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!

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.

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!

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 🙂

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.

(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 🙂

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: