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Front Porch Fall Decor: Farmhouse Porch Decor With COLOR

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Festive front porch fall decor mixing traditional with farmhouse for a perfect fall look!

Traditional farmhouse front porch fall decor
And by farmhouse I DO NOT mean all neutral and off-white with a hint of greige mixed in. No way, no how.

I’m Team Colorful all the way.

I guess I’m a farmhouse rebel like that.

And today this fall loving rebel is happy to be participating in the Welcome Home Fall Tour.

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If you are coming from Jennifer at Town And Country’s house, WELCOME!

There’s some cocoa in that thermos there, so grab a cup and let’s hang out a bit.

Fall on the porch with bushel baskets and rocking chairs

On my fall porch I like to combine a little bit of traditional and a little bit of farmhouse. And a whole lot of natural fall elements.

For Traditional Front Porch Fall Decor

My black rocking chairs are always a hit.
Black rocking chairs on the fall porch

The plaid throw is actually just a piece of plaid fabric straight off the bolt from JoAnn Fabrics and casually tossed on the back of the rocker. Shhh – don’t tell anyone.

Porch urns are another traditional element for my porch decor.

In the spring I wrote an entire post on how we should ditch the urns and be more creative with our porch planters and looky here, I’ve got urns on my porch!

For some reason, I didn’t take a close up photo of my urns with the Kimberly ferns in them (thinking maybe you wouldn’t notice my hypocrisy?). But you can see them on either side of the front door.

Porch decor for fall

For Farmhouse Front Porch Fall Decor

Wooden crates full of mums and cabbage/kale are a no-brainer.

Mums and cabbage on the porch for fall

As are bushel baskets.

Rustic fall decor on the porch

These tall ones are technically peach baskets. Which sort of makes it ironic that I have a peach crate setting on top of the peach basket.

But I figured that out just now when I was writing this post, so I guess it’s just ironic that I didn’t put two and two together before now.

Or I have no idea of the definition of irony.

I found the wooden peach crate at my favorite vintage/farmhouse store a few weeks ago. It was one of the items I showed you in my 10 Fall Porch Ideas To Score At The Flea Market.

Vintage Big Mountain peach crate filled with pumpkins for fall decor

Peaches don’t shout fall to me though, so I filled it with faux pumpkins and leaves instead.

Hmm, let’s talk about my wreath.

Fall front porch ideas using mums and pumpkins

I made a smaller grapevine one the other day with a cute little pumpkin and owl on it but it ended up being too puny to work for the porch.

So I whipped together this one using a larger grapevine wreath, a bushel basket lid and the metal leaf I bought at the Country Living Fair.

In short, I don’t love it. It’ll stay here until I put my Halloween stuff out. I’m tired of making wreaths.

For Natural Front Porch Fall Decor

Of course, real pumpkins are always a good idea to jazz up your fall porch.

Peanut pumpkin

This is a peanut pumpkin, or as my husband refers to it, the pumpkin with a disease.

I also have the standard deep orange pumpkin by the front door and the mums and cabbage/kale to round out the natural elements.

Mums, cabbage, kale and pumpkins on the fall porch

In past years I have occasionally used corn stalks on my porch also. But with the ferns still kicking it, I felt corn stalks might be sending a conflicting message.

Besides, no offense to corn stalks, they can be a little messy.

Fall front porch ideas using traditional and farmhouse elements

OK, that’s all I have to show you, so I’m going to have to ask you to get off my porch now.


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You can run over to Stacy at Not Just A Housewife’s gorgeous home. She would love to have you visit with her for a bit and maybe she’ll actually invite you inside her house.

The whole list of participants in the Welcome Fall Home Tour is listed below. Feel free to visit them, mingle a little bit and get a whole lot of fall inspiration.

Monday, October 2Chatfield Court / Duke Manor Farm / Remodelando la Casa / Honey n Hydrangea

Tuesday, October 3Exquisitely Unremarkable / Atta Girl Says / My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia / Artsy Chicks Rule

Wednesday, October 4Worthing Court / Hymns and Verses / Lovely Etc.

Thursday, October 5Redhead Can Decorate / Town and Country Living / House of Hawthornes / Not Just a Housewife

And a HUGE thank you to Kristi from Chatfield Court for hosting this party!

A cryptic message for those who read my last post – red and white stroller and possibly using it for Christmas decor (hello, it’s the perfect shade of red)!!!

Other posts you may like:

How To Make Fall Outdoor Planters

Transitioning The Porch From Fall To Halloween

5 Festive Fall Porch Ideas To Copy

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    • I’m sort of addicted to buying them right now. I’m trying to think of what I can do with them for Christmas 🙂

  6. The Boston fern is gorgeous. I was going to ask if it was fake. I kill every single one I’ve tried. Love your peach basket with a peach crate on top!

    • They’re actually real. I don’t know what I’m going to do with them this winter, because in the past any fern I have tried to over-winter has died. They should be good outside until after Thanksgiving though 🙂

  8. That fern and mum look so gorgeous together, Pam! I love the idea of crates, too. I need some crates now 😉 I am all for team color, girl! Pinning XO

  9. Thanks for adding color; I love fall colors. All of the white/gray décor gets to be a bit boring and does not celebrate the changes of autumn.

    • I always think of oranges, reds and rich colors when I think of fall, so I’m not sure I could ever stick to a more reserved color palette.

  10. Glad to see natural elements used…I love the traditional orange pumpkin, not that I don’t love the “diseased” one too. I actually love those interesting looking pumpkins & gourds, but as I’m a tradition-loving girl, I love tradition. The rocking chairs beckon. The urns are fine with the ferns. If they’re doing well, as they appear to be, leave them. They look great. Would you believe my hydrangeas are still blooming? This is a crazy year, it seems. Can’t wait to see your stroller all decked out.

    • I’ve left ferns out until after Thanksgiving before. You’d think they wouldn’t like the cooler weather, but they just keep on growing, so I feel bad getting rid of them prematurely 🙂

  11. Ha, you had the same idea i had, using material from JoAnn fabric. However, at a flea market last weekend, I found a pretty fall throw for $12.00, so I ended up with it. It is pretty, so hopefully, the rain won’t come in on it! Your porch looks beautiful! I love the fall colors!
    Blessings

    • We’re cheating 🙂 Ours won’t keep you warm, but they looks good! And actually just a few hours after I took these photos the farmer behind us cut down his soy beans down, so it got all dusty anyhow. I just dusted it off and was good to go. Probably would have felt bad if it was an expensive throw!

  14. Aw…Pam! I love all the color and warmth of Autumn on your porch. You do a bang up job of pulling things together. I love that you are able to showcase so many of the treasures that you find in your searches. That really makes it special for me. I LOVE color in the fall. Orange pumpkins and fall leaves stir my heart.
    Hope you have a great weekend. xo Diana

  15. It looks so very nice and colorful! I also copied your idea and put my plaid shawl over one of my rockers. I found fall tablecloths at the Dollar store and wrapped them around such throw pillows for my rocking chairs. But my mums aren’t doing so well when I separated them into containers…So I added some fake fall foliage. I love the thermos!! Nice job Pam.

  16. A peanut pumpkin!! So glad to know it’s name. I bought one and my family won’t quit about it!! I kinda like them, they’re diffrrent. I love that you use COLOR!

  17. love the colorful bolt of fabric draped on the chair and that peanut pumpkin. festive for sure.

  18. I enjoy all your porch posts, mine is narrow and not very photographic even though I do love to decorate it.(can’t get a good angle with the camera) Your vintage crates are my envy, I haven’t found any worthy of using yet but I can build some for myself, when I have any time! The flannel right off the bolt is a wonderful idea. Make it no sweat but it looks fab!

  19. Such a pretty fall porch, Pam! Love all the color you used. I usually go that way too but went a different way this fall. Looking at yours though, makes me miss it. Thanks so much for sharing your porch for our fall home tour. 🙂

  20. i love all the colors of fall…that’s why it’s my favorite season. i hope you get some wonderful time out there on your pretty fall porch. my first time ever seeing a peanut pumpkin. it’s interesting.

  22. Love your style. I am a color person as well and am very tired of neutral. I did not change up my home when the greige craze hit and I am so glad.

  23. Being from the south, I truly am a rebel and am right there on Team Color with ya! 🙂 Seriously though, your porch is exactly the way I like it – pretty, cozy, inviting and colorful!

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