Autumn decorations for your terrace, patio, and winter garden will add a unique atmosphere to the space. Spending cool mornings or pleasant afternoons among autumn treasures, snuggled under a blanket with a book, allows you to feel in harmony with nature. Chestnuts, acorns, and dried leaves in earthy colours wonderfully complement crystal-clear glass! How can you make such DIY terrace decorations? How do you prepare items for crafting? What will inspire minimalists, and what will appeal to those who love rich embellishments?
Autumn Treasures on the Terrace
Autumn offers many exceptionally decorative natural treasures in unique colours. Open pine cones, brown chestnuts and acorns, colourful dry leaves, dried fruits, rowan berries, nuts, small and large pumpkins, heather, and many other unique specimens can mostly be found in the garden, in a local park, in the forest, or at a store. Their subdued colouring, combined with glass, allows for the creation of very elegant terrace decorations.
When using glass to create the following decorations, you do not interfere with its structure or damage it. After changing the arrangement, you can simply wash it and reuse it. Thanks to this approach – and the use of mainly natural elements – the terrace decorations will be ecological. Before making decorations, thoroughly wash them, preferably in a dishwasher, and wipe them dry. It is also worth remembering to dry leaves between book pages, and nuts, chestnuts, acorns, and other fruits in the oven so that they do not rot over time and retain their natural colouration. How can you make lavish autumn decorations, and how can you decorate your terrace minimally?
Rich Autumn Decorations
One of the simplest autumn decorations can be made by displaying elements collected during a walk, such as pine cones, small leaves, hazelnuts, and by drying, for example, lemon slices and rowan or cranberry beads in the oven. Simply mix them gently, then arrange them tightly in a larger dark beer goblet on a stem or a smaller cocktail glass, e.g., from the "Glamour" or "Avant-Garde" series. A small tea light with a cinnamon, vanilla, or orange scent can also be placed on top.
Another idea is to use a serving platter with a rim. Line it with colourful leaves, and along the edge, tightly arrange tiny pumpkins. In the centre, there should be a rounded, appropriately wide and low glass vase. You can place a pillar candle in the vessel and fill it with chestnuts or acorns. Such a terrace decoration will look truly phenomenal, making afternoons more pleasant as it quickly gets dark.
In a round vase, you can arrange different autumn treasures in layers, or tightly place many pieces of a single, selected type, such as only chestnuts or pine cones. It is worth wrapping the vessel several times with jute twine from the top or adding a bow made of natural material. You can insert a few artificial flowers with fabric petals – preferably a species associated with autumn – into the middle. You can also place a small pot of heather among these elements. You need to water them approximately once a week, remembering to first remove the flowers from the decoration so that water or steam does not accumulate in the glass.
Autumn Details in Glass
How to decorate a terrace to make it look elegant? By primarily showcasing crystal glass vessels – so that the autumn finds are merely an accent. Such a decoration can be made, for example, by placing several different-sized vases and small bowls made of thick Crystalline glass on a large – preferably gold – tray. Fill each with a small amount of hazelnuts or walnut shells. Insert white or beige pillar candles between them, adjusted to the height of the glass – so that the wick extends beyond the top edge. To complete the tray, you can line the space between the vessels with sprigs of dried rosemary or pine.
By choosing rounded vases of different heights, you can also fill them only with pine cones, acorns, or chestnuts. Simply insert LED string lights among them. Such a DIY lantern also looks original when well-dried, colourful maple, horse chestnut, oak leaves, or exceptionally coloured blueberry or dogwood leaves are placed in the glass.
Minimalist Terrace Decorations
Glass is ideal for creating minimalist autumn DIY terrace decorations. For example, a small metal tray on which you can place three small but different-height KROSNO white wine glasses is enough. Under each bowl, there can be different dried fruits, nuts, or colourful leaves. Small pillar candles can be placed on top. Both the stems and the bottom edge, and even the "pillars" melting inwards, can be wrapped with jute twine or a golden fabric ribbon.
It is also worth opting for a very original vase, such as one from the "Ombre" or "Latitude" collection, which stands out with its modern and original appearance. This handcrafted vessel can be complemented by just a few twigs with dried, colourful leaves attached. It is important to change the water daily – however, it should fill a maximum of half of the vessel due to morning frosts. You can also use imitation fabric leaves, which will not fall off over time and can be reused many times.
Terrace Decorations for Busy People
Glass decorations for the terrace, patio, or winter garden have the advantage of not requiring much work. However, people who want to create a pleasant, warm atmosphere but have absolutely no time for collecting and creatively arranging items can take advantage of simple solutions. In such cases, candles from the "Romance" collection will play the leading role – especially the autumn-coloured FIGUE VANILLE with its wonderful, relaxing scent.
To prepare a simple decoration, you will need a medium-sized pumpkin, a candle in glass, two or three pine cones or the same number of chestnuts, and a large wooden slice. These few elements should simply be placed next to each other and displayed on a table or on the floor. Simplicity can also be effective – especially when using autumn's natural treasures!