Welcome to Day 3 of our Three Fall Front Porch’s: Three Ways! I hope you’re enjoying the series! So far, you’ve seen my front porch decorated for fall, and our Day 2 front porch, which is the home of my BFF Chelsea! Today, I’m bringing you our third and final front porch, which is my parents house, and my childhood home!
I’ve had so much fun bringing you this series, and partly because I’ve enjoyed decorating three entirely different porch’s three very different ways. They’ve all been completely different, and the thought process behind decorating them has been very different, as well as my approach to bring out their best qualities.
For this front porch, I wanted to focus on the bounty of my mom’s garden. We planted lots of pumpkins this spring, and it was well worth it! This porch is entirely based around an overflowing abundance of pumpkins and all things fall… pumpkins (a few different varieties), cabbage (that’s overgrown from their garden), mums, and corn stalks from one of my dad’s many fields. It all combined to make a beautiful entry for their home…
Since we did have a garden full of pumpkins, I let them be center stage for the porch. And up against the black front door, they pop in such a beautiful way!
Their front porch definitely isn’t very big, but I maximized the space by using their flower beds to expand the porch, which creates extra display space without taking up the walkway…
My parents own and operate a large farm here in Colorado, and this front door sees plenty of traffic. This house is the hub of the farm. People are constantly coming and going. Boots often fill the sidewalk leading to the door… some of them quite muddy and dirty at times. Fall brings an entirely different season for harvest, and I love that I could still incorporate corn stalks on their front porch… even with limited space to display them. It’s all about being creative with the area you do have…
I even made room for a park bench, which helps create that warm, welcoming vibe…
And because I’m so happy with the way it turned out, here are a few more beauty shots…
Just in case you were wondering what it looked like when I started, here you go…
It officially made its debut into fall with a grand entrance! 🙂
And there you have it… Day 3 of our series! I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing the three different front porches, decorated in their own unique way!
Happy Fall! 🙂
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Now I know you cleaned out this bed for the pumpkins and that’s a wise use of that space!!! Use your own gorgeous garden pumpkins!!! And did you transplant the cabbage? It adds such a nice contrast. And corn!!! So plentiful but not to me!!! Cotton!? Yes I always had a supplier. So my students could find the seed and squish it and feel its oil. Yes corn grows but I don’t know anyone that grows it here!! Mostly almonds and grapes here. You did it perfectly and inviting!!!! I stacked three pumpkins, put out a mum, a fall mat and a wreath but not like in years past. Getting tired I guess. So I’m enjoying your showcases. Thank you
Your porch sounds fabulous! For the cabbage, I actually just dug it up and placed it in with the pumpkins. 🙂
Lovely pictures! Please do not be offended, but the plural of porch is porches!