Fall Front Entry Decorating Ideas

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27 Fall Door Decorations for the Most Festive Autumn Curb Appeal

Welcome guests and fall with these decorative DIYs.

fall decorated door with a shaker peg wreath, a garland made from paper leaves, and loads of fall pumpkins

At long last, the weather's getting cooler, the fall foliage is starting to turn, and it's finally time to pull your pretty fall decorations out of storage. After you've spruced up your interior with cozy blankets, plaid pillows, and fall mantel decor ideas, spend some time twirling up your exterior, too. A great place to start is your front door, for two reasons. One: It's the first glimpse neighbors have of your home, making it an ideal opportunity to create a warm welcome. Two: It's the easiest!

From fall door wreaths to gorgeous garlands and other eye-catching fall front porch decor, the options for festive additions to your front door abound. Take advantage of all the beauty the season has to offer with pine cones, leaves, and branches to dress up your entry. Get creative with a serving-platter-turned-chalkboard as a spot to share autumn greetings, or craft a swag of grapevine, paper leaves, or even corn husks to drape around window and door frames. And don't forget to incorporate fall's most popular decoration of all—pumpkins (in all shapes, sizes, and colors)!

Here, we've gathered 27 ideas for fall door decorations to welcome guests and fall this year. We predict your fall front door decor is about to be the talk of the neighborhood!

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Less-Is-More Fall Front Door Decor

A contrasting red wreath really pops against the gray exterior of this 200-year-old restored New Hampshire farmhouse. A mix of pumpkins on the steps and a row of tiny white pumpkins on the door transom keep the look simple yet seasonal.

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Wheat Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

A rustic wreath made of wheat stalks is handsome left plain or slightly elevated with acorns and sprays of yellow and orange berries.

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Dried Flower Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

A wreath of dried flowers hang on this happy gold front door. Pumpkins and cabbages on either side make for an effortless fall look.

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Pumpkin Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

This handmade wreath of small pumpkins and zucchini features all the rich colors of fall.

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Oversize Garland Fall Front Door Decor

Talk about a grand entrance! Twirl up your front door with a stunning, oversize garland and wreath combo. Line the steps with stacks of pumpkins for a decidedly fall feel.

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Plaid Bow Fall Front Door Decor

Adorn a wreath made of berries with a plaid ribbon that matches the rest of your fall front porch decor.

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Driftwood Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

This neutral driftwood wreath lets the bright orange pumpkins and bright blue door of this New Mexico entryway take center stage.

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Dried Leaf Fall Front Door Decor

Attach flattened, dried leaves to a flat wreath form. Gather as many different kinds and colors as you can in your own yard or your local park.

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Fall Foliage Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

This Dutch door and wee porch gets an oversize wreath made from a mixture of fall foliage. Pillows on built-in benches lend a soft touch.

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Chalkboard Sign Fall Front Door Decor

To make this welcome sign, apply a layer of chalkboard paint to the inside of an old tray. Autumn branches and bittersweet berries add the perfect finishing touch. Pro tip: Swap out the foliage to make the sign work all year long.

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Shaker Peg Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

Simple and elegant, this shaker peg wreath only requires two materials to create.

Make the wreath: Attach 2 7/8-inch Shaker pegs to a 12-inch biodegradable floral craft ring with hot-glue. Wrap a piece of floral wire around the top of the craft ring, and hang.

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Plaid Fall Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

Plaid shirts and autumn leaves go together like Thanksgiving and turkey! We love the idea of celebrating both of those fall staples in one cheerful wreath.

Make the wreath: Trace leaf stencils onto double-stick fusible webbing, then fuse them to plaid fabric and cut out leaf shapes. Next, fuse the cutout leaves to felt, and cut out once more. Finally, wrap a foam wreath form with ribbon and attach the leaves with push-pins or hot glue, mixing the plaid and felt sides. Hang with a strip of plaid fabric.

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Chili Wreath with Paper Flowers Fall Front Door Decor

Simply nestle colorful paper flowers (you can hold them in place with hot glue) in a store-bought or homemade chili pepper wreath to create a colorful addition to any door.

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Pinecone Door Hanger Fall Front Door Decor

Not all DIY front-door decor requires a foam wreath form. Choose a ribbon color that coordinates with the rest of your decor.

Make the hanger: Select 8 four- to six-inch pinecones and 8 two-foot-long pieces of silk ribbon. Use a hot-glue gun to adhere the last two inches of each ribbon to the base of a cone. After the glue dries, collect all the ribbon ends and stagger them so that the cones fall at varying lengths. Tie the ribbon ends together in a knot, trim the tips so they are uniform, and slip the knot over a finishing nail.

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Pecan Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

Sometimes less is more, which is definitely the case with the single material wreath. Keep it up through the holidays—just swap out the ribbon color to your liking.

Make the wreath: Cover a foam wreath form with in-shell pecans, attaching them with hot glue.

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Owl Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

Fashion this owl wreath for an adorable fall entrance. Your neighbors will think it's a hoot!

Make the wreath: Wrap burlap ribbon around a 12" Styrofoam form. For the eyes, use utility scissors to cut a 5" circle from a sisal doormat. Trim a 2" strip from the edge of a raffia table skirt and hot-glue along the outer edge.Next, hot-glue the outer ring of a 41/2"-inch Mason jar lid inside the raffia, securing it to the sisal circle. Hot-glue a metal bottle cap at the center of the ring and encircle with dried pumpkin seeds. Hot-glue a red wood bead inside bottle cap. Repeat for second eye. For the wings, cut two 8"H x 5"W teardrop-shaped pieces from the doormat. For the beak, cut a 3" triangle from the mat; cover with dried pumpkin seeds. Attach the beak, then the eyes and wings, with hot-glue.

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Birch Bark Leaf Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

Birch bark is the key to these autumn "leaves."

Make the wreath : You'll need twenty-four 6 3/4"W x 20 1/2"L sheets of birch bark, a 20-inch-diameter foam wreath form, and 45 small wooden cubes to act as risers. First, print and cut out our oak- and maple-leaf templates. Trace 75 assorted leaves onto the birch-bark sheets, and cut out. Varying the leaf type, hot-glue 30 leaves onto the wreath form. Then, hot-glue a wooden cube onto the back of each remaining leaf. Using our photo as a guide, hot-glue the cube-backed leaves atop the original leaves.

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Olive Branch Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

Channel the California wine country with this green, white, and lavender color palette.

Make the wreath: Use floral wire to bundle five or six-inch lengths of fresh olive branches together. Attach bundles to a wire wreath form, making sure the branches go in the same direction. Add dried white statice flowers here and there with floral wire.

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Ombré Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

A pretty collection of yellows, oranges, pinks, and reds makes this wreath a perfect fit for the fall season—but we think it'd still look appropriate on your front porch come spring and summer.

Make the wreath: Set four medium plastic bins on a covered surface.In each, mix 6 cups of warm water, 3 Tbsp vinegar and 1 cup Rit liquid fabric dye in desired colors. Note - it's good to wear gloves so your hands don't get stained from the dye.

Soak dried corn husk in the mixture for 20 minutes; rinse with water and let dry on newspaper. Place husks between two thin towels and iron flat. Hot-glue a few layers of dyed corn husks around a 12" foam wreath form to create a sunburst shape. Attach a loop of wire to the back with hot glue and use to hang.

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DIY Tree Fall Front Door Decor

Create a friendly owl house with this fun DIY tree and tire swing wreath.

Make the tree : Wrap a tall mailing tube in wood grain contact paper. Attach it to the door frame with nails or double sided velcro. Stuff fall branches into the top of the tube, holding them in place with nails.

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DIY Book Leaves Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

Take a page from our DIY book, and get to cutting out leaf shapes for this creative fall wreath.

Make the wreath: Draw a 3-inch-wide maple leaf shape on a piece of cardboard and cut out to create a stencil. Trace on original pages (or, preferred, photocopied pages) of a vintage book—consider a fall-themed title or mystery novel—and cut out approximately 100 leaves with decorative scissors that have a "torn paper" edge. Attach book page leaves to maple leaves with hot glue. Attach layered leaves to a 16-inch wreath form with hot glue, layering and overlapping them as you go. Hang with burlap ribbon.

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Corn Husk Garland Fall Front Door Decor

Add some serious seasonal curb appeal with these easy autumn DIY projects.

Make the garland: Cut a piece of ½-inch jute rope to your desired length (add a few extra inches to get the drapey effect at the top) and attach corn husks and silks with a hot-glue gun. (You can also use tamale wrappers.)

Make the wreath: Start with a flat-wire 18-inch frame. Hot-glue corn husks (roughly 18) and corncobs (roughly 9) in an alternating pattern. Fray the ends of the corn husks to add dimension.

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DIY Pine Cone Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

When it comes to fall crafts, there's nothing easier than a pine cone crafting project. These autumnal beauties are available right in your own backyard, and they're super easy to work with.

Make the wreath: Wrap a 16-inch wreath form with burlap ribbon and loop a piece around the wreath form for hanging. Paint the tip of 40 pine cones in fall colors such as orange, yellow, and beige with acrylic paint. Brush the tips of 10 pine cones with matte Mod Podge and sprinkle with gold and copper glitter. once dry, wrap an 18-inch length of floral wire around the base of each pine cone and twist tie around the wreath form to secure, layering and overlapping them as you go.

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Grapevine Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

Hang a pair grapevine wreaths adorned with apples on porch windows or a single wreath on the front door. For an extra fall touch, lean a rustic ladder up against the porch wall and drape warm fall blankets over the rungs.

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Flint Corn Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

Flint corn practically screams "fall," and it's so gorgeous, you won't have to do much of anything to spruce it up. Here, dried and assembled into a ring, it makes for a decidedly stunning wreath.

Make the wreath: Detach husks from one side of 20 medium-size Indian corn. Hot-glue the undersides of the corn to their husks. Lay out the corn in a circle with the tops pointing out, alternating colors. Hot-glue the corn to an 18-inch craft ring, and fill in any sparse areas with extra husks.

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Tobacco Basket Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

Start with a tobacco basket base and layer fall foliage and pumpkins on top for a surefire winner of a wreath. Prop up pumpkins and vintage lanterns on stumps around the porch.

Make the wreath: Using floral wire, secure bundles of magnolia leaves, bittersweet vines, and faux pumpkins or gourds to the lower half of a square tobacco basket.

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DIY Candy Wreath Fall Front Door Decor

Try not to eat this delicious-looking wreath, and it can decorate your door all season long.

Make the wreath: Gather an assortment of old-fashioned candies in autumnal shades such as yellow, orange, and magenta. Wrap a 14-inch foam wreath form in white ribbon. Attach candy with hot-glue, layering and overlapping as you go. Finish with a yellow burlap bow.

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