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My Christmas House Tour 2013: The Front Porch Edition

by Lindsay Ballard on December 12, 2013 26 Comments

Welcome to the second half of the My Awesome Christmas Home Tour!  We’ve already taken a look at the vintage inspired interior decorations – complete with a vintage aluminum tree, an old Santa cookie jar turned tree stand, and garlands galore.  Now, let’s see what I’ve done on the outside, shall we?  And welcome to those of you joining me from Dwellings by DeVore on the White Buffalo Styling Co Blogger Stylin’ Christmas Home Tour!

Vintage Inspired Front Porch Christmas Home Tour via MakelyHome.com

I had grand illusions of lights strung along our two story rooflines, wreaths on every window and garlands for miles.  But, because I had some professional painters come in to help me paint some 3o foot vaulted ceilings in our home, that was just a pipe dream.  I’ve spent the better part of this week with scaffolding and extension poles being staged on my front porch, so I’m glad that I kept my outdoor decor to simple and easily moveable pieces.

And it was completely worth it for the painting to be done by someone else.  I’ll go into more on that at a later date once I get my house put back together and some good photos shot.

But, I digress.  Back to the porch.

Vintage Inspired Front Porch Christmas Home Tour via MakelyHome.com

Since my interior was very 1960s inspired, I wanted to do the same outside.  My inspiration was a set of giant tinsel candy canes I found at Garden Ridge for $7 a piece.  There’s something about the old school tinsel that makes me go weak in the knees.  I put three small nails in the roof canopy and hung these two candy canes from wire.

Vintage Inspired Front Porch Christmas Home Tour via MakelyHome.com

We can see them inside through the window above the front door, and it makes me happy every time I glance that way.

To continue with the theme, I made a “wreath” out of another item I found a Garden Ridge – a green sequined and glittered deer head.  This was in the ornament section (which would make it a giant ornament!), but I’m glad I ran across it.

Vintage Inspired Front Porch Christmas Home Tour via MakelyHome.com

I cut a piece of foam core to wedge inside of a picture frame without the glass.  I wrapped the foam core in some of the blue foil wrapping paper that I had left from my foil pinwheel garland.  The deer head had two hanging holes on the back, so I stuck a piece of wire through them and poked it in the foam core, twisting it together on the back.  I made the mini bunting on his antlers from bakers twine and Christmas themed Duck Tape – it was super easy, so a tutorial on that is in progress.

Vintage Inspired Front Porch Christmas Home Tour via MakelyHome.com

It’s my only-Lindsay-would-think-of-that, weird holiday version of a skull and crossbones.  Ha!

To mimic my tinsel candy canes, I made a set of glittered candy canes out of cardstock.  I cut the red pieces with my Silhouette Cameo, sprayed them with adhesive, and used my favorite Martha Stewart glitter to give them a sparkle.  When that was dry, I glued them to some white cardstock and cut out the shape with scissors.

Vintage Inspired Front Porch Christmas Home Tour via MakelyHome.com

The whole shebang is hung with a ribbon attached at the top of my door.  Oh, and look.  We have a peeker!  Say hello to my three-year-old daughter, Emma, who has her nose pressed on the glass.

Vintage Inspired Front Porch Christmas Home Tour via MakelyHome.com

Next to the door, I moved an old Ikea Lack side table to elevate my exterior Christmas tree.  This year, I decorated it with some handmade ornaments my in-laws gave me last Christmas.  The tree is also joined on occasion by my newest addition to my Christmas blow mold collection – a small snowman (who still has no name).  I don’t leave him out there all the time because I might literally die if something happened to him.

Vintage Inspired Front Porch Christmas Home Tour via MakelyHome.com

Vintage Inspired Front Porch Christmas Home Tour via MakelyHome.com

Vintage Inspired Front Porch Christmas Home Tour via MakelyHome.com

The other little project I did for my front porch is the painted coir rug.  Y’all, this is the quickest project ever.  I literally painted it at the kitchen table while my kids were eating breakfast one morning.  I’ll do a tutorial on that for you in the next couple of weeks.  The paint that I used is leftover from the walls in my kids’ playroom!

Vintage Inspired Front Porch Christmas Home Tour via MakelyHome.com

That’s all for today, folks!  I hope you enjoyed both of my Christmas tours this year – inside and outside. Thanks for stopping by!  Now head on over to Dimples and Tangles, the next stop on the White Buffalo Styling Co Blogger Stylin’ Christmas Home Tour.

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About Lindsay Ballard

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.

Lindsay lives outside of Austin, Texas with her husband (Tom), children (Zack and Emma), and dogs (Duke and Jill). She plays roller derby for the Rockin' City Rollergirls out of Round Rock, Texas.

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Comments

  1. Kelly @ Eclectically Vintage says

    December 12, 2013 at 9:08 am

    Love your mod porch! I would die too is something happened to Frosty Jr.! Every gal needs a sequined deer head – I feel left out!
    Kelly

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  2. Jennifer @ Dimples and Tangles says

    December 12, 2013 at 10:27 am

    Love your deer “wreath” and your giant candy canes. How festive! I have a girl who loves to photobomb through my front door too!

    Reply
  3. Jessica @ Dear Emmeline says

    December 12, 2013 at 10:53 am

    now that’s a holiday greeting!! fun!

    Reply
  4. Shavonda@AHomeFullOfColor says

    December 12, 2013 at 11:44 am

    How fun is that front porch!!! It totally makes you wanna see what’s goin on behind that door! I love it. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  5. Summer says

    December 12, 2013 at 11:59 am

    Love your front door and your fun use of color!! Love the festive deer

    Reply
  6. Julia@Cuckoo4Design says

    December 12, 2013 at 2:28 pm

    So fun and bright and so you! Love it!

    Reply
  7. Bethany @ Dwellings By DeVore says

    December 12, 2013 at 2:29 pm

    Love those giant candy canes!

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  8. Lucy says

    December 12, 2013 at 2:45 pm

    Your home is plain fun! and I just love that ! xo

    Reply
  9. Amanda @ Our Humble Abode says

    December 12, 2013 at 2:59 pm

    How fun is that?! Love it!

    Reply
  10. Caitlin @ Desert Domicile says

    December 12, 2013 at 3:35 pm

    I love how happy your porch is! Those giant candy canes are super cute and such a great deal!

    Reply
  11. Roxanne says

    December 12, 2013 at 4:05 pm

    Gorgeous!

    Makelyhome is a breath of fresh air in blogdome. Kudos for having a kickin’ personal style and not being another DIY gal that has removedd all color from her home. I am so totally over this boring “shades of white and greige” trend that makes all rooms/homes/pictures blend together.

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  12. Jesse @ Scout & Nimble says

    December 12, 2013 at 5:42 pm

    How fun is this? I love the tinseled candy canes…I actually had a moment this Christmas where I wanted to take the old school tinsel and cover my tree with it…I saw a picture of my dad as a little boy standing in front of a tinseled tree and it was so pretty! And that deer head is awesome…love him, but that sweet little face looking out the front door is even cuter. 😉 Merry Christmas Lindsay!

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  13. Jamie says

    December 16, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    Such a fun Christmas tour! So glad to be on this tour with you 😉
    Hugs,
    Jamie @ somuchbetterwithage.com

    Reply
  14. Beth Marie says

    December 22, 2013 at 1:59 am

    I loooove the painted coit rug outside your door. Maybe just because my love of blue…or just that its awesome!

    Reply
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About Makely

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.

Lindsay lives outside of Austin, Texas with her husband (Tom), children (Zack and Emma), and dogs (Duke and Jill). She plays roller derby for the Rockin' City Rollergirls out of Round Rock, Texas.


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