It seems I’ve been decorating my front porch for fall forever. But today, I’m declaring myself officially finished.
All the fall and spooky elements are in place. I’m done, but for watering the mums when they get thirsty.
I love the adorable vintage child’s wheelbarrow at the base of the steps. It’s filled with pumpkins, fall leaves and handpainted Halloween Rocks!
An orange and black burlap rag wreath hangs on the door. It’s adorned with a birdhouse decked out for Halloween and wooden letters that spell out Eek. Probably because of all those creeping spiders on that ribbon.
I’m sure some of my neighbors think I’ve gone crazy and put up my Christmas decorations two months early. Hope they don’t call the homeowners’ association and report me for premature decoration. If they do, I have a defense.
That’s not a Christmas tree but a spooky black Halloween tree decorated with pumpkins, ghosts, jack-o-lanterns, witches, spiders, skulls, crows and other terrifying ornaments.
We also offer free broom rides, but as you can see, the witch is off her rocker and off on her broom at the moment.
So why don’t you just sit for a spell in this rustic handpainted black chair.
From that vantage, you can take a look at the rest of the porch. But be careful of black cats (they’re chalkboards!) and creepy crawly glowing spiders. Those are either some cool lights or some radioactive spiders from Spider-Man.
I have a big porch, so it’s big enough for three wreaths.
My favorite is the ‘Til Death Do Us Part Wreath.
Gotta love those hanging glittered skeletons and that embroidered ribbon.
In fact, I loved it so much I used it on the orange polymesh wreath hanging on the porch wall.
Those pillows you see are made from stenciled drop cloths.
I can’t take credit for them. I bought them last year from Chapman Place on etsy, but these are so do-it-yourself-able. She uses painter’s drop cloths and Krylon glitter blast spray paint. In fact, this etsy seller has lots of tutorials on her blog, including one for an adorable Frankenstein pillow.
I hope you enjoyed your visit to my front porch. It’s getting close to the witching hour, so I have work to do.
Your porch is so cute, Amy! I love all of the colors that you’ve mixed together. The purple really makes it pop. I agree with you about the wreaths – the Til Death Do Us Part is my favorite, although I really like all three of them.
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Your porch is so cute! I love the chair and the “saying” on it! And the rocks and pillows on the settee are such pretties! I bet your neighbors are loving your festive decorations!
You all did a wonderful job on the SBC! It was so awesome! I left inspired and encouraged! I know it was a lot of hardwork for you ladies on the committee, your efforts were very much appreciated!
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Your porch is precious! I love how as you walk up to the porch, it’s a beautiful fall display, but as you get closer, you see all the fabulous and scary Halloween goodies!
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Thank you, Robin. I gotta do all I can to scare those trick-or-treaters.
Hope you had safe travels back to ‘bama.
And I can’t wait to see what you paint with your milk paint. Please send me photos.
Oh Amy!! I have total porch envy!! So awesome!! Love the colors and that chair with that saying!! Just adorable!! Have a great day!! Hope you’ve recovered from all the hard work and pure awesomeness that you were at the conference!! – Lori
Thanks, Lori. I’m slowly recovering. Planning to sleep in tomorrow, as it’s a no-school day!
And you are so, so sweet. You were pretty awesome yourself.
Love all of the great details, Amy! Your porch is gorgeous!
So great to meet you at SBC! Thanks so much for all of your hard work!
Jenny
Thanks, Jenny. Enjoyed meeting you as well and since we’re both “local” we should definitely get together sometime.
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Love your spooky porch Amy!!!…Looks fantastic…can’t imagine it getting any better than that!!
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Wow. You don’t mess around with Halloween AT ALL.