Porch Decorated for Autumn With Hints Of Halloween

Subtle spooky touches meet cozy autumn vibes on this front porch.

Autumn porch decor with hints of Halloween

Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at betweennapsontheporch.net.

About this

A home-decor blog post showing how Susan styled her classic front porch for autumn with a few Halloween touches. She mixes newly purchased black-and-white striped bench cushions and Halloween-themed pillows on black benches with a monogrammed doormat, lanterns, and an autumn wreath on the red front door. The post also hosts her weekly Metamorphosis Monday Before-and-After link party and asks readers to share where they live and whether fall color is appearing.

The plan

Measure your space before ordering a doormat — these heavy-duty monogrammed mats come in several sizes.

Check cushion availability: the black-and-white striped bench cushions are currently on sale in several colors and patterns.

Plan on repainting the black porch benches at some point — they are looking a little dull, and the cushions help hide that.

Decoration ideas

Black and white striped bench cushions placed on the black porch benches — purchased this past summer, their first autumn on the porch.

Halloween-themed pillows added a few weeks before Halloween to hint at the holiday.

Black lumbar-style pillow from Marshalls (bought a few years back).

A 'Happy Halloween' pillow (the same one a commenter found at TJ Maxx).

A Halloween town/map pillow.

A funny witch pillow (described as 'Broom-Hilda looking'); source forgotten, likely Marshalls or HomeGoods.

A monogrammed doormat — the blogger's second one; the first lasted many years before fading and was moved to the back door downstairs.

An autumn wreath hung on the red front door, found years ago at Pier 1 before the stores closed; similar wreaths appeared in a recent fall wreath sale post.

Porch lanterns and matching light fixtures as part of the porch styling.

Black porch benches (found a few years back) that the cushions transform.

Activities

Host/participate in the Metamorphosis Monday link party (the 767th edition) — a party all about Before and Afters.

Link up Before and After projects such as DIY projects, room makeovers, craft projects, even recipes.

Do not link up table settings in Met Monday — save those for the Tablescape Thursday party on Thursday.

To join, link your post using the 'permalink' to your MM post, not your general blog address (click the post name, copy the address bar URL, paste into the InLinkz url box).

Ask readers to leave a comment sharing the state, country or region they live in and whether they're seeing fall color.