Hey guys! It’s finally starting to feel like fall here in my neck of the woods. The weather has cooled down to where it’s comfortably warm during the day and a little chilly at night – in other words, weather the way weather should be. It sure beats the heck out of the 100+ degree temps we had all summer.
To celebrate Fall (or what I like to call It’s About Effing Time It Cooled Off Around Here), I’m excited to join 21 super-talented bloggers for the Fall Porches and Patios Tour hosted by Amber at Follow The Yellow Brick Home. If you’re coming from Thistle Key Lane, I’m sure you enjoyed Michelle’s gorgeously decorated front porch!
If you were to come visit, you’d drive up the driveway on the side our house. There you’d see these steps up onto our wraparound porch that leads to our front door. I like to decorate this area along with my rocking chair as it’s the first thing guests see when they drive up.
I didn’t initially plan to use only neutral colors here – it just kinda worked out that way. When I went to get mums at my local nursery, the only mums they had that were blooming were the white ones. The mums in the usual fall colors still had tight little buds, so I knew it would be at least a good week until they started blooming. I had a tight window of opportunity to set everything up and photograph as the guys who lease our farm were planning on harvesting the almonds in the next few days. That meant I needed to get things set up and photographed before there was an inch of dust all over everything from the harvest.
Think I’m kidding about the dust? I wish I was:
Anyhoos, I knew this man-made dust storm was on the horizon, so I got the white mums and decided to work around them neutral color-wise. Fortunately it wasn’t hard at all to find neutral-colored pumpkins as we have quite a few pumpkin varieties grown locally. And since I know some of you will ask – yes, all the pumpkins I used on the porch are real; yes, they are naturally those colors; and no, I didn’t paint any of them. You can get seeds for the green and white pumpkins from most of the big seed companies.
Aren’t those pale yellow pumpkins the bomb? I bought them from a lady selling pumpkins at one of our local flea markets. Like an idiot I didn’t think to ask her what kind they were. They could possibly be an unplanned (but gorgeous) cross breed as a result of cross pollination the year before. I’m going to save the seeds and see if I can get lucky and grow some of the same color next year.
I decided to mix in some vintage milk cans and hurricane lanterns just for kicks. I like living on the edge that way.
I hope you enjoyed my neutral farmhouse fall porch as much as I enjoyed putting it together! Although it didn’t initially go as planned (but nothing ever does), it actually turned out better than what I expected. It might have been because I didn’t throw it all together, photograph and write up the blog post the day before the tour was scheduled to go live like I usually do, but who knows for sure?
Next up on the tour is The Crowned Goat! You’re gonna love CoCo’s beautiful take on fall front porch styling!
Here’s the complete tour lineup:
Follow The Yellow Brick Home | Our Southern Home | A Stroll Thru Life | Poofing The Pillows
Art and Sand | Have A Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson | Itsy Bits and Pieces | Panoply
Decor To Adore | Botanic Bleu | Petite Haus | Celebrate and Decorate
Belle Bleu Interiors | Virginia Sweet Pea | White Arrows Home | Thistle Key Lane
The Painted Hinge | The Crowned Goat | Lora Bloomquist | Beauty For Ashes Home
County Road 407 | My Thrift Store Addiction
Thanks so much for stopping by to check out my porch and enjoy the rest of the tour!
Rocking chair link is sponsored by Wikibuy.
Michelle, your porch is absolutely gorgeous! Happy to be touring with you! Blessings, Cecilia @My Thrift Store Addiction
Thanks so much Cecilia!
The neutral colors on your fall porch are perfect with color of your house. And yes the pale yellow pumpkins are the bomb! Happy touring!
Thanks so much Michelle!
You know you’re speaking my love language with this gorgeous Fall porch with all these neutral pumpkins Michelle. I seriously love it all. I love how you mixed the pumpkins and mums with so many vintage treasures. It’s all fabulous! Hugs, CoCo
Thanks so much CoCo!
This is so pretty, Michelle! I’ve found I’m really attracted to white mums this year…you have made them so beautiful with the greens, grays, and neutral tones! Love it!
Thanks so much Linda!
A porch with a rocker is totally my favorite. Love how you’ve added all the pretty white for the season, so well done.
Thanks so much Marty!
Michelle you made me laugh out loud at living on the edge with your milk cans and lanterns! The neutral grouping truly is awe inspiring!
Thanks so much Laura!
Michelle, your porch is so pretty! Those gourds and pumpkins are just so naturally beautiful. I like your neutral porch very much.
Thanks so much Stacey!
I love your porch decor and all it’s vintage pieces. Those milk jugs are fabulous! Looking forward to seeing around the door too! Simply beautiful.
Thanks so much Cindy!
My heart started to pitter-pat when I saw your vintage milk cans and lanterns that you used with your beautiful neutral pumpkins. I am fascinated that you grow Almonds on your farm. The dust the harvest creates is something! I’m looking forward to seeing your front porch decor when you share it.
Thanks so much Paula!
I adore your muted colors for Fall! The soft blue green pumpkins with the white pumpkins are so beautiful!
Thanks so much Angelina!
Michelle, I love farmhouse style most when it’s authentic, like yours. The muted tonal colors looks fabulous . I hope you at least grabbed the flowers and saved them from the dust bowl! Happy Effing Time It Cooled Off Around Here. 😉
Thanks so much Rita! I see we share the same sense of humor 🙂 I did save the mums from the dust storm!
Michelle this is beautiful! Like you, my porches weren’t really what I planned but they turned out better. I am glad you used what was available because those white mums and your pumpkins are great. The yellow ones are great. I believe they are a cross breed. The two lumpy small yellowish white pumpkins on on my sewing machine table in my post are cross breeds from rotting pumpkins we threw in our yard.
Love your rusty vintage treasures added in too!
Thanks for joining our tour. Happy fall!
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Thanks so much Amber! I’m going to plant the seeds from the light yellow pumpkins next year and see what I get. I know I probably won’t get the same color, but that’s part of the suspense. Thanks so much for inviting me to join this tour – it’s been a blast and it seems like every tour you put on is better than the last.
Michelle, the neutral color is so perfect for your fall porch! I love all of the unusual pumpkins. I would be happy to run up those stairs and ring your doorbell!! 🙂
hugs,
Jann
Thanks so much Jann!
Love the soft subtles, Michelle! I couldn’t find those gray/green pumpkins this year, and they’re my favorite:( I just love that chubby, squatty milk can you’ve got; have never seen one like that before…luckily, because I’d have to buy it! Fun hopping with you again!
Thanks so much Lora! The squatty milk can was a lucky find when I was visiting my bestie in Oregon. And you’re right about having to buy it, because that’s exactly what happened to me! 🙂 Always fun hopping with you!
Michelle, I adore green, and I love the neutral color palette that you chose. Everything looks beautiful adorned for autumn!
Thanks so much Shannon!
I love your neutral colors and the mix of vintage lamps and milk cans. Very pretty and elegant. Since I live in Texas, I’m very glad it was effin’ time for the temps to cool down a bit. My flip flops melted to the pavement it was so freakin’ hot one day! 🙂
Thanks so much Benita! And my goodness – you know it’s hot when your flip flops melt on the pavement! 🙂
Michelle,
You can never go wrong with white chrysanthemums paired with white and pale green pumpkins… at least, to me. 🙂 Beautifully styled and arranged with the white rocker! You were battling almond dust; I was battling overcast, stormy days. Others on the tour were battling also. But, all the porches and patios turned out great. I loved seeing all the different styles, but must say, I love white and green most.
Happy Fall,
Judith
Thank you so much Judith! It was fun hopping with you!
Best one out there- absolutely adore your neutral fall porch decor! ♥
Awe, thank you so much Michele!
This is so beautiful! It is actually the look I had been dreaming up for my porch this fall, the whites and greens. Then I ended up falling in love with some orange mums and ended up with orange and red! So I am so glad to get to enjoy your whites and greens!! It’s beautiful!
Thanks so much Kristin!
Michelle, I love the way you incorporated all of the neutrals in your fall porch! It looks absolutely fabulous!! So fun to join you on this tour!
Thanks so much Heather! It was a blast hopping with you too!
I love color! Black is only to offset my purple, magenta, turquoise, lime, etc. But the feeling of your porch is very calming and serene; I liked it very much! I envy you your porch as I only have small front steps. I made cloth pumpkins from upcycled GW clothes this year; I found a pale mint green close to the color of your pumpkins; I smiled!
Thanks so much Kathy!
Such a beautiful magazine worthy porch. Peaceful and inviting. Thanks for the inspiration.