Classic Christmas Home Tour 2022 {Backyard Spaces}

Today wraps up my 2022 Classic Christmas Home Tour with the porch and pool areas! We’ve had so much rain this month that we haven’t been able to use them as much as we would like!

Pool & Cabana Classic Christmas Decor

I’ll start today with the pool and cabana areas.

Here’s a peek from outside the fence.

You enter into the grassy (turf) area that we use mostly for ping pong, but also for projecting movies onto the back wall of the house and for a dining table every now and then. The garlands are from Costco and are the best.

I replaced my summer flowers with pansies, and topped the lanterns with red bows for color.

The cabana acts as the fence wall on that side, provides privacy from the street and neighbors, and makes for an amazing shaded lounge area. This area is more used than the pool deck this time of year. The boys LOVE to watch sports, tv and movies out here.

Inside the cabana, I added a few Christmas touches in red and green!

The mistletoe and garlands are from Target, wreaths from Hobby Lobby, pillow covers from etsy (to fit existing, everyday throw pillows), and ribbon from amazon. (ribbon links in bottom of post)

I had a couple of extra plaid pillow covers and added them at the far end for a little Christmas cheer.

Screened Porch Classic Christmas Decor

Since adding the pool, I’ve pared down my holiday decor on the porch for Halloween and Christmas. I kept more of my everyday items out and just added a few muted touches and a lot of white lights.

The tree out here is simple. It is just inexpensive glass balls and oyster shells. Honey drilled holes in the shells years ago for this purpose. I top it with a lit star from WalMart, also quite a few years old.

We primarily gather around the fireplace on the porch this time of year. The only thing I added for Christmas was a fresh garland with a strand of twinkle lights.

Even on the coffee table I didn’t do much. I simply added a Christmas topper to my Happy Everything plate.

I keep piles of blankets and pillows out here and pop them in the wash every week or so. The lit snow flakes are from John’s Sweet 16 .

A beachy hanger on the door to the kitchen finishes this side of the porch.

On the dining table, I added two brass reindeer passed down from Mother. We dine, work and do homework out here on nice days so I like to keep it easy and functional.