Christmas Porch Decorating and Front Porch Tour

Christmas Porch Decorating with Nature

Using natural elements for Christmas decorating is my very favorite way to decorate each year.

It is a simple and inexpensive way to decorate while making s spot look beautiful.

Christmas front porch with lights — *Pinecones wreath around cut juniper and holly in the urns*

Every year, I like to incorporate a new evergreen of some kind in my garden so that I can use its trimmings at Christmas.

Christmas porch decorating basket — *I found these baskets last summer on Amazon. They are pretty, have a liner, and have held up very well.*

We have boxwood, juniper, holly, various pines, and this year added a few green giant arborvitaes.

Christmas Tree greens for the porch — *A twinkly lit spruce tree*

Christmas porch Front door wreath — *A plain wreath is easily adorned with hydrangeas, pinecones, cedar, and large rosehips, finished with a natural brown plaid bow.*

Not only that, but I love to wander around the garden clipping anything that is left over from summer. I used tree peony seed pods, pussy willow, hydrangeas, rosehips, artemesia, and winterberry this year.

Christmas Porch Snowflakes — Twig snowflakes hanging on the porch opening

I also have a bin of dried naturals saved from year to year. Some of those include eucalyptus, pinecones, silver dollar money plant, tallow berries, dried oranges, and other fruits all store very well.

Create something new!

Normally, I purchase fresh green wreaths for decorating my porch and windows and then embellish them with extras. This year it seemed like Christmas greenery had gone up in price and decided on something else.

Missing my front window boxes, I had an idea of making window sill swags the length of my windows. I was really pleased. Sometimes you never know…but these turned out beautiful! They were simple, inexpensive, and easy to hang! I will share how I made them in the next few days!

Christmas Window Sill Swags on the Porch

The only purchase I had to make was for the ribbon. I chose a brown plaid for a traditional natural look.

Iris Kitty on the Christmas Porch — *Iris is always there for support!*

Always handmades and vintage

Remember those vintage wooden boxes that my neighbor was throwing away? They worked perfectly here with this primitive tree. I added winterberry branches for a less faux and more wild natural look and topped it with an oversized grapevine wreath.

Rocking chair with Christmas pillows on the porch — *Bring up the height of a Christmas tree with boxes.*

Most years my mom makes my sister and me a Christmas pillow. I love how happy they look on my swing. I have quite a few but try to stay with my color scheme of the year ~ it is so hard to pick!

Handmade Christmas Pillows on the front porch swing — *A few of mom’s handmade pillows.*

Garden Whimsy

One more thing… whimsy! Pots, statuary, urns, fence pieces… whatever you’ve got, use it. They add a touch of whimsy which is what Christmas decorating is all about!