A Country Cabin Christmas

Our house looks like a little log cabin, so I try to keep my outdoor decorations simple and natural.   A snip of this and a sprig of that; mother nature provides so much inspiration that - although I'm just getting started,  it doesn't take long before a country Christmas starts to take shape.

This space is outside my studio. 

We converted our two-car garage into a studio/workshop

and put french doors in one of the garage door bays.

My mom painted the Santa face on a piece of slab wood

that we got from a neighbor who has small sawmill.

I just love the combination of rustic and old world.

This old cement urn sits in the same spot year round. 

Every spring I replant it with different grasses and annuals. 

But for the winter, I fill it with greens and twigs. 

With a bow tucked in I think it looks really festive. 

  

Here is Mom's bucket all filled with greenery.  I guess I'll have to give it  back to her now.

(Although, just between you and me - I think it looks better on my porch... 

...Shh, don't tell her I said that.)

That's Bob, one of my studio kitties, in the background. 

He thinks he's "supervising."

I'll show you more pictures as I go along. 

I hope to have the porch done this weekend and then move inside.

Its a long porch, so I have several vignettes planned.

Thanks for stopping by dear friends.

Susan