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Today I’m sharing how I’ve decorated for Christmas on the front porch. It’s my favorite space to decorate for the seasons, especially Christmas!
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The porch decorating started back in November when Leo and I made these DIY Wooden Christmas Trees. They are behind 3 smaller artificial trees that I put in a galvanized container.
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There’s a bed of snow on the table as well as some snowballs.
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This whole scene at this end of the porch sets the stage for a winter wonderland on the porch. You see, here in the South we rarely see snow, and we’re fascinated by it! And I have NEVER seen a white Christmas. So I set out to create my own this year!
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And you can’t have a winter wonderland without… SNOWMEN! So I gathered my collection and put them on an old wooden ladder.
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I love how the trees and the snowmen are reflected in the mirror.
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We have a table on this end of the porch, and it’s set for snacks.
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Perfect for some hot cocoa and cookies!
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The centerpiece contains one of my all-time favorite snowmen-this chubby fellow! I would have put him a little bed of snow in the pedestal bowl, but I was afraid that it would blow out!
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The skate that I hand-painted last year is hanging on the stand that’s always on the porch.
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Around the front door is the grapevine garland that’s been up now for 3 Christmases. You can see all the ways it’s been decorated in the post Grapevine Garland Through the Seasons. This year i added a snowflake burlap ribbon, some large snowflake ornaments, and some real cotton that I glitterized! They really do look like puffy snowballs!
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Here you can see them a little better along with the red lanterns that we added last year.
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I always have an old milk can sitting underneath the lantern on the right, and this year I turned him into snowman!
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On a little table are our dancing frogs. On second thought, I could have turned them into snowmen, but I just plopped these Santa hats onto them the way I always do!
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On the other end of the porch is our sitting area.
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Yep! You guessed it. There’s a snowman tree on this end!
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Love the skate ornaments on the tree.
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It’s loaded with more snowmen and snowflake ornaments.Image may be NSFW.
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On the old closet doors turned into shutters are 2 frosty wreaths with pine cones hanging from them. None of this is new-just part of my stash that I combine in a new way each year.
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The only new thing on the porch is this snowflake throw that I found for a song at Ross’ in the porch’s colors.
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My friend Marti gifted me with this snowman that she painted last month. Isn’t he just the cutest thing! Are any of you as crazy about snowmen as I am?
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On a little table is a plate that I got for free at the auction. Sometimes people buy a lot but don’t want everything so they just leave it behind. SCORE!
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I hope you’ve enjoyed our porch tour. In front of the screen door is a rug containing my sentiments right now. I’m sending all of you WARM WISHES for the holidays!
Sharing at:
Metamorphosis Monday@Between Naps on the Porch
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