How to Accent Your Holiday Lawn with a DIY Fairy Light Wreath and Festive Front Porch

Want to create a festive front porch without breaking the bank? Check out tips and a tutorial from guest blogger Making Lemonade!

While the fairy light wreath looks great on its own, adding in accessories to your porch can help to complement the green of the moss and the green on your lawn.

First, add some height with a garland of mixed greenery. You can use an artificial garland or a pre-made fresh version, filled with pine and cedar branches.

I mounted cup hooks to attach the garland to the top of the pillars and swagged it across the opening of the entryway. If you live in a windy area, you can use green floral wire to attach the garland to the cup hooks.

Secure any loose and droopy pieces with green floral wire for a neater look, and use clear command hooks with green floral wire looped around the hook to attach the ends of the garland to the pillars so they stay put.

Next, add some topiaries such as pre-lit trees on either side of the front door. They frame the space and add layers of light to welcome you home. To stretch your decorating dollar, consider placing boxwood topiaries on top of existing planters as a way to use summer planters all year long.

Of course, you can also do both as I did. The greener the better, I say! It’s all about adding various textures and heights to draw the eye and add interest.

You’ll also want to add another layer at ground level. For this, I used olive buckets and circled store-bought topiaries around the inside of the olive buckets until they looked full. Then, I added in greenery picks from the craft store. I chose magnolia and olive picks, which add just the right touch.

Lanterns come in many styles and are versatile in decorating -- choose the style that looks best with your home. I used black metal lanterns for a traditional yet modern look. For an easy way to add warmth to your outdoor decor, adorn the area with lanterns filled with battery-operated candles that you can program to go on at dusk. For a different feel, you can also fill the lanterns with shiny, round ornaments instead of the candles. Wind some fairy lights in there and they’ll glow beautifully, showing off the ornaments.

The key to decorating success is to try a few different arrangements and see which ones you like best! Don’t be afraid to change things out if they’re not working. Mix it up with patterns, textures, and coordinating colors. I tried to keep my color scheme to red, green, and black and let the lights add a warm glow.

Decorating for the holidays and increasing your home’s curb appeal doesn’t need to take a lot of time or money. Since our lawn frames our home and has a starring role in our curb appeal, the outdoor decor is like icing on the cake. It accents the lawn and complements the look perfectly. The color green always looks festive this time of year, whether it's on your lawn, swagged across your entryway, or hopefully both!