The transition from summer to winter is exhilarating, especially with nature’s way of announcing the presence of fall. The honey-yellow or golden-yellow leaves of deciduous trees, the relatively cold yet dry weather, and the abundance of pumpkins on display. While fall is an exciting time for everyone, you can make it more pleasing by including some fall decor for the porch; add color, flowers, and leaves to your door space.
Your porch can have a personal touch to show how much you appreciate the change in weather. You can include some seasonal flowers with eye-catching colors in your existing porch decorative accents. Also, you can go for a simple porch swing and flower garlands on your door. Of course, the more traditional pumpkin patch or pumpkin topiary, with some pops of color, will also work.
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This article gives you numerous ideas for your next outdoor fall decoration. These porch decor ideas range from subtle to bold, and they can easily blend with your existing decor or introduce a new vibe altogether.
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Porch Decor Ideas for Your Porch
Fall already comes with a burst of colors. You can either extend the reach of those colors to your doorstep or balance them out before they reach your doorstep. Any way you choose to play it, here are some porch decorations you can use during fall and have in place for Thanksgiving.
Colorful Flowers and Faux Pumpkin
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You can extend the color from the trees in your street to your doorstep by placing flowers in galvanized buckets. Your choice of flower depends on the atmosphere you’re looking to create. However, a neutral and joyful color combination will be perfect.
Full tiny white flowers in two buckets, one on either side of the door, preferably on white wooden crates, and a full tiny yellow and red flower in a bucket before the elevated flower bucket. You can add some faux pumpkins on the floor and a flower wreath on your door.
Flowers and Pumpkins
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If you have steps leading to your doorway, you may want to be dramatic with your fall porch decor. Mix your flowers to create some harmony and contrast. Tiny red flowers and full white flowers in different pots will catch anyone’s attention. Introduce some subtlety with ornamental kale in other pots.
Add different sizes and colors of pumpkins to separate the flower pots and introduce more contrast. Go bigger as you approach the door, and finish off the decor with a green wreath on the door. Note that flowers and plants can be artificial.
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Simple Fall Decor for a Small Porch
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The size of your porch influences how big you can go on your fall decor. Elaborate fall porch decor ideas aren’t for you. However, you can apply the simple flower, pumpkin, and wreath combo.
Place a galvanized bucket beside a bundle of dry grass to one side of your side. The galvanized bucket takes some bright flowers. Other flowers can be in a vase and on top of the dry grass. You can have a pumpkin at the foot of the grass, and baby pumpkins, of different colors, in a lantern-like structure, also at the foot of the grass. Your door takes the wreath.
Colorful Farmhouse Porch for Fall
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It’s easier to incorporate wooden fall decor into your farmhouse than any other house design. Also, the fall decor introduces some bright colors into your home’s neutral color theme.
Put some bright flowers in terra-cotta pots and place them at the foot of hour steps and the top. You can use wooden crates in place of pots. Tie some dried corn stalks and leaves against the nearest posts, usually the two after the steps. Allow fall leaves to litter your porch, and place orange pumpkins and white pumpkins along the steps.
Fall Decoration Along Your Steps
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From the foot of your steps, arrange fresh pumpkins on either end of the steps till they’re midway along. Next, introduce galvanized buckets, arranged in zigzag patterns, to the steps till they reach your porch. Finally, put some flower bouquets in the buckets; flowers with bright and bold colors will work best.
Add bigger and bolder flowers to the mix, and place them in wooden crates. Next, erect dry leaves, corn husks to one side of the porch post, and dry leaves wreaths on the door. You can also add a table runner with short tassels beneath the wreath. Finally, use some candles to introduce light along the steps.
Minimalist Outdoor Fall Decorations
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Be a part of the following fall by using wood pumpkins, corn stalks, terra-cotta pots, and a chalkboard on your porch. This minimalist fall decor is suitable for apartment buildings and bungalows that favor minimalist home decor.
Start by placing terra-cotta pots on either side of your door—place wood pumpkins beside each pot and erect full, dry corn stalks. Tie them together, and have them leaning against your wall. Your chalkboard should lean against the pots. Next, place a mat with tassels on the floor before your door, and hang a flower wreath from the top of your door.
Expansive Porch Fall Decor
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The bigger your porch, the more decor you’ll be tempted to add. However, using this relatively mild idea, you can make fall decorations for your porch easier. You’ll need terra-cotta pots, dry corn stalks, fake pumpkins of different sizes, and full seasonal flowers.
Working from the top, place the dried corn stalks on either side of your door. Besides the corn stalks, place full seasonal flowers in galvanized buckets. Add some white and grey wood pumpkins to their fore. Lay a table runner on the floor, and a foot mat, preferably of earth color, on it. Finally, place a lantern on one side of your porch and more wood pumpkins on your steps. You can also add a pumpkin wall sticker to the decor.
Barnwood Farmhouse Fall Porch
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Combining a harvest wreath and wood crates already create a touch of fall decor on your porch, but you can add more elements to make your porch describe the season.
Place a collection of dry corn stalks on either side of your door in some pumpkin buckets with their husks. You can add a fall chalkboard sign beside one of the corn stalks. Arrange the wooden crates so that you can complement them with your pumpkins. A doormat that shares the floor color and some earth tones will be perfect. Complete the fall porch decor with a harvest wreath on your door.
Pumpkin Decor on Door for Fall Porch
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You can’t have too many pumpkins on your porch for the fall. However, you can apply it differently than most people do. Complement the pumpkins on your steps and porch with one on your door.
Erect some corn stalks on the sides of your door post. Place galvanized buckets containing colorful leaves and flowers on bales of hay. Arrange fake pumpkins around the bales and include corn husks in the arrangement. Repeat the treatment from one side to the other side. Use pumpkin decor on your door to crown your fall porch design.
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Swings, Pumpkins, and Flowers for a Fall Porch
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You can make your porch a place to sit and enjoy the scenery of the golden leaves against the earth. However, you can make that space reflect your surrounding in the fall.
If you have a swing on your porch, you can have some pumpkin-shaped ottoman in that space to start your fall porch decor. Place a pumpkin stand on the floor beside the swing. A woven basket should contain leaves and flowers; in front of it, arrange some mini pumpkins. Repeat the design on one side of the swing to the other side.
Final Thought
Fall decors revolve around pumpkins, corn, flowers, and leaves. You can improve on the regular fall porch decors by replacing real pumpkins with fake ones. You should also include some bright colors in your neutral home color to reflect the season.
Rustic fall signs, galvanized buckets, lanterns, and all types of wreaths are still important in getting your porch to feel like a fall.
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