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Outdoor decorating trends
Garlands of all kinds of greenery can warm up the look of railings or frame doorways. Leave them au naturel, or dress them with metallic accents and small decorations for your overall theme.
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Home, as we know, has become more central to many of us during the pandemic, and that means outdoors as well as in. This holiday season, designers and retailers have suggestions for updating window, door and yard decorations. Trends include sustainability, naturalness and coziness.
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Nature show New York interior designer John Douglas Eason appreciates a season where “over the top” is often just what’s needed. “But that said, I like subtle holiday design, incorporating nature and keeping it tonal. I love monochromatic gourds with a gnarly tree branch tossed in for interest and fresh greens,” he says. Eason suggests luminarias to light walkways, “and I’ve been playing around with the idea of connecting them with thick garlands and woodland elements. “I really think a more natural holiday design is absolutely on point this season.” When the holiday is over, he notes, recyclable decor can go back to nature “and help to ensure the gift of a safer earth for generations to come.”
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This image provided by Lowe’s shows a traditional front-door decoration. Frame the front door or wrap a railing with a lighted garland, and add a coordinating wreath for a cozy, festive vibe.
Harlequin and checkered prints in small doses, for ornaments or decorative accents, work for both inside and out of the house.” She likes magnolia-leaf garlands with green tops and a rich burgundy red on their fuzzy undersides. “They’re my favorite to use because they pop against a blanket Traditional colors of snow,” Fisher says. “They’re also very hardy and last through the Nicole Fisher, who bases her entire season, always looking BNR Interiors firm in New York’s Holiday lodge fresh.” Hudson Valley, likes to blend the If you can’t find magnolia time-tested colors of Christmas If heading off to a cozy cabin is garlands locally, Food52 quickmore aspirational than doable, you with fresh twists. ships good-looking fresh ones. And “My color palette this year is can still achieve the chalet vibe. A there are lovely faux versions that going to be green and red with few birch logs placed in a black and white accents,” she says. you can embellish with extra pops galvanized steel or enameled of green, red or copper magnolia planter, with pine or cedar boughs “I love the traditional concept of sprigs, at Etsy,Jamali Garden and black and white, but also how it’s and some faux or real moss West Elm. unexpected for the holidays. bedding the pot, will look inviting with or without a strand of warmly hued fairy lights. Peel-and-stick removable decals can dress up a front door or streetfacing windows. Tempaper’s white Christmas Village wall decal set gives you pine trees, deer, various buildings and an array of stars to create a silhouetted scene.
Gill’s aesthetic is minimalist, but striking. “Engage all the senses,” she advises. “Project festive images on your front door – think snowy winter wonderland, or a slideshow of your favorite holiday memories.” Like Eason, she loves the idea of lining walkways with lanterns or tall white candles for “a chic, minimalist look that still feels festive and lovely.” LightShow’s Projection SnowStorm sets an 8-foot-wide blizzard of snowflakes dancing across the front of the house. Another version has gently falling snowflakes across a 30-foot expanse. Kids’ Christmas Grandin Road’s bright, oversize fiberglass ornaments look like they plopped off a giant’s Christmas tree. Or keep things small: Those handy little solar stick lights that you pop in the ground around a garden or walkway have been given a holiday dress-up with candy cane stripes and a snowy cap, at Lowe’s. Inflatable décor may not be for everyone, but if you’ve got little kids, it’s hard to ignore the delight sparked by seeing a gigantic character on a front lawn. Lowe’s has favorites from Toy Story, Frozen, Grinch, Peanuts and Star Wars.
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