But first I want to Thank Angelina, over at Petite Haus, for featuring my post, Christmas in the Dining Room, Part 2, from last week's Thursday Favorite Things Party!!!
And thanks Angelina for also mention my Christmas Blog, A Debbie-Dabble Christmas!!!
I also want to Thank Bev, over at Eclectic Red Barn, for featuring my post,
Christmas in the Craft Room, also from last week's Thursday Favorite Things Party!!!
Thanks so much, Bev!!
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Between record breaking rain fall and then 11 inches of snow, every time I was off and planned to decorate the front porch and yard, the weather just did not cooperate!!
I also want to Thank Bev, over at Eclectic Red Barn, for featuring my post,
Christmas in the Craft Room, also from last week's Thursday Favorite Things Party!!!
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Between record breaking rain fall and then 11 inches of snow, every time I was off and planned to decorate the front porch and yard, the weather just did not cooperate!!
This was the first time in at least 3 decades that I did not have the outside Christmas decorations finished by Thanksgiving so that I could continue my tradition of lighting up the house for the first time of the Christmas Season on Thanksgiving Day night!!
I barely managed to throw some wreaths on the windows and door so that at least there were some Christmas decorations outside.......
I did do things a bit differently outside this year........
I leave some of the decorations out all Winter and to make it easier on myself this year, I decided to incorporate some of my Winter decorations that I usually put out after removing all the Christmas decorations.......
Now why I didn't think of that before this is beyond me!!!!
Okay....
Let's start here..........
You can see that my next door neighbor and our house share a front porch divided by a wrought iron railing........
In front of the middle pillar of our front porch is a black urn......
This year, I decided to put my tomato cage topiaries in the black urns on each side of the porch.......
I topped it off with a bow made out of red striped burlap ribbon and hung a large snowflake on the front of it!!
2 years ago, I bought red velvet ribbon and made a whole bunch of bows for the outside......
To my dismay, I noticed that a lot of the bows had faded due to weather......
So instead of buying new ribbon, I dug out the red striped burlap bows that I made last year and used as part of my outside Winter decorations.....
Against the railing that divides our porches......
My neighbor Elly's sons have been cleaning out her home to get ready to sell it since she passed away and they dug this sweet wicker deer out of the attic!!
It found a home at my house!!!
I wrapped some garland around his neck and added one of the red velvet bows that had not faded!!
In the middle of a black wrought iron table is a lantern, also with garland wrapped around the bottom of it!!
This red milk can that also came from my neighbor Elly's house and replaces the black one that I had here other years.....
The penguin that sat on the milk can in this corner of the porch for many years finally fell and cracked one to many times last year so this little Christmas Gnome now has the place of honor on the milk can!!
One of my Winter slates hang between the houses and a sign that I just bought in Dollar General "Where the Tree Tops Glisten" hangs from the garland on the railing......
The front door....
I added the white snowflakes that I usually use after Christmas for Winter decorations to the garland on the railings and around the door......
And I used the red striped Winter bows on each side up at the top of the door.....
I made the wreath for the door several years ago......
I am liking the snowflakes and the burlap bows with the red velvet bows!!
Looking at the rest of the front porch......
As I have said many times in the past, the weeping mortar on our house makes it very easy to hang things!!!!
Next to the front door......
3 of the things here have sentimental meaning to me......
The wooden "sleigh" was made by my son Jim in Cub Scouts.....
And the reindeer planter was made by my son Joe in Cub Scouts.....
The sled was my childhood sled that I spend a lot of time on as a child
sleigh riding down the hill in front of my parent's house......
I bought the "Snow" sign in Gabes last year and used it as a Winter decoration only.....
I decided that this year I would use it for both Christmas and Winter......
A large lighted wreath hangs in the middle of the house itself.......
A large lighted wreath hangs in the middle of the house itself.......
The "Snow" sign hangs below it.....
This year, I also decided to leave out the table from the Summer front porch furniture.....
This snowman that we bought at Wegman's last year fits perfectly on the table.....
I placed a wreath around his base and added snowflakes and pine cones to it......
On the other side of the large wreath....
In the corner of the porch.......
I hung a small and a larger sets of Christmas Bells on the Tree that occupies this space year round, topping it off with w red velvet bow.....
This post stays on the front porch year round but I decided to move it over to the corner here from the area by the front door...... ........
The tin stocking hanging on it was bought many years ago as was the Happy Holidays sign........
I also topped this tomato cage topiary off with a bow and a snowflake!
So this is what the front porch looks like decorated for Christmas this year....
Combining both Christmas and Winter decorations will make it a lot easier for me after Christmas as I will not have much Winter decorations to add after I take away any Christmas decorations!!
Next to the front porch, is a little flower bed under our Living Room window......
Mini Christmas flags are displayed on each side of my chippy angel that is out in the front yard year round........
This year, I moved the large square pots that usually sit on the
sidewalk in front of the porch railing into this flower bed.......
One of the reasons why is this.......
When the icicles form on our gutters after snow and ice storms in the Winter and they start to thaw, they drip down on the area in front of the porch railing.......
These are what those pots looked like last year in front of the porch!!
I placed 2 vintage galvanized watering cans, that were also my neighbor Elly's, inside the pots.....
I
had Joe take a walk up to the woods behind our townhouses and cut
branches from 3 different types of evergreen trees which I filled the
watering cans with!!
I tied a bow around each of the spouts of the watering cans......
When we get snow, at least they will be elevated off the ground and will still be able to be seen.....
Just wanted to show you what it looks like with a dusting of snow on the ground......
Now let's take a look at the front yard which is a long flower bed that
runs in front of our row of townhouses at the top of a slope.....
I placed 2 vintage galvanized watering cans, that were also my neighbor Elly's, inside the pots.....
There are 13 steps to walk up to get to the sidewalk that runs in front of our row of townhouses.......
This is our house looking up from the parking lot at it.....
You can see that wreaths hang on each of the windows.......
I was thrilled when I saw that there had been that little bit of snow in the morning when I took these photos......
You can see the other sled that I mentioned before on the other side of the park bench.......
A few years ago, I painted this sled and glued a B on it because our last name is Barna......
You can see the faux mailbox and the one watering can in this photo......
Here are a few photos I took in the early evening......
As it got a bit darker......
Even though I was way behind in sharing this front of our townhouse decorated for Christmas, I hoped you enjoyed seeing it!!
I am happy with how it looks with the combined Christmas and Winter decorations......
And it will make it easier after Christmas is over as I will just have to change out Christmas for a few Winter decorations as most of the Winter ones are already out!!
In my next post, I will be sharing our Powder Room decorated for Winter with a bit of Christmas......
Even though I was way behind in sharing this front of our townhouse decorated for Christmas, I hoped you enjoyed seeing it!!
So I hope you will come by and visit again!!
And thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
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Hugs,
Debbie
And thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!
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Hugs,
Debbie
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What a great tour!!! I cannot imagine how much work you put into all of that decor! You are amazing and I love your porch!!! Wow is all!
ReplyDeleteOMG! fabulous!
ReplyDeleteMy heavens, it all looks so pretty and festive. I like velvet red bows. Hopefully I can find the ribbon on sale after Christmas.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful and so very festive. You did an amazing job and I know that was a lot of work. Lovely
ReplyDeleteSo wonderful to see all your wonderful decorating AGAIN. You are one amazingly talented lady!! Thanks for all your pictures filled with loving spirit. Merrrrrry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteMarcy Ray, Thanks so much for stopping by and for taking the time to comment!! I did not know how else to get in touch with you so I am doing so here...
DeleteHugs,
Deb
What a beautiful Christmas festive front porch, the prettiest on the block dear friend. It must be a lot of work, but I'm sure fun too ! Congrats.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas,
Fabby
Your front porch is beautiful Debbie. You look all ready for Christmas. Thanks for sharing at Creative Mondays.
ReplyDeleteYour red decors are so festive, perfect for Christmas time. Thanks for being always so deary with me
ReplyDeleteHugs
Such a festive porch, Debbie! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm!
ReplyDeleteI feel happy looking at your wonderful Christmas decor. Merriest of Holidays, Kippi
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