Our Decorated Staircase

Since our staircase rebuild this spring, I have been looking forward to decorating it for Christmas.  It is no longer a staircase I want to hide but something I want decorated and beautiful.  It is however, the staircase that leads to the bedrooms and a bathroom so the decorations had to be practical and not “in the way”.  I came across some baluster swags on BHG and it inspired me to make these.

I’m beginning to tap into the craft supplies available right outside my door…why didn’t I think of this sooner!!??  I clipped some branches off the bushes in my backyard and used them for these swags.

I took several branches, cut just over a foot of artificial greenery and tied it together with some of the ribbon from my over 100 spools of ribbon find.

Finally I added some berries to give them more color.

I grabbed a picnic basket that I found at a garage sale for $1 this summer and filled it with greenery, some of those branches from my backyard, and artificial berries that I picked up at the dollar store…inexpensive and very handy this time of year!

I’m so thankful to have a beautiful staircase and I love it decorated!!