See these Five Gorgeous Fall Porch Decorating Tips To Add Curb Appeal along with a tour of my Fall Porch!
Ideas for urn decor, wreath, pumpkins and more!
I love decorating my entryway for the seasons and creating attractive fall curb appeal for my home!
I always love to look at decorated entryways in my neighborhood as I’m walking or driving by – do you?
A home with a pretty wreath or containers of fall foliage by the doorway always tells me there is a loving family inside!
As an interior designer I’m often asked how to decorate an entryway for dramatic curb appeal.
Here are Five Fall Porch Decorating Tips to enhance your home’s appearance and make memorable first impressions!
1. A Fall Wreath is the first of my fall porch decorating tips:
Choose a wreath for the front door that’s large enough to see from the street, the bigger the better!
Hang it with a wreath hanger that fits over the top of your door, or like I did, use a Brushed Nickel Command Metal Hook to attach to the glass.
Fall is the perfect time to hang a harvest themed wreath on your door!
This Rustic Glam fall wreath has touches of autumn metallic shine in tones of pewter, bronze, metallic black and champagne layered over a large twig base.
Apples, pumpkins, gourds, kale, leaves and berries are scattered over the large twig base. And let’s not forget the animal print accents! Every girl needs some animal print and sparkle in her life, right???
Since we are getting close to Halloween I tucked in a large black sparkly crow as well! He ties in perfectly with the touches of black in the wreath and with my black urns!
2. Decorated Urns:
I decorate my front porch urns with seasonal items for a punch of curb appeal using a container gardening technique called “thriller, filler and spiller”!
This application creates height, drama and interest.
First I added the ‘thriller’ which is the showy centerpiece of the urn. This is a good starting point when creating an outdoor container since this will be the attention grabbing focal point! ‘Thrillers are usually the tallest items’. I used three tall birch branches that we cut from our back yard placed them in the center in the urn. I love their texture and colors!
Next up, the ‘filler’: I added several bronze and black curly willow branches and pheasant feathers to fill in between the birch branches.
The last step is to add the ‘spiller’. This is what is going to drape on and over the sides of your fall container. I layered a twig wreath on top of the urn’s rim, followed by a faux fall leaf garland and a black feather boa for a touch of Halloween on top.
So pretty!
3. Decorate the floor of your porch.
This is the perfect place to add pumpkins!
I placed black glitter small pumpkins and wicker pumpkins around the base of the urns.
See the fun little mice peeking out?
More black glitter crows keep watch over them!
You can also add splashes of color with baskets of fall flowers like sedum , asters, marigolds, fall shrubs, kale and cabbages.
4. Repeat at least 3 coordinating colors in your porch décor:
Repetition of black, brown and gold in my fall entryway creates rhythm and flow for a harmonious look!
5. Add spotlights to the urns:
To give your fall porch a pretty glow at night add a white spotlight to each urn. I love how the spotlights showcase the birch branches and curly willow and create shadows at dusk. This is such a welcoming look from the street and driveway!
A fall wreath, harvest decorated urns and entryway floor, repeating 3 coordinating colors and adding spotlights are 5 tips and tricks that will give your home fabulous curb appeal!
I hope you enjoyed my Fall Entryway Tour and Fall Porch Decorating tips!
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Very good tips, Heather. And I just love your fall porch!
Thanks so much Suzy!
I just love your thriller, spiller filler tip….especially with those lights!
Heather…Your porch is amazing! I use the filler, spiller, thriller method too! So glad you joined the porch tour! ~Tammy
It’s been fun to be on the tour with you Tammy!
I love your color scheme Heather! The black is so elegant!
Have a great day!
Leslie
House on the Way
Perfect tips, Heather! You’ve created a gorgeous Fall entry … I love the neutral/natural color scheme you went with and added just a few subtle pops of orange! Happy Fall!
Thanks Becca! Happy Fall to you as well! 😀
Great tips, Heather. Your porch is definitely a thriller (and so pretty, too!)
Your porch is gorgeous! I love all of your tips. I always forget about the “floor” of the porch. It is important too.
Heather I also love “rustic glam”…u can tell as I have gold spray painted pumpkins by my door. Your wreath is fantastic!! Great tips too! Wonderful to be on tour with you!
Love it. I love urns..and raw nature. So I am taken with your urns with large limbs in them.
tammy
Heather, thanks for your tips! I never gave harmonious color a thought when I decorated our porch but I will now! Love the birch branches in your urns and the spotlights are such a great touch!
Beautiful ideas! Love the mixture of nature and subtle glam! ~Christy
Such an elegant fall porch, Heather! and…great tips, too! I am so excited to be on the tour with such a talented group of bloggers!…hugs…Debbie
I feel the same way about this fun porch tour Debbie! Thanks for your lovely compliments!!
Heather, your porch looks so welcoming. I started decorating mine, but it’s so darn cold out and windy this week. Hopefully I’ll get it done this weekend!
I hope you get your porch decorated Shauna! Thanks for your lovely comments!
Beautiful porch and fantastic tips! You did a wonderful job 🙂
Looks wonderful! I just bought and spray painted black urns that look similar to yours. I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with them. Thanks!
You’re welcome Becca – I know your urns will look fantastic!
Love the birch trees in the black urns. They would easily transition into Christmas decorating.
Thanks Erin – yes they’ll be staying in the urns for Christmas too!
Those little rats are adorable (what am I even saying?!? LOL). I love the addition of lighting to the urns, definitely something I’d like to try out.
Your Fall porch looks great Heather, lovely details!!
Heather…your porch is so gorgeous. I’m so glad you shared this for everyone at Twirl and Take a Bow! ~Tammy
Thanks so much Tammy!!
It looks amazing, I would for sure slow down and stare if I was walking or driving by! Very well done!
I don’t have a porch, sadly, but I’ve used some of these ideas for my “mantle” – actually just a shelf in my living room. 🙂
Those little mice are so cute! Love the metallics you’ve mixed in too.
You always have so many ideas to share! Where do you get all your energy? I’m fading fast!!!
Nice post!! All shared pictures are so gorgeous and I get great ideas to decorate my porch by using this incredible way. It gives fresh and ideal look to my home. Thanks for sharing this post.