Decorating Tips for the Holidays

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Holiday Decorating Tips for Your Home’s Exterior

Homeowners can help their families and guests get in the holiday spirit without going through the hassles of hanging outside lights. With easy holiday decorations for the entryway and windows, this is the ideal time of year to show off a home’s exterior.  Atlanta window replacement can help spruce up your home’s exterior for the holidays.

Experts at Therma-Tru® Corp., the nation’s most preferred brand of fiberglass and steel exterior door systems, offer tips for creating a warm and inviting entryway during the holidays:

Hanging Seasonal Door Decorations:

  • Mount an evergreen wreath or swag with glass ornaments or silver bells.
  • Create a wreath with magnolia leaves and fresh fruit such as pears, apples and pomegranates.
  • If your door doesn’t merit all the attention, consider wrapping it in bright paper with a large bow or framing it in lights.
  • Hang a set of sleigh bells on the door knob, which will give a festive jingle every time guests pass through.

Accessorizing Your Doorway 

  • Frame your entryway with a garland and lights – add bows or pine cones for more decorative detail.
  • Place pots or urns planted with seasonal greenery, poinsettias and lights on either side of the doorway.
  • Put out a welcome mat designed with holiday accents.

Do’s and Don’ts of Decorating Doors

  • When decorating, be careful to protect your door.  Avoid putting a nail in the face of the door, as this can lead to damage in the future and could void your door warranty from the original manufacturer.
  • Use a door hanger to hang a wreath from the door knocker, or place a tack on the top of the door frame and use clear fishing line to hang a wreath.

Window No-No’s:

  • Never put nails or screws in a vinyl window frame to hold up decorative lights or holiday wreathes. Also, do not glue, staple or tape lights to a window frame.
  • Do not place lit candles on a window sill, nor the edge or sash.
  • Do not place real pine branches or cones on the window frames or sill. Fresh pine sap can leave nasty stains after the holiday season is over. Realistic, artificial pine is usually available at craft stores around the holidays.
  • Although tempting, do not spray “fake snow” from aerosol cans on your windows.

Santa-Approved Window Decorating Tips for Atlanta Windows

  • Affix suction cups on the window glass to hang glass ornaments, plastic snowflakes or glass icicles so that light can come through the windows to enhance the decorations.
  • Hang small wreaths on the inside of a double or single hung window by using suction cups with hooks. Use clear fishing line to loop the wreath gently over the window hardware.
  • Swags of garland or evergreen wreaths outside the home may be put up best by affixing to the siding of the house and not to windows themselves.
  • Make your curtain rods work during the holidays. Remove the curtains and hang ornaments from the existing rods on different lengths of fishing line or colorful curling ribbon.

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