One easy and budget-friendly way to celebrate the fall season while making your home feel warm and welcoming is decorating your front door with an autumn wreath.
From contemporary wreaths that utilize unconventional, bold hues and creative forms to more traditional ones made from foraged materials, dried foliage, and autumn harvest, fall wreaths can fit any design style and evoke different moods.
We’ve compiled a few DIY autumn wreath ideas with various styles, colors, and materials to bring nature’s bounty to your home’s front porch.
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1. Gather the Berries
Create a natural wreath this fall that appears gathered from the woods. Start with a moss base and secure eucalyptus leaves, fern fronds, and twigs.
Complete the design by nestling bittersweet berries and clusters of small seed pods throughout the natural wreath. A mustard-yellow ribbon at the bottom of the wreath is the perfect way to add a soft, luxurious touch.
2. Impress with Faux Elements
This festive fall wreath is made up of different faux foliage and flowers, with a pair of vibrant mini pumpkins tying the look together.
Whenever I use faux elements for my wreath, I love incorporating dried plants or twigs to add texture and give it a more natural look.
3. Bring a Chic Feel with Roses
Break the cycle of typical leaves and twigs wreaths by crafting one using roses.
White, pink, and purple roses stand out against the hypericum berries in this autumn wreath. Small white pumpkins complement the soft hues and give the wreath a fall feel.
4. Try a Monochromatic Look
One way to create a wreath that will last for years to come is to use a monochromatic arrangement. Visit your local home center or crafts store to purchase a basic grapevine wreath and attach dried eucalyptus and quercus leaves.
Dried, fluffy white bunny tail grass and small berries nestled in the foliage and twigs add subtle pops of color and texture while capturing the essence of autumn.
5. Fill It Up
Attach harvest items such as pumpkins, gourds, and berries in various colors to showcase the bounty of fall on your front door.
Use clusters of large, full-bloom chrysanthemums and dahlias to brighten up your arrangement, and tuck in dried pinecones, eucalyptus leaves, thistle, and textured seed pods for a classic, rustic touch. Evenly arrange the elements for a symmetrical look.
6. Shine with Foliage
Highlight fall foliage’s diverse beauty in your grapevine wreath. This natural fall wreath highlights leaves from maple, eucalyptus, and small clusters of red cranberries.
Creamy white foliage of baby’s breath (Gypsophila paniculata) is used as filler to add lightness and contrast, while sprigs of light green fern foliage bring softness and a natural touch.
7. Go Beyond the Season
Add holiday color to your home’s entrance with a moody wreath featuring muted-toned foliage, berries, and twigs. Dark green and brown eucalyptus and magnolia leaves form a dense backdrop that allows the deep red photinia leaves to stand out.
Fir sprigs bring more texture and freshness, while small white jasmine buds offer a soft, vivid color that adds some balance. Don’t be surprised when your guests mistake this fall wreath for a Christmas wreath!
8. Make it Bold
Faux hydrangea blooms in deep, muted purple add classic fall character to this wreath.
Green eucalyptus leaves, dried seed pods, jasmine buds, and hydrangeas were pulled together with hypericum and pyracantha berries to create this fiery front door wreath. You only need to attach your favorite stems to a floral wire to recreate this look!
9. Create Contrast
While chrysanthemums are a fall staple, hydrangea blooms have a muted fall color that adds dimension to your autumn wreath. The green hydrangea blooms on this wreath offer volume and muted texture.
Fiery red oak leaves pair well with wheat stalks and white dried flowers for a cohesive entrance.
10. Layer the Elements
The bright, autumnal-hued burnt red and golden roses and peonies on this wreath are the perfect way to bring the beauty of fall to your home’s entrance.
Softer, gray-hued foliage of lamb’s ear creates a muted, contrasting backdrop and combines with miniature pumpkins and fern sprigs to add tons of texture.
11. Adopt a Rustic Look
Get resourceful and gather fallen pinecones, leaves, and flowers to create a unique, personalized wreath. This wreath features miniature pumpkins and gourds in classic fall colors like orange, yellow, and deep red.
Vibrant red sunflower petals add much-needed color, while rustic pinecones and twigs provide natural depth and structure. Burlap bows create interesting focal points for a cozy, handmade feel.
12. Add Subtle Contrast
Showcase the textural beauty of dried fall leaves and pinecones with the addition of complementary peony blooms.
Layer in sprigs of bittersweet, maple, and eucalyptus leaves for subtle contrast. Fill the remaining gaps with dried jasmine buds.
13. Leave Some Space
Although the decor is minimal, this wreath has a little bit of everything that fall offers. Combine harvest items like pinecones and pumpkins with roses, peonies, and fall leaves for a bounty of natural materials.
Consider leaving one-third of your grapevine wreath bare while arranging the elements on two-thirds to draw the eye to the autumn details.
14. Keep It Neutral
Create a delicate autumn wreath with colors inspired by nature. Skip the typical bold red, orange, and yellow fall colors for soft, muted neutrals.
Olive leaves create a soft, flowy backdrop in this wreath, while fir sprigs bring a natural, organic feel. Clusters of dusty pink, mauve, deep burgundy sedum and heather blooms stand out amongst the neutral autumn foliage. The gray ribbon provides a subtle, complementary accent.
15. Create an Unconventional Look
Pops of bright yellow, deep red, and rich blue make this fall wreath shine. Green foliage forms the primary base and filler, while the vivid blue eryngium, yellow strawflowers, and red hypericum berries create striking color contrast and unique texture.
Delicate sprays of creamy white buds provide a light, airy feel. At the same time, dried brown grasses add depth and a rustic feel.
16. Take it to the Wild
Randomly place dried seed pods, berries, and foliage within your grapevine wreath for an asymmetrical look.
The bright orange pyracantha berries add a vibrant pop of color, while dried thistle pods provide significant texture and a rustic, wild look. Guinea fowl feathers are tucked into the arrangement for an unexpected, eye-catching element.
17. Maintain a Clean Look
Add a modicum of wedding roses to your rustic fall wreath for a delicate and elegant touch. The soft peach-pink roses provide a romantic feel and stand out against the abundant eucalyptus leaves.
A few eryngiums create texture and subtle contrast, while green berries, olive, and magnolia leaves fill the gaps.
18. Go for a Minimalist Look
This simple, elegant fall wreath is perfect for a seasonal minimalist front porch. Use eucalyptus and ivy leaves, combined with pinecones, and miniature pumpkins to recreate this eye-catching wreath.
White hypericum berries add neutral color and visual interest.
