Get Ready for a STUNNING Outdoor Christmas Makeover!

Hello beautiful people and welcome back to creating with Mimi. Today we are all about the outdoor for Christmas this year and so far I've taken down what I had up for spring through the summer and now I am getting ready to handle and tackle Christmas. So I'll talk about different tips that you can use in order to get set up for Christmas already. Number one is have a theme in mind and so I didn't necessarily have a theme but I do have a color and I want a punch of color but I want it to be kind of like peacefully designed and simplistically elegant. I think it's what I'm looking for so I will use my vases that I have here. The same vases that I had out for spring because this year we're all about not necessarily making a big fuss for Christmas but to get Christmas set up whereas I'm enjoying the year but I do want something different so I can't wait to get started. First I'm going to start off with my rug selection. I will be replacing the spring rug and I'm and I will reincorporate a black and white rug because it kind of ties in with this black and white theme so I will start with that first. This hello rug has saved my indoor carpet so much because of the type of fabric this is. I will link this below because I absolutely love it. I would love to purchase two to three more but they were sold out when I tried to purchase more because it is a large it's a six foot rug and it's just perfect. Let me sweep this off. The second tip is to declutter this space which I've already completed that portion so that I'm starting from scratch. I literally was not sure about what it was I wanted for this front porch this year but I think I've come up with something that I can really get behind and enjoy. We've talked about this spray. This spray is so amazing. It literally keeps all of the bugs from entering the ants, spiders, your house. I have this linked in my storefront. I can't get enough of it. Here's the thing and I really don't know why other than the color. I'm standing on limestone and so in the winter the worms come up on the front on this front portico area and the spray stops it. The worms don't go past the outer walkway areas so that's why I'm spraying again this winter so I spray twice a year. I spray in after spring and I spray in the winter and the winter is to keep the worms from entering this portico area. And so since I'm going with a black and white color theme the front of the house is black and white. I am going to roll this outdoor black and white rug here and it's going to be gorgeous. And I used to place a huge 8x10 outdoor rug outside. I no longer do it because only a portion of this is covered and so when it rains the rug gets wet and it looks really gooky. Designer tip. When you're unfolding a rug and the ends are curled up the opposite way you take about eight inches of the end of the rug and you fold it inward and then lay it on the ground for about maybe an hour. Sometimes it's only 30 minutes and you will no longer have that curl on the end of your rug. Tip is to make sure that you secure. I'm going to place a tree inside of this planter so I want to make sure I secure it because the wind is going to be blowing. There's a couple ways to do it. I could actually take wire and try to affix it and get it into the dirt. I'm just going to place sandbag to weigh it down so that it's affixed and it's not going to move. I think. Guess what guys? We're gonna try it and see if it works but I think it will. So I have four trees to pull out and stuff. Fluff up. So I decided to pull them out here and then once they're fluffed I'll sit them inside of the different they're in the positions that I want them to be in. Now I will add the extra twinkle lights on to the tree and I have four trees in which to do that with. Now it's time to bring in some of the accents that I'm going to use outside. And this is the first year that I'm using this type of goat stem outside so I'm not really sure how it's gonna do. Hopefully they won't get ruined. It should be okay but we're gonna see. And I need to always have some type of crown. Well I don't always need to have a crown but for this year's decor most of the trees that are green trees they have a crown. And I'm spreading this out to get full coverage. This is what it looks like when it's not spread out and this is what it looks like when you spread it out. Each limb on the stem has wires. All right guys I will continue on with my crowns for all four trees because we're gonna do something that's matchy-matchy this year. I want a full impact for having something that you use one but you use it massively so they intensify the effect. All right we are going to start with our bulbs. I have placed the headers on each one of the trees. Now we'll start with putting our bulbs on. So the next tip is to add your largest bulbs first and since this is outdoors I want to add a bulb that is pretty substantial and I will work with the color green. So these will be our main colors that I will be working with is this green. I want to do something super super fast. I decided to make clusters with the colors that I'm using and this is a great designer tip when you want to decorate fast you have a lot that you want to use. I decided to make these clusters. They're gonna give me such a huge impact. I'll bring in the gold cluster and I'll fill in areas with the gold. So I've added three small gold clusters, three small green clusters and then one larger gold cluster here. That looks really good. I've already decided that I wanted to have four trees to flank this area. Four large trees and I shouldn't say large because these are the pencil trees that I use all the time to make it simple and easy and they are seven foot pencil trees. So I've already incorporated those. I am using my existing vases that I've had, the planters that I've had here before from spring and that fabulous pink front porch entry. So I didn't really want to change that much this year. So these trees I've placed them around to flank. So I have four. One, two, three, four and it just acts as a base for this entire portico area. By landing the four trees it acts as a focal point. Immediately when you walk up the focal point are the four trees and my large deer. So I've created a focal point and a base for what it is that I'm doing this year. Next step, mix textures and materials together and I have mixed textures with textures in the gold bulbs, the green. Some of the green are smooth smooth and some of them are rough. I have frosted and I've also mixed colors. So you'll see that but the combination is if there is a textured or smooth in terms of the bulbs and different colors it still has the same elements, i.e. the texture in the gold, the smooth and then more texture here. The other texture that I've added is the texture at the crown of the tree which is a gold stem that acts as a eye-opener and a wow moment and so that texture it's different. I'm mixing it but it does complement the gold bulb which has a sprinkle and mix texture effect as well. Next step, add to and build upon your theme and the base items that you've already chosen, i.e. I know that this gold deer is absolutely stunning but I don't want to place her by herself. So I will add different things and elements, i.e. this gorgeous bow and this is a bow that I'm reusing quite frankly. I am reusing this bow from I don't know how many years ago. So I want to bring in the element of the green just enhancing it even more by placing a green bow on this gorgeous deer. So let's give a friend to this space and I want to place that a little bit central underneath the existing deer. I'll deal with all the plugs later. Underneath the existing deer but down below so what I'm creating currently is layers. I've got my top layers with the trees surrounding my focal point and then I bring it down a little bit here bringing it down one more notch and creating a layer. So I like to decorate and we all like to decorate in threes right but look how fabulous this looks just adding a few more layers and this isn't finished yet. I believe I want to add one more deer and she's gorgeous to this side and maybe place her right here. See what that looks like. Okay that's very very unique and you guys see how I'm creating balance and flow with the decor. I've got the deer on this side I've added a third deer over here and now I want to address open areas. So this is the base for what it is that I'm doing. The next thing I'll do is add and address any open areas that I think need a little bit extra. Okay since I've added a beautiful bow here and green is my theme I just made this bow and I'll show you guys a close-up of it and it's simply gorgeous and what I like about a good well-made bow no matter which way you turn it it still looks as though it's in a good direction. So I want to add this here just to dress up the front. Although I've already made this bow I want to show you guys how I finished it off with this and I've used this before on a in the kitchen. I think it was last year when I made that beautiful kitchen box display and I'll insert a few pictures for you to see that out of this and all it is it's so super inexpensive but it gives a huge impact. Large. You can see what it did. Look at this tree on this side it has nothing but the gold deer. This one over here already has the bow so you can see the impact of what it does without the bow versus placing a bow there so we're adding layers and elements and this comes in different sizes this is in probably this is a two foot size and I'm just gonna take it take one end of it scrunch it and create a loop which is my first bow. Twist it and create another loop. That overall fussy look. It's so puffy. I will layer this on top. This is the original green bow and keep in mind that this bow is a mixture of materials and it doesn't even matter. The green here is not the same as the green on this side and place it here on this end and that is gorgeous. So if you're wondering why I haven't placed any ribbon on this deer it's because I don't want it to be over impact. You want to give each decor area a chance to breathe. Everything is so dramatic and impactful that you don't have a chance just to breathe and take in some of the simple beauty that is displayed. I want to address some open spaces that I do have and I'll identify them. This is an open area. This is an open area. There's an open area here and another open area. It is okay to have open areas but you want to make sure that you're incorporating a full design theme and a full decor from top to bottom left to right. I will place this tree I believe here. This tree is a small lighted box tree. I've painted the bottom of the box black to tie in with the black vases that I have here. Very, very simple. The next tip is to add seasonal decor and I believe I want to start with this beautiful baby here and I think that is so gorgeous. Wow, that's perfect. So now I only have one other area on this side to address and I will finish that with this. Perfecto. So this complements. Look how well this looks together. I'm gonna place this a little bit closer to the original bell. So now I've created that triangle effect. The tree, the large bell and the smaller bell and it's perfect. I've even added space in between so that the eye can rest. If you like this video, hit that like button or subscribe. We would love to have you. Until next time, make every single day a great day. Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains. And the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains. Gloria, in excelsis Deo. Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be? Which inspire your happy song? Gloria, in excelsis Deo. If you like this video, hit that like button or subscribe. You will be notified each time there is a new upload. Until next time, make every day a great day.