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SIMPLY FALL (YouTube Edition): Fall Porch Stairs Refresh

Hello Friends! I’m back with my last installment for the “Simply Fall” series. I’ve had such a blast sharing all my decor and craft adventures for the season and today’s Fall Porch Stairs Refresh is a great way to cap off the series. I’m so excited to show you all the pics as well as my YouTube video where I show you how I decorated and DIY’d my way through to the final reveal!

Get your autumn decor fix with this fall porch stairs refresh and YouTube tour. Simple fall decorating ideas for your porch, stairs and outdoor space.

 

Fall Porch Stairs Refresh – In the beginning…

Our front porch stairs are awkwardly designed. Open on one side and closed off on the other, I’ve never really known how to decorate them.

fall porch stairs - before photo

But at the last minute, after watching fellow-YouTuber and blogger, Christina from The DIY Mommy, decorate her front porch stairs & entire porch (catch her video here), I thought ‘why not give it a go?’ If nothing else, I’ll try it (and see how I can improve for next year 😉 )

My Fall Porch Stairs Design Takes a Detour

So, I decided on a design, a colour scheme, and traveled to our local greenhouse to see what I could find. Since it was late in the season, my colours of choice – soft orange mums, white pumpkins – were scarcely to be found anywhere 🙁

What I DID find made me decide to do something a little more bold: brilliant red mums, orange pumpkins, and a little DIY ingenuity to make my porch stairs come to life!

Fall mums and pumpkins.

 

So after bringing everything home, I started decorating.

In sum, I used a mix of:

  • Red mums
  • Orange pumpkins in 3 different sizes
  • A few gourds
  • A handful of small pumpkins (that I painted off-white and sealed with Mod Podge acrylic sealer) (**See the DIY in the video at the bottom of this post).

Fall Porch Stairs Refresh & Tour

After a couple of days of decorating and a bit of DIY fun, here were the FINAL RESULTS 🙂

Fall mums and pumpkins | decorating front porch stairs for fall.

Red mums and pumkins decor on front porch stairs.

Bright red mums and pumpkins for fall. Autumn outdoor decorating.

Fall decorating outdoors using mums and pumpkins.

Bright red mums and large and small pumpkins for decorating outdoor stairs for fall.

Fall decor ideas for the outdoors.

Fall porch stair decor using pumpkins.

Easy front porch decor ideas for fall.

Mums and pumpkins for fall. Simple outdoor decor ideas.

I also decided to add a few decor items on the front porch. While it’s still a work in progress (Burger, the cat is still deciding what he thinks 😉 ) I wanted the sitting area to complement the stairs in some small way.

Modern fall front porch decor ideas.

Black and white fall decor ideas.

Small potted plant and pumpkin | fall porch decor ideas.

Fall vignette outdoors.

Rustic fall wreath DIY

Fall porch DIY and decor ideas.

(To make your own fall wreath, check out the tutorial here: Wild Rustic Wreath DIY)

The view from the porch is perhaps my favourite of all 🙂

Bold front porch decor ideas | Red mums and pumpkins decor

Autumn decor ideas outdoors | mums and pumpkins for fall

Fall decor outdoors using mums and pumpkins.

Modern decorating ideas for a front porch staircase for fall.

I’m thrilled (and surprised) with how our fall porch stairs turned out. Even though it was late in the season, I managed to make the best of what was available and used a little DIY ingenuity to complete the look.

YouTube Fall Porch Stairs Refresh & Behind-the-Scenes Tour 

For a behind-the-scenes look at how I pulled this look together, come decorate with me, paint with me, and glue with me (?). (YES, that’s right – I had some mishaps along the way – argh).

Check it out in my Behind-The-Scenes Tour & Final Reveal on YouTube below:  

 

 

The Simply Fall Series

If you enjoyed our 2019 Fall Porch Refresh & Tour, then you won’t want to miss any of the other posts from the Simply Fall Series:

 

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Fall 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

October 21, 2019

4 Comments

  • Reply
    Tara
    October 21, 2019 at 7:59 pm

    Wow, I love your porch Jelica! Your original color choices would have been pretty, too, but I love how the bold colors turned out! The red flowers are so pretty against the stonework. <3

    • Reply
      Jelica
      November 17, 2019 at 8:01 pm

      Thanks Tara! Now that I have a good idea of what works on our front porch stairs, I’m excited to try different colours for next year. But, I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I loved the red mums 🙂

  • Reply
    Bianca
    September 7, 2022 at 9:10 am

    Do you remember what size mums you purchased? I have smaller stairs also. Thanks !

    • Reply
      Jelica
      October 1, 2022 at 11:56 am

      I believe these were 9 inch pots (if memory serves). They reached the height of the stairs (also about 9 inches). This way, the blooms were the only bits that added height, but without taking up too much space. Hope this helps!

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