Getting Ready for Winter

New Year's Weekend I removed the gold and green Christmas décor on the outside of my house.  In spite of the 60 degree weather, I put up the "winter decorations." The appearance was a little disjointing on some of our unusually warm January days.  But with the recent temperature drop, it feels a little more appropriate.  Last year's décor was very glittery and honestly a little "too" much.  The look has been neutralized a bit this year and it seems to fit the house better.  It makes me smile when I drive in.  Want to see?

The Front Entrance - rarely used
but the space I spend the most time decorating.

Those are my ice skates from the ice skating phase
 when I was 17 and I took lessons.

Lantern came from Uganda with us for nostalgia sake.
The pail was bought to hide the bubble machine at a wedding.
Snowballs are foam and clear ornaments.
The logs were picked up on the side of the road one day.

 

Wine Crate End Table
Christmas clearance birds for 50 cents each from Hobby Lobby.
Clearance snowflake stickers and burlap placemat.
The elephant watering can was from a yard sale years ago.  He gets a seasonal ribbon.
We live in "Elephant" territory as that is the mascot for Peter's high school.

I keep recycling the P with different paint, ribbons and doo dads.

 

 

The Back Door - the real entrance to our home.