Can you ever have enough pumpkins during Fall? I LOVE decorating for Autumn and if you are like me, it all begins with a pumpkin splurge at my local Trader Joes. This whole production starts relatively small, but each time I shop between now and Thanksgiving, I rescue another pumpkin from the store to come join my other squash friends.

So here you have my 1st attempt of front porch decor. I like to think of this as my decor base and as Halloween approaches, more fun things will trickle in and then get packed away but this color scheme along with all of my squash will stay constant until Christmas decor arrives.

Speaking of color schemes, I painted my front doors yellow a few years ago and I love the color. However, sometimes, especially during the Christmas season, the yellow can look out of sorts. Of course orange and yellow go together, specifically during Fall but this year I decided to downplay the traditional pumpkin orange color a bit and go more yellow and purples for a moodier look.

To take things a little further, I added the pampas grass to give things a little drama. Pampas grass grows wild near my house and right now, it is busting out everywhere. For this set of 8 fronds, I drove around until I found a full crop in the parking lot behind my local grocery store. Shhh, don’t judge, no one will miss it!

I just stuck them in the planter but to ensure your pampas grass stays dried and perfect, you may want to consider wrapping the base of each frond with plastic wrap, floral tape or anything really that would keep the base protected from the dirt, (just the. bottom 2”-3” that will go into the dirt). As for the pampas grass, it will dry just fine upright on it’s own but when you notice it is fully dried out, you can give it a little mist of aerosol hairspray to preserve it long term.

So that’s it! Fun right? Happy Autumn everyone!