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09/20/17

Ladder for Front Porch Decor

Want an easy solution for decorating your porch for fall? Super cute and low budget! Click to the post for the details and tips!

Want an easy solution for decorating your porch for fall? Super cute and low budget! Click to the post for the details and tips!

Now, I know what you are thinking. A ladder? On my front porch for decor? You are going a little loco lady! Let’s just put a big sign on the road that says, “Dear Creepy People,  Please note that I have now made it easier for you to look into my house with this “decor” item I have placed on my front porch. Sincerely, Deranged Homeowner.” 

While I don’t think this is actually going to happen, I definitely have a “don’t leave a ladder anywhere that can be seen from the street” mentality, so this goes against my usual “rule-following” tendencies. Ahem.

What can I say? Seasonal decor makes me throw caution to the wind and go wild and crazy! (Bwahaha- Let me clarify: the craziest I get is a bottle of orange/hot pink nail polish, in which the color is named “Wild One.”)

Want an easy solution for decorating your porch for fall? Super cute and low budget! Click to the post for the details and tips! But truth peeps. I think this little ladder on the porch is a keeper for fall decor. Some might shirk away from the paint splatters, but we will just call that “patina.” It just adds to the rustic charm. 

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Vintage Little Step Ladder

I just recently acquired this little gem. (You may have noticed it in last week’s post here.) 

My parents were painting their utility room and getting rid of some things. Among them was this little wooden ladder that had belonged to Grandma and Granddaddy. 

My Dad thought I could do something “crafty” with it, so my parents asked if I wanted it before they got rid of it (bless their hearts). Using it on my porch was IMMEDIATELY what came to my mind when they offered it to me!

Want an easy solution for decorating your porch for fall? Super cute and low budget! Click to the post for the details and tips! Using a Step Stool or Ladder as Fall Decor

If you are like me, you will first need to clean off the chalk on your front porch. While I want to be welcoming to our guests, maybe we can make others feel this way without having to actually write “Welcome” above the top step in chalk?) Want an easy solution for decorating your porch for fall? Super cute and low budget! Click to the post for the details and tips!

Now that the cleaning is taken care of, it’s time for the fun!

Want an easy solution for decorating your porch for fall? Super cute and low budget! Click to the post for the details and tips!

Gathering Materials for Fall Porch Decor

Gather the materials you will need. I found the mums for $1 at Walmart. They also had the terra cotta pots there too for 0.77 each. (You can find similar ones here.) They didn’t have any pumpkins in stock yet, so we headed down the street to Trader Joe’s and found these little cuties for 0.69 each. 

Play Around with Placement & Potting Plants

Once you get everything home, play around with placement. Before I potted everything, I got a general sense of where I might want things and then snapped a quick picture on my phone. (My son was napping and I was outside with the baby monitor. So JUST in case I had to stop mid-project, a picture would help me be able to remember where everything had been. My brain, people, specifically my memory,… it’s just “not what it used to be.”)

After that, it was just a matter of potting the plants and moving everything to the front porch. Want an easy solution for decorating your porch for fall? Super cute and low budget! Click to the post for the details and tips!

I am so pleased with how it turned out! 15 minutes and my porch looks better that it ever has!

Don’t have a ladder? Use a chair, or stack some baskets or crates!

Helpful Tips for Using a Ladder for Fall Porch Decor

Whenever I am arranging things I typically want there to be: around 3-4 main colors, varied heights, and differing textures. I wrote about this same kind of thing in the post here, specifically about styling shelves. This is similar, but on a micro-scale. [wink] Each of those rungs of the ladder are, in a sense, a tiny shelf, so similar rules apply when styling them. You can read those helpful tips here.

Want an easy solution for decorating your porch for fall? Super cute and low budget! Click to the post for the details and tips!

I think it makes a great welcoming entry to our home (and hopefully distracts our guests from realizing our porch railings are in need of a coat of paint!

Sorry, but when it’s a matter of buying paint OR flowers and pumpkins, the latter wins, hands down (or, in this case, not just the latter, but the ladder). Ha!

Want a sneak peek of the other side of the porch? I’m in love. 

Want an easy solution for decorating your porch for fall? Super cute and low budget! Click to the post for the details and tips!

What decorations do you add to your porch in the fall? Pumpkins? Flowers? Hay bales? Scarecrows? Let me know in the comments! 

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Want more fall decor ideas? Check out how to make a “Happy Fall Y’all sign here or adorable pumpkins on the cheap here.

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Want an easy solution for decorating your porch for fall? Super cute and low budget! Click to the post for the details and tips!

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For the Home// Seasonal & Holidays

About Morgan

Hi there friend! I'm Morgan and I'm a thrifty DIY-lover just like you! My small budget has taught me to make a dollar stretch 'till it's basically transparent!No matter what your budget is, I want to give you the motivation and encouragement you need to make your own nest feel like HOME.
SO grab your glue gun and let's get DIY-ing, sister!

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  1. Tracy says

    September 20, 2017 at 7:38 am

    Your porch looks adorable!!!! I love the ladder.

    Reply
    • Morgan says

      September 21, 2017 at 8:54 pm

      Thanks so much, Tracy! But you, my friend, are the Queen of Adorable Porches!!

      Reply
  2. Jennifer says

    October 2, 2017 at 5:54 pm

    I love your ladder. Can’t figure out how to send you a picture of mine. I have the mini Potts too , it makes a stunning change to a Chrismas tree come December. I’d love to show you pictures.

    Reply
    • Morgan says

      October 2, 2017 at 6:47 pm

      I would LOVE to see pictures! You can send them to me at morgan(at)mypeartreehome(dot)com. Thanks so much for your comment and for stopping by! Ladder decorators unite! 😉

      Reply

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