How to make a Christmas doorway garland from real foliage
Want to make a statement with your front door this festive season? Try a Christmas doorway garland.
Go beyond a wreath and create a festive arch for some real impact.
If you’re looking to up your effort with your Christmas decorations, we’ve got a brilliant idea for a dramatic garland for your front door from the experts at Dobbies – and you can make it yourself.
This tutorial can be used outdoors, but also indoors too, around any door frames – so get creative and personalise your doorframes to festive perfection!
Read more: Stylish Christmas decorating ideas for your front garden
Materials you will need:
- A large quantity of foliage
- Floristry wire or twine
- Rope
- Outdoor lights
Attaching rope to the wall
Depending on the type of wall or doorway you have you may be able to use cuphooks in the wall and wire the foliage to the hook. If this isn’t possible, you could run wire or twine from an upstairs window if this is safe to do so.
How to make your garland:
- Cut your length of rope to fit around your entrance.
- Create bundles of foliage, you could use Pine, Eucalyptus, Conifer; any evergreen would work well. Wire a selection of foliage together to form a collection of bundles.
- Attach the foliage bundles along the length of the rope using wire or twine.
- Attach the garland to the wall then add in more greenery where it is required.
- Add outdoor lights, here we used warm white.
- Voila! A showstopper entrance to make your home stand out on the street.
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