Do you want to sell your home? 

Is it staged to tell home buyers that you care about your home?

It doesn’t take much to put out a happy, positive message to buyers, starting with the outside entry.

Sweep the area near the door. 

Knock down the cobwebs. 

Put out a new welcome mat. 


Add something that reflects the season. Now’s the time to add some autumnal décor. 

Keep It Simple

I concentrated on green this fall. And it worked fine indoors. But green just doesn’t have the punch for a festive front entry.

So, I chose black, white and orange as a theme. I recycled a grapevine wreath I made a couple years ago by striping it, spraying it white, and gluing on some bows and balls. I made three fabric pumpkins. And I bought some mums. Done.  

With those elements, I was able to dress up this home’s front step. 

I hung the wreath on the storm door
so it could be seen from the road.
I prefer a grapevine wreath to one of
foam or straw because it's lightweight
and stands up to all kinds of weather.   
Polka dots are one of my favorite patterns,
and I think most people are charmed by
them, so I made three polka-dot bows.
I like to use odd numbers when 
constructing a wreath. I added plastic globes.
 
A strip of ribbon glued to a plain plastic
flower pot dresses it up.
It was the scrap I had left
from a roll of ribbon.  The mums tie
the colors of the front door
to the colors in the wreath.


Fabric pumpkins are surprisingly
easy to make. Start with a long rectangle,
stitch or glue the short ends together,
then gather the long ends and stuff.
Glue on a cork or driftwood stem and silk leaves.
Drapery weight fabric works best for pumpkins.
These sit under a porch roof, so they
are protected from wet weather.
I stuffed them with filling from an old pillow.
 
Don't ask me why I had bright orange polka
dot fabric in the back of
my fabric closet, but it came in handy
to repeat the wreath's polka dot motif. 
The fabric for this pumpkin is an
old linen tablecloth. The silk 

leaves and embroidery
thread wrap-arounds are optional. 

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