Choose a Theme That
Works for Fall and Winter
Alternatively, instead of editing as you go,
decorate once with a display that spans
multiple seasons. Containers are a great
way to express your style and set the tone
for holiday festivities. This glamorous entry was designed
using cold-hardy plants, cut evergreen branches and dried
materials like seeded eucalyptus and redtwig dogwood. The
combination of purple, green and gold works for both fall and
winter.
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Layer Seasonal
Elements
Another way to style your porch
for seasonal transition is to start
with many layered elements—like potted plants,
a wreath, pumpkins or lanterns—and then edit
down as the season shifts from fall to winter.
Take this traditional porch as an example. The potted ferns were perhaps a carryover from
summer; layering in potted mums, fairytale pumpkins and a magnolia wreath transforms
the space for fall. For winter, one could keep the wreath, remove the pumpkins and mums,
bring the ferns indoors to shelter them from the cold and fill their empty urns with cut
conifer branches.
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