A Thanksgiving Entrance to welcome Guests

From 3arf

Your front porch or stoop will be the first place you greet guests on Thanksgiving Day.  Here are some great tips for an attractive entrance.  Choose one or two, or use them all to say “Welcome!”

The front door

A decorative swag draped over the door and down the sides can be adapted to any style - classic, country, romantic, modern or eclectic.  Swags can be made of vines, burlap, wide ribbon, greenery, straw, lights or any other medium that can be draped or shaped to hang around the doorway. Add decorations that suit your particular style.

A simpler entry decoration is the ever-popular door wreath. Your wreath can be made of just about any material and shaped in any way you choose.  If you use golden-tone ornaments or balls and an autumn bow, the wreath can easily go through years' end by changing just the bow and adding a bit of red with pretty berries or bells.  Add a few lights and voila!  You've recycled your wreath!

Walkways and stairs

What you use here is limited only by your imagination.  Think luminaries, soft foot lights, candles, small pumpkins, pots of mums - anything that lines the sides of your walkway and leads your guests to the entrance. Stairs are the perfect place to set pretty potted plants, Thanksgiving-theme figurines, special lighting, or sprinkles of spicy potpourri.  Stair railings or posts look especially nice when draped with greenery, pine cones and/or ribbons.

For the porch

If you have a swing or other seating on your porch, add a few easy-to-make seasonal pillow covers.  Fabric or scarves can be wrapped around your summer pillows and pinned at the back.  Wrap a length of ribbon around the pillow and use it to hold a miniature bouquet of natural or silk flowers or a bit of greenery.  You can also stencil words like “Give thanks!” and “Count your blessings!” on plain fabric before using it to wrap pillows.

For low-lying tables, add a basket of miniature squash, pumpkins and apples, then tie a bow on it.  A hurricane lamp or globe looks nice on a smaller table. Filled with pine cones, acorns and other natural-looking elements, it will repeat the autumn theme.

Last minute touches -

Be sure the front entrance is swept clean and windows are shining.  Sweep away cobwebs and shake mats or rugs.  Just before guests begin to arrive, light candles and put on some soft music.  Now that everything is clean and attractive, you're ready to welcome those special Thanksgiving guests!

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