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Brick front steps layered with pumpkins, gourds and yellow mums, autumn leaves across the walk
Fall 2026The Front Porch LadyNorthern Virginia · No. One
The autumn porch, handled entirely

Somebody comes
and does your porch.

This season
12 September
to 31 October
Read on

Aporch is designed for your particular door — its color, its brick, the light it takes in the afternoon. Everything is sourced, brought to your door and arranged in place while you are out.

After that it is simply yours, for as long as it lasts. No shopping, no proofs to approve, and nothing waiting on your reply.

In this issue
iWhat it is
iiThe order of things
iiiThe packages
ivLast autumn
vThe neighbours
viAfterwards
viiThe maker
viiiReserve
iWhat it is

Sourced.
Delivered.
Installed for you.

Most people have never heard of such a service, which is the first thing to say plainly. The second is that everything — designing it, sourcing the pumpkins, installing it around your own front door — is done for you. You don't lift a finger.

A leaded-glass front door with an autumn wreath, pumpkins piled on a hay bale down the stone steps
Fall 2026 · Northern Virginia
iiThe order of things

Reserve

A dated install day, held in your name — free to reserve. You pay in full on install day, or upfront if you'd rather; delivery, design and installation are all in the price. Nothing else is asked of you.

Install

Half an hour, from the outside, on your date. Nothing drilled, nothing nailed — come home to it finished.

Afterwards

The display is yours. Nobody comes back for it — keep the pumpkins as long as they last, and compost them when they go.
iiiThe packages

Four sizes.
Nothing added later.

Delivery, design and installation are included at every level — no delivery zones and nothing added at checkout. The difference between them is how much porch gets covered.

The Doorstep

$495
Pay on install day
A balanced display for small-to-medium porches.
Mix of large & medium jack-o'-lanterns6
White Ghost Pumpkins4
Pie PumpkinsAssortment
Specialty Pumpkins12
Hay balesNot included
GourdsNot included

The Porch

$745
Pay on install day
Fuller, layered, more color and texture. Medium-to-large porches.
Mix of large & medium jack-o'-lanterns8
White Ghost Pumpkins6
Pie PumpkinsAssortment
Specialty Pumpkins16
Hay bales2 medium
GourdsNot included

The Steps

$995
Pay on install day
A statement display. Large porches.
Mix of large & medium jack-o'-lanterns10
White Ghost Pumpkins8
Pie PumpkinsAssortment
Specialty Pumpkins20
Hay bales2 large
GourdsIncluded

The Full Front

$1,345
Pay on install day
The full festival-style porch. Overflowing, dramatic, layered.
Mix of large & medium jack-o'-lanterns14
White Ghost Pumpkins10
Pie PumpkinsAssortment
Specialty Pumpkins24
Hay bales4 large
GourdsIncluded
Prices exclusive of Virginia sales tax. Estate porches quoted individually.
Full spec sheet
ivLast autumn

Real pumpkins.
Real front doors.

Photographed in September, on the streets they were installed on. Jack o'lanterns, white ghost pumpkins and specialty pumpkins — the ones that hold their shape and color through an autumn here in a way a supermarket pumpkin does not.

A covered patio with a stone fireplace under a timber pergola, pumpkins and gourds banked along the hearth with hay bales
Fall 2026 · Northern Virginia
An arched stone entry with double doors and two autumn wreaths, pumpkins lining the walk on either side
Fall 2026 · Northern Virginia
Orange, white and pale-green pumpkins with gourds and hay bales gathered along stone front steps
Fall 2026 · Northern Virginia
Every photograph is a real install, on a real street
vThe neighbours
“I am the person who buys mums from Home Depot every year and sticks them on the steps and calls it done. This was a completely different thing. She actually looked at our house color and the door and designed around it. I didn't have to think about anything. Already rebooked for summer.”
Vicki
Waterford, Virginia
“Everything showed up and was installed while I was at work. Came home and it looked amazing. My neighbour rang my doorbell to ask who did it.”
Caitlin
Herndon, Virginia
A brick colonial stoop with white columns and pumpkins in orange and white cascading down the steps
viAfterwards

Then it is
simply yours.

Once your porch is installed the display belongs to you. There is no end-of-season collection and nobody comes back for it — keep the pumpkins as long as they last, move them, carve them, or put them out for the birds.

Real pumpkins hold well through October and into November here. Nothing in the display is plastic, so when they finally go they compost.

What you keepEvery pumpkin and bale
viiThe maker
Carly Linden, founder of The Front Porch Lady
Carly Linden
“I have so much fun decorating for the seasons and holidays, I wanted to offer my skills to the community.”
Leesburg · Ashburn · Sterling · Reston · McLean · Great FallsMeet Carly
viiiReserve

Your porch,
your date.

We work one area at a time between 12 September and 31 October, so there are only two or three dates for your postcode all season, and they are taken in the order they are reserved.

TodayReserve — pay nothing now
Until ten days beforeMove your date or cancel, free
AfterwardsThe display is yours to keep
You'll see the dates open in your area before you pay anything.
ixQuestions

Are the pumpkins real?

Yes. Autumn is worked in real pumpkins, gourds and hay bales — jack o'lanterns, white ghost pumpkins, pie pumpkins and specialty pumpkins. The rest of the year is premium faux, which holds its color far longer.

Must I be home?

No. The work is done from the outside in about thirty minutes — be home if you'd like, or just come home to it finished. Nothing is drilled or nailed into the door, and every box and tie leaves with us.

How does paying work?

Reserving is free — you hold a date and pay nothing up front. The whole package price is paid on the day we install, and you can pay upfront when you reserve if you'd rather. There's no deposit either way. It's refundable until the pumpkin order is placed ten days before your date, and your date is moveable to any other open date until that same point.

Do I have to approve a design first?

No — and that is deliberate. Your porch is designed around your door and your house color, then simply installed on your date. There is no proof to review and nothing waiting on your reply.

Which dates can I choose?

We install between 12 September and 31 October, one area at a time. That means your postcode is offered two or three dates in the whole season. You'll see yours before you pay anything.

What happens at the end of the season?

Nothing, unless you want it to. The display is yours once it is installed — there is no end-of-season collection and nobody comes back for it. Real pumpkins hold well into November here, and everything composts when it finally goes.

What about mums?

We build with pumpkins, gourds and hay bales for a fuller look than mums alone. If you'd like mums in the mix too, we can add them for an additional charge — just ask when you reserve.

And squirrels?

The honest risk, and the one nobody in this trade will stand behind. Every display is treated when it goes in to discourage them. We won't pretend it never happens.