9 Ways to Create a Spectacular Fall Porch

If you haven’t decorated your porch for the autumn season, it’s not too late. Fall lasts another two months and there’s no reason not to enjoy a fall porch up until you switch to Christmas decor. Take a look at today’s examples for nine ways to create a cozy, festive vibe just outside your door.

This porch is adorned for a dinner party with a long table festooned with a fall centerpiece. Pumpkins and gourds line the steps down to a buffet table lined with snacks and drinks. If you live in a warmer clime, you could recreate something like this for Thanksgiving dinner.

Photo by Troy Spurlin Interiors

 

Heirloom pumpkins and mums are always my go-to staples for outdoor fall decorating. Add in a wheat wreath and you’ve got the perfect entry for cooler days. The wooden front door and rustic-red shingle siding enhance the vibe of autumn days.

Photo by Corynne Pless

 

If you find a bargain on gourds, why not load up the car and spread them across your porch? The little red wagon is a cute touch, along with the vintage rocking chair and flying geese quilt. Summer petunias add a cool color next to all the orange. 

Photo by Julie Ranee Photography

 

How cute is that line of mini pumpkins across the top of this historic home’s front door? Pretty cute, I’d say. A pair of dried cornstalks flank the front door with its floral fall wreath. 

Photo by LaurelRock

 

A large porch calls for large mums leading to the front door. Here, a pair of green cornstalks is used, as opposed to dried. The color combination of the mums looks great against the home’s gray-blue siding. 

Photo by The Lighting Center at Rockingham Electric

 

Sometimes it helps to prop up pumpkins. A stone crock is used on the right, while a wooden step stool is used on the left. I like to elevate pumpkins if I’m grouping them so they’re at different heights. 

Photo by Julie Ranee Photography

 

I love this craftsman porch with its amazing architectural details. Early fall flowers and striped cushions in autumn colors on the vintage wicker chairs is all that’s needed. It just goes to show that you don’t need to go all out to create a pretty porch. 

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A charming playhouse features a whimsical fall entry with pumpkin ghosts resting in urns while a large coffee filter wreath adorns the door. The flower in the triangle above the door is such a clever idea. Don’t you love the expressions on the pumpkin ghosts?

Photo by Sarah Greenman

 

Last but not least, colorful trees add their own decoration outside a white historic home with pumpkins stacked on the porch. 

Photo by Design Fixation [Faith Provencher]

 

Do you have a favorite from today’s collection of fall porch inspiration?