An autumn flat-lay of orange pumpkins, pink and red dahlias, golden leaves, walnuts, and rosehips clustered on dark weathered wood

The Color Issue • October

Living in
Full Color

This October we're turning up the color — the deep jewel tones of the fall garden, a wall that finally gets its bold hue, and rooms that wear their personality proudly. Because a home full of color is a home full of life.

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October light turning everything goldJewel-tone dahlias crowding the kitchen tableA wall finally painted the bold hue you always wantedPumpkins and gourds lined up along the porch railGhost cupcakes and orange frosting for the little onesDeep plum, forest green, and burnt sienna coming homeThe fall garden basket in every shade at onceSweaters the color of maple leaves pulled from the cedar chestA front door painted a color that makes you smileRooms that wear their personality proudlyOctober light turning everything goldJewel-tone dahlias crowding the kitchen tableA wall finally painted the bold hue you always wantedPumpkins and gourds lined up along the porch railGhost cupcakes and orange frosting for the little onesDeep plum, forest green, and burnt sienna coming homeThe fall garden basket in every shade at onceSweaters the color of maple leaves pulled from the cedar chestA front door painted a color that makes you smileRooms that wear their personality proudly

Editor's Note

A vibrant living space with an emerald-green corduroy chair against a wall painted in bold orange, yellow, and cobalt-blue arches, a framed monstera-leaf print, a mid-century credenza, a yellow lamp, and lush plants

Bye-Bye, Beige

From the Divine 9 to Jack and Jill to Easter Sunday, we have always embraced color. Our homes are no different.

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The Color Issue•October

The Color Issue

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Two burlap scarecrow dolls on a hay bale in a front yard, framed by pots of orange and burgundy mums in front of a red-brick house

Home & Style

It’s October. Is fall decor a white thing?

Bone-white scarecrows, beige candles and haystacks. But that has never been our autumn. Ours has a rainbow of colors — mums, orange, pumpkins and all. So why is that perceived as a white thing?

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The Color Issue

What You Know About This?

A few things we're getting into this month -- from the walls to the garden to the pot on the stove.

Decor

Picking Out Your Color

Choosing a color shouldn't feel like a gamble. We walk you through finding the shade that makes a room feel like you -- and how to commit to it without second-guessing.

A vibrant cluster of potted chrysanthemum mums in burgundy, gold, orange, and magenta on a front porch step in warm autumn light

Gardening

How to Keep Your Mums from Turning Brown

Mums bring the porch to life in October -- until they crisp up overnight. Here are the watering, deadheading, and placement tricks that keep those blooms vivid all season.

An overhead spread of colorful squash and gourd varieties -- orange butternut, blue-green hubbard, striped delicata, green acorn, and creamy white -- on a dark rustic table

Cooking

The Many Colors of Squash

Beyond the basic orange, there's a whole rainbow in the squash bin -- blue hubbard, striped delicata, creamy white. We break down what to cook with each one.

Stories from the Community

The Kinspire Blog

Where home meets heritage. Stories, traditions, and inspiration celebrating color in Black home culture.

A pumpkin spice latte topped with whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon in a glass, beside cinnamon sticks and coffee beans, with a glowing carved jack-o’-lantern in the dark background

Color at Home

It’s the Not-So-Great Pumpkin

Sweet potatoes? Yes. Pumpkins? Nah. That includes the pervasive pumpkin spice everything.

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Wisdom in Short Clips

Quick video advice from our elders on cooking, decor, gardening, entertaining, and creating personal spaces.

Keeper of Kitchen Wisdom

Fluffy, never crumbly.

We’ve all been there. You cut into a delicious-looking cake and then…crumbs everywhere when it falls apart, leaving more on the plate than in your tummy. But never fear, Aunt Devi has advice on that, too.

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