Budget porch ideas windows#

I was going to leave it as is when I decorated my porch, but after adding in all the autumn colors, I wanted the pot to look good with the color scheme. It’s so big that I don’t intend on moving it during the fall. I have a huge turquoise plant pot on my covered porch and I love the color. These pumpkins I had bought the year before at the thrift store. Then I placed a wicker pumpkin on top of each stand. I wrapped them in a knot and tucked them into a corner where guests wouldn’t see the back of the box. For the t-shirt, I simply tucked the collar on top of the box neatly and put my decor on top of it.įor the long sleeved t-shirt, I pulled the shirt over the box and then pulled the sleeves in the back. I covered two boxes of different sizes with brown-colored shirts.

When I tried pulling a t-shirt over a box, I was thrilled at how it looked! It was pulled tight and the perfect size to cover boxes I had. So in a moment of inspiration, I was wondering how I could use the fall-themed color clothing to use as my decor. I had a bag of clothes that I wasn’t going to wear, but probably wouldn’t be good to donate to a thrift store. I paid $1.50 for the swag at Walmart because I happened to be there on the day it went on clearance for 50% off. I wrapped a vine of fake fall leaves around the basket handle to give it more color and interest. Along with a scarecrow that my mom gave me. I collected pine cones from my yard and added them in the basket. On top of the towel, I added fake gourds and pumpkins I had bought for $1 each in previous years from Walmart and The Dollar Tree. Then I placed an orange towel with a thick waffle weave pattern inside. In the basket, I added a layer of plastic bags on the bottom to raise up the height inside. Then I placed a thrift store basket ($3) on top of that. On top of the plaid box, where the seams of the curtain being wrapped around it were showing, I put a hand-knit brown blanket from the thrift store ($2.50) on top. I had stuffed the box with lots of garbage bags and stuffing to make it sturdy so that the lid didn’t fall in when I put weight on top of it. The plaid wrapped box was put on top of the big orange wrapped box. These orange tablecloths cost more, but would work much better!

Be sure to use a box without too many labels on it, or else you’ll see them right through the tablecloth wrap. It looks good enough, but I wouldn’t use these as an option next year. Even though it said flannel backed, these tablecloths were super thin and see-through. The bottom box I covered with two orange plastic tablecloths from The Dollar Tree. It looked so good, and fit so right, that I knew I wanted to base my decorating around it. When I brought it on the porch, as I was thinking about my decor, I discovered that it fit perfectly around one of the boxes that I wanted to decorate. I found a green and white plaid curtain valance for $1.50. And while I could easily find them by looking around, I didn’t want to pursue the pumpkin idea after I found a great deal on fabric at the thrift store. I would have needed boxes in varying shapes, going from biggest on the bottom to smallest on top. But I didn’t have the right types of boxes to make the look work. So I decided to reuse some of the cardboard boxes we had to make inexpensive, big pumpkins stacked on each other. Because there was no room to prop them up against the house without blocking a doorbell or window. So I didn’t want to use any of those tall, narrow signs with festive sayings on them (Even though they are super cute and relatively inexpensive).

Budget porch ideas windows#

Yet, I have windows on the side of my door. So I thought that I’d focus on making tall decorations since I couldn’t have anything too wide. I show even more of my thrifty makeover in the YouTube video at the end. Nearly half of the $30 went towards buying one item, so if you already have that item, you could do this for less! If you’re wanting budget-friendly seasonal decor, you’ll be happy to find out that my entire fall front porch makeover cost $30! So if you’re struggling with some small front porch decorating ideas, keep these tips in mind. You might also love my ideas to make cheap homemade outdoor ghost decorations from items at home! Including these adorable mop ghosts. Second, because no stores had anything I wanted to buy! I decided to challenge myself to see how I could decorate our porch using only inexpensive items. After a couple visits to the thrift store, I came up with these fall front porch decorating ideas on a budget. But my mission this autumn was to bring some color to the space. We’ve got a small covered front porch without a lot of space to decorate.