Porch Decor For Fall

I have really scaled back in what I am doing inside and out for fall decor this year. Last year, I was all excited to do a lot of decorating for the seasons and sort of went all out. This year it's much more laid back.

Fun fall front porch decor using traditional cornstalks, Indian corn, gourds and mums along with the unexpected - a vintage toy truck loaded with pumpkins.

I sort of go in spurts like that.

And honestly, anything that I put out for fall will have to be put away again and that in itself is a drawback to me.

So I just added a few key fall items to my summer porch and called it a day.

The planters on either side of the door are what I had planted in May. They each have two Electric Lime Coleus with one Purple Fountain Grass plant in the middle.

Sort of like a grass sandwich. But you don't have to eat it.

Gourds that I picked up at the farm market are sitting in my planter box along with a lid to an apple basket.

Normally, I am not a fan of warty things, but I just love these bumpy gourds.

The rocking chairs and pillows have stayed the same.

I have added the clay pumpkin. Because, of course, I didn't have that out all summer. That would just be silly.

The cornstalks were a huge splurge this year. I have a hard time spending money on something that I could just as easily grab from a nearby cornfield. I mean there are probably 14 bazillion cornstalks in a square mile radius of us.

But that would be stealing. So I bought them at the farm market for $5.95 per stalk.

I really do love the look of the cornstalks on the porch pillars though.