Christmas Sprucing of the Potting Shed Porch

by Mary @ Home is Where the Boat Is

I’m Sprucing Up the Porch of my Potting Shed and counting the down the days until Christmas with the help of my Birds of a Feather Advent Calendar!

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I started with the back porch, rather than the front of my Potting Shed, since ‘sprucing up the porch’ has been on my ‘to do’ list since her move, with her once hidden back door now visible and embarrassingly naked.

A salvaged pair of tall chippy shutters to flank the back door, adding some quintessential red color and provide a place to hang or for a seasonal display.

A Birds of a Feather Advent Calendar is providing some inspiration and helping me wing my way through December for a little nesting fun in my Potting Shed!

The back of each advent card has an activity for celebrating the Christmas season.

Hanging a wreath on the back door was the first step and Day 1 of my advent calendar. I started with an artificial wreath and added some fresh magnolia, cypress, cedar and fir to soften and add a natural element. The wreath is framing a decorative half bird cage and home to some pine cones for the season.

Wellies are filled with greenery, pine cones, and red leaves blazing with the last bit of fleeting fall color.

Assorted salvaged tools~ a rake, pitch fork and hand fork, join a bird house and nest as a topper on a garden-themed Christmas tree.

Jute-wrapped and pine cone-covered birds are nesting in the tree with watering cans and wellies, along with goldenrod gone to seed and dried hydrangeas, providing some soft texture and filler.