45 Best Fall Porch Decor Ideas with Cozy, Seasonal Style
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Go Spooky & Stylish
Make your front entry the must-stop spot for trick-or-treating with this spooky scene.
To get the look: Hang “witches” brooms from your windows by drilling holes through the handles and threading with fishing line. Arrange purple mums with loads of white and green pumpkins and gourds around the steps. Place black cauldrons on either side of the door and fill with bare branches. Hang a moss wreath on the door and nestle black bats around the scene.
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Spooky Up Your Pumpkins
Add more spook-factor to your scene by decorating your pumpkins on theme.
To make the pumpkins: Draw a bat or crescent moon outline on a pumpkin. Next, fill in the outline with nails, using carbon steel nails for the bat or silver flatheads for the moon.
For the star pumpkin luminaries, hollow out a gourd. Freehand star shapes with a pencil, then carve over the outlines. Illuminate with a battery-operated tea candle.
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Set a Festive Scene
Kick off your fall entertaining by going all-out on porch decor. This festive doorway features loads of plaid, including plaid-etched pumpkins (more on those below!), layered front door mats for extra coziness, a bittersweet wreath hung by a (yes, plaid!) scarf, and mums perched perfectly in vintage galvanized olive buckets.
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Plaid Up Your Pumpkins
Craft a Display to Take You From Halloween to Thanksgiving
If you love fall but hate decorating for both Halloween *and* Thanksgiving, look no further than this seasonal arrangement. Here, pumpkins adorned with freshly fallen leaves ensure that the look stays fresh all season long.
To make the pumpkins: Coat the back sides of colorful leaves with adhesive spray. Immediately attach the leaves to your pumpkin, being sure not to push down all the points so they have a more organic look.
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Embrace More is More
Add Grain Sack Accents
A country classic—vintage French grain sacks—inspires a simple and rustic embellishment for fall pumpkin stacks. Display on the porch, maybe even next to a bench with pillows covered in grain sacks, to create a warm fall welcome.
To make the pumpkins: Simply Mod Podge striped ribbon either vertically or horizontally around white pumpkins. Display stacked on pumpkins, benches, or stools.
Add Pretty Plaids
Add Pops of Evergreen
Perch Pumpkins on Crocks
For a Tiny Stoop, Less Is More
Switch It Up with a Neutral Palette
Crisp whites with pops of bright blue and muted oranges is a fresh, sophisticated color scheme for this time of year. Paper oak leaves glued to leafless branches create a dramatic window swag. Display white mums in bushel baskets and stack heirloom pumpkins on an array of colorful shaker boxes.
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Keep It Simple for Early Fall
Step Up Containers with Fall Blooms
At this California board-and-batten cottage, stone porch steps wrap the entire house and provide the perfect perch for clusters of fall blooms in terra-cotta pots. A throw blanket for cool California nights and a pair of pumpkins rest on a bench under the window.
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A Little Goes a Long Way
Swap Mums for Cabbages
Fall cabbages tucked into the landscaping and in planters with patina are a nice change from the season’s ever-popular mums. A dried hydrangea wreath hung on the happy golden yellow door and pumpkins scattered casually below make for an effortless fall look.
Get the Look:
Front Door Paint Color: For similar, Lemon Drops by Benjamin Moore
Decorate High and Low
If you are lucky enough to have a double-decker porch, be sure to add fall touches to both spaces. Grapevine wreaths with swaths of orange and yellow flowers adorn the doors of this Colorado farmhouse of designer Margaret Shutze. Cozy striped blankets are perfect for wrapping up with when rocking away on cool nights, while lanterns filled with candles offer soft, romantic light.
Add Rustic Accents
Pile it On
Go big or go home, right?! This gracious front porch packs it all in, with multiple stacks of pumpkins, a plethora of mums, plenty of plaid fall blankets and pillows, and a door wreath made from pecans.
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Forage the Yard
There’s no need to look any further that your backyard for pretty fall-colored foliage. Branches of colorful maple leaves and sprigs of dried yarrow are all it takes to glam up this front porch. (No peacock, necessary. Although we do encourage chickens!)
Amy Mitchell is the managing editor at Country Living and VERANDA. She writes about a wide range of topics, including homes and lifestyle content.
Anna Logan is the Senior Homes & Style Editor at Country Living, where she covers design and decorating trends, home features, and gift guides. She also produces home features and styles content for the print magazine. When she isn’t working, can often be found digging around antique shops for the perfect find. Follow her adventures on Instagram!
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