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Outdoor Holiday Decorating: Which Style Are You?

There’s nothing better than decorating your home for the holidays. It’s a simple way to transform your everyday life into a momentary haven for joy and holiday cheer, the true reason for the holidays. Decorating the outside of the home is a great way to spread the holiday spirit to your neighbors and anyone that passes by. Many families enjoy getting in the car and driving around different neighborhoods to marvel at everyone’s unique holiday styles.

One of the most fun aspects of the season is figuring out how you want to decorate the home. There are many ways you can go about decorating the home from a traditional approach to an over-the-top, fun layout and everything in between. Here are some great outdoor home decoration styles to consider for your home this holiday season!

Outdoor Holiday Decorating: Which Style Are You?

The Winter Wonderland

The Winter Wonderland

Style Descriptors: Modest, welcoming, and cozy

You can’t go wrong with the classic winter wonderland approach when it comes to decorating the outside of your home. This approach tends to lean heavily on using traditional looking white incandescent or warm LED lights to give off a snowy look. Most often the lights will run across the edges of the roof line, around front porches, bannisters, and sometimes lights are strung over bushes.

Typically this style keeps white light colors the same while incorporating traditional decor like wreaths and outdoor garlands that have greens with red, silver, and gold highlights. These decoration styles give off “Hallmark movie” vibes which can create a very traditional and nostalgic appeal. This style is organized, orderly, and clean, allowing the eye to casually view.

The Colorist

The Colorist
Style Descriptors: Colorful, vibrant, and fun
A twist from the classic Winter Wonderland style is the colorist. This style relies on using a variety of vibrant colors and fun, crafty decorations. Usually this aesthetic includes the same use of stringed lights around the outline of the roof, windows, doors, porch, and home, but with an array of colors instead of solid whites. Additionally, some homes might include a projection of their favorite holiday figures or symbols flashing against the home.

Usually this style of decoration includes using fun animatronic characters to create a scene like the use of Santa’s sleigh and reindeer on the roof or even a large inflatable of a famous holiday character. The whole idea behind this aesthetic is to catch the eye and create a fun holiday vibe for everyone who passes by.

The Griswold

The Griswold
Style Descriptors: Eccentric, loud, and over-the-top
If you’re a fan of the classic holiday movie, “Christmas Vacation,” then you already know what this style is about. This style is for those looking to spread the most holiday cheer on the block. There is no such thing as too much when it comes to the Griswold style, in fact the motto is, ‘more is more.’ To achieve this style, you can use a blend of the Winter Wonderland and The Colorist styles, to create an abundance of lights, fixtures, and overall decoration. This style includes heavy use of varied lights spanning across the entire roof and around the entire frontside of the house.

Additionally, taking advantage of garland wrapping around the front porch, creative wreaths, and plenty of classic holiday animatronics, projections, and laser lights. Using modern technology, many homeowners find more holiday fun by syncing lights with exterior speakers that blink and dance along to holiday music. If you’re looking to maximize your holiday cheer then the Griswold style is for you!

Kick Off the Holidays in Style

No matter whether you prefer one of these styles or something of your own creation, they’re all intended to spread the holiday spirit. Decorating the outside of your home is a great way to keep the holiday spirit alive for you, your family, and everyone that nearby. There’s no better feeling than turning down a neighborhood row to see the houses lined with their own twists and styles.

To keep your decorations in the best condition possible, consider a storage unit to best preserve them all year long. Not only will a storage unit keep them primed and ready to help you spread the holiday cheer, but it will save room to buy more decorations. More often than not, we buy new decorations each year without getting rid of old ones, eventually creating an overwhelming stockpile.

Unfortunately, our household storage spaces don’t grow along with our decoration collection, forcing space to become tight. Additionally, home storage spaces have less than ideal conditions that can cause the decorations to deteriorate quicker. A climate-controlled storage unit creates the perfect environment to preserve the decorations throughout the year while having room to grow your collection stress-free. Even better, you can use your storage unit for all of your holiday decorations throughout the year freeing up major storage space in your home! There are many reasons to rent a self-storage unit, such as doubling as a secret hiding space for gifts, so there’s no more need to worry about sneaking items inside your home – stop by your storage unit after shopping and you’re done!

Don’t wait, secure your next storage unit by taking advantage of our new move-in and holiday pricing to get you ready for this holiday season and the new year to come.

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Gaige Byerley Digital Marketing Associate
Gaige Byerley is part of the Digital Marketing team at West Coast Self-Storage and is a writer creating engaging content on self-storage, relocation, decluttering, and everyday living.
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