First I want to apologize for the Christmas topic before Thanksgiving. My girls are very irritated at all the Christmas advertising and music they are seeing this early.
At our previous home we would put out lights on the eaves of the house and our bushes, in addition to garland and lights on the railing. Last year, with a new home we found ourselves with very small bushes, and no railing. I managed to put out a wreath on the porch, which was fine, but not quite enough.
This year I have begun browsing Pinterest for porch ideas. I came across a simple way to put a tree with lights on my front porch. It is basically a tomato cage turned upside down in a pot and wrapped with garland. And the best part is I had everything I needed to put it together. I intend to add real pine cones for a natural look. My mom has picked some up from her yard to bring to me. I will add white lights once it is placed on our porch.
Here are a couple pictures to give you an idea of what this will look like.
The color may look inconsistent in the picture because I used two different types of garland. In person it is not very noticeable. I think I used 6 strands of 6 foot garland to cover the tomato cage. If I have one more somewhere, I may wrap it around the bottom to make it wider. I also intend to put something heavy in the bottom of the pot to keep it from blowing over.
I figure this configuration will save me from buying a porch tree at the store that might cost $40 or more! It will at least be a frugal experiment. Do you have a frugal holiday decorating idea?
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A Frugal Porch Decoration
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Very pretty! I use a rustic tree in our covered walkway up to our house. My mom rescued it from the left overs after a rummage sale at her school years ago. I can't understand why anyone didn't grab it. I love it! Maybe will post pictures, too!
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@LR, I've seen that idea done, too. I have a couple extra cages leftover that I could do that with.
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