Some people shun ornamentation dripping with glitz and glitter in favor of simple, low-key
outdoor evergreen decorations
. Evergreen roping is restrained, but it can still bring a festive mood to your winter landscaping.
If you wish to dress it up further while still staying natural, you can add cones to your roping, as you would when decorating a kissing ball. But the real challenge is in hanging it without causing property damage.
Before Getting Started
When hanging
garland
around a doorframe, making it stick to a wooden column, or attaching it to the clapboard siding of a house wall, it is essential to do as little damage as possible to your structure.
Holiday seasons come and go, and you don't want to wind up with permanent damage when the decorations come down.?
Damage when hanging?garland around a door is typically caused by hammering in nails or large staples. This practice can easily leave you with split wood. Split wood allows moisture in, which results in rot.
Before hanging a garland around a door or column you'll need to pre-drill, making a pilot hole. You can then screw in screw-eyes or large ceiling hooks from which your garland will hang.