Step ladders aren't just for getting the Tupperware off the top shelf anymore.
They're also decorative!
This is the ladder that I bought a few weeks ago at a garage sale. I have this vignette sitting right outside of my living room door so I can see it from both inside and out. As a matter of fact, I am looking at it right now.
I added my can of unknown purpose which I bought last weekend at the Springfield Antique Show and Extravaganza.
I purchased these metal spiders years ago at a craft fair and wish I would have picked up more of them.
They always find a way into my fall decor. Sometimes clinging to a hay bale, sometimes just climbing up random items on the porch. Casper appears to be terrified of them!
My coleus is still alive and kicking, but will probably wither away at first frost.
In past years I had been cutting these blooms off as soon as they appeared, because I buy coleus more for the foliage rather than the flowers. But this year I have been keeping them on the plant. They are actually sort of pretty.
Speaking of flowers, I am a sucker for mums. I can't walk into the garden center without walking out with one.
The lighter yellow/orange one (Golden Cheryl) isn't blooming at the same rate as the darker orange ones (Hannah Orange). So my expected explosion of rich fall colors hasn't quite happened yet.
Tell me, are you done with your fall outdoor decorating or do you wait until closer to Halloween? Or skip it all together?
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Looks like a great place to sit on your front porch and take some of fall in. looks so pretty
Heather
I just love your metal spider! In fact, your whole porch looks great! I haven't even started fall decorating yet. I need to get on it! 🙂
Country Dreaming
Looking quite festive on the porch.
Great job!
Melinda
Happier Than a Pig in Mud
Your porch looks great Pam! I'll probably buy a mum for the planter out front but that's about it:@)
Olive Cooper
You are killing me with the spiders but I love the ladder and punkin. I have my punkins out and about eight mums outside. hugs♥O
Debbiedoo's blogging and blabbing
Loves it, and I love the can! You are doing great with your Fall/Halloween decorating, I just love your whimsy touches too.
Cozy Little House
I don't see why a step ladder wouldn't apply. It has a surface! I'm still in love with the bowling ball. This is really pretty. I love the mums too.
Brenda
Blondie's Journal
I love your porch decor! The ladder is an ingenious idea and I love the spiders {because they are fake!!!}
XO,
Jane
NanaDiana
Pam-It all looks great-Love all the FALL that is everywhere in your post. That can is an old gasoline can and was probably red, or orange, in its previous life. We had a couple of them on the farm when I was a kid. I used to like to sniff the gas when they unscrewed the cap - Go figure- you knew I'd be THAT kid, didn't you?
Your porch is just gorgeous all dressed for Fall! xo Diana
Gail
Your porch looks great with all your touches of fall! I love your ladder. I'm done with fall in the inside but I haven't started on the outside yet. I need to get busy!
Enjoy your evening,
Gail
andrea
It's a very off-beat table and that's why I love it! So cheerful and fun. No creepy Halloween decor at this house, just fall joy. andrea @ townandprairie
Ceekay- Thinkin of Home
I think it is an old gas can! And a step ladder as a table...yep, that counts...in fact, I gotta find me one of those!!
Crystal Rose Cottage
Very cute decorating Pam! Love the big spider! Too cute!~Hugs, Patti
Gail @ Faithfulness Farm
LOVINg your porch Pam -- so welcoming -- even the spider 😉
Blessings!
Gail
All That Glitters
Pam, everything looks so good! I'm lovin your spiders too! I love you orange mums too!
Tete
Looks like you are getting your spook on! Love those spiders! Just the cutest idea I have seen for a lone while! Those are screw driver handles, old wood ones, and I could probably use old clothes hangers for legs since I cannot weld nails together. Love them!
Your photos are fantastic and I love mums.
A ladder is a table top- you did good!
deborah
Very cute! I love the color from your mums!
Kim K.
I need to transform my step ladder on our back deck. Your spiders are AWESOME! My hubby totally approves. I made him come peek at your blog this morning.
Shannah @ Just Us Four
(Visiting from Coastal Charm) I love the metal spider and ghost you have here! So cute on the step ladder.
Tricia @ A Rosy Note
Those spiders have a creepy, yet cute quality. I can see where they'd work out perfectly for squishing into a hay bale. Love your decorating, Pam. You sure are lot further ahead then I am. My potted flowers are looking so good right now, that I'm thinking all just get some mums in a similar color to add to the look.
Ida
Awesome photo's. Love those metal spiders and your Coleus is gorgeous.
Babs
Your Halloween step ladder is so much fun. Love the metal spiders and the cute pumpkin. I'm ready for mums too and need to go to the garden center. I always love how mums have girl's names. I have a bronze one one named Tabitha that I planted in the yard.
Happy Fall.
Vicki
Love your porch, Pam!
Ocean Breezes and Country Sneezes
You do the best decorating! I just love your style and I love your finds at yard sales and thrift stores!
Have a great week!
Mary
the vintage wren
Thanks for giving me a great idea for using the little ladder I was going to remove from my studio. I love what you've done for fall. No decorating going on around here...yet. Hopefully soon...I better get myself in gear or the holiday will just pass me by. Hugs-Carrie
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I would leave with those gorgeous mums, too!!! Awesome color! Love the fun Halloween porch decor!!!
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Your porch looks great with lots of different items used for decoration. I am always impressed with your creativity, Pam. Love those coleus, too.------Shannon
Sue
Lovin' your front porch, Pam! To think you could have bought MY ladder! LOL Your mums will pop open soon enough. My big ones are so wet, they are drooping and leaving gaps in the top. Not attractive.... I'll put out Halloween stuff the middle of Oct. I'm so late getting autumn things out this week. Talk soon, are you going to the French Hen Farm sale? I'll be there Fri. -the husband is off and wants to go. ♥ Sue
Rose @ Confessions of a Curbshopaholic
I love your porch display, esp the ladder and spiders. I've just bought pumpkins, a bundle of cornstalks, and mums so far, haven't had time to do any real decorating.
Probably won't get to either. 🙁
Cathy @My 1929 Charmer
Love the simplicity of the porch, and wish you had bought-en more of those ants, because I would of begged you for one. Thanks for stopping by my blog, and liking my "trash to nightstand" post. Like your blog so, I Facebooked you!