How to Decorate Your Doorway With Christmas Ornaments

Christmas ornaments are not just for trees. Here's one way to put a new twist on "decking the halls."

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Ribbons
• Christmas Tree Ornaments
• Mistletoe
• Hammers
• Tacks Or Small Nails
• Hammers

1. Drive small nails into the door frame along the outside edge at irregular intervals. The nails should be far enough away from the opening itself that the ornaments will frame the doorway but not actually hang into or block the doorway (where they might get knocked off).

2. Choose and hang ornaments all around the door, varying colors for effect.

3. Place horizontal-shaped - or at least short - ornaments along the top; longer ones look great on the sides.

4. Don't forget the mistletoe!

Tips & Warnings

• Consider who will be walking through your doorway - if you or your friends and family are tall you'll want to hang ornaments higher.

Resources

• Letter From Santa
• Christmas Recipes

on 11/22/2005 I lived in an apartment where the landlord didn't like holidays and would take down any decorations that were on the outside of the apartment. So we decorated the inside of the windows with wrapping paper (print side in white out) and patch worked the walls with paper also. The holidays envelope you even when you're around a Scrooge!

on 11/22/2005 Living in an apartment complex, I cannot do a lot of decorating outside the apartment. So my solution: I make my door look like a present! I use wrapping paper, ribbons, bows. The front door is a giant Christmas present.