I've got another gigantic post for you today. Go let the dog out, grab yourself a cup of coffee and settle on in.
Because it's my annual fall front porch post, people!
No just throwing a mum on the porch and calling it a day. Oh no, if the neighbors aren't thinking that I've gone a tad nutso, then I haven't done my job.
Before I get too far into this fall festiveness - If you are here to see my fall home tour, you can take a peek at it.
And you are more than welcome to come sit on my porch and have a look around too, of course.
First of all, you will notice that my gigantic pumpkin that miraculously appeared in our compost pile this year is NOT on the porch.
Still trying to figure out how to get him out of the compost and on display. Anyone have a backhoe?
And yes, that is a fern you see on my fall porch.
It was still looking so pretty that I couldn't stand to get rid of it yet. Let's just pretend I live in the South instead of in Ohio.
I put the wreath that I made a few weeks ago on the wall of the porch. We sort of have that empty space just sitting there and it begs to have something fill it up.
Besides, it's so 2012 to actually put your wreath on your door.
Last year, I looked for these tall bushel baskets everywhere and I couldn't beg, borrow or steal one. This year I was practically tripping over them at every yard sale I went to.
I made the chevron burlap pillow covers from fabric I found at Hobby Lobby. I actually used a sewing machine this time. No iron on Stitch Witchery stuff or staples. A real, honest to goodness, plug in the wall sewing machine!
I potted up some cabbage in a rusty bucket that I bought at a barn sale in June.
And some kale. I think it's kale?
I'm not good with my veggie identification, but it looks too frilly to be called cabbage.
So, that's the porch in a very big nutshell.
When I came to the garage, I tied it into the porch by using more cornstalks and some mums.
The rusty metal pumpkin rounds out the vignette.
See that tiny little apple placed so strategically beside Mr. Happy? It just magically fell out of the tree and rolled over there when I was taking the close up. Sort of a gift from Mother Nature.
Gosh, while I'm blathering on about outside decor, I might as well show you the back porch.
Yeah, not a lot to see out here. I've pretty much just bunched all my plants together by the back door and put away all the furniture and doodads.
But you can see this area from the inside of the house, so I like to have a little something something out here.
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Anonymous
Wal-Mart for the black rockers! That is great. Have you had to re-paint them since you purchased? That is one of the problems I keep reading about is the paint chipping on the outdoor rockers and not holding up during certain weather conditions.
ℳartina @ Northern Nesting
Pam your porch looks BEAUTIFUL!! I just bought some cornstalks today...think I'll pick a few more up for in between the garage doors:)
TARYTERRE
I ABSOLUTELY love it.
Olive
This level of porch nutso is good. Love the cabbages. I would need a prescription anti anxiety agent to plug in a sewing machine. The pillow is wonderful with the black rockers. xo, olive
creativegoddess
What a lovely and welcoming porch!
Yes, the plant you mention as being kale, is indeed and Ornamental Kale. Leave it outside and the colder it gets the more color it will have in it. Until, of course it freezes and turns to mush.
Aren't you glad you asked? 🙂
Pam Kessler
@Merri Jo - It's actually a Limelight hydangea, but the blooms left on it this time of year tend to be smaller than normal. You can sort of see that one bloom in the last full porch photo where I talk about "in a nutshell", but I have no idea why you can't see it in the photo two below that one. The photos were only taken a few minutes apart. I wonder if it was extra windy at that point.
Cynthia
Pam your porch looks fantastic! You really nailed the details. The olive bucket with mum is perfect. Your wreath is gorgeous. I am so glad that I have been following your blog.
Cynthia
Christine Vandormolen
gorgeous Pam.....now come and do my porch! Christine from Little Brags
Musings from Kim K.
I always look forward to your porch posts. I'm going to have to steal your bushel basket idea. I have two in the garage just waiting for something magical to happen. I'm feeling behind. Not a single pumpkin or cornstalk in sight at our house and it's nearly October!
Merri Jo
Your porch & all your vignettes are so pretty! In the second photo, I admired the Pee gee hydrangea that looks like it is reaching for the rocking chair--but it isn't in any of the other pix--what happened? Please tell me I'm not loony! ;-D
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
This is SO pretty, Pam! I love the look of the cabbage in the galvanized container especially! And my front porch fern is so huge this year that it has become part of our fall porch, too...maybe we'll start a trend lol!
Pam Kessler
@Anonymous - I bought the rockers at Walmart probably two years ago when they were on clearance at the end of the summer. The have held up really really well and I only paid around $49 for each of them (still a lot of money for something on the porch, but a lot cheaper than other ones I looked at).
GinaE
Your porch always looks so great, and this fall version is no exception. I'd love to sit there and drink my coffee.
Anonymous
Hi!
Where did you purchase your black rockers?
Spittin-Toad
Oh...how I wish I had a porch...yours look lovely!! I just have a front door with not even a roof over it..oh-well I guess I'll just admire yours!! 🙂
Denise
Dawn@ We Call It Junkin.com
It's all very pretty! We built a scarecrow (which I'll have on my blog Friday.) He keeps scaring ME - I keep seeing it out of the corner of my eye and thinking there's a dude lurking in my yard. I'm a dork. 🙂
Your corn shocks look great, I might have to get some. Take care!
Dawn @ We Call It Junkin