas for Decorating With Mums that I’d like to share with you!
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Mums are relatively inexpensive and so easy to add to your fall decor! Here are some ways to use those mums in your autumn decor this year. If you need tips for how to care for you mums, you may want to check out my post on How To Care for Your Mums (Inside and Out).
Decorating With Mums
Remember, mums come in more colors than just yellow and orange. There are a large variety of mums out there, which means you have a lot of fun colors to choose from! Consider using an uncommon color this year, contrast colors, or create a fun mix-and-match design with your other decor elements!
1. Front Porch Mums
Of course, mums look great out by the front door like in this fall front door display from Midwest Living.
2. Pumpkin Mums
Eddie Ross took a non-traditional colored mum and paired it with a pumpkin for a stunning fresh fall look.
3. Burlap Mums
Or why not use another of my favorite fall materials, and wrap your mums’ pots in burlap like these from Wendy Hyde.
4. Place Marker Mums
Here’s a fun way to include mums on your fall table! Place mums in little pumpkins as place markers like in this pretty display from Sunday in Bed on Tumblr (this blog seems to have moved- if you know where it went let us know and we’ll update the link).
5. Window Box Mums
You could also make a lovely fall window box with mums, like this one from Hoosier Homemade.
6. Indian Corn Mums
Yvonne at Stone Gable made a lovely arrangement by covering her mum pot with Indian Corn. This would be great on a buffet table or as a centerpiece to a tablescape!
7. Pumpkin Pot Mums
Mums and pumpkins make a great combo! Here are some mums potted in pumpkins from Simply Suzanne’s (this post seems to have moved- if you know where it is, tell us and we’ll update the link).
8. Crocks and Mums
Big crocks filled with mums also look great, as seen on Liz Marie Blog’s front porch!
9. Whisky Barrel Mums
Or fill a big whiskey barrel with mums and other fall foliage, like in this one by Creative Cain Cabin!
So as you can see, there are tons of ways to decorate with mums for fall! If you want to make sure your mums don’t die and ruin your decor, make sure to read the tips in my post on how to care for mums (inside and out)!
Which of these inspiring ideas for decorating with mums is your favorite?
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Love all the pics in this post. Get’s me pumped for fall!
-Brittany Ruth
I have a love / hate relationship with mums. They are sooo pretty for fall, but their bloom time is so short and then they don’t rebloom. I wish there was an alternative that lasted the season!
Kathy, I find that if I cut the dead ones off that my mums last a long time. Also, when they are done blooming (or I move on to Christmas) I plant them in the ground. In the ground they bloom in the summer and I cut them down to the ground several times and they keep coming until about November. Of course this is in Georgia, so you may have a different experience but give it a try if you haven’t already.
I think your longer growing season makes it possible to plant them in the ground. Michigan gets too cold before they have time to really get established and I have tried planting with no success. When you deadhead they keep producing buds and blooms?
I love that last idea, Manuela! They just started putting the mums out at our local grocery store this past week. I love the different colors of mums and always wind up buying at least one. Probably not yet though because it was so hot and humid here this week {and last week} that I can’t even think of Fall yet! : )
They just started putting mums out?! I’ve already bought 3 on clearance!! 🙂 Hey, Hobby Lobby has Christmas trees 40% off this week – can you believe that!
Beautiful ideas, Manuela. I love fall mums for colour on my front porch and will be buying some this weekend. I hope they last through Thanksgiving in mid-October here. Sometimes the frost gets them but I try to cover them at night to protect them. Have a great day and long weekend! Pamela
I just bought my first mums yesterday – red/yellow flowers and they are beautiful.
Thanks for the inspiration. I think a group of mums on my front porch bench will be perfect.
Beautiful inspiration photos, Manuela! My perennial garden mums are just starting to bloom!
I love mums! Our local boy scouts used to sell them for so cheap, but they don’t anymore. Oh well, the gardening center will do!
I remember a couple of these from last year. Seeing these pictures just makes me forget that is warm and very humid today!! I can’t wait for the fall.
Cynthia
I am sooooo looking forward to fall and cooler temps! <3
I love mums! My hubby just read the ad in our local paper last night… mums are on sale! Have a blessed day dear friend, HUGS!
Manuela, Thank you so much for the kind shout-out! I love decorating with mums this time of year. You have given me some great ideas!
Manuela,
I see from your last few posts that you are definitely ready for fall! I’m diggning my heels in and still enjoying summer but fall is coming like it or not! I have always loved decorating for fall, but now that my home has a more coastal cottage vibe, ideas are spinning in my head on how to incorporate this style with my fall and winter decorating. I love all your photos but the one with the pumpkins on blue plates is my fave! I saw the comment from another Michigan reader about mums. I never thought about deadheading them so I’ll try it this year. Mums don’t last that long here in Michigan either and they rarely come back when planted in the ground.