PUMPKIN CO.Doorways, stoops, and entrances with no porch at all.
A small entrance has less frontage to fill, and often no steps to build height on.
An entrance without a porch takes an accent display. Penn Pumpkin Co's smallest package counts 22 pumpkins at $350, plus white ghost pumpkins, minis, and gourds. It is the only one of the four with no hay bales, and that matters most at a flat entrance.
What a small entrance changes.
A narrow doorway has less frontage to fill. 22 pumpkins look generous there, and the same number on a wide covered porch looks sparse.
Levels are the other difference. A run of steps supplies its own heights, and a display placed on one gets those for nothing. A flat doorway or a single stoop supplies none, so the pieces themselves have to carry every bit of height.
Where the height comes from when there are no steps.
A Touch of Fall is the only one of the four displays with no hay bales. Pumpkin Pop carries 1–2 of them, and a bale is the cheapest height in any display.
The step from A Touch of Fall to Pumpkin Pop is $200, and it buys more than the extra pumpkins. At an entrance with steps it buys mass. At a flat entrance it buys the levels the entrance does not have.
You can also lean on the grades themselves. Large pumpkins low, medium behind and beside them, small fruit in front. A flat entrance depends on that arrangement, and the full arrangement is here.
Gates, garages, and the second entrance.
Two pumpkin stacks are $100, and they suit a front gate or a garage. A gate is the first thing a visitor passes, and it sits well outside the reach of a display at the door.
And at the other end: a double door.
A wide or double entry is the same problem in reverse. There is more frontage than an accent display can hold, and gaps show more on a grand entrance than on a narrow step.
Pumpkin Palooza is our largest at $1,250, counting 52 pumpkins with 2 grand prize pumpkins that no other display carries. We size it for large porches, or for several locations at one address. A double entry works out much the same way.
Questions about small entrances.
Can you decorate an entrance with no porch?
Yes. A doorway, a stoop, or a pair of steps is enough. Our smallest display is an accent beside a door, and that is the size an entrance without a porch takes.
How many pumpkins does a small entrance need?
Our smallest display counts 22 pumpkins, plus the white ghosts, minis, and gourds included with every size. That is the size for an accent beside a door.
What if the entrance is flat, with no steps?
Then the height has to come from the display itself. A Touch of Fall is the only one of ours with no hay bales, so stepping up to Pumpkin Pop, which carries one or two, changes the most at a flat entrance.
What suits a double door or a wide entry?
More frontage takes more display. Pumpkin Palooza is our largest, built for large porches or for several locations at one address, and a wide or double entry takes about the same.
More in this guide.
The full guide is Styling a fall porch that still looks composed in November, which covers the lot in one place.
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