Monday, December 5, 2011

Our Front Porch: My Favorite Free Christmas Accessory

 

Besides putting up our tree, I spent some time sprucing up our front porch this weekend.  My goal with holiday decorating is to spend as little as possible. 

 

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Besides adding some fresh greenery (from our yard) to a wreath I already had, I also took my kids in the wooded area behind our house to collect fallen limbs. (Yes, they thought it was lots of fun and no one poked their eye out. . .)

 

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Once I had our collection of branches, I sprayed them white.  My parents did something similar last year and it looked so wintery. . .

 

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I did buy two Allen+Roth black planters from Lowe’s and two Dwarf Alberta Spruce trees that will hopefully last year-round. 

 

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I liked the white branches so much that I even brought some inside.  Will show you that later this week.

 

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