Friday, September 30, 2011

Vintage Inspiration Friday:# 57 Fall Front Porch Inspiration

I have to tell ya,
decorating my porch sort of gives me fits.
I'm not sure what it is that does it.
Shaded, wide steps, small porch...
whatever it is, I never am satisfied with the outcome.

Here are some inspiration photos from Pinterest that I love.
You can see I go for the more "natural" look of mums and pumpkins...










I'll take the house that goes with this front porch!!!
















I like this too, but I'd do "natural pumpkins" not metallic.




OK, so here's mine,
still a work in progress!

NEEDS MORE PUMPKINS AND MUMS!

WHERE'S THE LINE BETWEEN TASTEFUL AND TOO MUCH?

I'll be testing this hypothesis...

Click here to see more of my "porch-in-progress".

So now from last week's partiers:
Melinda from Alabaster Rose shows us that
decorating for Fall doesn't have to include orange pumpkins.
See her bedroom transition with this gorgeous ceiling tile and basket


shows us her wonderful Living Room with a Scripture wall.
Please run by and check out her complete post,
it's amazing!


decorates her favorite cupboard for Fall


Gail's Decorative Touch has a wonderful mantle shelf in her living room
love her use of black and neutrals for Fall Decor.



And Debbie from Confessions of a Plate Addict wows us again
 with her fab take-off on the Country Living pumpkins!!



I'm linking up with these great parties:







     


Hope you'll link up your Fabulous Fall Fun



Pretty Please, put a link back to Common Ground
within your post or a button picture with a link on the sidebar.
It's such a huge bummer to come visit and there's no sign of
this party anywhere on the blog!
thank you!!!

I'm having a terrible time leaving comments.
they keep disappearing.
I know I'm not the only one.
I get a notice that says my cookies are null for comment form resoration,
or something like that.
Any help would be appreciated.
(grrrrrrr....)

xoxo,
love you guys!









53 comments:

  1. Hi Debra, I love the pinterest photos...really great inspiration.

    I want to decorate our front porch but the weather is still too warm in Florida...hopefully in another week or so.

    Thanks for hosting!

    Barb

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  2. Debra, great inspiration. I wish I had a big porch and steps, but I don't. Yours looks great. At least you do have steps.
    Thanks for hosting.

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  3. Hi Debra!
    Okay, I have to admit that I have never really done much for Fall decor on my porch (other than a door mat with leaves on it!) However, I am feeling so inspired by the beautiful photos you've shared and by your own porch decor! My MIL has cornstalks in her garden as well as pumpkins that she is growing for us (more so the grandsons, I guess). I am totally going to take full advantage of the free decorations this year, experiment, get crafty and have fun! Can't wait! Thanks for the motivation! And thank you for hosting!
    Best Wishes and Blessings,
    Amanda

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  4. Those are definitely inspiring porches! All beautiful and welcoming. And yours looks wonderful too! I'm excited to join to party! Thanks so much for hosting!!

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  5. Your porch is lovely! Thanks for hosting the party!

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  6. Such great inspiration from Pinterest- I expecially love the ones, with real pumpkins,- they are the best - like your beautiful porch, Debra--I don`t have one, but my little front yard will be decorated, too :)
    Hugs and love to you, dear.
    Dorthe

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  7. Hi Debra,
    Gorgeous pictures!! I love the fall leaves surrounding the door. I also love those toile pumpkins, how cute!
    Thanks for having us and linking it up with HSH!
    Sherry

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  8. Thanks for hosting and sharing all the fall eye candy!
    Debbie

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  9. Oh boy! Did you ever find some wonderful stuff for fall here! I missed those beautiful posts you featured, and have to go see! Thanks so much Debra!xx

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  10. I love your inspiration porches, but I think your looks just as nice.

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  11. Debra! Oh my goodness, what fabulous features. Those stenciled pumpkins just beautiful! Can't wait to see all that you do with your porch, I know anything you create will be beautiful! Thanks for hosting!

    Heather

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  12. Debra, your porch looks great! I love all the inspiration photos you shared as well. I guess I'm going to have to take the ferns off my front porch! Thanks for hosting the party! Linda

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  13. i love all the fall inspiration photos
    that you posted here

    what fun to look and see
    what everyone is doing
    to beautify their spaces

    alison

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  14. Debra, I think your front area is looking great!! You have a nice little porch which is something that I wish I had a little more of- mine is more a stoop!

    Thanks for the party- I put your button on my side bar . I was trying to put your Design Challenge one on too but for some reason that one just shows up blank when I add it. Could be something with my puter and will work on it some more.

    bee blessed
    mary

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  15. Debra, thanks so much for your kind comments about my feed sack runner!! I can't wait to make some more. Thanks for inviting me to link up too!!

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  16. Debra, you found great porch photos from Pinterest. Lot of inspiration here. Your porch is off to a great Fall look. I love white pumpkins. Its so hot here I haven't done a thing to the porch out front, waiting for cooler temps. Thanks for hosting.

    ~Emily
    The French Hutch

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  17. Such gorgeous inspirations Debra!! I just love so many of these!! Pinning a couple! Thanks for hosting!

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  18. I have featured some pinned photos of Fall on my Christmas blog. Isn't Pinterest great! I would be so honoured if you would be able to come back and link up your post to my weekly Pinning & Singing Pinterest Party this weekend! It will be up by tonight my time and the morning US time!

    Thanks for having me at your party.

    Best wishes,
    Natasha

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  19. Thanks for the feature! The fall pictures are amazing. You porch would be perfect all pumpkin-ed up. Lisa~

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  20. I linked up my Antiques Week post. Thanks so much for being a gracious hostess!

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  21. Great door inspirations, Debra! I'm still working on mine! Thanks so much for featuring my pumpkins! Happy weekend!...hugs...Debbie

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  22. Wow!, great inspirations, love them all, along with your beautiful porch too! Very nice features as well. Thank you so much for hosting and having me. Hugs, FABBY

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  23. All of the fall decorated porches are pretty, yours is looking good too! Thanks for hosting.
    Faye

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  24. Debra, your inspiration pictures are stunning, it would take a pretty penny to make them that lush, though. I like the twig pumpkins mixed in, and all the houses are awesome. Your porch is looking great, as usual, like all that you do! It is still so hot in Texas, I think we will celebrate summer never ending!
    Lezlee

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  25. LoVe BLACK ACCENTS around Halloween/Fall... - Especially the Front Doors Pictured...
    Jeanine, ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!

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  26. Debra,
    Thanks so much for hosting and also thanks for all the porch ideas!!!

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  27. ...hi Debra ~
    these autumn porches look so happy, it makes me want a nice cup of warm apple cider and a homemade fluffy doughnut to sit back to enjoy them all!
    thanks for hosting V.I.F.!
    xo, Rosemary

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  28. Thank you for the inspirational porch ideas and thank you so much for hosting. Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

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  29. Love seeing all the beautiful porches decorated for fall! Thanks for hosting! I actually linked up before realizing you asked for porch decor...feel free to delete #73. I can't wait to visit several of your guest!

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  30. Thanks for hosting! I think your porch look wonderful!

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  31. The second porch image suits me perfectly! I love, love, love the daybed, the ladder, the natural elements. It's definitely ME!

    And I love the features this week, Debra. Hope to see you at my place for Time Travel Thursday.

    Blessings,
    Liz @ The Brambleberry Cottage
    http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

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  32. Those wide steps... you have a lot of space to cover with those beautiful pumpkins & mums! Please show us your final version and as always, thanks for hosting!
    Mary

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  33. lovin all your porch inspirations!! AND your porch too!! well, shoot...i wish i had remembered about your party as i would have liked to join in! i am so bad remembering stuff lately and it is getting worse. LOL
    i am looking forward to checking out your party goers.
    erin
    xxoo

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  34. You've shown some great front porch inspiration Debra and yours looks lovely as well:-)

    Just linked up and thanks for hosting.

    xoxo
    Kathleen

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  35. Those are great inspiration pics Deborah! Thanx for the party!

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  36. Thanks for throwing the party again! Lovely ideas for fall!

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  37. Your porch looks quite wonderful as is -- certainly much better than mine so far with only a few fake sunflowers on the door!

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  38. Lovely porch inspirations! I haven't started on mine yet.
    Thanks for hosting each week!
    ~ Julie

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  39. Well your porch is progressing FAAARRR better than mine! It's lovely! Thanks for hosting again!
    Jill

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  40. Love, love all the porches in the post. Nothing at all wrong with your front porch!!! Looking forward to more.
    Michele

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  41. Thanks for hostessing - I've got your button and now I'm ready to go visiting!

    Mary @ Redo 101

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  42. I have a small front porch but love those toile pumpkins that was on Country Living magazine cover this month

    I love anything toile (twall)

    thanks for your beautiful linky party Debra


    Janice

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  43. I started following your blog, I love it. I like something about every porch shown. Each one is special and great ideas. Love yours and look forward to seeing more.
    Betsy

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  44. I just wish I had a porch to decorate..........

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  45. Wow love the fall porch inspiration! Makes me want to get out there.

    OMGosh I am having that same comment issue with the cookies! Hate it! I am wondering if it's something to do with Internet Explorer an the linky tool??? I did however switch my browser over to firefox instead of IE and am no longer having this issue.

    Is this link up for fall only?

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  46. Debra,
    I love all the pictures of great porches that you have shared with us!!

    Your porch looks beautiful and it is very tastefully done!! I love the new Welcome sign!! very pretty!!

    Thanks so much for hosting!!

    Hugs,
    Deb

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  47. WOW Debra I was thrilled to see that you had featured my mantel shelf...thank you! Your porch looks great and so does all your inspiration pics. I'll be working on my front porch and screened-in porch this weekend. You've given me some ideas.

    Have a wonderful weekend,
    Gail

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  48. Lovely and inspiring images for Autumn. I look forward to seeing your porch.Hugs and sincere wishes for a weekend filled with joy, Katherine

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  49. Oops, I accidentally got two links. I'm so sorry. Can you tell my brain is running on fumes?! =) Can't wait to see what the final outcome is on your porch. I think more is better when it comes to the Fall colors and porch decor.

    Blessings... Polly
    French Cupboard

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  50. Hi Debra
    ... Whoa! What a lot of gorgeous inspiration you've given us this week. In fact, I saw something in one of those pictures that is something I can do here .... I'll be back next week and hope I've been successful!

    As to the line for "too much?" there is none! When it's a fun holiday, or a riotous season like Fall, it's no holds barred. At least that's my theory. Decorate till you drop!

    Cass

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  51. Hi Debra! I love that wreath with the black and white photos tucked into it, and Debbies pumpkins are gorgeous! You were lucky to find white pumpkins, I picked up a couple of soft creamy pink ones at the farmers market today. Squash actually they are quite pale and beautiful anyway! Happy Saturday! t.xoxoxoxoxo

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  52. Thanks for all the wonderful inspiration photos & for sharing your lovely porch. I'm very inspired, now if we could just get a bit of a cool-down, I could actually decorate my front entry! Thank you for hosting!
    :) CAS

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