A Texas woman with a passion for design has turned her hobby right into a booming side business.
Heather Torres is a 41-year-old stay-at-home mom from Dallas, Texas.
Her side hustle is decorating the front porches of homes for the autumn holidays.
Torres said she began decorating front porches with pumpkins and Halloween decorations in 2020 after some neighbors complimented her own residence’s decor and asked her to do the identical for his or her porches, SWNS reported.
“Once we began, I used to be doing two or three porches a day. Yesterday I did 89 porches alone,” she told the outlet.
She starts prepping for the season and taking orders in July — sometimes getting inspiration from things round her.
Torres visited the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden years ago and said it at all times inspired her to do pumpkin displays at home.
“They’d have slightly pumpkin village you can walk through and see all of the varieties of pumpkins,” she said.
Torres said it inspired her.
She purchased 45 pumpkins for her home’s front yard, all of assorted styles and sizes.
In 2013, Torres did her first-ever porch display.
She said her displays were unfolded within the yard at first before she confined it to simply the front porch area.
“I began creating designs and using different varieties of pumpkins,” she said.
“That’s when my friends and neighbors asked if I could do it for them.”
Today, Torres told Fox News Digital she sources her pumpkins from throughout Texas, ensuring to support local farmers.
Clients spend anywhere from $325 to $1,350 to have their porch decorated for the autumn season.
“The best way I create displays for my clients is I showcase the gorgeous specialty pumpkins within the front and people are the pumpkins which have all the colours: pink porcelain doll pumpkins, gray jaradelle pumpkins, red Cinderella pumpkins, and white Cinderella pumpkins,” she told Fox News Digital.
“We also consider the most effective placement of the pumpkins for every design, on the entry of the porch or on the porch,” she said.
In 2020, she decorated 250 homes in the world, earning herself $100,000 for the side-hustle hobby.
This yr, Torres told Fox News Digital that her company, Porch Pumpkins, has decorated and designed over 1,000 homes.
Inside five to 35 minutes, Porch Pumpkins says it can transform the front entrance to homes with festive decorations.
In December, once the autumn season ends, Torres’ company goes back to the homes they decorated and takes down the displays.
“I like the vacations — I feel October and pumpkin season mark the start of the vacation and the beginning of festivities,” she said to SWNS.
Torres believes the displays make “people so pleased and convey joy.”
A Texas woman with a passion for design has turned her hobby right into a booming side business.
Heather Torres is a 41-year-old stay-at-home mom from Dallas, Texas.
Her side hustle is decorating the front porches of homes for the autumn holidays.
Torres said she began decorating front porches with pumpkins and Halloween decorations in 2020 after some neighbors complimented her own residence’s decor and asked her to do the identical for his or her porches, SWNS reported.
“Once we began, I used to be doing two or three porches a day. Yesterday I did 89 porches alone,” she told the outlet.
She starts prepping for the season and taking orders in July — sometimes getting inspiration from things round her.
Torres visited the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden years ago and said it at all times inspired her to do pumpkin displays at home.
“They’d have slightly pumpkin village you can walk through and see all of the varieties of pumpkins,” she said.
Torres said it inspired her.
She purchased 45 pumpkins for her home’s front yard, all of assorted styles and sizes.
In 2013, Torres did her first-ever porch display.
She said her displays were unfolded within the yard at first before she confined it to simply the front porch area.
“I began creating designs and using different varieties of pumpkins,” she said.
“That’s when my friends and neighbors asked if I could do it for them.”
Today, Torres told Fox News Digital she sources her pumpkins from throughout Texas, ensuring to support local farmers.
Clients spend anywhere from $325 to $1,350 to have their porch decorated for the autumn season.
“The best way I create displays for my clients is I showcase the gorgeous specialty pumpkins within the front and people are the pumpkins which have all the colours: pink porcelain doll pumpkins, gray jaradelle pumpkins, red Cinderella pumpkins, and white Cinderella pumpkins,” she told Fox News Digital.
“We also consider the most effective placement of the pumpkins for every design, on the entry of the porch or on the porch,” she said.
In 2020, she decorated 250 homes in the world, earning herself $100,000 for the side-hustle hobby.
This yr, Torres told Fox News Digital that her company, Porch Pumpkins, has decorated and designed over 1,000 homes.
Inside five to 35 minutes, Porch Pumpkins says it can transform the front entrance to homes with festive decorations.
In December, once the autumn season ends, Torres’ company goes back to the homes they decorated and takes down the displays.
“I like the vacations — I feel October and pumpkin season mark the start of the vacation and the beginning of festivities,” she said to SWNS.
Torres believes the displays make “people so pleased and convey joy.”
