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Front Porch Decorating: DIY Winter Swag

Make this easy winter swag wreath to hang on your front porch well into the new year. A lovely way to extend the life of your outdoor Christmas decorations.

Front Porch Decorated for Winter With Swags Made with Greenery, Pine Cones and Buffalo Check Ribbon

During the Christmas season, I like to keep decorating around our house simple. Aside from our tree and a few tchotchkes, most of our decor is winter-themed rather than Christmas per se. I began this a few years ago when it didn’t feel quite right to start pulling Christmas decor out in early November. However, if I waited until later in the month, I’d usually get too busy to fully decorate the house. With the new year arriving so quickly, I always felt the pressure to get it down lickety-split!

Perhaps it’s pure laziness to avoid going through all that work for one month, but I like to think of it as stretching my decorating dollar and having less stuff to store. Decorating for changing seasons rather than specific holidays is so much easier.

DIY Winter Swag Front Porch Decor

When decorating our front porch, I like to take the same approach. Other than freshening up the flowers and foliage when they start looking tired, the look basically stays the same for months. Last week it quickly changed from fall to full winter mode around here with heavy snow and chilly weather. It was time to switch out the frozen gourds and kale for something a little more wintery.

Winter Front Porch With Swag Wreath, Lanterns, Vintage Crock and More

This swag is one of the easiest holiday projects I’ve tackled to date. Once you gather your materials, it will literally take less than 30 minutes to put two of them together. Just a tad shorter than the woodland wreath I made earlier this season. That project requires much more patience but is still worth it!

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DIY Winter Swag Wreath

Supplies

  • real or faux greenery
  • pine or spruce cones
  • wire (I used 26 gauge craft wire)
  • jute string
  • ribbon
How to Make an Easy Winter Swag With Greenery and Pine Cones for Your Front Porch

Tip: You can use real greenery for your swag or faux (or a combination of both). If you use faux, be prepared to spend a bit to get good quality. There’s some real tacky looking stuff out there! Fortunately, I bought mine just after the Christmas season last year. It’s a great time to stock up on Christmas decorations at a fraction of the price.

I cheated a bit and used faux pine and spruce greenery that already had natural pine/spruce cones attached. (Don’t worry, you can attach your own very easily.)

Instructions

  1. Gather the ends of the greenery together in a way that looks good to you.
  2. Trim the tops (or bend in if necessary) and wire them together.
  3. Attach additional pine/spruce cones to the front using more wire.
  4. To finish it off, wrap the top with jute string and add a bit of ribbon.

Don’t you just love the look of black and white buffalo check?!

Front Porch Decorated With Winter Swag With Greenery and Pine Cones

Winter Front Porch Decor

I decided to hang the swags on either side of the window of our front porch using small nails and loop of jute. 

These DIY swags are a nice alternative to round wreaths. For a different look down the road, I’ll simply switch out the ribbon.

For now, I think they go well with the rustic log and black lanterns I have sitting by the front door. I also put out the log candle holders I made, as well as an old crock.

Winter Front Porch Decorating Ideas Using Logs, Greenery and More

Have any of your own winter front porch decorating ideas? Think about what you can find in nature and go from there!

If you think this outdoor winter project is something you’ll tackle down the road, be sure to PIN IT!

Front Porch Decorated for Winter With Swags Made with Greenery, Pine Cones and Buffalo Check Ribbon

Rather buy than DIY? Here are some nice winter swag options to decorate your home.

More Rustic Christmas Ideas

Today I’m participating in a hop with some of my creative Canadian blogger friends. Check out their rustic and vintage ideas for the Christmas season!

DIY Rustic Christmas Ideas

Santa Cookies from A Pretty Life in the Suburbs
Deer Head String Art from Clean and Scentsible
Vintage Door Advent from The DIY Mommy
Rag Ribbon Christmas Trees from Craftberry Bush
Rustic Christmas Tree from Fynes Designs
Ribbon Napkin Rings from Suburble
Vintage Table Setting from The Sweetest Digs
Twig Stars and Snowflakes from The DIY Dreamer
Wood Block Presents from The Happy Housie
Front Porch Winter Swag from Satori Design for Living

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 Enjoy your weekend!

Shauna at Satori Design for Living Blog - Home Decor, DIY, Vintage Finds, Recipes

14 Comments

  1. Oh Shauna! The swags are absolutely beautiful!! I will show them to my Mom, I’m sure she’s going to want to make some to decorate their barn-wood garage. Pinned!

  2. These are a great idea! I love how you have multiples hung on your windows! So pretty! I love the idea of decorating for winter – I’m doing that a bit right now too, and I love this neutral decor in January too.

  3. I love decorating with simple greenery – it’s naturally so pretty. I love your design touches and that ribbon is the perfect rustic yet modern touch.

  4. I want to try these swags for our windows… Love the simplicity of them! I try to keep our decor wintery too so I can leave it up longer :) These are so pretty!

  5. These look lovely Shauna! I like the idea of decorating more for winter too. I leave many of my “christmas” decorations up until February. :)

  6. Hi Shauna, I love your winter swag. I’m so into gingham check fabric right now and love the combination with the evergreens. But most importantly, I love that the look can stay with in place for many months! Thanks for the inspiration!!

    Rebecca

  7. Thanks for showing how to make this swag along with the supplies needed. I espcially love the ribbon! You are not the first blooger who has said don’t go cheap on the greenery. If only I had an evergreen in my yard. We have a long front porch with 2 windows and 2 front doors. Visiting from Inspiration Gallery. Have a happy Thanksgiving. Linda

  8. There is something so beautiful in the simplicity of a seasonal swag like this- and I love your philosophy about decorating for the season rather then a specific holiday. I need to take that approach (otherwise I just end up with a Halloween wreath that is still hanging well into November, lol). Fun to be on this hop with you- sorry it took me so long to get over here! (Crazy couple of weeks:)

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