The holiday season invites us to get festive, especially when it comes to decorating. The crisp air, getting bundled up in sweaters, and our favorite carols playing in our heads get us in the mood to decorate! Decorate your front porch this year and capture the magic of the holidays with a distinctly nostalgic nod to Christmases past. With natural inspired decor like garlands and Christmas trees, lanterns, adorable signs, and wrapped packages, your front porch will bring the holiday spirit to your neighborhood and home. Be sure to check out the coordinating DIY Birch Tree Logs and DIY Merry Front Porch Garland to complete the look!
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Decorating for Christmas is a favorite pastime and memory for so many of us. There's always something magical about decking the halls and preparing your home for the holiday season. Transform your front porch into a winter wonderland this year with fabulous products and darling decor that will have your neighbors oohing and aahing as they pass by.
I wanted to create a nostalgic porch this year, using traditional colors and evergreen pines and trees, to create a beautiful winter scene. There's something so comforting about lightly dusted Christmas trees mixed with colorful reds and plaids. We all need peace and comfort during the holidays and I hope this porch can bring a little bit of that feeling to your family.
Place White Lantern Sets at various heights across your front porch to bring the magic of a classic Christmas to your display. The Christmas Reindeer Parking LED Sign will look darling in any space with its candy cane-inspired design. It looks especially great lit up at night! Intermixing Silver Dollar Eucalyptus Garlands through your decor adds the perfect touch of whim to your porch and also helps to visually fill up the space.
While some of us may not be able to venture out for our usual family photo this holiday season, we can still create beautiful photo ops right at home. Doubling your front porch decor as a place to take photos will set the scene for beautiful photographs and memories. Snap a family picture, or a candid moment of your kids or grandkids on your front porch, and you'll have photos to treasure for years to come.
Take an old bike and spruce it up a bit with some faux packages and greenery. A Silver Dollar Eucalyptus Garland dresses up the gifts, and a Vickerman 3' Frosted Jack Pine Tree attached to the front of the bike adds charm. Hang a Vickerman 24" Snow Tipped Pine and Berry Christmas Wreath from the handlebars to finish off the vignette.
We made artificial snow drifts out of feather dusters to set a beautiful winter scene. Place these snow drifts along the edges of your decor and front porch area to make it look like your porch has just been dusted with fresh snow.
Create a beautiful DIY Merry Garland for your exterior porch wall by following the tutorial HERE. Blankets and Holiday Buffalo Plaid Throw Pillows create a cozy spot for kids to curl up on, and also makes for another perfect family photo spot! While it may not be your usual hangout space, grab some hot cocoa and a good Christmas book, and snuggle up with your little ones to create a wonderful Christmas memory that won't be forgotten.
Make a wish! Faux Craft Snow brings ambiance and Christmas magic to your front porch area. Let your little ones scoop it up and blow it into the air for the perfect Christmas photo. As a bonus, their little hands will stay warm because the snow isn't cold!
Place additional Silver Dollar Eucalyptus Garlands around other parts of your porch for extra appeal. The garlands bend easily and will stay in place due to their built-in wire. Bring the real feel of winter to your porch with Pinecone Votive Candle Holders placed next to the white winter lanterns.
The Vickerman 5' Natural Alpine Christmas Trees are a wonderful front porch accent. Arrange them in various corners or spots on your porch and makes sure to include trees of varying heights to create the look and feel of a wooded winter forest.
Design a winter scene around your fireplace so you can cozy up by the fire, whether inside or out. If you don't have a fireplace, create a DIY mantle or Christmas scene on a wall! Either way, there's nothing like the look of a crackling fire and the smell of burning firewood. The DIY Faux Birchwood Logs tied together in a basket next to the fireplace look so real that your mom will even be fooled! Find the tutorial on how to easily make your own HERE. Adding blankets and Holiday Buffalo Plaid Throw Pillows along with Vickerman Red and Black Throw Pillows will help bring some cozy charm to your mantle.
I hope this nostalgic Christmas porch has helped you come up with some ideas to decorate your own home this holiday season! Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
