25 Best Cozy & Classy Winter Porch Decorating Ideas
Are you looking for some cozy decorating for the winter season? The porch is a great place to start! Take a look at some gorgeous porches to inspire you to create a winter wonderland right outside your own front door! These are the best easy and elegant ideas for the winter months!
Why Decorate a Front Porch for Winter
I probably don’t need to convince you to decorate your porch for winter. If you’re here, you’re probably already committed to it. Or maybe you’re just contemplating it.
But if you’re on the fence, I’ll tell you why I particularly like creating a winter porch, and why I think you should, too.
After the holiday season has wound down, I’m all about winter decor that is clean, simple, and fresh for the new year.
While I do decorate for winter inside my house, I try to scale it back just a bit to a more minimalist look.
But I just can’t leave a front porch undecorated.
Spring is still a good 3 months away, and it’s too early for Valentine’s Day. There has to be something there to take the place.
Sure, you can keep your Christmas porch intact until you’re ready to change it up, but I need something to transition during this time of the year.
Winter front porch decor is just the thing.
How to Decorate Your Outdoor Space for Winter
The nice thing about winter decorating is that it’s more like winter ‘undecorating.‘
A lot of times, you can use a lot of your existing Christmas decor (such as a mix of evergreens or an artificial Christmas tree with a plain string of lights, especially if you have a covered porch).
One of the best ways to create outdoor winter decorations is to remove the red pops of color from your outdoor Christmas decorations – such as red berries and red ribbons from a traditional wreath – and exchange them for more generic winter decorations.
So the first thing to do is to see what you can use that is already displayed!
You also want to think of natural elements that you can easily include in window boxes, a winter planter, an olive bucket, or a porch pot: pine boughs, birch logs, pine cones, and bare branches.
Sometimes a local nursery will have leftover scraps of Christmas trees, pine or cedar clippings that you have!
You can also keep up your faux or real garlands.
Other easy winter porch decor can be snow-themed: snow flakes, snowman decor, skis, snow shoes, sleds, ski lodge signs, and ice skates.
You can also include signs and welcome mats with a winter theme (non a Christmas theme), such as Welcome Winter, Baby It’s Cold Outside, and Let It Snow.
You may have used signs and decorations like this as outdoor holiday decor, but they work perfectly for winter outdoor decorations, too!
My only real advice is to not go overboard, especially if you plan to decorate for Valentine’s Day (unless that makes you happy!). You just want to add your home’s curb appeal to hold you over until the next season.
25 Best Winter Porch Decoration Ideas
Now on to the good stuff! Here are some gorgeous and unique ways you can decorate your porch for winter!
From A Hundred Affections
If you have a small area, a cluster of trees can fill the space nicely for winter! Add in some snowy elements like a wooden snowflake, skis, and a wooden star, and you have an adorable porch space that is distinctly winter!
From Grace in My Space
I love how these elements came together - the logs, the trees, the lanterns, the wreaths. While the doors are absolutely dreamy and the real show stopper, they are complemented perfectly by the winter decor!
from Hydrangea Farmhouse
This is a gorgeous and cozy winter porch! It has the chilly elements with a flocked pine tree and ice skates, but the cozy warmth of a fuzzy white blanket. The wreath also adds to the coziness (and don't miss that chandelier!).
From Start at Home Decor
This is another example of using a mixture of different kinds of winter trees, even if you have more space to fill! It works no matter what kind of real estate you have. The green garland and pine wreath complement it perfectly.
From House of Hire Designs
A simple and stately front winter porch, complete with not one but two pine garlands, tied in perfectly with the pine trees in mini whiskey barrels. The black boots and lanterns are perfect accents to that stunning door.
From AR Workshop
I just love EVERY detail for this snow-themed porch! The wood round door hanger blends perfectly with the porch leaner sign and the welcome mat! And then there's the birch branches, bottle brush trees, ice skates, along with so many more wintery details! This one is staged to perfection!
From Red White and Denim
These doors have my heart, but everything about this porch is fabulous! Vibrant green trees with neutral woven baskets, gold accents on the evergreen wreaths... it's simple but profoundly beautiful and classy.
from Sarah Jane Interiors
Another porch with a few simple elements yet it has a dramatic effect against that black door! The bells intermingled with the garland adds just the right interest and shimmer!
From Taryn Whiteaker
This is a charmingly simple porch with details in all the right places. The scarf-wrapped winter wreath is genius, and the white trees are the perfect contrast to the taller pines. The wood and black lanterns are perfect accents and pull the whole look together.
From Sanctuary Home Decor
Oh goodness, do I LOVE how this one came together! The garland above the door does it for me, but all those other details - branches with the pine cones, the rustic lanterns - even those bright white hydrangeas to add a burst of color. Just love it!
From The Tattered Pew
Green is the way to go for winter porch decor! It adds vibrance and life, in the midst of the coldness of winter. I love the green totally dominates and grabs your attention, a reminder that there's life even in cold weather of winter's darkness.
From Sarah Joy Blog
If you love vintage decor, this is the porch for you! You'll find a vintage Radio Flyer wagon, a vintage crate and ceramic basin, paired with a vintage sled and window-paned door. With pine branches and pine cones mixed in, the nostalgia in this one is the ultimate winter cozy.
From Jordan Jean
This porch only has a few pieces but they pack a punch! Two large white flocked trees and a lush garland with string lights around the door... combined with the front door basket of winter greens on the door, it's a stunning display!
From Steph Read Blog
These flocked elements are the perfect touches! The tree and wreath add the winter whiteness, combined with the natural greens of the other trees. Simple and classy, especially if you love the contrast and black and white color scheme!
From Twelve on Main
This porch as all the rustic cabin feels! I just adore that Craftsman porch header with the fresh greenery and garland on the porch railings - and it looks perfect with the live cedar evergreen wreath and old sled! The chopped wood logs under the bend are a natural and fitting touch. Stunning!
From The Merry Thought
This porch mirrors the simplicity of winter - just an eclectic mix of evergreen trees in varying shapes and sizes, in varying containers. It has just enough interest while maintaining its simple elegance.
From The Ginger Home
This is a place you'd find me all winter long! The cozy blankets draped over the porch swing is so inviting and is such an easy idea for decorating! The green garlands are just the right wintery effect. The dried orange on the porch tree is a reminder of life in the dead of winter!
From Nesting With Grace
This is an absolutely cozy winter porch and I love how Brooke makes the most of small spaces! Each detail here- the stacked logs, the potted trees with twinkle lights, the garlands and wreaths - provides so much visual interest!
From Home With Holliday
Winter porch pots are such a fun trend, and Holly is masterful at arranging hers with lush evergreen branches! The full wreath and garland around the door frame are perfect accents and these pieces work brilliantly together as a complete showstopper!
From Cottage in the Oaks
There are lots of fun but simple winter elements to fill out this porch for winter: snow shoes, birch logs, winter boots... it's all in the details!
From Stay Home Style
This gorgeous winter porch has all the essentials: garland, a wreath, a sign, a potted tree and a wintery rug with welcome mat. Simple elegance!
From Satori Design for Living
This rustic minimalist porch as all the right touches - a gorgeous pine swag (DIY in the post!), a vintage crock, and mini lanterns on a chunky stump. Rustic winter perfection.
From Midwest Life and Style
If you like simple and clean and neutral color palette after all the Christmas overload, this porch is for you! Two trees in vintage crocks, an evergreen wreath with bells, a few more greens in a metal wall planter, and you've got yourself a gorgeous, minimalist porch.
Another from Midwest Life and Style
I absolutely love how it can be the same porch but look completely different! Here, Jen has painted the door black for a much more dramatic look - and I adore how it looks with the gold accents! The greens are overflowing in a lush, stylish way - and I love the warmth the candles provide. Absolutely lovely!
Hip & Humble Style
I love everything Deb puts together! This porch has just the right mixtures of lush greens and cozy nostalgia, like the skates and and sled. A perfect combo of vintage and modern styles!
Cozy Winter Porch Decorating for the Win
A winter porch is a wonderful way to make your outdoor space feel cozy and inviting during the long, cold winter months! A decorated porch is a perfect place to enjoy the chilly temperatures, with a nice cup of hot cocoa, and soak in all winter has to offer.
Your home doesn’t have to be bare and cold, just because the holiday decorations are stored away. Add your own personal touch to your porch and what brightens your day during this time of year.
More Winter Decorating Ideas
If you need another good idea or two for winter, I’ve got plenty! Here are all kinds of DIY inspired posts and decor ideas – winter hibernating is the perfect time to try some new home projects and good way to fight the winter blues!
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Easy Minimalist Winter Decorating Ideas: Uncluttered & Yes, Cozy
If you tried any of these ideas, I’d love to see them! Tag me on Instagram @100affections and I’ll share them in my Instagram stories!
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