Mrs. Fix-it

I think that curb appeal is essential to any home. I also think most Realtors would agree that your first impression of a home, which is usually the outside, is the most important when trying to sell your home.

Although we aren’t currently trying to sell our home, I still like to keep things looking cute on the outside. One of the ways I can do that is through decorating our front porch.

Some time ago, I gave some DIY tips to painting your front door, but now I’d also like to give you a simple DIY tutorial to creating a simple, inexpensive wreath to hang on your front door.

Wreaths are a fun way to incorporate the changing seasons or upcoming holidays. It’s a simple way to make things look put together and it takes minimal effort. With a toddler and a 6-year-old, I’m always on the go and sometimes find myself spread a little too thin. This simple DIY project took less than a half hour, and that’s something I can handle.

The materials you’ll need for this project are:

They come in a variety of sizes too so it’s completely your preference. Grapevine wreath or plain metal wreath you can find one at any local craft store.

Floral wire. This is also found at your local craft store and is inexpensive as well.

Greenery. I like the look of an all-green wreath, so I went with boxwood greenery and another green, leafy arrangement for filler.

Hot glue gun. Follow these simple steps below to create your wreath, or feel free to venture out and creatively come up with something uniquely your own:

1. Use a small piece of floral wire to create a hook on the back of your grapevine or wire wreath. You can use the hook to hang your wreath while you’re working on placing the greenery in just the right spots.

2. Take your first type of greenery and weave it into your grapevine wreath, go all around the wreath and don’t worry about filling in every hole or empty patch.

3. Use floral wire to secure the stems in place.

4. Once you’ve gone completely around the whole grapevine wreath once, take a step back, look at it and determine where you need to place your second type of greenery to fill in the holes.

5. Use hot glue and floral wire to secure these stems in place as well.

That’s basically it. The possibilities are endless when it comes to creating your own wreath for your front door. You can design a wreath seasonally or leave one up all year long.

You can also use real flowers for your wreath; though, keep in mind that they won’t last long. Although a floral foam wreath might help maintain the flowers a little longer than a grapevine wreath, dried flowers that maintain their color look nice, too.

Wreaths aren’t only for flowers.

I’ve seen wreaths with a monogram on them or other decorative pieces, depending on the season.

Overall, this DIY project cost me around $35. Compared to buying one already made, I’d say that’s a pretty good deal.

Sara Thomas is Mrs. Fix-it.

She is originally from Louisiana and is a mother of two, Ryker and Reese. Her husband, Jason, was born and raised in Texas and very proud of that. E-mail Sara at [email protected].