The switch over from daisies to mums is happening, and porches are starting to take note. In designing the front entrance, rather than go the Halloween route with crawling spiders and loud ghoulish ornaments that transform your yard into a Dollar Store graveyard, I’ve always preferred the harvest theme. Here, in our former Laguna Beach cottage, we let color and whatever looked good at the the nursery guide the exterior’s design.
A fall porch is as simple as selecting a few well edited pieces.
5 steps to a fall front porch:
- Browse your local nursery, market and farmstead for gourds and fall fruits that can add style to your tableau.
- Choose a secondary theme, as we did with burlap and straw, and find pieces that connect. We found the burlap garland on Etsy and mini stack of hay from Michael’s, which we tied to the front door and used as filler to the vignette.
- Place fake leaves here and there, also bought at Michael’s, if you live in a climate that does not shed its leaves in abundance.
- Survey your own pieces to use as decoration. A vintage wire basket is a great container for apples while a straw market bag is the perfect vessel for mums.
- Use your dog as a prop and, if you don’t have one, borrow a friend or neighbor’s like Baxter in this image.
