Big thanks to Better Homes and Gardens Live Better for sponsoring today’s post. We love their decor but as always, our opinions belong to us.
Hey y’all! We’re excited to kick off spring with some affordable porch patio decor ideas! It’s only February you may say, but it’s already in the 80’s here in Arizona which means it’s spring for us! Here’s how we easily transformed our plain back porch into a colorful little getaway.
We hosted my husband’s squad at my house for Christmas. I was totally freaking out about how bare our 58′ porch looked. I had nothing hung or styled out here so I screwed this giant gather to the wall in a panic, placed the food table under it and called it good. Months later, I’m glad to finally turn it into a warm place to sit and watch my kids on the trampoline and play with the dogs.
To get started with our little makeover, we ran over to our local Walmart just down the street. This colorful rug in the outdoor section immediately caught our attention. We decided to use it as the base for our design.
We then spied this cute little wicker loveseat for less than $80! We filled it up with Better Homes and Gardens Live Better line of pillows. They’re our kind of colorful and exactly in our price range.
We love pattern mixing. We’ve always been drawn to floral accents and bold mixes.
Sidenote: we adore farmhouse decor but also love color. It’s kind of a clash but we’ve always been comfortable in our own little crazy decor world. Have you read Chip and Jo’s book? It’s super inspiring. I looooove to read and am excited to cozy up on the back porch. Sometimes I’ll read in my porch swing out front but neighbors stop and chat so I’ll have a little more privacy out here.
And since I’ve always got a cold Diet Coke handy, it’s nice to have a couple tables to house them. The pitcher, tumblers and kitchen towel were less than $20 for everything! We can’t get enough of that darling ruffle on the bottom of the flour sack towel, isn’t the pop of color so cute?
I borrowed items from around my house to complete the look. (All the sources are listed at the bottom of this post.)
It’s official, even the baby and her horsie toy give the seal of approval!
And just for fun, here is a little step-by-step video we made to show you how easy it is to put this look together.
- Better Homes and Gardens 3.2 quart pitcher | $7.92
- Better Homes and Gardens tumblers | $1.62
- Better Homes and Gardens Flour Sack Kitchen Towel | $2.48
- Better Homes and Gardens outdoor rug | $70
- Better Homes and Gardens outdoor pillows | $8.88
- MainStays Wicker Loveseat | $87
- Gather wood cutout: Lolly Jane Etsy shop
- White table: thrifted
- Coral table: borrowed
- White planter: DIY
- Yellow Throw: borrowed
- Fiddle Leaf Fig tree: borrowed
- White basket: borrowed
See what else we’ve created with BHG’s Live Better goods on a budget like our Farmhouse Chic Dining Room Shelves,
or our easy Fall Dining Room Tablescape ideas,
or our Cozy Christmas Master Bedroom Farmhouse Retreat!
Lolly Jane
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Hey girl- love the porch! SO cool! and I have read Chip and Joanna’s book, it is so good!
Thanks so much, Shawnna!
We were hooked after chapter 1!
When can I come sit on this beautiful porch!! It looks so perfect!!
Please come join us! We’ll provide the cold Diet Cokes 😉
SO cute. And of course, y’all do color so well!!
What a steal on that lil sofa 🙂
Smokin price, huh! Thanks, friend! xo
Could your porch BE any cuter!? It screams SPRING! I love it 🙂 And I may be a tad bit jealous of your warm weather.
Come visit soon, it gets sooo hot in the next 6 weeks, ahh!
You girls do color better than anyone I know! Darling!
Aww, you’re so sweet, friend! XO
OMG OMG OMG I need the huge gather sign. I just went to your Etsy shop and did not see it. Could you please tell me how much it is and how I can get it? Please, please?
Hi Donna! We don’t have them listed because non-locals keep purchasing them without reading the description, lol! Then we have to refund them and still pay the etsy fees sooo we are taking orders for those via email. If you’re local to AZ, we can cut it for you!! xo
so if I don’t live in Arizona, I can’t have one!! sob sob sigh! Is there a pattern I can buy?
Hi Loretta! We don’t have a tutorial since we winged it!
We’ve got a lot of great how-to’s right here though: https://www.pinterest.com/LollyJaneBlog/to-build
xo
Love your color and print combinations — perfect against the exterior paint color on the wall. Looks like a place you’d like to sit and sip lemonade.
Love the pop of color. Beautiful!
Very pretty!
I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Oh I can’t wait for spring so we can do some porch sitting again! We would love to have you at our To Grandma’s house we go link party that opened this Wednesday morning and lasts all week!
Hi! I’m one of the co-hosts from the Welcome Home Wednesday Link Up. Your porch is my dream come true! I love this so much. I can see so many lazy summer afternoons here, sipping sweet tea and having a chat with a girlfriend. Thank you for sharing!
I love the mixture of florals and prints in your outdoor space. Certainly cheery! Can’t wait till it’s warm enough to fluff our outdoor space! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
I love this adorable spring porch and not to mention the awesome price tag! Thank you so much for sharing it with The Creative Circle link party!
Hi Amanda! Thanks for visiting! XO
Very inspiring. I like the idea of the rug. Trouble is our porch gets wet when it rains, do you know it thats a problem with the indoor outdoor rugs?
I intend to paint my bench and will sew my own cushions so its all down to the rug I think.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Janice
Hi Janice! This indoor/outdoor rug is under a completely covered patio but if it gets wet then I just hang to dry, easy peasy! How fun, please share your spruced up porch! Have fun 😉 XO
Looks beautiful!
It looks beautiful. I wish my porch looked like this 🙂 Thanks for sharing at Creative Mondays last week. You will be one of my features this week.
Love this entire look, especially the colors! You’re featured in this week’s Monday Funday features, thank you so much for sharing! <3
LOVE your porch! What is the name of the wall paint color?
We had the house color custom mixed: the paint code is 417152525780 🙂