The Willow Farmyard

My friends are all aware of how decorated my chicken coop and goat barn is all year round. I have numerous antique and new pieces, like this large rooster from TSC that I was gifted this year for my birthday, around my coop and in the surrounding yard. But I also love to add holiday decorations to the normal decor throughout the year. Christmas is, of course, the merriest decorating season of all and today I’d like to show you around my coop and goat barn.

I normally hang vintage lanterns near my coop sign but I think these great large ornaments I purchased look really fantastic there this year! One of my favorite, and easiest, things to change for the seasons are the throw pillow covers on the old cast iron bench. And my door is always decorated with a sign or seasonal token, too.

Near the coop’s sliding barn door, I have a lighted alpine tree, along with some greens and baubles, like this metal ornament I picked up from a craft sale a few years ago. And I normally add a lot of red ribbons for more festive cheer.

I have quite a few metal roosters around the coop. For Christmas, they’re all adorned with little stocking caps and scarves! And a santa hat fit perfectly on my large rooster.

Egg baskets filled with flowers normally hang on the front of the coop. For Christmas, they are replaced with these feeders full of greens and bulbs, and fun Christmas graphics.

Each vignette around the coop gets something. The vintage wagon frame has garland and a little tree.

My vintage metal wagon with a green shutter backdrop has some greenery, a red metal bucket, egg basket, vintage rusty lantern and a large metal solar jingle bell.

I try to add a touch of Christmas to each empty flower container and statement piece. Winter decorating can be a little tough, because the coop usually has a LOT of flower containers throughout spring, summer and fall. Adding some greenery or a dash of red to each spot, makes things look so very festive! I typically thrift most of my Christmas decorations or buy cheaper items from the dollar store. It just makes more sense to thrift things when they’re going to be out in the snow. And you can sometimes find some pretty unique things at the thrift store! When I can, I trim some pines in the yard to add some fresh greens to the mix. We don’t have much in the way of pines, but I am able to trim a little from what we do have. Time to plant more evergreens!

All of the wreaths were from our local thrift store. And these red bells were a Dollar Tree find last year. You definitely don’t have to spend much money to add a lot of Christmas cheer around the yard.

Even the egg cart gets decorated for the seasons. We don’t typically have many eggs for sale this time of year, but we do keep the cart out and throw some in there once in a while. Our ladies are seriously a bunch of free loaders for the winter! But, hey, I get it. If I could, I’d stay in my pajamas and try to get away with doing as little as possible when it’s cold out and dark so early!

I hope you’ve enjoyed taking a look at my Christmas coop decorating. I sincerely enjoy looking at it rfom my windows every day. I’m really enjoying the lead up to Christmas this year, living full time here, at The Willow Farmyard. I hope you’re enjoying your December and the holidays, too!