Farmhouse Front Entry And Easy Planters

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What’s the first thing that you do when spring arrives to stay in your neck of the woods?  Me?  I practically run out the door to get my outdoor areas spiffed up and my containers planted.  I’ve spent the last week hosing down the pollen that covered everything, sweeping the spider webs from the corners and filling the planters on my farmhouse style front porch.

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Before I go any further, let me take a moment to welcome you to the April edition of Farmhouse Friday!  I’ve teamed up with some of my awesome farmhouse lovin’ buds to talk about farmhouse planters this month.  You’ll find a link to everyone’s project at the bottom of this post.

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To me, farmhouse style doesn’t have to mean fussy or complicated or having a space filled to the brim with chotchkies.  When it comes to outdoor spaces and landscaping, I much prefer tailored, clean, groomed lines.  Thus, my choice of just a few planters that flank my front door.  

Farmhouse style front porch and easy containersPin

Matching shaped boxwoods in black urns with green and white ivy and polka dot plants are a classic.  As summer progresses the ivy will trail down the sides and the polka dot plants will fill out and create an eye catching spot of brightness on our shady front porch.

Farmhouse style doesn't have to mean fussy or complicated or having a space filled to the brim with chotchkies. When it comes to outdoor spaces and landscaping, I much prefer clean, groomed lines. Thus my choice of just a few planters that flank my front door. Matching boxwoods in black urns with green and white ivy and polka dot plants are a classic. As summer progresses the ivy will trail down the sides and the polka dot plants will fill out and create and eye catching spot of brightness on our shady front porch.Pin

I found the smaller gray pots at a great price at a local big box home improvement store.  I love their textured surface.  I want them to quickly fill out and get nice and lush, so I filled them with four impatiens plants instead of just one – three fuchsia and one white with a fuchsia center.

Simple container plantings for a spring farmhouse style front entryPin

A diy seed packet wreath graces the front door.  Wow – it was so fun and easy to make!  Click HERE for the tutorial.

DIY wreath made with seed packetsPin

The last finishing touch that I added is an adorable customized wood plaque that I ordered from Sara Vrooman Designs on Etsy.  I had Sara make it using the letters HOH in place of our last name since Handgraaf is so long.  HOH stands for House Of Handgraaf and 2005 is the year that Pookie and I were married.  

Handmade plaque from Sara Vrooman Designs on EtsyPin
Handmade wood plaque from Sara Vrooman Designs on EtsyPin

Thank you for stopping by my front porch today!  I think I’ll just sit in one of the rockers with a glass of cold sweet tea and enjoy the view.

A front porch with farmhouse style and simple to do plantersPin

 Make sure you stop by and check out the other amazing farmhouse containers!

 
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42 Comments

  1. I am ready for spring!!! Wow, what a bunch of great ideas!! Thanks for linking up with us on Throwback Thursday!

    Mollie

  2. I love your curb appeal- it’s so colorful and fun! Thanks for linking up to the Handmade Hangout! I’ll be featuring you on my blog (www.occasionallycrafty.com) when the new linky goes live today at 6pm ET. I hope you’ll stop by and link up again!

  3. Hi…I just hopped over from FB. Wondering if your boxwood are real, preserved or faux? Love the way yours looks.

    1. Hi Susan. The boxwoods in my planters are real. Thank you for stopping by!

  4. Your front porch looks so springy. I like the new wreath and the planters

  5. So many nice ideas here. I miss having a front entrance to decorate. It is especially fun with the change of seasons, a reason to keep putting up something different!

  6. Bonnie Sims says:

    Suzy,
    I always enjoy your blogs! You make decorating so easy. I am looking for some black urns and was wondering what yours are made of and where you got them?

    Thank you,

    Bonnie

  7. Jean Gunkel says:

    I am looking for Italianate planters like these, but I need to know where I can buy two of them. What are they made of? How tall are they? Price?