Tom Dawson
Welcome your guests to your home no matter the season with these fun front door flower pot ideas! Just like an outfit is never truly complete without jewelry, your home can always use a bit of “bling” in the form of pretty front door flower pots.
Front door flower pot decorations are the perfect way to show your love of plants if you have little or no yard for a garden. Read on to find your favorite flower pot ideas that will add a pop of color and personality to your outdoor space.
The large size is ideal for the front porch — load it up with small potted plants to create the look of a mini English garden. Add a solar-powered stake light to illuminate your walkway, and choose cascading fronds for maximum visual effect.
Vintage wooden crates offer a rich blend of texture and color, but they can be hard to find. Each box is made from cedar boards (or any planks you have on hand) and basic hardware, so it’s easy to build even if this is your first construction project. Create an inviting feeling in your front entry with this plant hanger, which doubles as a welcome sign. A sturdy hook holds your favorite potted plant off of the ground, enabling the leaves or blooms to cascade to full effect.
Leave the wood unfinished for a rustic look, or give it a coat of white paint if you’re after a cottage aesthetic. For a true touch of grandeur, pot your faux topiaries in a large urn — sand provides stability and allows efficient drainage after a rainstorm.
The construction process is fast and easy — just join two clay pots by their bottoms and add a coat of paint. The resulting shape stands out among traditional planters; plus, since it features simple lines, you can use it with any type of home style.
It transforms an old laundry basket into a beautiful display piece that you’ll be proud to place on your porch.
A length of rustic rope tied in an ornate knot adds a nautical finishing touch. These gorgeous burlap-covered planters look expensive — but peek underneath, and you’ll discover that they’re actually an ingenious way to use things you probably already have around the house. Use these planters on your front porch for an upscale-farmhouse vibe, and add a bit of moss around the base to conceal the top of the bucket.
Do this project with any pot you have hiding in the corner of the garage; spray it with metallic paint for a completely new look. Turn a beautiful antique watering can and a metal bowl into a truly unique planter with this fun project.
For maximum impact, choose a base and a can in two different colors; galvanized metal adds a rustic look, while enamel brings a hint of vintage charm.
Dress up your front entryway for the Fourth of July or Memorial Day with this fun arrangement. Using three wall-mounted plant racks, this design brings flowers to eye level, where your guests can truly appreciate the beauty. Add in rows of tiny potted plants for a lush, luxurious look that’s perfect for summer.
This beautiful planter looks like it’s been a part of your family for decades, but really, it’s an easy project that you can complete in an afternoon. The magic in this design is the shape; the crisp lines and sharp angles make a lovely contrast with the natural beauty of your plants and flowers. With its crisp shape and clean lines, this planter puts a rustic spin on a mid-century modern design.
The strong shape makes a striking impression, and the unadorned style highlights the grain of the wood. Use this planter to bring a natural look to a contemporary home, or place it in on your traditional house’s front porch for a chic update. This DIY project turns a drawer into a place to display a flat of flowers or other plants.
Soil in each pot provides plenty of room for plants to take root, and the different heights create the look of a full, blooming shrub. Help friends and delivery people find your home by painting the house number on the pot for a personal touch.
Give your home a rustic, natural vibe by flanking the front door with these log-style planters.
Tall and graceful, they make the perfect place to display flower plots or leafy greens. The cement resin composite material is tough enough for outdoor use — there are even built-in drainage holes to help keep your plants healthy. Glorious green leaves curve up toward the sky in this faux agave plant, bringing a rich burst of color and texture to your front entry.
The masterful shading on each leaf creates a lifelike look — your guests will never guess that this plant is artificial. The ribbed cement planter adds a hint of simple, subtle texture for a desert-inspired vibe. Display this plant alone to highlight its subtle beauty, or pair it with tiny cacti for a fun southwestern arrangement.
The durable material stands up to the wind, rain, and snow, so you can leave your favorite planter outside with confidence. Each planter is built to resemble a vintage crate; the planked front and vertical side posts exude handmade charm. The simple white finish highlights the rustic construction and makes the colors of your plants pop.
You can personalize each bucket with a vinyl initial; the lovely script font and leaf accents complete the vintage look. With its scrolling metal accents and vintage style, this bicycle planter adds a touch of whimsy to your garden or front porch.
Although it looks delicate, you can use it outdoors with confidence — the durable metal and three-wheeled design creates a remarkably stable base. Display brilliant flowers or simple greenery; the crisp white finish sets off the colors beautifully. Handmade from strips of fabric, this piece adds a burst of color and texture to a simple planter. The frayed edges create the look of a beloved heirloom, and the simple fabric patterns bring a French Country twist.
The aged cedar frame brings a rugged, rustic texture to your outdoor space; plus, since it’s heavier than traditional planters and comes with a built-in shelf for sandbags, it won’t blow over on windy days. Cheerful purple flowers peek out above sprays of a vine with round, bright green leaves and a species of ivy. This big milk can by the door holds a spilling vine with tiny, frothy white flowers, red berries and sprigs of juniper, all tied with a burlap bow. A mass of red impatiens in a pot placed on a chair is enough to catch and delight the eye, but look what is beneath it.
The two rectangular pots here have a matching arrangement of ferns and blue hydrangea to add pops of blue-lavender to the shades of green. Don’t just plant chrysanthemums in them, but add tiny pumpkins and other squash and a bunch of switchgrass or ornamental kale.
Fill other planters with more mums or other plants, and set them among a rubbed oil lantern with a candle and bigger pumpkins for more effect. The smaller pot on the top step has more modest plantings of salvia and dusty miller.
The white of flowers and blue of pots remind a viewer of the sky on a sunny day. Te largest, made of terracotta, holds violas and a topiary frame on which ivy is trained.
The second largest has a classic, cast iron look and is filled with petunias and a wrought metal sculpture. If there is an old board in the barn or the garage that no one knows what to do with or even where it came from, one idea is to lean it against the porch wall and strap pots of plants and flowers to it.
A gardener who loves their Minions can actually engage the whole family in making a nice squadron of them out of pots of varying sizes. Paint them blue and yellow, sit them down on concrete blocks near the door, and plant their heads with the flower of the hour, be in chrysanthemums or ferns.
Plant flowers such as begonias, impatiens or petunias, but make sure they don’t cover up the words. Fall is harvest time, so let an arrangement of fall-blooming plants on the front porch join the wreath on the door. The gardener may want to tuck sprigs of baby’s breath or stephanotis among the flowers to make the arrangement bit more airy. This old washtub has been planted with an empty door frame as well as some marigolds, a white-flowered creeper and some spartan blades of ornamental grass, and set in a corner of the porch.
A wreath of bent twigs, dried flowers and berries has been fixed to the upper part of the doorframe. Objects such as miniature ladders, bridges, stepping stones, birdbaths and animals are placed in among tiny succulents, red impatiens and a modest sprays of ivy.
At the very top, the house sits inits own little garden of rosemary, pink impatiens, moss and burro’s tail.
Simply arrange pots of pink or snow white hydrangeas beside the welcome mat.
In this grouping, the tallest pot, a milk can, holds the fern and a spray of white flowers. These three are planted with violas, pink, orange flowers and yellow tulips and trailing baby’s breath.
This huge black milk can is empty, but the wire basket beneath it holds a planting of cream-colored, golden throated petunias in straw. Other flowers that have a similar eye-catching deep blue include species of bellflower and speedwell.
If the gardener can get their hands on a pair them, they are just right to fill up with containers of orange fall chrysanthemums, and place by the welcome mat.
Lovingly pruned trees in pots are a real sign of elegance: a visitor can find them all over the grounds of Versailles.
These topsy turvy pots, set in a garden bed at the edge of the porch, still do a great job of holding on to their many flowers, vines and grasses, and the plants don’t seem to mind.
