I posted Thanksgiving stuff before Halloween, so it had it’s turn too. I make no excuses for posting Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving. More Christmas Porch Inspirationīe sure to visit all the participating bloggers for festive decorating inspiration for your front porch, patio, sunroom and screened-in porch.Ītta Girl Says // The Frugal Homemaker // House of Hawthornes // Southern State of MindĢ Bees In a Pod // The Chelsea Project // Virginia Sweet Pea // T.I’m a member of the Better Homes and Gardens Live Better Network, while this post was sponsored by them, all opinions are my own. I am looking forward to visiting each porch and getting decorating ideas from blogging friends. I know you are going to enjoy seeing the Christmas porches that my friends are sharing. I love this year’s vintage porch decor! I have so much fun decorating this space and making it look festive for the season. The Matchbox truck dates to the early 1970’s and was one of Mr. The hymnal is from 1958 and is inscribed with my dad’s name. The postcard is held up by my dad’s shoe polishing brush that I used frequently growing up to polish my riding boots. The postcard was sent Decemfrom my great-great aunt Bessie to her sister Willie. Santa is sitting on a coffee tin that came out of one of my granddad’s many sheds.

His parents had a collection of over 300 Santas that they displayed. The Santa is a new-to-me vintage Christmas item that I bought from a gentleman selling items from his father’s estate on Facebook. The stadium blanket belonged to my granddad and I made the faux fur pillows last Christmas. Two rocking chairs on the porch make a comfortable place to relax and also a great spot to put on or take off shoes. My green picnic basket on the bottom shelf of the tv stand belonged to her aunt.Ī Byer’s Choice reindeer along with a Santa in his sled from The Vermont Country Store are traveling through a forest of trees on the tv tabletop. My former teacher assistant has given me many wonderful vintage items over the years. I love to decorate this table seasonally. The tv table beside our door also belonged to my friend’s mom. The red cooler belonged to my friend’s mom and she passed it along to me when her mom had to leave her home to go to a retirement facility.Ī pair of red Santa boots purchased in an antique shop in Staunton, VA complete the display. I bought the maple syrup candle while vacationing in Vermont this fall. I found this covered bridge tray in an antique shop in Bedford, VA over the summer and had to have it since it reminds me of my favorite state after Virginia, Vermont. I decorated my brother’s sled with the same plaid ribbon and some faux juniper. Our sleigh riding area even had a jump formed by an old farm road. He also would hook our sleds to the back of his tractor so that we could enjoy riding both down and up the hill. Sometimes my dad would pack the snow with his tractor to make an extra fast track for us to enjoy. I grew up on a farm and this sled got a lot of use. Sled and Covered Bridge Tray DisplayĮvery year on our Christmas porch I display my brother’s sled. My aunt passed along the Saratoga Dairy crate to me last Christmas. The cooler under it was my dad’s and I still use it from time to time. Santa is standing on a plaid hat box that I found in Mount Airy, NC. We visited an antique mall where I found this blow mold Santa that had to come home with me. We had such a good time together and reconnected instantly. In August I visited my college roommate who I last saw at our wedding in July of 1994. The area to the left of the tree is filled with vintage items never seen on the blog. I also added glittered icicles in several color tones. My mom used red and gold satin covered balls just like these when I was a child and I was tickled pink to use them on this year’s porch tree.

My former teacher assistant graciously offered me a box filled with 1970’s Christmas balls that she no longer wanted. This year for Christmas I used the same plaid ribbon on our porch tree, on our family room tree, and also on our Christmas mantel. Many neighbors have told me how much they enjoy our porch tree. We live on a corner lot and our tree can be seen as people drive or walk in front or beside our home. I love having a tree on our porch and so do our neighbors. I had so much fun decorating this space for Christmas with vintage! Our Porch Tree

This room is so wonderful now with windows that open and close and a new fan for the warmer months. Over the summer we converted our screened porch to a sunroom. Welcome to our decorated with vintage Christmas porch! For this year’s holiday decor I used some things that I always use on our porch for Christmas but I have some new-to-me things to share as well as a few vintage items that I’ve never before shared on the blog.

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