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11 ways to update your home decor this fall

Great ideas to freshen up your home with the season's hottest colours and back-to-fall accessories
11 ways to update your home decor this fall

Roberto Caruso

Add a touch of modern retro

Furniture designers, including Canadians Francis Cayouette and Sarah Fager, looked through 60 years of Ikea's archives for inspiration to create 46 stunning (and often eco-friendly) items, including our faves: the groovy '50s-inspired folding dining table and the classically designed high-back armchair.


Dining table, $199, chair, $100, wall lamp, $60, artwork, from $70, vase, $50, all Ikea.

Ikea, chairs, artwork, retro, tables, vases, modern retroRoberto Caruso

Tart up your to-do list

This fall, get a fresh start on staying organized with pretty notebooks, perfect for those pesky to-do lists.


Pocket cahier Kraft pattern books, $15/3, Large cahier Kraft pattern books, $21/3, Indigo.

Decorated Notebooks, Notebooks

Get cozy with colour

Instantly make over a bedroom with this cheery new bedding collection exclusive to the Bay.


Pip Studio Birds bedding set in Paradise Khaki, starting at $25, The Bay.

White bedroom, pink rose bedding, blue nightstand table, flowers in vase, white floorboards

Go tribal

Give your home a trendy exotic touch.


Monkey Biz lion, $150, Eat My Words. Loren Kaplan cereal bowl, $8, West Elm*. Bistro L'Afrique dining chair, $445, Snob.


*West Elm will have its first Vancouver store this fall!

Beaded lion, white cereal bowl, dining chair, tribal home accessoriesBeaded lion photo: Eric Putz

Add depth with plum

Update your home with graphic arts-and-crafts-inspired prints in the season's hottest plum shade.


Meadow screen print (12 x 16 in.) in Dark Mulberry, $53, Bold and Noble.

Black frame with plum and white artwork, framed purple print

Kick up your stationery

Who doesn't love new markers in September? Get creative with fun felt-tips in bold shades, from fabric markers to gel highlighters and brush tips.


Brush + Tip markers, Stained and Gel highlighters, $2 - $16, Sharpie.

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Sharpies and permanent markers, felt-tip pensErik Putz

Bring your own bag

Forgo flimsy plastic in favour of a trendy patterned tote by South African illustrator and textile designer Heather Moore — now finally available in Canada!


Alexander Sack in Wild Flowers in Lemon Plum, $46, Skinny laMinx.

Reusable tote, grocery bag, black, white and lime bag, cloth bag

Upgrade your tupperware

Show off your smarts at the office when you bring your leftovers in this slick, modern take on the classic Indian tiffin lunch box.


Black and Blum lunch pot, $30, Neat Space.

Orange and white tupperware

Go eco-chic

Prefab, environmentally friendly and almost off-the-grid homes get coffee-table status in this glossy new book. With a foreword by Hollywood legend Robert Redford, you know you're in good company.


Prefabulous + Almost Off The Grid, by Sheri Koones, $25, Indigo.

Prefabulous + Almost Off The Grid book cover

Colour-code your paperwork

Assign a shade to every member of the family (or type of bill), and stay on top of the never-ending pile of paper and priorities this fall.


Martha Stewart Home Office with Avery labels, $4/100, Staples.

Colour-coded chips, paint chips, bright colours

Shop Canadian

Take another look at Canadian retailer EQ3. Its new fall catalogue is chockablock with affordable options, like this modular stacked-box shelf.


Tobi Mod box shelf, from $99, Nautical rug, $600, Thon chair, $149, EQ3.

EQ3 shelving, striped rug, black chair, booksVeronique Hoegger

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