Our Vintage Farmhouse Fall Porch Tour

Natural touches and antique finds combine to decorate this charming 100+ year old home’s back porch for Fall. this vintage farmhouse fall porch is A cozy welcome to friends and family

The temps are cooling here in Minnesota and the leaves are just starting to turn. Soon our Sugar Maple trees will be ablaze in beautiful Fall colors; it’s our favorite time of year! We love to enjoy the changing season from our back porch (with an extra layer on, of course). Decorating the porch of our 100+ year old Fake Farmhouse’s wraparound porch is one of my favorite things to do. Join me today for Our Vintage Farmhouse Fall Porch Tour!

I’m joining my Pinterest Challenge friends today to send all kinds of Fall porch decorating ideas your way! Thanks to Cindy from Country Road 407 for always choosing a great inspirational photo for us to design around. If you’re stopping in from A Stroll Thru Life, I’m sure you enjoyed Marty’s creative ideas. I’ll have all the rest of the blog links at the end.

Fall Porch Inspiration Pic

This month’s inspiration photo comes from Sugar Maple Farmhouse. Rachel and Kevin Quenzer live in a remodeled farmhouse in Michigan. Their front porch is one of their favorite places to enjoy the Fall colors.

Sugar Maple Farmhouse‘s porch reminded me a lot of our porch with it’s swing at the end and the white posts. Here are the details I noticed:

• cornstalks on the posts
• pumpkins and mums gathered around on the floor
• cute seasonal sign
• comfy throw rugs
• porch swing with cozy throw
• pair of chairs to sit and enjoy the scenery

Now you get to see how I interpreted this pretty look at my home! Fill your cup with hot cider and enjoy the Fall inspiration:)

Our Vintage Farmhouse Fall Porch Tour

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Welcome to our Fall Home!

Our home’s wraparound porch is truly one of the most loved places in our home, so it’s fun to decorate it for the season. The biggest bang is always tying cornstalks around all the posts. As they dry they make the most beautiful sound in the wind. Luckily I have “connections” and get to fill a whole trailer-full for free; a drive in the country to gather natural Fall decor always makes me happy!

Decorate Your Porch Like a Room

I like to decorate the outdoors like the indoors, creating gathering spaces with furniture. You’ll notice we don’t have any “new” furniture; everything here is secondhand from the side of the road, or thrifted. I’m a trash-to-treasure girl and love to revive pieces someone else is tired of.

This summer I was going to get rid of the aqua cupboard that’s been in my daughter’s room, but then I spied a pic in Country Living magazine with an aqua cupboard on a porch; brilliant! This old piece has breathed new life into our porch. with a table and chairs nearby, it’s the perfect spot to enjoy dinner. I had fun decorating the inside with Fall and Halloween touches. {For glass front cabinet decorating ideas, see “10 Styling Ideas That Make Glass Front Cabinet Displays Beautiful“}.

The big banana crate at the top was a gift from a friend. I brushed a couple coats of poly on it to bring out it’s graphics and seal it. Some chicken wire tucked inside was the perfect way to fill it with my year-end hydrangea heads. More hydrangeas, corn husks and little pumpkins add a natural touch to some of my enamelware collection. Accents of orange, fake spiders and faux candles add a Halloween touch and make this a fun nighttime spot, too!

Vintage Textiles Add a Cozy Touch to Outdoor Decor

Since our porch has a roof overhead, it’s wonderful to add vintage textiles to make the porch cozy. Vintage quilts, rescued quilt tops and repurposed vintage quilt witches hats add texture and graphic punch to the porch decor. {“Upcycled Vintage Quilt Witch Hat DIY”}

See also:

“How to Easily Repair an Old Quilt”

“16+ Fun Ways to Repurpose Vintage Linens”

Natural Garden Cuttings as Inexpensive Decor

Autumn is the best time to take advantage of all nature has for decorating! Pumpkins, mums and gourds are found at the farm stands, but I add plenty of natural touches harvested from our yard and gardens. Hydrangea heads, dried flower pods, sedum, sticks, pinecones; I scrounge up whatever I can find and add it to my outdoor pots and decor.

I enjoy my summer flowers as long as I can, tucking in the Fall touches around. My morning glory’s are going crazy right now, and I’m savoring every last glimpse.

Use Different Levels for Decor

I liked how the inspiration picture showed pumpkins and mums gathered in containers at the base of their posts. Junk finds combine well with Autumn natural accents, so my galvanized buckets and milk crates help to create different levels of decor. Sometimes I turn them upside down and place a pumpkin or flower on top, sometimes I tuck flowers inside with a few plastic bags crunched up to elevate them.

(This picture was before I added the milk crate; doesn’t the added level make the vignette more interesting?)

Cozy Seating Spots to Enjoy the View

Cozy seating is essential to enjoy the pretty Autumn view. Our two vintage chairs face our private backyard, and a table in between is perfect for a cup of coffee. A minnow bucket liner holds a candle so it doesn’t blow out; it provides a nice glow at night.

Harvest pumpkins, gourds and mums join clippings from the yard for a natural welcome near our back (also main) door.

A new layered rug combo with a black and white check and a pumpkin coordinates with the porch’s subtle Halloween, Fall style.

See this year’s inside Fall home tour in “Cozy Fall Home Tour with Vintage Farmhouse Style”.

I hope you enjoyed the tour! For more Fall porch ideas, visit Simply 2 Moms next; you’ll love Anne and AnnMarie’s Easy and Affordable Small Porch Fall Decorating Ideas.

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