I can't help myself, I love holiday decorations and I've got the storage containers to prove it!
I love wreaths and flags too!
I've always enjoyed hanging wreaths on my front doors for the holidays but I thought for Easter it would be fun to do something different.
Here is a picture of our front doors. We got these doors about 2-3 years ago and I had always envisioned solid black front doors but my husband was hesitant. He never trusts my decorating abilities until someone else mentions it and then he gives in. Our painter said "you should paint the new doors black" and that was all it took! Of course, now he loves them.
Ok, so getting back to the decorating. Friday I found 4 adorable heavy duty decorative eggs that I thought would be fun, and different, for decorating the doors this year. I used 2 of the eggs and the other 2 I'll be giving away as Easter gifts. Luckily, they already had fasteners attached to the back so I just threaded ribbon through the fasteners and taped the ribbon to the top of the doors. I taped them down really good because if these eggs fall, they'll break into a thousand pieces, plus I'll be really sad!
Isn't this egg cute! I also took some additional ribbon and tulle, made bows, and tied them onto the hanging ribbon...
Here's what my front doors look like now. In addition to the door decorations, I added a plant to the black planter. I've gone through so many plants that I decided to get silk flowers this time. They look real and the arrangement was under $10. I'll end up saving time and money by buying this silk one.
So that's our front porch area before and after. Nothing fancy, just simple and I hope classy. I believe in the old saying "less is more."
I also wanted to mention that I attached adhesive protectors to the back of the eggs. The eggs are plaster and I wouldn't want them to scratch up the doors at all, especially the one door that we open and close all the time. I use protectors on alot of things around my home to avoid damage to furniture or walls. These are the protectors I use quite often...
Do you decorate your front door or porch area for the holidays? Are you a holiday decorating junkie too?
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I love your doors - so classy! I should decorate more. I do for Christmas and for Fall, but that's about it.
Linda, thanks for stopping by! I LOVEEEEEEEEE your doors! Black is just perfect for them. And the Eggs are just STUNNING on them. They pop right off the black. Beautiful.
We're hooked on the protectors too...we should own stock : ) Especially in the ones that go on the bottom of furniture!
I love the eggs...I don't have anything on my front door right now. The weather is brutal up here in the winter and my front door is exposed, not covered like yours. I did have a wreath at Christmas and I may put up something this summer. I have two big planters that I had evergreens in but pulled them out recently because the ice was so hard on them this winter. We'll put something live in there probably around Mothers Day...that's when it's safe to plant here : )
Happy Easter!
The black doors are perfect! And, the Easter decor... perfect! Very classy.
Can't wait to see a post about Jake bicycling!!
Very pretty! Your husband sounds a lot like mine. If its my idea, he isnt too sure about it, but let someone else say it and all is fine!! Sometimes that aggrivates me to no end! LOL
Hope you have a wonderful Easter!
The doors look SO cute, Linda. And I love the black paint. They really stand out on that beautiful porch. I think I like the eggs better than a wreath. Well done! :-)
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Jane
I LOVE your easter eggs on the doors. It looks like you are entering a mansion with those big doors and that entryway. Just BEAUTIFUL!!!! The black is a perfect color!
Hope you have a great day.♥
You have great front doors and they are only made more beautiful by your creative talent..
I hope you'll come visit me sometime.
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Those are great front doors! I love the Easter eggs! I haven't pulled my Easter stuff out of the attic yet..... I need another week! I do love to decorate for all of the different holidays and celebrations. We have such a deer problem and they come up on my steps and eat out of my flower pots. This year I think I will try a few silk flowers in the pots by my front door. It is so disappointing to walk outside and see all of your beautiful flowers gone in mornings. They usually eat them the during the night.
Those look really cute on your doors. I do decorate my front porch for the holidays and even just the seasons. I am a holiday junkie too!
Hi Linda.....your big eggs are so cute...I love how you hung them from ribbon..your front entrance looks very regal with those big black doors.....I decorate the inside of the house....on my front porch I have a big wreath with pine cones and a wooden flag...stars and strips ribbon...a great spot for the birds to come and build their nests...it's been out there for years and years...I also have an old window that i painted to look like a flag that hangs next to my front door...a Golden Retriever dummy board that daughter painted standing guard next to the door.....can you tell I love American flags....Sue
Hi Linda,
I love the eggs, you did a great job with them, very creative. I don't decorate much anymore. When the kids were younger I always did. I just stopped this past year.
Love Di ♥
WOW...your front doors are awesome! The eggs are perfect on your doors. Of course, I love to decorate for the holidays and have a few wreaths for my blue front door.
Easter Blessings!
Warmly,
Deb :)
I love your black doors - they are really nice and would go with so much!
Your decor is so cute.
I understand about being a decorating junkie - I have boxes and boxes of stuff to prove it but I will tell you a secret...I did not decorate for Easter this year. None of my kids were coming home (my older ones) and we are not having dinner at home so I just didn't do it. Oh my first time ever.
I can't believe it.
I love your black doors and the eggs are just perfect!!!
Wish I had the touch you have...less is definitely more!!! Good Job.
Wow! Your front porch is classy even without any decorations! Love the black doors.
Your Easter eggs are adorable!
I used to be a holday junkie, before I was married. The first year we were married, I went all out at Christmas, making darling decorations, decorating the tree with bows and popcorn and homemade ornaments because of our limited funds, then my husband said I was a "holiday freak" and I thought that was bad and toned down my decorating 95%. Now that I'm older and speak my mind, I wouldn't have cared if he called me that. But I find I don't enjoy decorating as much as I used to.
How was that for a long answer to your question? Have a good day!
Those are so cute...and classy too!
I love the doors black and the eggs look great. Thanks for coming by for a visit and your nice comment.
Your front doors are gorgeous. I really like your simple Easter decorations. Very classy. We are still under construction, so no decorating over here.
Love those black double doors.
I am a seasonal decorator as well, thoguh less now that i went back to work full-time.
My hubby & kids even say they miss my decorating! Who knew.
(thanks for stopping by my blog-lots of good stuff here!)
The eggs look fabulous on your front door!
great idea! looks fabulous....I too love decorating for all of the holidays!
Your doors are stunning with or without the decoration, but I really love the eggs! And, good for you for going with silk - looks great and you can't tell!
Thanks for joining me for my first Easter Decor Day and Happy Easter to you and your family!
soooo cute! would you please come to IL and help me decorate...i need help BAAAAAD!
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