Readying the outside of your house for the holiday season does not need to be time-consuming or expensive. And don’t feel you have to do it all at once. You can start with lighting one weekend, and then slowly add other elements as you find them or find the time to decorate.
and relatively easy, especially if you take advantage of all the nets, shapes, and multistrand lights now available. But even one long string of colored or white lights can make a big impact — and sometimes less is more.
Lights are beautiful
Spread peanut butter over pine cones and roll them in birdseed. Tie them to tree branches or house eaves with colorful ribbons.Make pine-cone bird feeders.
for each window, and attach holiday cards to them as they arrive. During your fall pruning, collect any shapely branches and set them aside to dry. Set them in large terracotta pots, metal buckets, or other interesting containers to tuck on a corner of your porch or patio. You can spray paint the branches white, silver, or gold, if you like; add lights or decorations or ribbons.Buy grapevine wreaths
Use painted branches.
Wrap red and white all-weather ribbons around a light post or door columns for a candy-cane effect. Tie a tartan bow around your mailbox post. Weave all-weather ribbons through a picket fence. If it is well covered by a porch, cover the door with gift-wrapping paper, and add a big bow.Use ribbons to create candy canes.
Make your front door look like a present.
