Decorate with silver 

Silver gives homes an elegant wintery look for the season. Consider adding accent pieces, such as silver vases or candles, to your home. For your dining room table, you can use silver napkin rings and a silver centerpiece to add this color to your apartment. If you don’t have anything silver to decorate with, you can make your own decor items. Spray-paint glass jars to make silver vases for your home.

Add seasonal throw pillows and blankets

Placing throw pillows and blankets in seasonal colors, such as deep greens, reds or blues, on your living room furniture can make this room look cozier and inviting. You can experiment with different textures for pillows and blankets to add more visual appeal to your apartment as well. If you prefer lighter winter colors, consider adding pillows and blankets in white, silver or a creamy off-white shade.

Get an area rug

If you don’t have an area rug in your living room or bedroom, adding one can change the look of this room while also making your floor warmer in winter. The size and shape of the area rug to get depends on where you’re putting it and what kind of furniture you have. For example, a rectangular area rug works well next to beds, and large, square rugs tend to be suitable for living rooms.

Hang lighted garland strands

If you have these up for the holidays, you can just leave them up. If not, consider hanging lighted strands of garland in white and silver around your home. These strands can make rooms look more cheerful and brighter during winter, especially when it gets dark out earlier.

Our community in Phoenix, Arizona, is located close to shopping, so you can easily pick out decor for your apartment. Please contact us today to learn more about our apartments in Phoenix.

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Not quite sure how to? Just try a few of these handy and pretty fall decorating ideas.

Get Cozy With a Plaid Throw Blanket

This is such an easy and simple decorating idea, but it really adds a pop of color to your space. You might not need to use a plaid throw blanket in Phoenix, but placing one on a bed or a couch contributes to your seasonal ambiance.

Hang a Few Fall Wreaths

Wreaths aren’t just for Christmastime. You can make yours out of branches and twigs or even a bunch of faux fall leaves and some wire. Adorn with fake fall fruit (like apples), a ribbon, or whatever your heart desires.

Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere!

Nothing says fall more than pumpkins. These gourds come in all shapes and sizes, so surely you can find one (or more!) to adorn your apartment. Whether you place a few pumpkins on the porch or even some inside, you’ll totally embrace the season.

Prop up Some Corn Husks

Corn husks, being mostly dead, should survive through at least Halloween. You can tie these to a pole or post outside of your apartment. Rustic rope or ribbon would add to your fall display. Fishing wire is another good option, as it’s sheer and sturdy.

Make Leaf Art

If you have kids or even nieces and nephews, they can help with this simple DIY project. By gluing leaves onto card stock paper, you have unique, natural art that you’ll love to decorate with year in and year out.

Element at Deer Valley is the perfect place in Phoenix to spend fall and the rest of the year. Right in the middle of all the action, you can easily get to North Phoenix and Scottsdale, including the airports and other transportation in those areas.

The community amenities are all-encompassing, such as a 24-hour fitness center, garages, Java Café access, a lounge and coffee bar, a games room (which includes a billiards table), covered parking, a spa, four swimming pools, and a barbeque grilling area. The apartments are gated as well.

Why wait? Schedule your walkthrough at Element at Deer Valley today by calling 866-367-3402.

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Accentuate Nature

Accentuate nature by including decor made of natural wood and stone. From large area rugs with a native pattern to a large potted cactus in the corner, there are several ways you can embrace the rustic look. Metal objects and repurposed furniture pieces can also be used to make your apartment look rustic and natural. If you are crafty, find a few pieces of furniture or an end table or two. You can paint them or sand them down to their bare wood and apply a coat of finish. Mason jars can be used to organize items on a shelf or to hold kitchen utensils.

Choose Your Colors

If you are choosing a rustic theme, natural colors are often the key to tying it all together. Deep greens, blues, maroons and browns that are complemented with pale tans and grays can bring out the uniqueness of your decor and accentuate the furniture you've chosen. Rustic decor is ideal for homes and apartments that have large windows that flood the rooms with natural lighting. The right color scheme will bring out the best in the rustic decor you've chosen.

At Element Deer Valley apartments in Phoenix, Arizona, you can make your home in the middle of a desert oasis. Call the complex office and schedule an appointment so you can tour the grounds or look over the floor plans of your new home! There are several to choose from, so you can have the home you've always dreamed of. The sooner you call, the sooner you can move in!

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