Traditional fall front porch decor featuring a variety of mums and pumpkins for a classic harvest look. There’s lots more inspiration at the bottom of the post!
Fall Front Porch Decor
Happy fall, everyone! Sweater and boot weather is finally here and I could not be more thrilled. This past summer was a hot one for my pasty Irish skin and I’m so happy to break out the long sleeves and plaid again!
Decorating your front entrance for the autumn season is not a really a thing in Ireland but since moving to New England, it has certainly become one of my new favorite things. There’s something about the warm colors and inviting nature of all the mums and pumpkins that I simply adore.
Today, I’m excited to share some outdoor decorating ideas for fall and I’m so happy to be back sharing another post as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Decorating Series hosted by Krista of The Happy Housie.
When we redid our front steps and walkway last year I was so excited to finally draw attention to this part of my home. Our front steps were so ugly before that I did not decorate them for a reason! Now I love the stonework and I’m happy to have people admire them as well as my full-on harvest display.
This year I stuck to a color palette of purples and deep reds, accented with a variety of pumpkins as well as the pretty gold tealight holders. Instead of spending a fortune on new planters, I grabbed a bunch of dark red plastic trash cans from the dollar store, added some drainage holes to the bottom and popped my flowers right in. So easy and they look perfect! Cheap fall porch decor is my favorite! My chrysanthemums were only $4 a piece except for the two huge ones which were a bit of a splurge at $20 each. But they all hardy mums and should last right through until last November at least! 
My local garden center had bushel baskets for only $3 a piece, so I grabbed two of those for the largest of the mums.
The front door has a simple boxwood wreath so as not to detract from the beauty of the front porch. I also planted some decorative cabbage and mums in the window boxes but none of them have bloomed yet so you’ll have to wait another day to see those!
My favorite part of this fall front porch is right after dinner when the sun begins to set, the front lights turn on and cast a beautiful warm glow over everything…
It’s quite magical!
I’m excited to be joining a group of 25 bloggers who are also sharing their fall porch tours today! Hop around to take in all this stunning inspiration…
The Happy Housie // Rooms FOR Rent // Bless’er House
Lolly Jane // Finding Silver Pennies
Clean and Scentsible // Jenna Kate at Home // Craftberry Bush
Inspiration for Moms // Willow Street Interiors
Maison de Cinq // Maison de Pax // Just a Girl and Her Blog
Life on Virginia Street // Modern Glam
Taryn Whiteaker // TIDBITS // A Pretty Life
Town and Country Living // Southern State of Mind
Setting for Four // Vinyet etc. // Amber Tysl //
Deeply Southern Home // Hallstrom Home
I love this! The boxwood wreath is perfect too! Where do you buy yours?
So pretty! Loving all the mums, wow!
Thank you!! :-)
Your porch is fall perfection…so many rich colours and gorgeous seasonal accents…so lovely! And I LOVE the new stonework!
Thank you, Jo-Anna!
Jenna your porch looks so gorgeous! I LOVE all of your wonderful mums!!
Happy fall to you!
Sheila
xo
Thank you Sheila, happy fall to you, too!! xo
A girl after my own heart who loves mums!! You chose great colors. Mums are wonderful because you’re right – they’re fairly inexpensive and make such a great statement. Love your porch!
Thanks Jennifer! xo
Love all of your pretty mums, Jenna! And the candles are the perfect touch! Hope you’re having a great week!
~Abby =)
Thank you so much, Abby!! I hope you have a great week, too! xo
So many mums, love!!!
Darling! This is perfect for Fall and it is so cozy and gorgeous
Thank you Rhonda! Cozy is definitely what I was going for!! xo
Beautiful!! I love the lights and your steps are gorgeous with the rock.
It looks PERFECT and imagine how amazing it’s going to look when the mums are fully blooming!
Thanks Lucy! Those darn mums are taking FOREVER to bloom!!!
Oh I just love all your pretty mums and pumpkins. And that candlelight is the perfect touch! Beautiful!
Jenna! It’s absolutely gorgeous! I love your classic front entry – so stunning! And the lighting in your pics is so cozy for fall:) Thrilled you could be part of this hop!
Thanks so much, Krista! So happy to be a part of it :-)