Back Porch Fall Decor Ideas for a Festive Outdoor Vibe

Fall is the perfect season to bring festive charm to every corner of your home—including the back porch!

Looking for fall porch decorating ideas? Here are some simple ideas to get your porch ready for fall with all the colors of the season.

Knock knock.

It’s fall.

The back porch and I are all about fall are showing up.

I can’t wait. I’m so excited.

In honor of the occasion, I decorated the back door for fall yesterday in the 95-degree heat and pretended like it was a balmy 65 degrees outside.

And then?

Then I shivered and imagined that I needed a scarf and some hot chocolate and there were falling leaves on the ground all around me.

In honor of fall, I thought I’d share all the back porch fall porch decorating ideas and some of my favorite things about the upcoming season.

Starting with wishful thinking.

// fall ficus tree // black planter // black and white striped rug //  fall wreath //

1. I love the moment in fall when the trees start to turn the most brilliant of colors.

And then?

A few leaves drift down and cover the green grass.

(total aside: when the leaves are covering the yard and I’m raking them? The beauty of the leaves gets lost in the translation.)

2. I love the first crisp fall morning when you aren’t expecting it and you open the door and shiver and step back inside for a scarf.

//  fall wreath //

3.  I love making pumpkin seeds and sprinkling them with cinnamon and that pumpkin seed crunch.

4.  I love driving by a farmer’s market full of brightly colored orange pumpkins scattered across the field and spilling out of the barrels by the road.

// fall ficus tree //

// black and white striped rug //

5.  I love the roar of the crowd at a football game, snuggled under a plaid blanket, and hanging on every second of the final minutes of a close game.

6.  I love plaid anything.  Especially lunch boxes.

// fall ficus tree // black planter // black and white striped rug //  fall wreath //

7.  I love the crackle of a warm fire on a cold afternoon with a Hallmark movie where the guy saves a girl’s tree farm.

8.  I love the first bite of toasted bread covered with jelly and butter.

//  fall wreath //

9.  I love when the days get shorter and it’s dark earlier and everyone comes home and there may or may not be time for a game of Monopoly.

10.  I love the first time I put on a pair of fall boots and add a turtleneck sweater and walk Buddy through the leaves.

// fall ficus tree // black planter // black and white striped rug //  fall wreath //

11.  I love the colors of fall, the browns and reds and oranges and golden yellows and the beautiful, vivid display nature paints across the skyline.

12.  I love the first warm, smooth sip of coffee and the first bite of warm muffins straight from the oven.

13. I love turning on the faux fall fireplace on the television and listening to the crackle.

14. I love finding leaves in the yard and decorating with them.

15. I love the cozy hour when it gets darker so much earlier and you feel like the world is giving you permission to snuggle.

Most of all?  I love fall itself.  For all that it is and all that it will be.

This is the season for family and friends and celebration and get-togethers and thankfulness.

And I am.

Thankful that is.

Every. Single. Day.

PS Sharing the entire back porch tour over on Facebook today.

Sharing it here so you can see. Just click to watch.

Don’t overlook your outdoor spaces this season—transform your back porch into a cozy autumn haven with just a few simple touches.