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    Pinterest Made Me Do It :: Front Porch Wreath

    June 10, 2013 by Ashley Mayes 4 Comments

    We are still working on our outdoor to-do list. Our front porch has been definitely neglected.

    This is what we started with:

    front of the house LEFT side

    We have since added a DIY Painted Rug and some potted flowers (that I never blogged about). Yikes. Here are a few pictures of those:

    front porch after flower pots

    planted flowers

    more flowers

    I feel like we are actually getting somewhere by adding the rug and the pots, but the area feels too bare. I would love to have boxwood topiaries flanking the doors. After checking with two local nurseries, I have vetoed fresh ones. Apparently they need at least a little bit of sunlight to live and because we face north (with a huge overhang) there is no direct sunlight on the porch area. Well, my next thought was to get fake ones. Do you know how much those things are? Crazy expensive. Well, the cheapest indoor/outdoor topiaries I could find ran about $250 (for 2). I don't want to work that in to any budget at the moment. So, that leads me to focus on the brick wall.

    front porch bare wall before wreath

    I spotted these on Pinterest:

    a4211025adfb0be085ce6ab20f80726bvia Pinterest via Etsy

    Isn't that wreath gorgeous? I love it. Unfortunately, it was sold and I couldn't find the shop online still.

    d70c0c2ef2b7ce5265bf86592c9bdddavia Pinterest via Blathanna Florists

    I can't tell what the wood part is made of, but I think you could make this out of wood shims, paint sticks or even twigs. I really like how mid-century this one feels, but I would leave the bird off.

    These wreaths had me thinking about putting a wreath on my front porch, then I remembered that I had a large twiggy wreath in our basement. Perfect.

    plain wreath

    I thought a little more and remembered that somewhere in blog land I ran across a blog that used fresh boxwood clippings in decorating. I can't remember where I saw that and I hate that, but that's life.

    So, I grabbed my clippers and just started clipping.

    trimmed boxwood to make free wreath

    Five minutes later, I had this:

    boxwood wreath in progress

    I tucked the pieces in with the branches. They can easily be removed once they are starting to look bad.

    boxwood wreath diy

    closeup of boxwood wreath

    For ten minutes of my time and for zero dollars, I would say this is a pretty good little project. I definitely need to style the area, but I'm waiting on a great Craigslist/Garage Sale find. I'm hoping to find a cute/modern little bench. Wish me luck.

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    1. Julia @[email protected]

      June 10, 2013 at 6:12 am

      The wreath is perfect for the wall. Your entry looks great and I love the rug and pots too.

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      • Ashley Mayes

        June 11, 2013 at 7:56 pm

        Thanks Julia!

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    2. [email protected]

      June 14, 2013 at 11:05 am

      Great Idea! Love it...it's has a really natural look but so classic! Nice work!
      -katie

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      • Ashley Mayes

        June 14, 2013 at 2:06 pm

        Thanks Katie!

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