Pull out those sweaters, lace up your duck boots and grab a thermos full of pumpkin spice whatever. I've got some serious fall decor and crafts for you to wrap yourself up in today!
It's a Fall Ideas Tour sponsored by Angie at Postcards From The Ridge. Angie was nice enough to get together a group of bloggers to show off their fall decor this week and today is all about showing off our fall porches! So you get 6 porches for the price of 1.
But better than that, you get 29 blog posts full of all different kinds of fall home decor from earlier in the week - mantels, tablescapes, wreaths, crafts, porches and what-not! If you can decorate it for fall, we have it!
If you pop on down to the end of my post you can see the other bloggers' fall decor ideas. Make sure you go visit them, because there is some awfully festive fall decor going on!
Rustic And Natural Fall Porch Decor
This year's fall porch decor started with an old wooden porch glider I found at a local antique booth.
Did I mention it was painted this gorgeous shade of green?
And was sort of chippy and worn looking like it had sat on Grandma's porch for the last 50 years.
The moment I saw that green glider I knew it was coming home with me. Love at first sight.
Plus, the color is good for fall, Christmas and spring!!!
A couple weeks ago I discussed on Instagram how I have a love/hate relationship with corn stalks. I had pretty much decided I was NOT going to do cornstalks on the front porch this year.
No Siree Bob, no messy cornstalks with their husks flying willy-nilly all over the yard and porch at this house!
Meet my cornstalks. All 6 of them.
Yeah, the whole non-cornstalk rant lasted about ten seconds after I saw a gorgeous stack of golden fall goodness at my local farmer's market and started tossing them in my car left and right.
Side Note: Does anyone have visions of snakes and giant spiders crawling out of your cornstalks while driving home with said cornstalks in the back of the car. I had a wayward dried cornstalk husk brush against my neck on the ride back home and I almost ran off the road trying to get away from it. I'm still not entirely convinced there isn't something living in my car from those things.
There's 2 in back of the crocks here and 2 on each porch pillar. I figured I'd better go ALL IN if I was going to go in at all.
I've had a few of these crocks that I've collected from flea markets and estate sales over the years and I recently bought the HUGE 10 gallon one (with the orange mum in it) at a pottery place outside of Zanesville, Ohio.
It was a factory 2nd or maybe 3rd that was priced very reasonably. I just use them for decor, so who cares if it has a flea bite or two in it.
And this basket was found at a local antique type store. I just grabbed a bunch of mismatched faux leave stems and flowers I had in my basement and threw them in the basket.
I ended up leaving my black-eyed Susan vine on the side of the porch for fall. It was part of my summer porch, but it was still going strong and I couldn't bear to chop it down just yet.
This time of year I feel a little like a plant murderer with trying to move into fall plants, but the spring and summer ones are still hanging on.
So there you have it, my fall front porch for 2019.
It's a little bit rustic, a little bit natural, a little bit vintage, but it's all budget friendly.
Have you decorated your porch yet this year? Any snake nests aka cornstalks this year?
WAIT!!! You guys! I just realized I don't have a single thermos on my porch.
Sure, I have a tin picnic basket, but no thermos!
What was I thinking!
Fall Ideas Tour
Tuesday - Tablescapes
Sand Dollar Lane / Aratari at Home / Nourish and Nestle
JenRon Designs / Salvaged Living / Our Southern Home
Wednesday - Wreaths
Petticoat Junktion / Lora Bloomquist / Exquisitely Unremarkable
Bliss Ranch / The Interior Frugalista / Chatfield Court
Thursday - Crafts & DIY
Domestically Speaking / DIY Beautify
Homeroad / Christina Faye Repurposed
not pictured Weekend Craft
Friday - Porches
The Chelsea Project / Vinyet etc / Worthing Court
Cottage at the Crossroads / House of Hawthornes / Hymns and Verses
Other posts you may enjoy:
- Fall Porch Decor Farmhouse Style
- Simple Fall Porch Decor - Decorating On The Cheap
- Fall On The Porch - Throwback 2013 Style
- Homemade Squirrel Repellent
- How To Make A Fall Corn Garland (my inspiration for the Homemade Squirrel Repellent)
Jen @ JENRON DESIGNS
Your porch is gorgeous and I love all the mums in vintage crocks, those are my favorite. Have a wonderful fall season.
Pam Kessler
Thank you Jen! I always enjoy decorating the porch this time of year!
Jen
Not yet but going to start with a wrought iron pumpkin 🎃 decor. Stalks way to messy for inside. I tied mine to top of car . Bye bye spiders. If I ever saw a snake I would die. Now you have me wondering every time I grab a bunch 😳. Love your porch.
Pam Kessler
I never once thought to tie them to the top of the car!!! What was I thinking!
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I have always wanted to use corn stalks on my porch but never have. Even if they are messy, they look so good and are worth the creepy crawlies that may now be living in your car. I love your glider and the mums in your crocks look perfect with it. Every year I look forward to seeing how you style your porch for the season. I'll bet that your neighbors enjoy your decor as they walk or drive by your home.
Pam Kessler
Ah, thanks Paula! Sometimes I feel like I go a little overboard with the outside decor, but it does look nice when I pull in the drive!
Patti
Beautiful fall porch Pam and I love all the color. Even the corn stocks! I know that place in Zanesville. A really good friend of mine turned me on to all the wonderful pottery places there year ago. That was back when Hartstone and Fioriware were in full swing. There's still a lot of great places but it's not the same. I might have to go back just for the crocks.
Pam Kessler
I used to love that Fioriware store!
Lindsay Aratari
I love the mums in the crocks!!!
Pam Kessler
Thanks, Lindsay! I don't think I've ever used crocks outside before, I normally have a couple in the house holding magazines and odd random stuff 🙂
Laurie @ Vinyet Etc
I always love reading your posts! If I didn't imagine snakes and spiders in corn stocks, I do now! hahahaha Now, let's chat about that porch swing!!!!! O M Goodness! WOWZERS! Beautiful fall porch as always, but I am disappointed that there are no vintage thermoses! 😉 #KIDDING
Pam Kessler
Maybe I'll pull out my orange and black thermoses for the Halloween porch (if I even do one, it's normally just my fall porch with some bats or crows thrown in)!
Debrah
I don't usually buy cornstalks any more. I had an experience years ago with one!! We were using it indoors for a fall display at the place I worked. The next morning there was a long snake that had obviously crawled out!! If I ever decorate with cornstalks again it would NEVER be for indoors!!!
Pam Kessler
OK, now you are really freaking me out. I had never heard of anyone ACTUALLY finding a snake in one, I thought it was just my imagination running wild! I would die if I had a snake inside the house, they are bad enough outside!
Susie | Chelsea Project
Welp. I suddenly just decided....no corn stalks for me. LOL... But your porch looks like a Fall Hallmark card. Those mums are amazing. And the crocks!!!! LOVE!! Your porch will be the envy of the neighborhood. Happy Fall. XO
Pam Kessler
Thank you Susie! Sorry to "ruin" cornstalks for you 🙂
Susie | Chelsea Project
LOL.....I know. The whole snake thing..... huuum. nope. LOL.... Glad your little scare was a false alarm.
Bliss
The porch is beautiful, your mums look super and I'm glad you took the plunge with your stalks. By the way, it's a child in your car, should be much easier to spot than a snake. You know, Children of the Corn.
Pam Kessler
Or baseball players! Like Field Of Dreams 🙂
Diane
Beautiful display Miss Pam! Love the crocks with mums! Not worried about someone helping themselves? Even though we live in a very safe neighborhood, and hubby is LE, and we have two beautiful shepherds with loud, deep voices, I am uncertain if they would survive overnight here. (Cop-wife brain is hard to let go of, I guess.) I love your porch, and all the seasons it welcomes to your home. Wish I could just zap it right onto the front of my house! 🙂
Pam Kessler
I've never had any problem with people taking stuff off my porch. Yet. Now you've jinxed me 🙂
Dee
You just get better and better decorating your porch for the seasons ... great job!!
Those are the only kind of crocks I like especially when there’s flowers involved. ❤️
And the green on the glider, swoon ☺️
Pam Kessler
Right? I could not buy that glider fast enough!
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
This is so pretty, Pam! The glider and basket are perfect for your porch...great finds! You had me laughing with the attack of the cornstalks!
Pam Kessler
Thank you Linda! I think I'm in a green mood this year!
Donna
Pam, I love your posts and you never fail to make me smile! No thermos, but you did get plaid working for you!!
Pam Kessler
Thanks, Donna! A little plaid is better than no plaid I guess.
Marie
Love your sense of humor, thanks for chuckles this Friday morning 🙂 I'm fairly certain I would have gone off the road had it happened to me and you would have heard my screams for miles. Your porch is lovely and I'm swooning over that glider - perfection!
Pam Kessler
Thank you Marie! If it would have been a real snake I'm pretty sure I would have had to sell my car, because I would not have been able to get back in it!
Lora Bloomquist
I'm drooling over your vintage green bench, Pam! It would have come home with me, too! You're right-green is good for all seasons! It will look just as cute for Christmas!
Pam Kessler
Isn't it just the best shade of vintage green! Thanks of dropping by Lora!
Kathy Jo
I cracked up laughing at your story about the corn stalk brushing your neck. That would totally be me!!
Pam Kessler
I shiver just thinking about it!
Sue Pagels
I did corn stalks once - left a stain on my white porch posts, so that was that! Looked nice but didn't like the stains 🙁 Love your porch and the glider is to die for! I would have fought you over that at the antique mall! Clean up in aisle four - two ladies fighting over an antique glider. Everything is beautiful as always. Thanks for sharing. Oh, I bought a black eyed Susan vine after reading they just go crazy in the sun....nope....mine didn't! Maybe it didn't like being next to the fence. Enjoy your weekend!
Pam Kessler
Did you have it in a pot? I know the one on my porch in the pot is about one tenth the size as the one I planted in my normal spot outside my back door in the ground.
Sue Pagels
No, I planted in directly in the ground and thought it would climb the fence and the post, but maybe not sunny enough? Should have been though as it faces south there and not really shady!
Lynn Spencer
Pam...I would have loved to be a fly in your car on your way home with those cornstalks! I don't usually do cornstalks, but your porch looks so lovely and inviting...hmmm...may need to reconsider. And I didn't know about that place in Zanesville! We have family in Columbus, so the next time I visit....
Thanks for the inspiration.
So happy to join you on this fantastic blog tour!
Hugs, Lynn
Pam Kessler
You have to stop by. It's just off the interstate at the Norwich exit (1st exit past Zanesville) and it's called Ohio Pottery. They have TONS of Fiestaware there also if you collect that.
Christina Woodcock
Pam how beautiful! I love the green chippy glider! My grandmother use to have one on her front porch.
Pam Kessler
Wow! It looked so familiar and "homey" to me when I saw it and I immediately thought it would look cool on my porch (and something different than my normal black rocking chairs)!
Jane Windham
Oh Pam! That green glider was such a good find! We had a metal one on our front porch when I was growing up, and I spent many, many hours in it. You are such a hoot! I wish I could have seen your face when the errant cornstalk brushed your neck! I would have run off the road, for sure. Right now, I look all around before going out in the yard because I saw a snake near our back door! I love your mums in the crocks. I didn't know that they still made crocks like that. How wonderful you have a nearby resource!
Pam Kessler
Oh, I used to love my neighbor's metal glider. It was so comfy! Except if it was in the sun and you had shorts on and then it was a little dangerous!
Kim
Pam your flower filled porch is fall perfection! That green pumpkin is so sweet. What a charming touch!
Pam Kessler
Thank you Kim! Fall is my favorite time to decorate!
Kim Jones
Hi Pam, your Fall porch is very lovely! Love all the beautiful mums and your cornstalk decorating!
Pam Kessler
Thanks, Kim! I sort of get addicted to buying mums in the fall 🙂
Susie D.
Your front porch looks beautiful.. I love the crocks and corn stalks. I was thinking the same thing that another commenter was, are you concerned someone might decide to take them. Several years ago I had planted some very pretty large flowered marigolds, and someone stole the plants out of the ground. It wasn't an animal, it was someone who had used a digger tool that left a perfectly round hole where my plant had been, it looked like some type of small post digger. I thought it was only me, but the other day my sister in law, who lives in a different nearby suburb community had the same thing happen to some of her flowers a few years back. It's a strange world we live in.
Pam Kessler
What? Out of the Ground? I would be so mad!
I've not had any problems with things going missing on my porch. Yet. But we did have someone take a big blowup OSU football player we used to put in the front yard on football Saturdays.
Susan Homeroad Stevenson
Hi Pam! Beautiful front porch I love the green bench!
Pam Kessler
Thank you Susan! I just couldn't buy that thing fast enough!
mary scott
YOU always have the best front porch for fall. I love the green basket!! And all the rest! thanks
Nana Diana
I am in shock that there is no thermos in this post. Whatever were you thinking?! lol
I have had a few 'hitchhikers' come off the cornstalks when I was traveling with them in the car. I should always take the old truck when I do those..MUCH safer. lol
Have a wonderful fall and if I knew where you lived that green bench might just 'disappear'...xo Diana
Ann Hinrichs
I love that color green! and great details on it. Would love to go get mums but oh my it is still in the 90's here in IL. I am in the mood but the weather is not cooperating!
Meegan
Beautiful way to usher in Fall! From the crocks filled with mums, to the basket and plaid throw. It’s all lovely.
Happy Fall, Pam.
Lori Nell
Would love to sit a while on that gorgeous fall porch! Great job.
Julie Briones
Love the mums... and the cornstalks! Pinned!
Leen Curinga
Pam, I love the cornstalks and the mums and the crocks 😍 but that glider is my favorite! What a find!
Angie @ Postcards from the Ridge
Pam, I love all the fun fall colors on your front porch. That glider is amazing. You've got me wanting to use green on my porch now. And I adore all of your mum-filled crocks. I love the way the cornstalks look on your porch. Never thought about them having snakes...that's nightmare material! So happy to have you on tour with us!
Atta Girl Amy
I'm green with envy over that glider! What an amazing find, and it's perfect for your porch. I can't wait to see how you dress it up every season.