Everyone knows how much I love having a porch. Sure I love swinging on my porch swing, being sheltered while I unlock my door, but if I am to be perfectly honest...I really love it because it is one more place to decorate!! Because I am an avid seasonal decorator, having a nice long porch to add to and beautify is so much fun! I always marvel when I see other homes with front porches that are unadorned...bare...boring!! Why not use this prime real estate to show off who you are and what your style is? A bare porch looks, well, naked...and some things (and, gulp, I can think of a few) just don't look good naked!!
So, after bringing in my handmade Father Christmas and some of the other more blatant Christmas items, I reworked a few things, added a couple of my recent purchases and voila: my new wintry "snow porch"! I left up the icicles and snowflakes, the red lanterns from Homesense, and propped up my new sign that proclaims our home to be the spot for sleigh rides...Tonight...and apparently every night of the winter. Quite laughable really, because with our puny backyard, you couldn't even get a crazy carpet to go more than five feet!! Aah well, it's all about using one's imagination, isn't it? Oh, and the sign also promises hot cocoa...that I can deliver!! Pretty much every time one of my critters pokes a toe outside, they deem it worthy of a cup of hot chocolate!!
I made these snowball stacks myself (pretty impressive, huh?). I had made one a few years back, but the wind took it I think, so these are my latest attempts. I used styrofoam balls and then added that fake snow that comes in a bag and shook it on after spraying the balls with adhesive. I think my fingers are still stuck together, but they're pretty, so it's worth it!!
Here is my bench that is in dire need of a paint job, but will have to wait till Spring. I took an old tartan throw and draped it over the back, threaded lights through a grapevine ball, and placed a cedar swag (very dead by now) over the back. It's the perfect spot for you to wait for the horse-drawn sleigh that's coming tonight...and the next..and so on...
What is your porch doing right now? Is it naked...or all dolled up??!!
As the sign on the door says, Let It Snow...for now!!
17 comments:
Your porch looks adorable! I may have to try the snowball thing--what a fun idea!
This looks fabulous Linda! After my computer time, I'm going to look around my apartment to see if I can come up with something "snowy"!
Thank you for the inspiration!
Many Blessings,
Melissa
Mine is a bit naked. I shuffle some plants in and out depending on what the temp is doing outside! I do not have any winter (non-Christmas) decor to use and snow ...well that would not look right since we live so far south! Your porch looks amazing though. I am just secretly waiting for March so I can plant tons of color!
Not only is my porch a bit "naked" what is there, has been horribly neglected. Aarghh! My Christmas decorations are officially down, but spent most of the holiday season in disarray due to extremely high winds anyway. Alright, I've been shamed into decorating...YET AGAIN!
Fabulous Blog, so many GREAT ideas (gonna have to try the snowballs too I think!). Thanks for all the inspiration!
Your porch looks fabulous! Mine is decorated throughout most of the year but I'm afraid it's a little bare during the winter ... because of the winds I can't keep much of anything out there!
What a novel idea! Decorating for January! It's making me think of all kinds of possibilities! How fun, love the whole porch, it's perfect.
Love the snowballs in the urns! If we got snow I would copy that idea in a minute! Your porch looks great!
Manuela
what a great idea! I bet you could just use that spray on flocking too. I still have wreaths on my chairs.....I usually put my curly sticks in my urns.......maybe this weekend.
Your porch decor is wonderful. Mine is well, lacking! I have a very small front step that is most uninspiring.
Linda, you are a goddess. I am so depressed to be back at work that I can't think abour decorating or anything else fun as I try to buckle down and catch up on my technical reading and whatnot. Ugh. I shall blog again...one day...
Til then, thanks for always being you!
Linda, love the photo on your banner.
Your porch looks fabulous.So many wonderful ideas.
Alison
Your porch is so lovely. My little walkway is very bare and desolate right now. Not very welcoming at all and says nothing about my personality. After reading your post, I went outside and finally picked out all the decaying geraniums from my flower pots (yes I'm embarrassed). Now, I at least have a cleaner canvas to work with. Thanks for the unintentional kick in the pants!
oh...oh! I have a large, near-naked porch. I'll see what I can come up with! I will think of it as a blank canvas...with many possibilities, I see. Thanks for the inspiring post!
totally love your blog
hugs from the north of sweden
Dude.
I love the snowballs! You're a genius!
I love your porch. I particularly love your beautiful bench. My porch is not covered, so..... But I do have a couple of decorations out there for winter. Since I am working (sort of) at home today. I will sneek out and take a couple of pictures and post on my blog. Stop by later tonight! Meanwhile. Love your porch!!!!
Thank you so much for your kind comment! I have been here many times and LOVE the images you come up with, and the ideas from around your own home. If I ever get to have a second home, it's going to have that dreamy, watery pale and white scheme yours has going on. And those snowball urns are to die for! I saw Martha Stewart do them in a book, but (as usual) they seemed way too complicated. Yours are much more do-able. Thanks again!!!
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