Did I say traditional Christmas porch decor?
I guess it is, in the red and green sense. In the Ho, Ho, Ho sense. In the I love Christmas more than anything else sense.
But I did try to add a few quirky things and of course a thermos, just to make it a bit more fun and interesting.
I just can't disappoint the neighbors by having a boring old porch, you know. They might think I'm normal or something.
Before I go all Jingle Bells on you, this post is part of the Home For Christmas Tour hosted by Hometalk.com and CountryLiving.com.
You can find other fun holiday themed articles down at the bottom of my post. Don't look now though, or Santa won't bring you what you want for Christmas.
See, I didn't even have to mention that pesky Elf On The Shelf dude looking over your shoulder to get you to behave!
So anyhow, I was going for somewhat traditional Christmas porch decor here so I started off with some traditional items.
A fresh evergreen wreath tied with a big red bow.
Garland draping the doorway.
A snow shovel having on the wall.
Just normal traditional stuff like that!
And of course I had to add my child sized sled filled with greens and ice skates. I've gotten a lot of use out of those $1.99 thrift store ice skates!
The green table is the one I had on my porch for both my fall and Halloween porches.
I've even used it on a spring porch a few years ago.
But I was growing tired of the yellow color, so for Christmas it got a coat of fresh green Christmasy paint.
Oh, and there's Santa.
(Shh . . . Mrs. Claus told me that his boots are ladies polka dotted rain boots from Target that she found at the thrift store and spray painted black. Santa has no idea they are women's boots!)
He stopped by the other day, plopped down on the Adirondack chair and WILL NOT LEAVE!
I gave him some cocoa to warm him up, but he's going to have to get back to the North Pole before Rudolph sends out a search party for him.
Or the neighbor's dog starts using him as a fire hydrant.
I already caught him sniffing Santa, so hopefully there will be no leg lifting incidents here.
OK, enough talk about getting peed on, why don't you head over and check out some of the other posts in the tour:
bili
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Malisha Mishel
How sweet! I have fallen in love with it!!! I'm an avid DIYer and always try to be busy with some new projects. Was searching for a unique idea to start. The porch decor made me stop and crazy to do it asap! In a hurry to start. Wish me good luck! 🙂
Kim K.
Brilliant idea to use the shovel with the fresh greenery. Love this! Love the whole porch. I do wonder when that white stuff will be returning though?
Lacey Haskell
Love that you dressed the shovel! beauty!
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
This is so pretty, Pam! Love the snow shovel and the table is great painted green...it will be pretty year round, too! The Santa hydrant is quite a visual...We have 2 female dogs, so he's probably safe here...
Judy
I love it. From a girl that grew up in Iowa and ended up in a Condo in San Diego. But I still get to enjoy others decorations without the work! I love the thermos in Santa's hand! And the sled.. Phooey, I love it all!
Marie from The Interior Frugalista
Your front porch is awesome starting with Santa enjoying his cup of hot chocolate, but it was that awesome red shovel decorated with greens that caught my eye during the link up. Pinned to share 🙂
DeDe @ Designed Decor
Pam, I always love your front porch decor! Merry Christmas!
heather
Love love love the snow shovel! So fun!!