7 Ways to Add Autumn Spirit to Your Front Porch this Fall

The magical season of Autumn is on deck! Let me share with you how to bring the dynamic colors of this season onto your front porch in no time.

First a little tidbit…

Don’t you just love these pink Cosmos? Our neighbors planted these for us while we were in Maine this summer, so this little garden would bloom for us when returned to Vermont this fall! I’m not a gardener so this was extra special and I couldn’t adore them more.

Bloggers’ Best Fall Home Tour 2022

And as a bonus, I’m joining over 30 fantastic home decor bloggers who are also sharing their Autumn decorating tips and tricks, hosted by my friend Kelly from The Tattered Pew.

If you are joining me today from Libbie over at A Life Unfolding welcome! Don’t you just love Libbie’s shelf styling tips for fall?

Autumn on our Vermont Front Porch

Autumn, It’s my favorite time of the year how about you?

It’s also my favorite decorating season. Decorating our front porch, which is where we spend the majority of our time during the fall, is well, simply the best!

Why do we spend the majority of our time on the porch in the fall? Because it overlooks the magnificent Green Mountains of Vermont. We feel like we are right in the heart of this fabulous season.

You may see more of these mountain views in the post, Our Year-Round Vermont Mountain Views.

How to Add Autumn Spirit to Your Front Porch

1. Choose a Color Pallet

To get started, I like to first choose a color pallet with which to work in. This year I chose the colors purple and orange.

These colors tend to stand out amidst all the other colors that show off around us in autumn. I love the pop of oranges against the dark wood color of our front porch and the color purple pairs well with my favorite color, blue.

I then like to visit our local nursery and collect flowers and pumpkins within this color scheme. Check out more of this year’s fun visit to our local nursery in the post, 24 Best Outrageous Scarecrows, It’s Fall in Vermont.

And boy are the pumpkins expensive this year! Are they where you are too?

Our neighbor usually grows his own pumpkin patch that provides pumpkins to our entire neighborhood. But this year he went with wildflowers, and I’m really missing all those free pumpkins, LOL.

See more in this post from last year, Vermont Foliage Home Tour.

2. Add all the Autumn Flowers

Sunflowers are happy flowers. Whether you grow them yourself or pick them up at your local supermarket. They add all the happy colorful spirits of autumn. The more the merrier!

A mixed bouquet of fall flowers in a simple mason jar.

This bouquet was a gift from the same neighbor’s flower garden that used to be a pumpkin patch.

You may also enjoy our Vermont Fall Foliage Home Tour.

Hydrangeas aren’t only beautiful in the summer. Our limelight hydrangeas fade into gorgeous pink colors and I love making bouquets and wreaths out of them in the fall with my little buddy, Ella.

3. Apples

Go apple picking or pick up a bushel of your favorite apples at your local farmer’s market.

My favorite apples are Macintosh. What are yours?

A bowl filled with apples on your front porch is inviting, and again a key element to the spirit of autumn. Add a bowl of apples to a coffee table, side table, or dining table.

And although a wooden bowl or basket is more durable for the outdoors. For today, I couldn’t resist using this vintage green stoneware bowl that I found last year on Etsy.

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4. Cornstalks

Cornstalks add an enormous amount of coziness and Autumn spirit to any front porch.

I picked up 5 bundles of cornstalks at our local nursery for just $7.95 a bunch and easily wired them onto our front porch beams.

They look fabulous from both the road and from our sitting view. And as we get closer to Halloween I may add in some black crows or two.

5. Add Curbside Appeal with Autumn Flower Containers

Last year I found a couple of plastic urns, you may see more in the post, How to Easily Upcycle Plastic Urns. They work perfectly on our front porch with the purple Asters that I picked up earlier at our local nursery.

I tend to keep our Autumn containers pretty simple, displaying one fall plant. It’s lower maintenance for me, as we can get high winds and harsh weather here living in the mountains of Vermont. But there are so many fancy and amazing fall planters still to be found.

6. Tabletop Fire Pit

The cool crisp air of autumn attracts us to our cozy fireplaces, stoves, and outdoor fire pits.

But a covered front porch can be a dangerous place for a fire. It can trap the fire’s smoke, fumes, and more. I have dreamed of having a gas fire pit coffee table on our porch forever. Something we could sit around on a cold misty or rainy afternoon. But it wasn’t meant to be.

UNTIL…

This past summer I attended the Laudholm Nature Craft Fair with a girlfriend and discovered this stone fire rock made by Timberstone.

This is an awesome tabletop solution to add fire to your covered front porch space.

The bottom of the rock does not heat up allowing it to sit on almost any surface. There is an open hole in the rock where you add one Tree Free Fire container that gives you up to 4 hours of burning time.

Oh, and we got new blue and white cushion covers for the new green wicker set. See the before in the post, How To Create An Inviting Front Porch with Wicker Furniture.

And guess what? If you don’t want or can’t find a fire rock like this one, you can use the Tree Free Fire container as a stand-alone fire too. They’d also be great for an evening on the beach in the summertime.

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I light ours every time we are on the porch now. I just love it!!

7. Spirit of Autumn Table Setting

I’ve talked about our porch table here on the blog often. It’s an old vintage wallpaper table that I picked up while out “Thrifting with the Gals“. You may see more in the posts:

• My Favorite Second-Hand Table
• How to Refinish a Wood Table in Less Than 1 Hour
• How to Style a Table in October Blue
• Is Autumn a Season for Vintage?

Having a porch table and being able to eat outdoors is a favorite of ours. And I mean breakfast, lunch, and dinner… Here’s a simple early autumn table setting that I put together to welcome you to our front porch today.

All vintage inspired!

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Thanks for joining me on the front porch today!

I’m so glad you dropped by, and if you are new to my blog, welcome! I hope you enjoyed your visit with us here today at our Home in Coastal Maine.

Be sure to also check out our Home in Vermont too, where we spend winters enjoying the coziness of home in the Green Mountains of Vermont.

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Next up on today’s “Best Fall Home Tour” is Emily from LeCultivateur. Emily has the most beautiful photography and you’re going to be so inspired by her fall home tour.

Bloggers’ Best Fall Home Tours

This week I am joining some of my blogging friends for the Bloggers’ Best Fall Home Tours. Thirty talented and creative women will be opening their homes up for you to tour all week long. You can visit each Fall home tour by clicking the links below.

Monday’s Tours

The Tattered Pew // StoneGable // My Wee Abode

She Gave It a Go // Cottage In the Mitten // Simply2Moms

Tuesday’s Tours

Midwest Life and Style // Willow Bloom Home Blog // Bricks n’ Blooms

Cottage On Bunker Hill // Peacock Ridge Farm // Open Doors Open Hearts

Wednesday’s Tours

White Lilac Farmhouse // The Ponds Farmhouse // Eleanor Rose Home

Amy Sadler Designs // Shiplap and Shells // White Arrows Home

Thursday’s Tours

My Thrift Store Addiction // County Road 407 // Thistle Key Lane

Cloches and Lavender // My Family Thyme // tatertots & jello

Friday’s Tours

Le Cultivateur // Southern Home and Hospitality // DIY Beautify

WM Design House // A Life Unfolding // Dabbling and Decorating

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