16 Fall House Exterior Decorating Ideas to Celebrate the Season in Style

Make the entrance of your home fall welcome with these gorgeous decorating ideas!

Embrace the beauty of autumn with 16 inspiring fall house exterior decorating ideas. From cozy porch setups to vibrant wreaths, this guide offers creative ways to adorn your home with seasonal charm. Discover how to blend warm colors, natural elements, and festive accents to celebrate the season in style.

They will improve your home’s curb appeal and add charm and a welcome tone to the space so that your family, friends, and even passersby feel it.

1. Place Pumpkins Everywhere Where There Is A Flat Surface

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@fall_intowinter

Decorating with pumpkins is a typical fall decoration, but not when they are placed wherever there is a flat surface outside on the porch.

Windowsills, stairs, and molding are perfect for placing pumpkins of different sizes, making the entrance of your home festive for fall.

2. Fall Decoration In Neutral Colors

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@nest_in_order

This porch is decorated in neutral colors to keep a harmonious exterior look.

Pumpkins in different sizes and colors are stacked in two piles on both sides of the front door in front of vases with corn stalks.

3. Black And White Accents

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@pinnersconf

Black, white, and orange are traditional fall decor colors. In this front porch idea, orange pumpkins predominate.

Only a few pumpkins are colored with black and white paint in different patterns to create a lovely, bold contrast.

4. Red Mums

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@schlagecanada

Mums are typical fall-season flowers, and decorating the front porch with them is a lovely way to add a fresh and beautiful touch.

You can combine them with pumpkins in different colors and line up each step from the front porch staircase.

5. Porch Full Of Fall Colors

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@thestandarddesigngroup

Burnt orange, muted orange, white, yellow, green, and red are beautiful fall colors that warm the season! Combine them in a layered arrangement on the front steps of your home.

These colors are typical for the fall season, as seen in the pumpkins and mums.

6. Fall Galore

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@whitewoodfarmhouse

The staircase is layered with loads of natural materials typical for autumn. The focus is on the yellow pumpkins that pop out against the darker or neutral colors created by mums and other pumpkins.

There is even a sign stating “Hello pumpkin” in the corner of the front porch s

7. Black And White Accents

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@tankutmulayimsi

In this pumpkin and mum staircase galore, the lovely buffalo plaid color combination has been transferred onto a few pumpkins. You can apply the paint to plastic pumpkins with a brush and a suitable paint type.

Use different paint patterns to create interest- stripes, checks, dots.

8. Farmhouse Exterior Fall Decor

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@thosefarmhouseideas

The wooden lanterns, the jute and linen rug, and the neutral colors of this front porch arrangement make it so charming and welcoming in the fall.

Traditional decorations like pumpkins and mums are set on both sides of the front door to complement the large fall wreath on the door.

9. Complement Front Porch

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@elizamorrill

As simple as it looks, the fall decoration outdoors in this idea consists of a mix of fake and real pumpkins.

Their number and their instant relation to autumn make them give the exterior of this home a festive look.

10. Gorgeous Fall Porch Decor

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@porchpumpkins

Dry corn stalks, dry pumpkin leaves, weathered distressed crates full of pumpkins, and scattered autumn leaves create a magical fall atmosphere on the porch of this traditional home.

The arrangement has been layered in height to follow the porch’s structural character, making the overall appearance of the seasonal decor harmonious and appealing.

11. Fall Porch

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@billings1921home

This is a beautiful, calming front porch where autumn can be felt. The decoration consists of pumpkins, solar-powered lanterns, yellow mums, and a large leafy wreath.

The wooden elements of this porch reveal signs of wear, which makes them charming and the overall atmosphere inviting.

12. Pumpkins And Seasonal Greenery

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@porchpumpkins

The exterior of this home is prepared for fall! Plenty of pumpkins are layered on the staircase, setting the autumn tone.

Flower pots with greenery and urns with vines are symmetrically spaced on both sides to add color to the arrangement.

13. Pumpkins And Bales

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@sweetthistlefarms

Use bales as stands for your seasonal decorations.

They will help you layer the fall decorations in height and enhance the visual interest in places outside without structural elements like stairs, pillars, decks, etc.

14. Wreaths From Ears Of Wheat

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@redwhiteanddenim

If you have decided to make a fall porch decoration in a farmhouse style, check out these gorgeous wheat ears wreaths!

The flexibility of the ears is perfect for creating a thick wreath where each element follows the curve of the wreath basis.

15. Change The Plants In The Porch Pots

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@happilyeveretter

This porch decor for fall is so inspiring! Pumpkins decorate the stairs, corn stalks complement the pillars and decorative cabbages replace the summer flowers in the flower pots attached to the railings.

Excitement about fall coming can be felt and seen from the entrance of this home.

16. Decorate With A Grapevine Garland

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@bloom_jennybrooks

Add a special and unique touch to your front porch fall decoration this year. The inspiration for this exterior decorating idea is a grapevine garland decorated with faux leaves and flowers.

Wonder where to get such a grapevine garland? Simply unwind a grapevine wreath base and attach it to the desired place. Then, add the faux floral decoration and a ribbon as a final touch.

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Ivo Iv

Ivo is the owner of Decorhomeideas.com – he started the site back in 2013, when he was still working in a Home Decor company, but the passion for interior design and decorations lead to creating the site and following his own dream of creating a great Home Decor, DIY and Gardening online-magazine. EXPERTISE: Landscaping, Interior Design, Gardening, DIYer, Home Decor, Engineering, LOCATION: New York, USA TITLE: Chief Editor FOLLOW IVO IV on LinkedIn

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