Christmas: 11 Ways to Decorate Your Front Door For the Festive Season
Take your zeal for festive decorations outside and let your front door greet the world with rich colours and gorgeous materials
It’s that time of year again: the days are getting colder, the nights are almost at their longest, and the supermarkets have already begun stuffing the shelves with peppermint-flavoured chocolates and striped candy canes. This is the season to induge – and that includes your décor. Christmas gives us licence to fully embrace richer and more ornate decorating styles than the rest of the year allows.
Although we tend to focus on getting the inside of our homes holiday-ready, a decorated front door sets the tone for the rest of the scheme and spreads the Christmas cheer beyond your four walls. Be inspired by these festive front doors, which welcome Christmas in eye-catching and creative ways.
Although we tend to focus on getting the inside of our homes holiday-ready, a decorated front door sets the tone for the rest of the scheme and spreads the Christmas cheer beyond your four walls. Be inspired by these festive front doors, which welcome Christmas in eye-catching and creative ways.
Work in a touch of frost
This pale grapevine wreath is accented by white bobbles for an evocative snowy effect. The natural colours and minimalist feel work beautifully against the dark grey front door for a stylish welcome. It may be low on flashy colours and ornaments, but its simplicity and chicness makes it stand out from the crowd.
This pale grapevine wreath is accented by white bobbles for an evocative snowy effect. The natural colours and minimalist feel work beautifully against the dark grey front door for a stylish welcome. It may be low on flashy colours and ornaments, but its simplicity and chicness makes it stand out from the crowd.
Opt for a little bough wow
Although circular wreaths are an obvious choice, this hanging decoration stands out from the crowd, offering festive charm with a tumbling display of fir branches, pine cones and red berries.
Although circular wreaths are an obvious choice, this hanging decoration stands out from the crowd, offering festive charm with a tumbling display of fir branches, pine cones and red berries.
Weave in seedheads and dried flowers
Seedheads, winter foliage and dried flowers can create a beautiful wreath, rich with faded colour and organic shapes. Magenta, green, gold and brown work together splendidly to create this bountiful wreath. The key to its appeal is the mix of shades and textures.
Seedheads, winter foliage and dried flowers can create a beautiful wreath, rich with faded colour and organic shapes. Magenta, green, gold and brown work together splendidly to create this bountiful wreath. The key to its appeal is the mix of shades and textures.
Do a double take
If you have a double door, two wreaths adds a sense of symmetry to your scheme. These flowery wreaths are further accented by the plain, weathered aesthetic of the door and entrance.
If you have a double door, two wreaths adds a sense of symmetry to your scheme. These flowery wreaths are further accented by the plain, weathered aesthetic of the door and entrance.
Supersize your wreath
This gigantic wreath may not really fit on a front door anymore, but its large size is a clear indication to whomever may walk by that, when it comes to Christmas, you don’t mess around!
This gigantic wreath may not really fit on a front door anymore, but its large size is a clear indication to whomever may walk by that, when it comes to Christmas, you don’t mess around!
Embrace earthy tones
While red, green, gold, white and silver are generally associated with Christmas, earthy tones, such as copper, mauve, aubergine and walnut, can help create a more rustic, warm look. The muted spruce, pine cones and lightly gilded fruit in this wreath complement the rustic door.
While red, green, gold, white and silver are generally associated with Christmas, earthy tones, such as copper, mauve, aubergine and walnut, can help create a more rustic, warm look. The muted spruce, pine cones and lightly gilded fruit in this wreath complement the rustic door.
Create a romantic atmosphere
Enhance a pretty foliage wreath with candlelight. These homeowners have created a romantic and festive scene with multiple lanterns and frosted spruce on the railings. If you don’t have lanterns, try threading outdoor fairy lights through railings or around your door.
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Enhance a pretty foliage wreath with candlelight. These homeowners have created a romantic and festive scene with multiple lanterns and frosted spruce on the railings. If you don’t have lanterns, try threading outdoor fairy lights through railings or around your door.
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Craft something chic and unique
If you’re crafty and want a change from foliage wreaths, a knitted yarn design may be more appealing. Studded with paper flowers and sparse but well-placed greens, this wreath welcomes Christmas in a quirky yet elegant way.
If you’re crafty and want a change from foliage wreaths, a knitted yarn design may be more appealing. Studded with paper flowers and sparse but well-placed greens, this wreath welcomes Christmas in a quirky yet elegant way.
Incorporate citrus fruits
There’s a reason why dried citrus fruits, particularly oranges, are popular for Christmas decorations – they add pops of colour to a wreath while evoking some of the scents and tastes of the season. Here, dried orange slices, cinnamon sticks and pine cones adorn a front door in classic festive style.
There’s a reason why dried citrus fruits, particularly oranges, are popular for Christmas decorations – they add pops of colour to a wreath while evoking some of the scents and tastes of the season. Here, dried orange slices, cinnamon sticks and pine cones adorn a front door in classic festive style.
Keep it simple
This is a great example of keeping it simple yet still thoroughly festive. This small, pared-back, rustic wreath chimes with the gold of the door furniture and says welcome in a warm yet understated way.
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How do you decorate your front door for Christmas? Share your tips and photos in the Comments below.
This is a great example of keeping it simple yet still thoroughly festive. This small, pared-back, rustic wreath chimes with the gold of the door furniture and says welcome in a warm yet understated way.
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How do you decorate your front door for Christmas? Share your tips and photos in the Comments below.
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Create a decorative Christmas welcome with trees, lights and garlands as well as a wreath, but keep the palette simple for a stylish result. This arrangement shows how to do excess without overkill: the only colour beyond leafy green is red, which links with the front door, and the wreath is a very simple twine star that doesn’t fight with the draped foliage. White fairy lights add a tasteful touch of sparkle.
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