Christmas Decor Garland White Lights Mantle
We're going to let you in on a secret: Christmas garland is the most important holiday decoration in your Christmas decor tool kit. (Not counting your beautifully decorated Christmas tree, of course.) We love our DIY wreaths and Christmas door decorations just as much as we love the strewn-up Christmas lights around our front porch but nothing adds that extra touch of Christmas magic like garland. Stands of fresh—or faux—greenery is one of the easiest ways to holiday cheer to your home during the month of December, and no one will bat an eye when you keep them up into January because garland is just that beautiful! The best part is that they're often less expensive than wreaths, especially if you make your own.
When it comes to Christmas garland, there are so many different ways to style them. You can go totally classic with a strand of garland draped across your holiday mantel. Or you can go all out and deck the halls, porch, windows, and door with garland to make an amazing first impression for all your Christmas party guests. If you want to take an out-of-the-box approach and skip the greenery altogether, we've also gathered some fun and kid-approved DIYs like candy cane garland. However you decorate this year, remember to have fun with these ideas and make them your own.
1 Candy Cane Garland
This project is one you can do with your kids! Tie together candy canes in heart or staff shapes and string on to colored yarn or rope for a truly edible garland.
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2 Wrap It Up!
Don't just swag, wrap your fresh garlands around exterior columns for a very merry welcome.
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3 Silver and Gold Ornaments
4 A Layered Garland
Want to make a garland yourself? Bundle 12-inch lengths of fresh cedar and grapevine twigs and use green metal wires to hold them together. Repeat until you have enough to go around the doorframe. Affix bundles together in an overlapping pattern with green wire. Hang over the doorway using nails or hooks, and add berries or pinecones.
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5 Citrus Garland
To string your own strand, all you need are navel and blood oranges, parchment paper, two cookie sheets, jute or natural twine, a skewer or nail, and decorative hooks. Read on for the full instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 250°F.
2. Cut oranges crosswise into 1/4-inch slices (four oranges make a six-foot garland).
3. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Pat orange slices dry with paper towels, and place them on cookie sheets in a single layer.
4. Bake for approximately 3 hours or until dry. (To ensure the slices dry flat, turn them over at the midway mark.) Remove from oven.
5. Using a skewer or nail, poke two holes into the top of each orange slice.
6. Thread twine through each hole, evenly spacing the oranges on the garland. Tie off each end with a loop, and hang from hooks.
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6 White and Green
If your living room decor is mostly white, opt for an oversized garland with neutral accents to create a striking focal point on your mantel.
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7 Window Border
A fresh pine-and-cedar garland pops in this all-white kitchen.
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8 Garland and Stocking Stairway
9 DIY Apple Garland
This craft uses real fruit! The Bridger family made this garland to pay tribute to the adjacent orchard. To re-create it, use a skewer to puncture a hole through an apple, close to the center, then string wire through the fruit and secure wire to the garland. The Bridgers used Fraser fir for their creation.
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10 Bathroom Mirror Garland
In our opinion, every room could use a bit of Christmas cheer! Christine and Gabe Bridger made sure every room was filled with holiday decor—even their bathroom. Here, they used a simple string of greenery to line the long mirror.
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11 DIY Mitten Garland
Have old mittens your family no longer wears? Get inspired by Michigan homeowner Christine Bridger, who sources vintage ones year-round online and at flea markets, then uses a large needle to pull yarn through the tops of the hand-warmers. (Secure with knots if needed.)
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13 Headboard-Shaped Garland
14 Mantel Christmas Garland
15 Christmas Garland Table Centerpiece
The stunning centerpiece on this Christmas table starts with a gorgeous lit garland, and is finished with fun bottle brush trees and charming houses.
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16 Cookie Tree Candy Garland Idea
For an extra-sweet Christmas garland, adorn a stack of vintage cookie tins with a candy sash.
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17 Advent Calendar Garland
18 Christmas Garland With Lights
Hang up your favorite greens, twinkling lights, and pinecones to create a lush and sparkling arrangement, which you can then add to hutches, cabinetry, entertainment centers, mantels, and more.
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19 Staircase Christmas Garland
A vintage state pennant adds color and and a personal touch to this entryway garland.
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20 Christmas Garland With Ornaments
21 Fresh Christmas Garland
Drape your mantel with greenery—try cedar, boxwood, and holly—for a fragrant mix of textures. Nestle faux birds' nests into the greenery to bring the outdoors inside.
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22 Christmas Garland Gifts
Sweeten a stairway's garland with welcome gifts! Offer treats to overnight guests as they head up to their temporary digs by hanging coffee mugs filled with candy and hot cocoa mix on the banister garland.
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23 Fireplace Christmas Garland
A cozy living room is made even cozier with an evergreen garland draped across the mantel and decorated with Shiny Brites. Feed sack stockings add to the country farmhouse vibe.
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24 Gingerbread Cookie Garland
Combine your favorite greenery with sweet and spicy-smelling gingerbread ornaments for an aromatic display. Use your homemade garland to dress up your kitchen cabinets, pantry, bookshelves, and more.
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25 Mirror Christmas Garland Idea
Add fragrant greenery to your bathroom for a pop of color and Christmas aroma.
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26 Cabinet Christmas Garland
Take a cue from these Midwest farmhouse owners and give your humdrum furniture some Christmas spirit. They pulled garland together in the center of their linen cabin and then embellished it with pretty baubles.
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28 Fireplace Advent Calendar Garland
Let guests play Santa for a day! Instead of candy, fill Advent calendar pouches with guests' names, then let that day's Saint Nick choose the activity, from caroling to cookie making.
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29 Bunk Bed Garland Idea
A 36-foot string of Port Orford cedar is draped over this bunk bed for a festive touch. For a loose, casual effect, let garland puddle on the floor by up to a foot.
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30 Window Christmas Garland
31 Layered Christmas Garlands
Complement a garland draped atop your mantel with a pretty wreath in the shape of a star.
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32 Snowy Christmas Garland Idea
34 Santa's Sleigh Garland
Use a subtle garland to add a festive touch to any room in your home. Leaping reindeers drag Santa's sleigh across a child's bedroom in this cute display.
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35 Nautical Rope Garland
Two-inch-thick hemp rope with mercury glass clamshell ornaments give a classic garland a nautical look.
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36 Faux Christmas Garland
37 Woodsy Garland
Twist a pinecone garland with a mixed berry one to create one rustic Christmas decoration.
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38 Kitchen Christmas Garland
39 Gold Garland Idea
Ross tucked gold garland throughout his holiday decorations to help unify his mantel.
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40 Classic Christmas Garland
Instead of bunching their garland, the Beekman Boys, Kilmer-Purcell and Ridge, draped it to add a dramatic emphasis to their living room.
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41 Fresh Green & White Garland
Fresh white flowers and greenery make a surprisingly wintry effect, minus the chill. White dove ornaments combine with amaryllis, carnations, and orchids on a Tannenbaum that's sprayed white.
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42 Simple Garland Idea for Kitchen
Bring the holiday cheer to your kitchen with rosemary plants styled as topiary, evergreen branches, and bold ornaments.
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43 Woodsy Fireplace Garland
Brawny sugar pinecone swags anchor a mixed-cone garland above the fireplace. Make it yourself with a variable-speed drill and braided picture-hanger wire. Place inverted cones in urns to create pinecone topiaries.
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44 Doorway Garland
Garlands around the door frame beckon guests into the dining room. The theme is echoed within the room, above the fireplace, and on the fruit-dappled mantel.
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45 Boxwood Swags
Garlands don't just have to be made of evergreens—here swags of boxwoods add Christmas cheer to this living room's windows.
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46 Festive Table Garland
Look no further than a garland for a pretty table runner.
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47 Christmas Garland Curb Appeal
A mix of fresh green garland ensures this cute house will turn heads during the holiday season.
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Anna Logan Anna Logan is the Senior Homes & Style Editor at Country Living.
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Christmas Decor Garland White Lights Mantle
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