Some friends of ours string garland around the trim in their bungalow and I decided to give it a try at our place this year. I think it turned out pretty well.
The greenery itself isn’t very expensive and it smells wonderful. I used removable adhesive hooks on the top of the columns and mantle to hang wires to hold up the garland without damaging the woodwork. The garland would look even better with some pinecones, berries or ribbons strung with the pine, but that just didn’t fit in this year’s decorating budget. The few extra pine branches that fell out of the garland during the installation I wove into the dining room chandelier.
I'm Josh and since 2005 I have shared home improvement stories and ideas from my family's Arts & Crafts bungalow in Minneapolis, MN. I'm trying to combine the best of 1923 with the best of the 21st century-- and I hope it won't take another 88 years to do it.
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How very pretty! I can smell that pine all the way over here!
it looks marvelous! we hung some cedar greenery around our front door this year and it just adds so much to the holiday decor. i’m tempted to go back and buy some more for our living room and office but i think that might be overkill?
@Sandy – Thanks! (and you’re welcome for the smells.)
@Becky – I say go back for more greenery– just make sure to post some pictures so we can see how it turns out.
The light fixture in the second photograph – is this original? If not, where did you get it?
Hi Elise- the light fixture isn’t original. It is from the Tahoe collection by Hinckley Lighting. We have the 6 light chandelier in the dining room and the 3 light chandelier in the living room. Hinckley lighting is available at brick and mortar lighting stores and online, so you should have no trouble fining them. We got ours at a local lighting shop.
These fixtures certainly aren’t historical reproductions, but we get lots of compliments on them.