A DIY way to add a touch of vintage charm to your fall porch is to assemble mum planters in olive buckets. Includes photos and instructions, and it’s so easy!
Mums are a classic choice for fall porch decor, and placing them in vintage olive buckets adds instant charm. This easy idea is budget-friendly, takes just minutes to assemble, and works beautifully with other seasonal touches. These fall mums in olive buckets were one of my favorite ways to dress up our front porch.
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About the Olive Buckets
Vintage olive buckets can be hard to find. If you live in a large city, they can be found at antique stores, flea markets, and craft fairs. An easy way to obtain them is to do some savvy online shopping. I found my two olive buckets on eBay. I had to pay a hefty amount of shipping, but the day they arrived was so fun! Vintage olive buckets can also be found on Etsy. Unlike the vintage variety, olive bucket reproductions are much easier to find. For an outside planter, reproductions would be perfect. Olive buckets range from 16 inches to 20 inches tall. Mine are about 18 inches tall. My olive buckets do not match, and one is slightly taller than the other. But to me, they are wonderful.
Olive Bucket Sources
Supplies needed for two buckets
- olive buckets (or other similar container)
- pots for inside the olive bucket
- grapevine wreaths
- greenery
- bunches of berries or dried bittersweet
- 2 large mums in a pot
Assembly Steps
- Place any sort of pot inside the olive bucket upside down. I used 8 inch terra cotta pots that I had in the garage. Plastic pots can also be used. These will act a risers to lift the mums over the edge of the olive buckets.
- Place a grapevine wreath just inside the rim of each olive bucket. I totally lucked out with the size of the wreaths that I had on hand. I used 15 inch wreaths, and they fit perfectly inside the tops of the olive buckets. It would be fine for the wreath to sit on top of your container too. It doesn’t have to fit inside. The size of the wreaths depends on the opening of the olive buckets.
- Place your potted mum inside the middle of the wreath, and set it on the upside down pot inside the olive bucket. Place your greenery and berry bunches into the grapevine wreath. You may have to cut the stems apart with wire cutters.
- Stand back and enjoy your beautiful mum planters!
You don’t have to own olive buckets to use this method. It would work with any sort of large pot or planter. I think it would look amazing with terra cotta pots because they are the perfect fall color, and they are very budget-friendly.
Additional Information
- Our front door color.
- The blue doormat is no longer available. This floral doormat is very cute and the same colors, and this geometric doormat would work beautifully too.
- Our mailbox and our address plaque.
- If you’re looking for more ideas, I’ve gathered all my favorite porch displays in one place. Take a look at this collection of 10 Fall Planter Ideas for even more inspiration.
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Love the looks of the mums in the olive buckets!
I love the olive bucket/mum combo. Your entry is so pretty! I wasn’t going to put out mums this year, but I might seriously steal your idea. Love it, Ann!
Love your olive buckets filled with beautiful mums. The pots inside as risers is a great idea.
Hi Dorene! Did you check out the links I included to other olive buckets? Some are a bit pricey but others are not. Take a look!
I have seven built-in planter boxes on my front deck. I will definitely use the wreath and mum idea in them for a fresh new look to my deck. Thank you.
Such an easy yet great way to show off the fall colors… Love it! Thanks for the giveaway chance.
I love those olive buckets. The mums look gorgeous in them. How clever of you to add the grapevine wreaths to frame them. You have such good ideas.
Patricia
Hi Patricia! Hope all is well with you…thank you for saying hi. :)
Ann, the mums are perfect in the olive buckets!…I so love how you added the grapevine wreaths at the base of the mums. A very special and creative touch….Have a great weekend Ann!
Such a cute idea! Thanks for the how to. Yours look great,
Have a great day
I love those Olive buckets Ann! They are perfect by your door. Nice mums too. I have to go get some next week.