15 Entryways That Celebrate Fall With Dazzling Color
Take a tour of porches and stoops decorated in harvest hues for the season
Colorful chrysanthemums, piles of pumpkins and gourds, and rich fall wreaths adorn these festive entryways. Whether you’re looking for some last-minute decorating ideas or simply want to flip through some pretty pictures of fall, sit back and enjoy this roundup of porches, front doors and stoops that celebrate the season.
1. Doorstep Extravaganza
A cornucopia of fall delights, this New York doorstep design celebrates “more is more” when it comes to a fall entrance. The seasonal decoration, by Peter Atkins & Associates, includes corn stalks, curling gooseneck gourds, potted mums and ornamental cabbages, as well as pumpkins boosted up on hay bales for added height.
A cornucopia of fall delights, this New York doorstep design celebrates “more is more” when it comes to a fall entrance. The seasonal decoration, by Peter Atkins & Associates, includes corn stalks, curling gooseneck gourds, potted mums and ornamental cabbages, as well as pumpkins boosted up on hay bales for added height.
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2. New England Entry
This charming New England entry styled by The LaurelRock Co. has a more pared-down seasonal look, featuring a pretty harvest wreath flanked by corn stalks tied to frame the entrance and a couple of pumpkins.
This charming New England entry styled by The LaurelRock Co. has a more pared-down seasonal look, featuring a pretty harvest wreath flanked by corn stalks tied to frame the entrance and a couple of pumpkins.
3. Mums and Pumpkins
You can’t go wrong with cheerful pots of chrysanthemums paired with pumpkins or gourds for long-lasting entry decor. This pre-Revolutionary home in New York was already dressed for fall with its rich red shingle exterior, but a few dashes of color from pumpkins and mums help the doorway stand out from across the yard.
Bedding mums purchased for seasonal decor can be planted in garden beds later in a spot with full sun.
You can’t go wrong with cheerful pots of chrysanthemums paired with pumpkins or gourds for long-lasting entry decor. This pre-Revolutionary home in New York was already dressed for fall with its rich red shingle exterior, but a few dashes of color from pumpkins and mums help the doorway stand out from across the yard.
Bedding mums purchased for seasonal decor can be planted in garden beds later in a spot with full sun.
4. Country Charm
With corn stalks tied to to each post of the porch and bright pumpkins marching down the steps, this Massachusetts porch looks warm and welcoming for the fall season. To get a country look of your own, consider adding corn stalks, a bundle of wheat or a hay bale to your doorstep.
With corn stalks tied to to each post of the porch and bright pumpkins marching down the steps, this Massachusetts porch looks warm and welcoming for the fall season. To get a country look of your own, consider adding corn stalks, a bundle of wheat or a hay bale to your doorstep.
5. Gussied-Up Container
For this entryway arrangement in front of a Chicago home, Greenhaven Landscapes filled a pair of limestone urns with purple fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’), bedding mums and trailing wire vine (Muehlenbeckia sp.). The urns stand proudly above a cascade of pumpkins and gourds spilling from harvest buckets onto a bed of hay.
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For this entryway arrangement in front of a Chicago home, Greenhaven Landscapes filled a pair of limestone urns with purple fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’), bedding mums and trailing wire vine (Muehlenbeckia sp.). The urns stand proudly above a cascade of pumpkins and gourds spilling from harvest buckets onto a bed of hay.
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6. Southern Charm
The orange, peach and dusty-green fairy-tale pumpkins nod to fall without clashing with the dining vignette on the porch of this Jacksonville, Florida, home by Troy Spurlin Interiors. The dark wreath looks good now and can transition into winter, perhaps with a plaid bow, to add interest to the entry.
The orange, peach and dusty-green fairy-tale pumpkins nod to fall without clashing with the dining vignette on the porch of this Jacksonville, Florida, home by Troy Spurlin Interiors. The dark wreath looks good now and can transition into winter, perhaps with a plaid bow, to add interest to the entry.
7. Seeing Double
This symmetrical fall display outside a Craftsman-style home in New Hampshire features two nearly mirror-image arrangements of corn stalks, bedding mums, potted purple fountain grass, hay bales and pumpkins.
This symmetrical fall display outside a Craftsman-style home in New Hampshire features two nearly mirror-image arrangements of corn stalks, bedding mums, potted purple fountain grass, hay bales and pumpkins.
8. Fall Elegance
There’s something satisfying about the repetition of globe forms, from the clipped boxwood spheres to the rounded pumpkins, outside this Connecticut home styled by The LaurelRock Co. Even the wreath features mini globes in the form of baby pumpkins fastened to a mossy frame.
There’s something satisfying about the repetition of globe forms, from the clipped boxwood spheres to the rounded pumpkins, outside this Connecticut home styled by The LaurelRock Co. Even the wreath features mini globes in the form of baby pumpkins fastened to a mossy frame.
9. California Sunshine
This fresh take on a fall wreath by Brandon Pruett of Living Green Design features juicy seasonal produce — ‘Fuyu’ persimmons and Buddha’s hand — alongside burgundy leucadendron branches, succulent cuttings and sprays of lichen-covered twigs. Against the lemon-yellow front door of this San Francisco Bay Area home, the wreath feels like a welcome jolt of inspiration for seasonal decorating in warmer climates.
This fresh take on a fall wreath by Brandon Pruett of Living Green Design features juicy seasonal produce — ‘Fuyu’ persimmons and Buddha’s hand — alongside burgundy leucadendron branches, succulent cuttings and sprays of lichen-covered twigs. Against the lemon-yellow front door of this San Francisco Bay Area home, the wreath feels like a welcome jolt of inspiration for seasonal decorating in warmer climates.
10. Window Box Delight
One can imagine that this window box garden provides long-lasting enjoyment for the residents of this Chicago home as well as for neighbors passing by. The design, by KMS Gardens and Design, includes some unexpected fall ingredients, such as edible ‘Bright Lights’ rainbow chard and sprigs of berries, along with bedding mums, coral bells (Heuchera sp.), golden sweet flag (Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’) and variegated ivy.
One can imagine that this window box garden provides long-lasting enjoyment for the residents of this Chicago home as well as for neighbors passing by. The design, by KMS Gardens and Design, includes some unexpected fall ingredients, such as edible ‘Bright Lights’ rainbow chard and sprigs of berries, along with bedding mums, coral bells (Heuchera sp.), golden sweet flag (Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’) and variegated ivy.
11. Country-Style Porch
This New England home is dressed up for the season with a collection of pumpkins and potted mums displayed in a pretty arrangement along the steps of the porch. The homeowners made use of an old wooden chair to boost up smaller pumpkins and containers for a closer view.
This New England home is dressed up for the season with a collection of pumpkins and potted mums displayed in a pretty arrangement along the steps of the porch. The homeowners made use of an old wooden chair to boost up smaller pumpkins and containers for a closer view.
12. Peppers and Pomegranates
In another entry display by KMS Gardens and Design, the designers used a rich combination of potted plants and preserved elements to warm up a Chicago home’s entry.
Plants used in the arrangement include ‘Bright Lights’ rainbow chard, ornamental peppers, coral bells (Heuchera sp.), and orange kalanchoe alongside texture-rich sprays of dyed eucalyptus, sprays of bittersweet berries and preserved pomegranates mounted on sticks.
Note: In an area where the Oriental variety of bittersweet is invasive, American bittersweet is a good substitute. Both species are toxic.
In another entry display by KMS Gardens and Design, the designers used a rich combination of potted plants and preserved elements to warm up a Chicago home’s entry.
Plants used in the arrangement include ‘Bright Lights’ rainbow chard, ornamental peppers, coral bells (Heuchera sp.), and orange kalanchoe alongside texture-rich sprays of dyed eucalyptus, sprays of bittersweet berries and preserved pomegranates mounted on sticks.
Note: In an area where the Oriental variety of bittersweet is invasive, American bittersweet is a good substitute. Both species are toxic.
13. Gourd Party
More is merrier when it comes to decorative gourds this time of year. Displayed in baskets and rustic containers, they can transform a porch into a fall celebration. In this Columbus, Ohio, home, wooden tool boxes, a woven cornucopia basket and an old toy wagon display a collection of gourds and pumpkins.
More is merrier when it comes to decorative gourds this time of year. Displayed in baskets and rustic containers, they can transform a porch into a fall celebration. In this Columbus, Ohio, home, wooden tool boxes, a woven cornucopia basket and an old toy wagon display a collection of gourds and pumpkins.
14. Warm Entrance
It doesn’t take much to warm up the entrance to a modern farmhouse-style home in Atlanta for the fall season. With a hay bale as a base, bright pumpkins and Indian corn form a welcoming seasonal display.
It doesn’t take much to warm up the entrance to a modern farmhouse-style home in Atlanta for the fall season. With a hay bale as a base, bright pumpkins and Indian corn form a welcoming seasonal display.
15. Pumpkin Parade
You can’t help but smile when you see this collection of pumpkins cascading down the steps of this Dallas home. The variety of pumpkin shapes and colors, as well as the sheer size of many of the pumpkins, is worth noting.
Design tip: Even if you don’t go quite so pumpkin-crazy, tuck in sprigs of brightly colored leaves (variegated crotons were used here) to fill in the gaps in a pumpkin pile.
You can’t help but smile when you see this collection of pumpkins cascading down the steps of this Dallas home. The variety of pumpkin shapes and colors, as well as the sheer size of many of the pumpkins, is worth noting.
Design tip: Even if you don’t go quite so pumpkin-crazy, tuck in sprigs of brightly colored leaves (variegated crotons were used here) to fill in the gaps in a pumpkin pile.
Your turn: Show us your fall entries in the Comments.
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Debbie Lusk
My garden and yard is filled with summer leftovers of amaranth, sunflowers and other things as you can see. I needed a center piece and discovered my treasures without having to go far. I grew cinderella pumpkins this year too! The thing I discovered about having this foliage last longer in to Autumn is to plant by seed throughout summer and I'll have flowers blooming all the way in to November depending on the weather if course. Right now in the PNW... it's raining and 49 but it's been absolutely gorgeous this past month.
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