Harvest Home Decor

Silk flowers and plants can be an inexpensive way to decorate the house for the fall season.

Each autumn, gorgeous colors, spectacular sunsets and a crisp chill in the air herald a season of change and beauty. So why not take the opportunity to warm up your home with the splendor of the season?

Decorating experts offer these affordable fashion tips for welcoming the fall season:

Cozy fleece throws draped over chairs.

Fragrant candles, fall fruit and gourds and silk maple leaves to adorn the fireplace mantle.

A wrought-iron basket lined in silk fall leaves, plus silk autumn flowers and plants.

A wreath, gourds, welcome mat, rattan plant holder -- even a scarecrow -- ready the porch for Halloween.

An autumn wreath used as a candleholder or candy bowl base. (NAPSI)