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    Home » Front Porch Ideas

    Rustic And Natural Fall Porch Decor

    Published by Pam Kessler | 842 words. · About 5 minutes to read this article. - 59 Comments

    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.

    Rustic and natural fall porch

    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!

    Fall ideas tour

    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?

    Vintage green porch glider

    And was sort of chippy and worn looking like it had sat on Grandma's porch for the last 50 years.

    Traditional porch decor for fall

    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.

    Cornstalks and mums for fall porch decor

    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.

    fall porch decor

    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.

    Vintage crocks and mums on fall porch

    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.

    Vintage green basket with fall flowers

    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.

    black-eyed Susan vine

    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.

    vintage fall porch decor

    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!

    crocks and mums for fall porch decor

    What was I thinking!

    rustic natural fall porch decor

    Fall Ideas Tour

    Creative fall home decor
    Monday - Mantels
    Postcards from the Ridge / Anita Diaz / Hearth and Vine
    Virginia Sweet Pea / 2 Bees in a Pod / Atta Girl Says

    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)
    « Repurposed Serving Tray Pumpkin
    DIY Postcard Display Idea »
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    1. Atta Girl Amy

      September 25, 2019 at 10:21 am

      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.

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