Traditional Christmas Porch Decor

Create your own traditional Christmas porch decor with these simple ideas and helpful tips! 

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… yippee! I am delighted to be joining the oh-so-sweet Taryn from Taryn Whiteaker Designs and some other amazingly talented ladies today to share our porches all decked out for the holidays!

Traditional Christmas Porch Decor

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I admit, I always get a little nervous about decorating the outside of our home. We didn’t really have much exterior to decorate at our townhouse, so other than throwing a wreath on the door, I never did much outdoor decorating until we moved here a few years ago.

I am slowly getting the hang of it, though, and it gets a little easier each and every season. When I began decorating our porch for Christmas, one of the first things I did was figure out how to put a cute garland around the door.

I ended up using little white screw-in hooks like these, putting one at the top center of the door frame and then four down each side. I then took two pieces of 20 gauge floral wire and attached the garland at each hook. For once, it was a project that was easier than I expected! 🙂

doormat | garland and mini trees- Pier 1, no longer sold | door wreath | planters – Target, no longer sold

The wreaths on the windows were a new addition to our Christmas outdoor decor this year. (I used 24″ wreaths that I found at Hobby Lobby.) Again, I was nervous about hanging them, but the type of windows we have made it pretty simple. The bottom section of our windows can flip down from the top of the pane, so I just put a ribbon on the top of the wreath, stuck it out the window, then snapped the screen and the window pane back into place. This secured the wreath tightly, but just to make sure it didn’t go anywhere, I made a simple knot on the inside of the window for extra security.

We live on a hill, so it can get pretty windy, but our wreaths are still firmly in place!

Once I figured out the logistics of hanging our items, all that was left to do was to add some pretty things… like pillows and lanterns and blankets and such. 🙂

plaid pillows (similar) | rug | chairs (similar) | garden stool | lanterns (similar)

(Quick tip: Filling just about any vessel with ornaments makes easy instant Christmas decor! 🙂 )

I like that our porch is big enough for a little seating area and a bit of decor, but it is also small enough that it is not overwhelming to decorate, which I appreciate as a novice outdoor decorator!

Even though I am a warm weather girl, I had kind of been hoping for a little bit of snow so I could get a shot of the house in all of its winter glory. I had just about given up hope, but then I woke up yesterday, and we had gotten a little dusting, so I grabbed my camera and ran outside!

I actually almost broke the camera too, because I didn’t realize that our driveway was a sheet of ice and I nearly slipped! Eeek! As you can tell by my ribbons going every which way, it was pretty windy, but I was still glad to be able to get a snowy photo. 🙂

Sources

If you’d like to snag any of the items I used for our traditional Christmas porch decor, I will link as much as I can below!

White Hooks to Hold Garland

20 Gauge Floral Wire for Garland

Doormat

Door Wreath

Garland and Mini Trees- Pier 1, no longer sold

Planters- Target, no longer sold

Plaid Pillows

Rug

Chairs (similar)

Garden Stool

Lanterns (similar)

For more holiday porch inspiration, don’t forget to pop around and visit my talented blog friends who are also sharing their gorgeous homes as well! Chelsea from Two Twenty One is up next, and you can catch the rest of the tour via the links below!

Taryn Whiteaker Designs | Just A Girl And Her Blog | Two Twenty One | Tatertots and Jello

Jaime Costiglio | Inspiration For Moms | Stone Gable | Clean & Scentsible

Lolly Jane | Town and Country Living | The Happy Housie

Thanks for following along! Have a wonderful day!

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