Farmhouse Front Porch Christmas Decorating Ideas

Are you looking to infuse your seasonal decor with a natural rustic touch? Today is your lucky day because I’m about to reveal a great way to enhance the curb appeal of your front door and outdoor space with farmhouse style using natural elements throughout the holiday season.  So, let’s dive into farmhouse front porch Christmas decorating ideas.

We decorate our front porch with fresh greens and a variety of pine cones during the holiday season. We find this is a great way to decorate our front door and front porch because it can be enjoyed beyond Christmas time. 

Some years we opt for simple holiday wreaths and others we fill a door basket with fresh Christmas greenery we find at our local garden center. This year I’m having a terrible deciding which to add to our front door. Does this happen to you?

Allow me to give you a few examples of the perfect way you can incorporate outdoor holiday decor into your own porch and front door for the holiday season and beyond.

Here are examples of great ways to add some holiday cheer to your front door and outdoor space for Christmas.

Adding Farmhouse Decorating Ideas Porches

Tips: Christmas Porch Decorations

Determine Your Style: 

The first thing, choose the direction of your farmhouse style, there are many choices.

• natural Elements: Do you want to use natural elements such as pine cones, fresh greens, and a natural wreath? 
• Rustic Front Porch Decor: Do you want a rustic Christmas porch style with rustic lanterns with wood details?
• An All-White Look: Do you want an all-white look with a flocked tree with white twinkle lights for a white Christmas farmhouse style? porch?
• Vintage: Do you have a vintage sled or vintage ornaments from a thrift store? Add vintage ornaments to a wood crate or a galvanized bucket.

As I often say natural elements are an inexpensive way to decorate our homes during the holiday season. And it’s most times it’s FREE!

Choose a color scheme:

• Neutrals: Do you enjoy neutrals and woods?
• Color: Plaid ribbons, burlap, or a traditional red ribbon?
• Holiday Wreath: A red berry wreath or a  holiday wreath with red berries and red ribbon?

Farmhouse Decorating Ideas Porches

Cozy Vibes: Christmas Front Porch Farmhouse 

If you have a large outdoor space in the front of your home or an outdoor space with a cozy firepit to snuggle up with throw blankets, hot cocoa, and roasted marshmallows here is a great way to make a cozy space for the perfect Christmas and holiday guests.

See a great way to add farmhouse style, for a porch swing or a set of Adirondack chairs for the holiday season these ideas will add instant curb appeal and warmth to any porch.  Adding these items to make a porch extra comfy and cozy is easy with some simple decor items.

Creating a cozy porch is great especially if you have a large outdoor space.

• Buffalo Check Pillows: Add buffalo check pillows or a plaid door mat over a larger one to add dimension.
• Throw Blankets: Nothing makes a cozy porch better than chunky throw blankets added to a porch swing next to rustic lanterns filled with fairy lights, candles, or pine cones.  
• Mini Trees: Mini trees with twinkle lights in a galvanized bucket and a larger Christmas tree in a basket make for a perfect Christmas porch. These can add height and texture and can easily be found at any big box store.
• Wooden Sign: A wooden sign that says Merry Christmas leaning by the side of the door adds height to a front entry. Surround this with a galvanized bucket filled with mini trees and pinecones, a vintage sled, or mini trees.

Farmhouse Christmas Decorating Ideas

Favorite Things Front Porch Decor

In our neighborhood, we often see larger porches with either a porch swing or 4 or 5 rocking chairs. This is a  great way to add instant curb appeal and is often filled with throw pillows and throw blankets with other outdoor Christmas decorations and is perfect for the whole family to sit and enjoy hot chocolate and make lasting memories. We have enjoyed time in many of these outdoor spaces during the holiday season with friends.

• Rocking Chair: A rocking chair or porch swing with throw pillows with throw blankets is the perfect way to make a cozy porch
• Wooden  Bench: A wooden bench, a galvanized bucket with a small Christmas tree with fairy lights is a great way to welcome holiday guests. 
• Holiday Wreath: Farmhouse Christmas porches look beautiful with a holiday wreath hanging on a front door with pine cones and red berries and it is nostalgic and perfect for the Christmas season. Adding a plaid scarf for a bow or plaid ribbons is a great idea instead of a plain red ribbon, don’t you think? 
• Red Berry Wreath: A red berry wreath is classic and is a perfect addition to a dark front door. Add small pine cones with floral wire to add more natural elements that add a rustic look.

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Our Front Porch

Our Front Porch With Natural Elements

Here you can see the pieces we purchased to add to our front porch last year that’s filled with natural elements such as fresh greens and a variety of pine cones. Some of my new readers may not be aware I have MS and use a walker. Many times I go outside to add our front porch decor, however, since I have certain struggles with certain things my wonderful husband brought all the items to me.

Here’s an example of how our entryway looked before I began adding the pieces I spoke about below. This gave me the perfect way to conserve energy during this busy time of year. Am I the luckiest woman or what? My husband is truly one of a kind and puts my health first and tries to make things as easy for me as possible, especially when he knows I have many things on my plate so to speak. He is also aware of how much I enjoy decorating our front porch for the holiday season. 

How I Begin Decorating 

Timeless Charm: A Guide To Farmhouse Porch Decorating

The first thing I do when adding pieces to our front entry is add a pretty piece to our front door. Some years a holiday wreath however this year I’m using our door basket.

It’s filled with fresh greens, red berries, and one of my favorite pine cones. I also added these bells from a French shop my bestie and I visited every holiday season. We both love Christmas so this store got us in the Christmas spirit immediately! Sadly now it’s gone and it was such a great place to visit especially at Christmas.

For the most part, our Christmas porch decorations are filled with natural elements.

Baskets and Boiler Pot 

Elevate Your Farmhouse Front Porch With Baskets And Pots

The next item that makes the perfect addition to our front porch is this large bushel basket I found at a thrift store. Every Christmas season it’s overflowing with real greenery. Unfortunately, this year we were unable to find fresh cedar branches which is one of my favorite things, especially for the holiday season. Oh well, I think the white pine branches overflowing with winter branches and pine cones are rustic and pretty.

The large copper boiler pot is another find from the thrift store. When I saw this I grabbed it immediately. This is overflowing with Christmas greenery. The birch logs and extra-large pine cones are a perfect addition. Adding a simple natural wreath made from grapevine adds character and even more texture to our rustic Christmas porch. Don’t you think?

I’m a big fan of Grapevine and have many blank wreaths in different sizes in my craft closet at all times. Why you may wonder? Well, because I’m a big fan of making homemade wreaths. You can see many of my easy creations by visiting my DIY & Crafts Section. I also tend to keep grapevine garlands around for this very reason. These are a great idea to keep around not just to use as garlands but they make a pretty wreath base too and are an inexpensive way to make a natural wreath. So, keep these items in hand.

Generally, I try to make my wreaths work for multiple seasons and keep them budget-friendly. I also capture and share as much information as possible to make these pieces for your home. So, take a look and browse my crafts.

As you can see these are added to our urns filled with fresh greens. Adding a natural wreath made of grapevine adds more natural elements, a rustic look, and texture to the fresh greens and pine cones in each urn.

In the evenings the warm glow of the candles on our rustic Christmas porch adds a warm and welcoming look to our home.

Warm Light 

Infuse Warm Light Into Your Front Porch

Another item that is a must on our porch during the holidays and winter months is lanterns. Think about adding black lanterns, rustic lanterns, or Christmas lights. Warm lights say welcome and are a great idea to welcome holiday guests to your home.

Lastly, we added a wooden sign I made for fall, and the best part about this wooden sign, it’s double-sided. Isn’t this a perfect addition? Add it to your front entry for fall and flip it over and you are all set for the holiday season and the winter months for a welcoming look.

Charm and Character 

Adding Extra Charm To The Front Entry

One piece always in our front yard from Christmas through winter is a vintage sled and a pair of vintage ice skates I scored for $2 thrifting. An old Sleigh ride sign and birch logs finish this space in our outdoor space. The red lantern is perfect to highlight this small spot with warmth in the evenings. This year the red lantern is getting painted, so visit for the new color choice! Fresh greens from our local grocery store add a finishing touch to the other natural elements added to our front porch decor.

Conclusion Farmhouse Christmas Porch

There are plenty of inexpensive ways to incorporate natural elements such as pine cones, throw blankets, mini trees in different sizes, throw pillows, rustic lanterns, and a galvanized bucket with a Christmas tree to add holiday cheer. When it comes to getting inspiration, I look at magazines such as  Country Living shares 25 Best Christmas Porch Decorations for Christmas, and the  Cottage Journal. Check these great ideas on their Pinterest boards too. Rachel from The Ponds Farmhouse shares incredible farmhouse style and inspiration for her home decor and her Christmas porch decorations.

I hope you found inspiration to make your own porch the main event for the holiday season with farmhouse front porch Christmas decorating ideas. Let me know which of your favorite things I shared in the comments so we can connect. I love connecting with my readers and followers so much! Also, share your Christmas porch with us #homefortheholidays. We will enjoy taking a Christmas porch tour with you.

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