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Grand Holiday Entrances

Dec 17, 2018 | Posted in Inspirations | Share

Have you ever driven around a neighborhood just to look at holiday decorations? Today I’m sharing some beautifully decorated front porches, doors, and entrances to inspire your own holiday creations! You can also view these on my Grand Holiday Entrances Pinterest board.

Photo of a bright red front door, decorated with a woven basket containing green cuttings and red berries, hanging in front of the partially open white slatted blinds behind 12 equal-sized front door windows. To the left of the door, on the vertical surface, is a black metal and glass porchlight over sage-green ship-lap cladding. A small pine tree sits in a white grecian urn planter at the far left of the image. A large garland of loose evergreen swags punctuated with red berries and pinecones surrounds the door frame. A pair of red rubber rainboots wait to the left of the brown-and-cream diamond porch mat, sitting atop marbled and striated sandstone pavers in brown, tan, cream, and coppery colors. A concrete grey statue of a seated reindeer or stag with full antlers is nested to the right of the door.

Courtesy HomeBunch.com

Love the basket and boots!

 

Image of a dark grey to black front door decorated with 3 vertical wreaths in bright green with red berries, hung on red and gold ribbon. Either side of the door are small planter boxes containing tiny boxwood trees. The boxes are decorated with leaping reindeer or stags burned into the wooden planks, for the holidays. The full-length windows either side of the door are frosted to resemble snow.

Courtesy Remodelandolacasa.com

Triple-impact wreaths with ribbon, and tiny boxwood trees.

 

Photo of a small, white clapboard peaked cottage front entrance with a dark charcoal-grey door, adorned with a twisted wood wreath filled with red berries as an understated holiday decoration. To the left of the door is a black pot overflowing with evergreens and white ash sticks. The front porch stone slab, surrounded by white snow, offers a grey-and-cream plaid doormat with a reindeer in red. A peek of red brick topped with white clapboard from the rest of the house shows above and to the right of the white clapboard entrance.

Courtesy CozyCottageCute.com

Imagine transitioning from chilly winter to cozy cottage at this front door…

 

Image of a residential front entrance with a black front door and low, dark stone steps over tan and grey flagstones at the sidewalk level, icy snowdrifts at the edges, and white deer statues on two steps. Either side are statues of 3 balls or globes balanced, the bottom ones in plaid, the middle ones in black-and-white harlequin diamonds, and the highest in red or green, topped with gold spires. Behind the standing deer is a small stack of 3 gifts or packages wrapped with harlequin diamond ribbon that matches the middle globes. Swags of evergreen are tied with wide red ribbons over the door on a white door surround and hanging above the sidelight windows, and a matching evergreen wreath hangs in the center, with a harlequin bow to finish it off nicely.

Courtesy Pinterest.com

Easily the most Christmas-y entrance, I like the matching plaid and harlequin elements.

 

This image is of an apartment door, partially open to reveal a sliver of the inside hallway and a chair beyond. Back at the main hallway exterior, large swags of evergreens, huge pinecones, and small white Christmas lights are tied with two oversized striped green-and-gold bows at either corner. An evergreen wreath with matching bow hangs in the center of the plain white door.

Courtesy TheCottageHomeJournal.com

Apartment doors can also be made welcoming during the festive holiday season.

 

Photo of a residential front entrance with a black front door and grey-and-white painted concrete steps. Swags of fresh greenery are tied with wide red ribbons over the porch-front on a white clapboard surround and hang all the way down to the ground. A pair of matching green wreaths with wide, red bows hang vertically in the center of the black door, adorned with the family's initials. Red poinsettia plants line the top two steps either side, and continue up onto the porch, where they sit in front of 2 taller planters filled with small pine trees and more greenery. Two white front porch lights trimmed with black are hung either side of the door, which has silver door furniture and matching kickplate. The house number on the left side is a large, horizontal rectangular black background with huge numbers cut out, revealing the white clapboard siding behind.

Courtesy Pinterest.com

This residential porch design reminds me of a small-town church, with its poinsettias, swags and bows.

 

Photo of a sage-green apartment door, opened inward to reveal a Christmas gift decoration of two large, red ribbons crossing with a huge, white fluffy bow in the center, and curled trailing ends hanging down. To the right and behind the door are a seat filled with pillows, a woven basket tucked underneath, and a mirror trimmed in turquoise blue-green.

Courtesy StephyPrudentPennyPincher via Pinterest.com

Simple yet effective gift-wrapping of a front door captures the spirit of the season.

 

I hope you enjoyed this brief look at holiday entrances and front doors. Connect with me on Pinterest and Instagram to show me YOUR decorations! Happy Holidays!

 

 

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