Christmas Outdoor Planter: see how to create a Christmas arrangement for your front door in two different styles and a matching snowflake doormat.
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I loved my fall outdoor linear planter so much that I decided to do another version of it for Christmas. It came out great, and I love that it's something a little different from the standard Christmas urn with greens, bobbles and ribbon. My love of white continues with the Christmas decor, and I really love how the white pops against all the Christmas greens.
Linear Outdoor Christmas Arrangement
Materials:
- large square galvanized tub
- greens
- birch poles
- hawthorn berries
- cedar
- pinecones spray painted white
- soil in the container
How To
To make this outdoor Christmas arrangement, I started with the fall planter, and removed everything but the birch poles.
I repositioned them as the second row, and tucked a nice row of fir as the back and tallest row. Fir is really one of my favs, since we always had a real fir tree growing up. When I think Christmas tree, I just think fir, maybe that's because we always had a fresh fir tree when I was a little girl. It was a great choice here for the back row, since it has so much structure.
Next were the line of birch poles I cut for the fall planter -must say I'm loving all the birch this year, and using more of it inside for my Winter Woodland Christmas theme this year. 😉
After the birch I added a row of these black berries, European buckthorn -according to my google research. 😉 They have thorns so be careful, (she said from experience).
After that I added a row of cedar, just common Ontario cedar, not the fancy B.C. kind. Sometimes Ontario cedar is more yellow, but I thought this looked pretty good, and the contrast is also good for this linear arrangement.
My final row is some spray painted pine cones. I liked the way it related to the pine cone wreath I made here.
I have to admit that I fiddled with this arrangement and may or may not have even sent some pics to my florist sister for some advice. In the end the key was trying to make the lines as full as possible.
Some other suggestions for rows if you're considering making a linear arrangement like this are moss, the really large pine cones, other coloured berries, painted twigs, large cinnamon sticks like I used in my fall version, and of course other Christmas greens -magnolia leaves would look great.
DIY Snowflake Doormat
Of course I also needed a new doormat, and yet again the perfect one I had pictured in my mind didn't seem to exist in real life, ever have that problem? So, what's a DIY-ier to do but make it herself.
Materials:
- Plain Doormat
- Snowflake image
- exacto knife
- white craft paint
How To
This project started with a plain coir mat. I used the same method I used here to stencil the fall leaf doormat.
The snowflake images were found on the web. First I printed them out, and cut out the middle with an exacto knife to create a stencil.
Then I used craft paint to create a random pattern.
I really like how it turned out, and it should work all through the winter, not just for Christmas, which is always good. It helped tie together the white of the planters, and the wreath, with the snowflake Christmas lights we have along the roof.
Galvanized Pail Arrangement
I added one final outdoor Christmas arrangement right beside the door. Again I used an old galvanized pail, to match the large square one. This arrangement was really simple. The three shortish birch poles, some more buckthorn berries, some pine cuttings, and more white pinecones help tie this arrangement to the other one. I really liked how it used the pretty much the same materials, but in a really different way from the linear arrangement.
I hope my front door gives you a few new ideas. I'm just hoping that my use of snowflakes doesn't bring any snow yet. 😉
With pretty white outdoor Christmas decor, life really is a party.
More Inspiration
You might also like our Christmas Front Porch here.
Also check out our Outdoor Decorating Ideas for the Front Porch here.
You might also enjoy our Front Porch Decorating Ideas for Christmas here.
Joy Fletcher Kenney says
So pretty! I haven't started our decorations yet, you're so on the ball!
Bobi Jensen says
I love this!
I have a weekend party I'd love for you to share this on:
http://westernwarmth.blogspot.com
Thanks!
Bobi
Debi @ Adorned From Above says
I love this. It is such a pretty planter. I have a link party and would love to have you share this and any other posts. It is called Wednesday's Adorned From Above Link Party. The link to the party is
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/11/wednesdays-adorned-from-above-link_14.html
I hope to see you there.
Have a great week.
Debi @ Adorned From Above
Karen says
That planter is so gorgeous, your porch looks really pretty.
Elzabeth@ Blue Clear Sky says
Very pretty and a unique style!
Kathy says
Amazing! I have one of those washbins and now I know what to do with it! I'm a big copycat cause I have zero creativity skills..but I am good at copycatting!!! Thank you so much just plain adore this!
dnr says
Copycats welcome Kathy 😉
Dannyelle.
Fishtail Cottage says
oh I love this! wishing I had access to some birch trees!!! I did something similar (will share next week) but I used candles from World Market because I couldn't find any logs for my project! love yours - turned out extremely festive! xoox, tracie
dnr says
Hi Tracie, I saw birch tree poles at Walmart this year. Candles would be lovely too.
Dannyelle.
Lucy says
Love it ...:)
Marianne@Songbird says
Your front porch looks lovely. Love the birch poles and that door mat really is the perfect finishing touch.
Melissa says
As petty as it all is.. can you tell me what color you picked for the door. I love that shade of Gray! Have any idea what it might be?
dnr says
Sorry Melissa, I'm not sure what colour it is. It was chosen by the the builder. Glad you like it.
Dannyelle
Christine says
Just so happy to discover your blog... So nice this doormat, a good idea ! I like this decoration for the entrance of your house. I wll come again.sure ! Nice day. Christine
dnr says
Thanks Christine!
Dannyelle
Katherine says
As embarrassing as it may sound, how long does the fir stay green after being cut? Worried it may start to die off in our summer Christmas...
dnr says
Hi Katherine,
I live in Ontario, Canada, so it says green here for months after it's cut if it's outside in the cold. If it's warm where you are, it might be like bringing it inside. It will start to dry out, but should last maybe a month?
Best of luck,
Dannyelle