Sunday, September 6, 2015

Exterior Fall Decor

As much as I mourn the end of summer, and resent the arrival of fall and cooler weather,  I do still enjoy decorating for it.  I just love all the pretty jewel tones, the pumpkins and squash, the dried corn husks, scarecrows, and the folksy art work that seem to dominate the season.  And of course, I love the changing of the leaves!  The colors in the area that I live are always spectacular, and this year I will really be able to enjoy them because I DON'T WORK ANYMORE!  My former job was in retail, and fall was always our busiest season so thus I was working every weekend.  Now that I'm unemployed, my husband and I will be taking lots of fall drives and fall get-aways on the weekends.  Yippee!  And I promise lots of beautiful pictures for all of you!

For today, I will show you the little bit of decorating I've done outside my house.  I mostly just decorated the side porch that receives the most visitors.  I used decorations I already owned, and did not buy anything new.  So if you have been reading my blog for years, some of this might look very familiar.

I have a rocker right by my door, and I always place a seasonal pillow on it.  I love the primitive nature of this one.  It looks hand made, but I bought it.  It's made of felt and has so many interesting stitches in it.  Aren't those buttons just the cutest?

I hung a pumpkin 'Happy Harvest' sign on the wall, and placed some faux pumpkin and squash underneath on the porch floor.  I use faux ones because we have a lot of raccoons and they would love nothing more than to sink their teeth into real ones!


 This little arrangement is on the other side of the door.  It contains a pretty garden rake sign, more faux squash, and some dried hydrangea.


In addition to changing out the pillow with the seasons, I also change out the "Welcome" sign.  This one has pretty sunflowers on it.


 My annuals are still going strong, so I just mixed the pots in with all the fall decor.  But when they die, I will remove them.


The wreath is up all year long (except for winter),  the sunflower works well for fall, as well as spring and summer.

A small scare crow dolls sits on the table with more faux pumpkins.


A long side view of the porch.


For the yard I have a few pumpkin stakes I put in the ground.  I also have this rusted pumpkin and scare crow that I picked up at a fair years ago.


I don't add much to my front porch, as visitors always tend to come to the side door.  But I did add this hand painted sign to the bottom of the staircase.


I painted it myself using stencils.  My husband made the sign for me.


So what about you?  Do you decorate outside for fall?  I'd love to hear from you!

Have a great day!  Amy

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5 comments:

  1. Really cute Fall decorations! Loving the pillow! Will probably start with a little re-decorating in a week or two. Can't wait to see some gorgeous Fall scenery on your blog. My family took a mini-vacation to Wisconsin one Fall, the colored leaves were gorgeous along Wisconsin River.

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  2. Wow, great Fall inspiration in this post. Love your fall patchwork pillow - so cute!

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  3. So festive! Your porch certainly looks inviting! Funny how you are not happy about the end of summer and I am so looking forward to it! Your metal garden art is adorable! I need to remember that so that I can make something similar.

    So glad you joined The Maple Hill Hop this week!

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  4. It looks like you are definitely ready for fall! It would be great to sip some cider on your porch.

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  5. What great shots, Amy! As your Autumn advances, our Summer approaches in the Southern Hemisphere...
    Thanks for participating in the Floral Friday Fotos meme.

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