If you’re anything like us, driving around town to see all of the incredible holiday decorations on display is a must. Here, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite exterior decorations featured over years so you can take your own virtual tour. Happy holidays from these beautiful homes to yours!
Renowned architect James Carter’s Mountain Brook stunner is ready for the holidays with classic touches like fresh greenery, pinecones and red ribbon bows.
Featured in: Christmas Classic
Buffy Hargett, of Buffy Hargett Studios, went with an all-natural, green-on-green Christmas theme for this Vestavia Hills cottage.
Featured in: A Second Renovation Just in Time for Christmas
Floral and event designer Leah Hazzard affixed a garland of magnolia, boxwood and cedar along the limestone arch that defines the front door. The wreath is crafted from the same mix of greenery and is peppered with eucalyptus pods. Felt ribbon in Christmas-red with white stitching is the same Leah has used at this home for years—a tradition and homeowner favorite. Pinecone trees from the Red Mountain Garden Club sale at Birmingham Botanical Gardens rest on boxwood wreaths and flank the doorway.
Featured in: Making Merry
Classic wreaths, garland and red ribbons grace the exterior of this Mountain Brook home, along with lots of twinkling lights for added sparkle.
Featured in: White Christmas
Katty and Hunter Worley’s Homewood home by Architectural Cooperative and Ogle Construction keeps it simple with fresh greenery and a fun oversized nutcracker.
Featured in: Memories in the Making
Meg DeCoudres of Cedar Lane Home adorned the Worley family’s front door with fresh green wreaths tied together with crushed velvet ribbon.
Featured in: Memories in the Making
Mark Kennamer and John Paul Bruno’s 1920s Colonial home in Forest Park is ready for the holidays with classic magnolia wreaths and garland finished with red velvet ribbon.
Featured in: Designer Mark Kennamer’s Forest Park Gem
An abundance of garland wraps columns candy-cane style, while an evergreen wreath adorned with silver baubles on the bright blue front door (painted Blue Danube by Benjamin Moore) signals the beginning of holiday party season at this Redmont Park home.
Featured in: A Curated Christmas
Trees festooned with twinkling lights welcome guests to Merrill Stewart’s stately Mountain Brook home.
Featured in: Antique Elegance
A lush magnolia garland (measuring nearly 2 feet in diameter!) and fruit-lined topiaries create a warm first impression for this Forest Park townhome.
Featured in: Ever Green
An unused alcove on the front stoop of this Forest Park townhome was the perfect spot for a metal storage display, built to hold 40 small terra-cotta pots. It provides an artful spot to display seasonal plants and clippings during the holidays.
Featured in: Ever Green
White ribbon spills off a mailbox arrangement of magnolia, mixed greenery, and foraged ligustrum berries by Buffy Hargett Studios.
Featured in: Rustic Sophisticate
Brooke McAfee, of Lilt Florals, showcases her deft use of cut blooms, houseplants and foraged branches in this stunning garland at Brooke and Porter Mason’s Mountain Brook home.
Featured in: Lilt Florals Decks the Halls of this Mountain Brook Home
