Hello lovelies! I hope you are enjoying this week so far. I’m curious to know who is having fall weather yet? We certainly aren’t in Louisiana. I’m so ready for some boot and sweater weather! We’ll just pretend that it feels like fall in Louisiana and go sit out on my front porch, sipping our PSLs, m’kay. Today, I’m joining some of my blogging friends for a fall porch tour, so get ready to be inspired by lots of fall goodness!
If you are hopping over from Lora B., welcome! I’m so excited to have you on my front porch! For my friends that have been around for a while, this could very well be your first visit to my porch as well because it’s not an area that I share often.
When planning out my decor for my fall porch, I knew there were 4 items that I couldn’t do without. Today, I’m going to share those 4 items with you and talk about how I used each of them.
4 Things Needed to Create a Beautiful Fall Porch
1. Pumpkins
I must admit, Walmart has really been stepping up their game lately. I love the look of heirloom pumpkins, but in the past I’ve only found them at nursery’s for around $15. That’s a bit more than I’m willing to spend on a pumpkin. In the past, I’ve only been able to find traditional orange pumpkins at Walmart – with an occasional white pumpkin here and there. But this year was different! Walmart has such a great selection of heirloom pumpkins in all sorts of colors for only $5!
A little tip that I’ve learned this year is to wash your pumpkins in Clorox. This helps to keep them from rotting, especially in this heat. I filled the sink up with water, poured in about 1 cup of Clorox and used a scrub brush to clean the pumpkins. This washes all of the dirt and mold off of them that could cause them to start to rot. I’ve had my pumpkins on my porch for about 3 weeks now and they are still as fresh as the day I bought them.
2. Mums
Mums add such beautiful fall colors. Inside, I went with neutral fall colors, but for the outside, I wanted all the traditional fall colors. I love the burnt orange and yellow mums. The cheapest place I’ve found to buy mums is Costco. The large mums were only $10 and they had all sorts of colors to choose from! They didn’t have any of the smaller sized mums at Costco, so I picked those up at Walmart.
3. Corn Stalks
I love the texture and height that corn stalks add to a front porch. Honestly though, I can’t even believe I spent money on corn stalks. If you haven’t noticed already, I am a very budget friendly decorator. I DIY or thrift most of my decor. I shared some of my tips for shopping on a budget [HERE], if you’d like to check them out.
Anyway, there are corn fields everywhere I look in the area that I live. I’m sure they wouldn’t have missed 4-5 corn stalks, right? But I knew that wouldn’t be right. So instead I spent $7 on some dried cornstalks. I really wanted them on both sides of my door, but I was too cheap to buy 2. So there ya go. Now you know the truth. 😉
4. Hay bales
Hay bales are great for giving some height to things and for adding more texture. My door is offset to one side of the porch, so it’s hard to decorate it with symmetry because there just isn’t enough space on one side of it. I added a hay bale to the side with more space, then stacked some pumpkins and plants on top. I added a few more pumpkins in the front just to add a little color and more textures.
One thing that I love to do is incorporate vintage goods into every area that I style. I feel like it adds so much more character to spaces. I added the vintage galvanized bucket and bushel basket that I placed some mums in. You may have also noticed on the other side of the door, I placed mums in an old wooden tool caddy and a larger bushel basket.
I picked up the thankful doormat at Hobby Lobby and layered it on top of the black and white striped mat from Target. Layering the doormats just adds another dimension to give them more of a pop.
I added a throw and a cute pumpkin pillow on my rocker to add some coziness to the space. The adorable ticking stripe pumpkin pillow is from my sweet friend Faith at Faith & Chloe Etsy shop. I love the light weight stonewashed throw from Kasentex. It is perfect for those cool fall nights – if they would ever get here!
I hope you all enjoyed your visit to my fall porch and found lots of inspiration. You’ll definitely want to head over to Cindy at County Road 407 next and see her beautiful fall porch.
I’m so thankful that you stopped by today! Have a blessed day friends!! xoxo
I love all of your pretty fall accents! Happy to be touring with you! Blessings, Cecilia @My Thrift Store Addiction
Beautiful as always!!!! Very welcoming and cozy looking. I can sit there all day, sipping coffee or sweet tea 😀. Awesome tip about cleaning the pumpkins, I never knew that. Laughing at your corn stalk story. Ask the farmers, you will be surprised that they (at least here) will give you some (corn stalks or cotton) for free. My husband helps our neighbor load the hay bales and he gives us 3 every year for the help. 😉.
I love your fall porch check list and I’m pinning for future inspiration! Happy touring!!
Your front porch is lovely! I love all of the fall colors and plants…especially how you added the croton plant!
Beautiful. I love how you’ve used basekets in your decor, so pretty and all those mums are stunning. Such a pretty and inviting porch full of great ideas and inspiration.
Your porch is just gorgeous girl! I love all of the colors and textures you used, it is so warm and welcoming. I’ve seen a few people share that Walmart has a great pumpkin selection this year–I need to go check mine out! Hope you have a bright day 🙂
What a beautiful fall porch you have! I am inspired to add some corn stalks to my porch. It truly is the icing on a fall cake!
Heather, you had me at the gas lanterns! I’m not sure I’ve ever noticed those before but they are surely beautiful
You did a great job on your porch. The plants and pumpkins are perfect!
There are so many gorgeous layers of texture on this porch, I love it all! That chippy table is fabulous and I love how you put the mums in the vintage mop buckets – that is super cute. I hope you and your family have a great time celebrating all things Fall. It’s been fun blog hopping with you today. Hugs, CoCo
Yep! We all need everyone of those things to have a great fall porch but I didn’t get my cornstalks this year and am totally bummed about it! Whaaaaaaa! Love your porch though. The bright colors mixed with the muted wonderfully worn furniture pieces is spectacular! Happy Fall!
Your fall porch looks so pretty! I’m a vintage lover and I especially love how you’ve incorporated vintage into your outdoor decor. I wanted to use cornstalks so badly on my front porch but I couldn’t find any for sale in mu area. I grew up on a farm where hay bales and cornstalks were plentiful, so it’s kind of amusing that now I have no source for these things that I used to take for granted.
Hey Heather! I love how nicely everything on your Fall porch comes together. I love the hay bale and all the mums! And as a lover of vintage finds, I love all yours that you incorporated into your porch decor. Happy to be on this hop with you!
Hay bales, corn stalks, pumpkins and mums! Yes all of my favorite things for a Fall porch and your porch is so beautiful with these elements! I saw the mums at Costco but I had already purchased some… I’ll remember for next year that they are the place to get them at!
Loving your outdoor space! I feel for you with your warm weather. Hope it cools down for you soon. Thanks for the heads up on Walmart stepping up their game. I’ve been trying to find cheaper ones for quite some time and thought I’d have to resort to buying faux expensive ones.
Heather, your porch is styled like a very inviting additional room for fall porch sittin’! Over the years I’ve used all those great elements you’ve spelled out and are using so fabulously, but have gotten to the point of reducing mine down to mostly just pumpkins and mums these days. I enjoy seeing yours done so tastefully. I agree that WalMart has really stepped up its game for supplying better selections. And no fall weather here yet in West Virginia either, but we’re expecting a drastic change over the weekend. We shall see. Happy Fall!
Heather I love it all! I have to say that the very first thing I noticed was how beautiful your door color looks with all the fall plants and pumpkins! That is an amazing green shade. Everything looks magazine perfect again! You crack me up about wanting to swipe some cornstalks. Like you I would have a guilty conscious! Anyway yours looks great and I think you have balanced the assymetry beautifully. As you will see in my post, I am also thinking Walmart is stepping up their game. Our region didn’t have any heirlooms but I found some great outdoor fall decor. I am not an affiliate for them but now I am thinking I could happily share their decor.
I really enjoyed your tour and I will be pinning away! Thanks so much for joining us. Happy fall!
Heather, I think we think alike; got all my stuff from Walmart, too! I think we need to let local farmers know all of us bloggers would pay them to come cut down some of their cornstalks! Honestly, I’m surrounded by them, too, and can’t find anyone who sells them. What’s up with that? I had to plead and drive an hour away to get mine! Your idea to layer your floor mats is genius; love that!
Thank you, Lora! I’m sure if we asked the farmers they would probably just give us some, but I never see them out there. I’ll have to be on the lookout. 😉
You created a lovely space! Thanks so much for the Clorox tip. I’ll have to start doing that. We are having very rainy and cold weather here lately. Something we haven’t seen for some time. Love all four of your favorites! I spent $8 on cornstalks. 🙂 Two are on my porch and two out by the shed.
hugs,
Jann
Thanks Jann! This was my first year trying this trick and it has made such a difference. I’ll be doing it every year from now on.
Heather,
Great tips for recreating similar Fall decor and sources for finding reasonably-priced ones. I relate to an asymmetrical front porch. The door butts right up to the house on the right side, and there is NO room to put anything there. My solution is to just go with the flow of decorating all down the front steps on one side.
I love all the windows around and in your front door. A door with windows just looks so welcoming to me. All the traditional Fall colors look great with your dark green door color, too. And, can we talk about all your great baskets and galvanized containers! Beautifully done.
Happy Fall,
Judith
Thank you, Judith! I agree, we just have to learn to work with what we have. 😉
Your porch looks gorgeous adorned for autumn! I love the green color of your door and those stunning gas lanterns flanking it! It has been so much fun touring with you! Happy Fall!!!
Thank you, Shannon! I wish I knew the color of the door because so many people ask about it, but it was painted that color when we bought the house. 😉
Your porch looks beautiful! I love the layered rugs and that basket full of boos! It is all so pretty! I agree, Walmart is a great place to find mums and pumpkins! Thanks for the Clorox tip!
Thank you so much, Kristin!! I’m loving the layered rug trend also!