Fall Porch Love

Hello everyone.  I hope ya'll have been enjoying this beautiful weekend. It was cold  this morning, around 39, but it has turned into a beautiful GA fall day.  I was finally able to get my front porch finished.  I had been looking for pumpkins and they finally arrived at Home Depot.  Here is a picture of the whole porch, then I  will show you some of the details.  I really love the way it turned out.

My favorite part is the corner by the front door with all the pumpkins, wheat straw, a small red mum and the very "special" flowers  behind the pumpkins.  Some people may call them weeds, as I am sure the Mister will once he seems them.  I think they look really pretty and the yellow contrasts nicely with the orange of the pumpkins.

The lantern is filled with WalMart pumpkins that I sprayed white and silver a few weeks ago.  My
hands had paint all over them and J asked if I was going to be the Tin Man for Halloween! I really need to start wearing gloves when doing messy stuff.  The flowers in the big pot are still blooming from summer, with lots of buds on them.  They are just too pretty to pull out. Plus, I think they look really pretty with the ghost pumpkin. I did not do a wreath this year, but instead used a Southern Living wall pocket I found at GW back in the summer.  In the wall pocket I placed these beautiful faux leaves in  reds, yellows and orange. Under the wall pocket is a little iron and glass table with a copper watering can full of red sunflowers.  In front of that I placed a extra large mum in a orange-yellow color.

On the other end of the porch is my black rockers with the monogram pillows I made here. Between the rockers I have my tea cart with a wire pumpkin candle holder, a little basket of pine cones and a vase with some pretty flowers.  On the ground I have a couple of small laterns with tea lights.

I am not super happy with the tea cart, just could not seem to get it right. I am sure I will be changing it around once inspiration hits. One last look at the pumpkin end.

Here is a close up of the "flowers" behind the pumpkins.

Well that ends the porch tour, I hope ya'll all found it as inviting as I do.  And please stop by, maybe we can rock and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate.

I wanted to thank Diann at The Thrifty Groove for featuring my Simple No Sew Pillows, and Debbie at  Debbiedoo's Blogging and Blabbing for featuring my  kitchen tour  .  Thanks to both of you for having such great parties.

Toni

I will be joining these faboulous parties:

Debbies Newbie Party
Rhonda at Southern Hospitality Door Decor
Julia at Hooked on Houses
Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper
Cielos Show off your cottage
Susan's Met Monday
Honey for Potpourri Party

The end of front porch 2011...

I have not shown you my summer porch for this year, well..I only started my blog a little over two weeks ago and since I am having new floors put down this week and had to show you "What is lurking behind my shower curtain" last week...Hope ya'll think this is a little bit prettier. : )

One of the things I really love about my front porch is the brick, it is just so pretty and easy to keep clean.

This is the cute tea cart I found earlier this summer at Home Goods.  I added some lanterns, cute birds and a copper watering can with red sunflowers on top.

The cart is sitting on a pretty rug - that I did not get a good picture of - along with a welcome slate, large lantern, plant and a vase to help balance.  The rockers need a new coat of paint!

Here is a picture standing in the yard showing both rockers and the cart. I think it looks welcoming. The Mister and I sit out here often, just talking and watching the neighbor's kids play.

Here's a view looking down to the other end of the porch.  The flower pot at the end was filled with beautiful, overflowing red flowers.  Then I forgot to water for two days, they where no match for this Georgia heat.  I had replace them.

They are filling in nicely, I only bought four plants since I knew they would not be in there for long.

Lastly here is the front door with a grapevine wreath with white flowers.  I should of gotten a better picture of the front door. There is sidelights on both sides, it was one of many splurges when we had the house built.

Hope you enjoyed the tour of my front porch.  If you are  in the neighborhood do stop by and we can chat and sip some ice cold sweet tea.

I am joining Kim for WOW and a day late for Marty's TTT and Debbiedoos Newbie Party.

***Edit to  join Modern Country Style Summer Party

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