Autumn has arrived at my front porch!

I have officially jumped on the autumn bandwagon! I have let go of summer and immersed myself in the joys of fall, and my posts this week will reflect that!

Not long ago, I posted some pics of my porch decorations from last year. I promised I would post when I added to it.

Here is my long, skinny porch. It's hard to know what to do with it. I can't put too much out, or we can't walk through here! This view is from the driveway.
Here is a straight on view of my red bench. I moved the star from next to the door to the window. It is almost a perfect match for the red bench!
Here is the bench up close. This was a great summer find! It cost me about $40-45. I had geraniums in a white basket and a birdhouse on it for summer. The birdhouse is sitting under the bench for now.
I still love this angel that I found at Joanne Fabrics for $17. She and the bench were featured in an earlier summer post.

I just love these white pumpkins! It coordinates really well with the angel. I love the contrast between the pumpkin and the deep red bench.
Here is a fall arrangment I made last weekend. I found the basket, the gourd, and the little pumpkin, and also the styrofoam for inside the basket and the moss at Dollar Tree for $1.00 each. I found three bundles of the flowers for a buck each at Meijer! Now I have a brand new arrangement for only $8 total!
The scarecrow is a repeat of last year, but with a new pumpkin and no mums this year. The trees are different as I bought them around Christmas last year.
And last but not least is my old chair with fall flowers. I still love it as much as I did last fall!

My son and I joined friends at a state park this weekend. I took bunches of pictures! I swear, I live in a most beautiful area and I can't wait to show it to you this week! Blue Monday comes first, then you'll see all the fall glory.

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My front porch

I'm joining in Porch Party fun today by posting a pic of my front porch! Rhondi at Rose Colored Glasses is posting links to over 60 front porches today!


I wasn't sure that I wanted to post my front porch because it didn't feel like a real porch to me, but more like a strip of patio. However, I went bargain shopping this weekend and found exactly the right bench! My look is almost complete! I caught the one little bit of sunshine for this pic during an otherwise gloomy overcast day.

To the left of my door is a small stone garden with big pieces of driftwood, possibly from the river. I have a green colored stone bunny sitting there also. Please ignore the crooked pillar that my oldest son fell into and displaced the day I moved in! My dream is to add wrought iron flower boxes with cocoa liners under each window. Wouldn't that look pretty?
I had a bronze star up on the wall next to the front door, but decided that with my flowers and bench, the red one was a better choice. I love stars and have them posted in many of my windows. I'm not sure yet what to do with the space below the star, but I'd love to have a white rocking chair there. Another thought is to have a black wrought iron plant stand with a big pot of more geraniums, or maybe some red and white impatiens with greenery.
Here is my big weekend find! Found it for just $40 at a craft shop. I spied it as soon as I walked in. It was PERFECT. I got the little angel statue for half price from Joann Fabric, and also got a good price on the silk geraniums in the cute white pot. The birdhouse was something I already had.
The above pic is not a front porch, but it's where I love to sit and relax. It's right to the side of my house off the family room. I keep adding things little by little because I want to make it like an outdoor room. I don't sit on my front porch sipping iced sweet tea, but I do here! If this looks familiar, its because it was in an earlier post and also on RMS.

I'm sure you will have a blast looking at everyone else's porches, so hie thee away to Rhondi's blog! http://rhondisrosecoloredglasses.blogspot.com/ Have a great day all!