The Katie Babe Blog: Halloween Fall Porch 2016

Porches are my favorite thing to decorate on the holidays. You can tell if people are "festive" by their porch. Like if they have one pumpkin on the porch that their grandma probably gave them and put it there, or people who have a whole haunted house in the front of their house.

What inspired me to do a blog post about my porch was I wanted to paint my door blue. I actually bought the paint a year ago and was bugging Cody to paint it. So I finally busted out the paint and made Cody do it this year before it got too cold. It was more work than we thought but totally worth it. The Wreath is a handmade one I found at a yard sale and it is made out of corn husks. I love the simplicity of it. I kind of hate the fall wreaths with all the leaves, pumpkins, corn, pine cones and obvious "fall" things on it.

My style has changed over the years I have had to find my "Halloween porch identity." I have done cutesy and super scary and I think I finally found my niche as far as my Halloween porch.

And the word I have found to use is PRIMITIVE.

Some stuff are old purchases from ROSS and I loved them but I gave most of them away but I kept my cute little skeleton. Even though he is falling apart. The two tin pumpkins were also another ROSS find that were on sale and they have made it on my porch decor many years.

My grandpa found this cute little rolling shelf at an antique flea market and gave it to me and I knew that I wanted on my porch for fall with pumpkins on it. I love the different colored pumpkins to give it some character and I also just went grape picking that same day so I put some grapes in a cute vintage galvanized pot. I thought it gave some cute texture. The Knit pumpkin is one that I made this year and it is also another cute texture idea to give something extra on your porch. I am also obsessed with pine cones so of course some pine cones made it on there in a cute vintage box.

The side table is an Old farm tray on top of a vintage military seat. And the big blue metal pot is another antique that I thought could be my "witches brew" and I may put some dry ice in there for Halloween night.

I have been looking for the perfect chalkboard for my porch and I finally found one at Sun River Gardens and it is the perfect size and style for my porch. I drew on the "We are all Mad Here" and Sage helped me. When I told her what I said she was so upset. She said, "Mom, but we are not all mad." I tried to explain it to her but she just didn't get it poor thing.

Sage is just as festive as me when it comes to decorations and events. She asked me everyday for two weeks when we were going to put the webs up. She remembered doing it last year and thought that it was just the tradition we were supposed to do. She didn't feel Halloween ready without putting up the webs. And I have to agree, it gives it just enough spookiness.

This antique chippy ladder is another vintage find, and I found the cute hanging pots at Taipan trading Co.

And the cute vintage metal basket I used for my pumpkins because I loved the idea you could see through it.

The "BOO" sign I made with a piece of old reclaimed barn wood. My grandpa has a collection and when I was rummaging through it I found that and I immediately saw Halloween. I printed off the letters on paper and cut out my own stencil and then taped and painted them.

I got the gorgeous reddish, orange mums from Sun River Gardens.

The darling bench I picked up on KSL used and it was a great deal. The wool blanket is a vintage blanket that was my grandpas that he let he have because it looked so dreamy on my bench. The Wander Pillow is from Sun River Gardens.

These are my favorite purchase this year I found some Rose Hip Branches at Sun River Gardens and I knew I had to have these on my porch. They are an element that I have been missing every year. I think they make my porch look more "Homey."

This mat is from Sun River Gardens and the only cuter mat is the other ones that are there now. I wish I could have three or four on my porch because they are all so dang cute. A good Mat on your porch can make a difference.

The pumpkins have been slowly collected over pumpkin patches and given to us, and also Sprouts had the beautiful grey pumpkins. I mean, why have I not been buying those all along right? I feel like orange pumpkins are boring now and just want white and grey pumpkins. This rusty pot hanger I also got from my grandpa's collection of antiques and I threw a pumpkin in there and it fit perfect.