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Christmas Decor For Home and Exterior Christmas Lights

Exterior Christmas Lights display of outside Christmas lights on a house in Minnesota

This is a gallery of ideas and examples of Christmas Decor For Home and Exterior Christmas Lights. This image above shows a stunning display of outside Christmas lights on a house in Minnesota in the snow.

Christmas time is a celebration and means many different things to many people. To some its a time for family and celebrating life together in what is often the rare times when everyone can be together uninterrupted by the day to day activities of living. A fabulous time of the year, where families come together, sometimes from far away places to be together on the one special day of the year.

The lead up to Christmas day often starts in late October for most stores, with Christmas themes and decorations all going up on display for us to all start our Christmas gift spending. (The sensible people will have co-ordinated this throughout the year, whilst many others decide to leave their gift buying till the last minute) The display of Christmas lights on houses and buildings, and the decorations we place inside our homes create a sense of peace and generosity and goodwill to our fellow man and neighbors.

Here we show a gallery of inside and outside Christmas decorations. Some are simple, some are extraordinary. Whatever Christmas means to you, celebrating it in your own way hopefully brings you some seasonal joy, even if it only just enjoying the displays that others put on or in their houses. Hopefully, you will find some ideas and inspiration to splash out on some themed decorations for your own home for this coming festive season

A decorated ‘real’ Christmas tree with multi colored tree lights and a warm open fire and large Turkish style floor rug

A beautiful red and green style vintage christmas background display with birdcage, candles and baubles on top of a table.

A lovely Christmas living room display with a large decorated tree, cream floor rug and a cane rocking chair

A pretty Christmas table decoration with gingerbread biscuits, flowers and candles

Christmas Sleigh with gift bag, sack full of letters to Santa Claus and lots of colored lights

A Christmas holiday seasonal decoration with tree and presents in the countryside

Iced colorful gingerbread Christmas cookies on a white plate and surrounded by a few Christmas decorative items

Christmas celebratory decorations on a table at home beside the Christmas tree with a large bowl of nuts and raisins, two glasses and a decanter of whiskey

Christmas light decorations over the exterior of a house and tree in a community neighborhood

Stunning magnificent Christmas tree in the corner of a room, with presents at the base with white tree lights reflected in the windows around the tree

An exterior Christmas scene with lighted path to a front door

A living room with a fireplace filled with Christmas tree and decorations

Table setting during festive Christmas season

Beautiful home entranceway decorated and lit up with Christmas lights

Beautiful entrance to home with a Christmas holiday wreath on the door in the snow

Christmas stockings stuffed with gifts and hanging near the fireplace

Christmas room with fireplace, chair, and a few presents under a decorated fir tree

Amazing Christmas exterior lights display on a big home in Southern California

Suburban house decorated with lights for Christmas

Christmas tree with lights and presents in a living room

A living room with a fireplace decorated with small trees and stockings for the Christmas holidays

Table place setting for Christmas in white

Beautiful home decorated with Christmas lights in Vancouver, Canada

Fireplace and simply decorated Christmas tree with presents in living room

Modern living room with Christmas tree lights reflecting in the mirror

A beautiful decorated Christmas tree sits to the side of an open fire along with holiday seasonal decorations in this wooden floored living room

Houses With a Front Porch

Houses with a front porch have such an inviting feel about them. This entrance porch above is of an older house is decorated with floral pot plants and wicker chairs, rocking chairs and a table and is complete with its glass entrance doors and brown painted floorboards.

According to wikipedia, a porch is “… from Old French porche, from Latin porticus “colonnade”, from porta “passage”) and is a construction external to the walls of the main building proper, but may be enclosed by latticework, broad windows, screen, or other light frame walls extending from the main structure.”

A porch is one of those unique areas of a home that is more often than not, in the front part of the house overlooking the street or the front garden. Occasionally, they will be situated at the rear of a house where they provide more privacy and peace, however regardless of where they are positioned in the home, they offer a place to sit, relax and enjoy the day.

The style of a porch can vary considerably from house to house, and over the years, there have been many different types. This gallery of houses with a front porch will highlight many of the different styles and designs of porches, some very humble porches and some quite ornate, either way, you’re bound to find a porch here to your liking and we invite you to share these great examples of house porches with others you know.

An entrance and front porch of an older style house in Vancouver Canada, with tiled pathway leading to front steps and an elegant porch area.

This is a classic summer home with a large porch on both levels and a wooden swing in the garden. Looking like something out of nineteenth century Southern USA.

Beige suburban American Cape Cod home with large wide front porch and plenty of seating furniture

Wicker chairs on a front porch of an old classic style house with garden outlook and a hammock in the nearby tree.

Simple small older house with cute and functionary front entrance porch decorated with an antique bench and a couple of potted plants

Entrance of a house with nicely constructed and organized front porch

Large old double story homestead with a covered full length porch veranda.

Cute front porch with two rocking chairs at a pretty blue house overlooking the nearby street

Cozy and intimate entrance porch with white railings and brown wicker chairs overlooking the front garden

Fancy front porch of stately summer home with two large columns

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Mudroom Ideas Featuring Storage Areas & Benches

Mudroom ideas in a home offer such practical usable space for the whole family. The image above is of a lovely semi combined laundry mudroom with the laundry room being an annex that sits off to the side of the mud room where there hangs horse blankets and other items and has a rich timber floor.

A mudroom is one of those ‘must haves’ when we look to build a new house and our ideas of a great mudroom often feature copious storage areas & benches. A mudroom happens to be one of those hardworking rooms in the house that also often receives little thought.

Its not until we end up not having one, that we really appreciate just how much we valued it. As one of the main entrances to the home (but not as visible as the main front entrance) it has a practical purpose of ensuring the outside items, such as clothing, hats, raincoats, shoes, etc are kept in a place where they will be well organized and not get lost. These rooms also help to keep the house clean and tidy

The key features a mudroom should have in order to be optimally used are (in no particular order);

Space for those ‘non house’ items that we all need to grab on our way out. Usually umbrellas, scarves, hats, rain coats, jackets and the like, and most often the use of hooks, hangers, and racks will meet this need
Having a piece of furniture with cupboards, cubby holes, drawers, or even locker-type space will really help keeping things organized. Whether these spaces are closed or open is really up to the home owner, but having a space for each family member will also give each person somewhere they store their own items in an organized fashion
A low height bench can prove useful as well for a place to sit and take off your shoes. Making space within this for boots and shoes would be a great idea also.
Think to provide a cupboard or closet for storing items that are perhaps seasonal and won’t be used for several months. At least that way, when the new season rolls around, you’ll at least know where to look for it first.
Having a practical storage area or closet (whether separate or not s up to you) for storing household chemicals, cleaning items, mops, brooms, etc and other miscellaneous utility items
Some like to make the laundry and the mud room a combined room and thats up to you. There are advantages and disadvantages of both. Having them combined in a single space enables you to quickly throw dirty clothes into the washer without having to traipse them through the house
The last items to consider for the mudroom would be a wash up sink or large tub for quick wash-ups, cleanups, and the like. If you decide on including one of these, (and you should) then you’d want to make sure the floor in the mudroom is suitably impervious, for example a tile floor will help make it durable, impervious to water and easy to keep clean.

Mudroom with padded seat and cubby hole storage cabinets – Source www.gildayrenovations.com.

Nice white mudroom with grey tile flooring and ice hockey sports gear – Source www.apartmenttherapy.com

Mudroom with white and brown cabinetry and matching timber flooring – Source www.houseofturquoise.com

Utility room doubling up as a Mud room and laundry – Source Flickr.com

Traditional American home interior with old half cut ‘barn like’ door with mud room and white wall molded panelling

Mudroom in suburban home with side entry door and large wooden cabinetry

Mudroom in newly constructed home with plenty of storage cupboards & a nice light paint finish

Mudroom in luxury home with timber joinery, tiled floor and green walls

Mudroom off front entry with classical styling and grey slate tile flooring – Source www.beneathmyheart.net

Modern mud room in newly renovated house with white furniture, ceiling and door and olive colored walls

Mud room in newly built home with oak cabinetry and tiled floor

This is a combination laundry mudroom at the rear of a home with grey and yellow carpet squares – Source Flickr.com

Fresh lime green eclectic mud room with a wash up sink and lots of light through the window and door

Entrance hallway mud room with tile floor and storage cabinet – Source Flickr.com

Entrance hallway mudroom with mirror, storage cabinet and adjoining laundry room with steel appliances

Beautiful combination mudroom, laundry and office all in one – Source www.creeklinehouse.com

Garage mudroom storage area adjacent to garage house entrance door – Source www.creeklinehouse.com

Awesome entranceway mudroom with storage cabinetry and timber floor – Source www.creeklinehouse.com

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Home Front Doors and Humble Entrances

Elegant entrance doors with stone walkway and bordering seats

The entrance way to a home is key to creating that warm welcoming experience. Not only for your visitors but also if you’re ever intending on selling your home. But above all, you want your front door to be welcoming to you too. When you arrive home, or invite guests and friends around, you want to feel a sense of pride when they arrive at your front door.

Having a grand entrance is one thing, but for the people who live a more humble existence, a front door or entrance that is personalized and quite clearly says “this is my home, I love it, and I’m proud of it” is what you should be aiming for.

A palatial entrance to a home is a statement in itself, but for the more humble home, then there may be some dressing up required to create the look and feel you want. Think pot plants, think outside, outdoor art, think seats and chairs. There’s a lot you can do to dress up an entranceway and hopefully some of the images on this page might just give you some ideas of your own.

The elegant white double french door entranceway above is very simplistic. A statement in itself, the stone walkway leading up to the doors, the twin bordering concrete seats and the two coach lights give you a feeling of abundance inside.

This entranceway is one of a very humble home with a brown front house entrance door and slate stone path and plenty of potted plants to enhance that welcoming feeling.

A palatial and grand entranceway to a formal older home. Almost representative of something from the 1800’s era. Because of its own statement, it requires very little dressing up to impress.

This is an awesome Georgian styled house with steps up to the bright red front door, wrought iron handrails and an old English styled garden

A luxurious home with a double black colored front door entranceway. A concrete welcoming pad bounded with a low height wrought iron railing and topiary trees and bushes enhances the look and opulence of this front entrance.

A yellow cape cod style home with a simple central black front entrance door. A simple but small veranda provides shade and shelter and a place to put some welcoming chairs

Despite this being a simple entranceway into what could be ‘any home’, the owners of this house have really dressed this to impress. A soft beige colored tiled entrance, and brown door is enhanced with gold wallpaper, a mirror and a simple side table with a few decorations on top

What a sensational and welcoming front door and porch with cape cod rocking chair, a supporting column made of stones, welcome mat, and some potted color. Simple but effective.

This is a typical modern contemporary front home entrance. Recessed back from the walkway and offering a semi covered access to the white front door. Glass side panels enable a quick view at visitors and a seat for the weary sits to the side

A cute lovely little home front entrance with red door, terracotta tiles, small but ‘big enough’ porch, a couple of chairs and hanging flowers. How good would it be to sit here in the sun soaking up the ambiance?

A character filled home with black solid and tall double entrance doors, and a winding concrete entrance pathway lined with manicured shrubs and garden area

A modern contemporary and beautiful entranceway to stunning home. The glass fencing, stone wall and timber decking leading to the front door along with careful planting creates a rich sense of home

This is a gorgeous warm welcoming and inviting home front entrance enhanced by the rich honey colored timber floors floral welcoming mat and antique style side table

An elegant, modern and luxurious grand front home entrance to double glazed door with bricked pathway lined with small manicured shrubs

This is very quaint. A couple of humble home front doors in New Orleans. No pretences and no expensive decorations, just two simple burgundy colored doors with twin green shutters on each and bricked steps leading to the door.

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