Decorating for Autumn -
Simply Stated
Decorating for autumn offers many opportunities to welcome in cooler weather, festive holidays, and the coming of winter. We've found a fantastically decorated porch we believe you'll love. If you enjoy this page, you'll also like our Autumn Decorating page and Front Door Wreaths for Fall.
Rebecca, wife, mother, and entrepreneur of Simply Stated Antiques and ">Simply Stated Aesthetics!, absolutely adores porches. Their home was built in 1854 in the Greek Revival farmhouse style - plain with wonderful black shutters, big rooms, and a very welcoming front porch with wide steps; all things necessary and very efficient for a growing family.
Rebecca and her husband bought their home on Halloween day twelve years ago from the great grandson of the original owner, making them the first unrelated family to have ever owned this charming home.
Dave: Rebecca, what do you love most about your front porch?Rebecca: The front porch is large enough to hold a chair or two with some tables so we can enjoy a beverage while reading a book, watching the children play in the front yard, or just watching the world go by. And I have to add there is nothing like eating fresh home made ice cream on the front steps in the heat of summer!
Dave: Your porch is beautiful and very comfortable. What are your decorating secrets?Rebecca: I love to constantly change the decorations. My decorating ideas are inspired by the seasons, family memories, gifts, and my enjoyment of antique treasures. Autumn decorating is probably my favorite because of all the rich warm colors and scents.
Dave: Adding unique accent items is essential when decorating for autumn. Can you tell us what's behind some of the accent pieces you placed on your porch? Rebecca: The cast urn planter (seen in the photo with the rocking chair) that greets guests at the front step was an exciting find at local antique shop. I simply made a floral arrangement to bring the colors of autumn to the front door.
I placed an autumn inspired table cloth to warm things up and added a vintage wooden plant carrier with terracotta pots filled with treasures from nature - twigs, gourds, clusters of weathered hydrangea (love how they have turned brown and tan ~ almost skeleton-like) and a miniature scarecrow on the vintage wicker table.
The deer antlers were a gift from my father who found them in a hay field while working. And to add just a touch of Halloween I added one of my seasonal feather trees that I make by hand from real goose feathers in black.
Decorating for autumn wouldn't be complete without pumpkins. Rebecca tells us the "pumpkins" were made by a friend and have been used each season for the last 3 years. And their greeter? Well he is just too cute to leave out ~ a little quiet but very friendly.
We really appreciate Rebecca sharing her love of porches and her autumn decorating ideas. Be sure to see more of Rebecca's photos and visit her sites- Simply Stated Antiques and ">Simply Stated Aesthetics!If you enjoyed this page, please also visit Autumn Decorating page and Front Door Wreaths for Fall.
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