• Candles in small hurricanes and glittering colored bottles may not be a permanent fix, but they would make a wonderful, unexpected arrangement for a holiday party.
• Although we prefer our gourds on the table, we like the ease and interest they add to dreary empty window boxes too. I think kettle guards or baby boo guards would look especially festive.
• I love the soft look of wheat stalks, but had never thought of bundling them in the window box.
• Cut sprigs of pine are the easiest, fool proof way to go.
• Winter pine greens sprinkled with pine cones and berry branches make for a lush, natural looking box.
• Or just skip the springs and fill your boxes with mounds of pine cones.
• Last year Regina spotted these beautiful aspen branch window boxes in Montreal. As one commenter pointed out, it would also be a pretty way to store kindling on your balcony — the un-painted version, of course.
What are your favorite cold weather window box fillers?
(Images: 1, 3-5: Better Homes and Gardens, 2: Martha Stewart, 6: Real Simple, 7: Apartment Therapy: Chicago)
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Window boxes really dress up a window...and you can get really creative. They're not just for flowers. :) I wish I had them on my windows...not allowed on my townhouse. During the fall, I've seen small pumpkins and gourds with leaves used in them and the holidays, various greens with ornaments look beautiful. The possibilies are endless.
The birch logs are pretty. The candles are nice too but really impractical and a little scary. I've had a collection of gourds and pumpkins on display for awhile and lately a ravenous squirrel has come every morning to take a chunk out of them. Time to abandon edibles and switch to statuary I guess.
lovely! what great ideas.
Really, really have been in love with birch for quite some time!! Modern and rustic at the same time... and low maintenance!
Timely post. We've been looking for something to fill the window boxes on the front of our 1920s Dutch Colonial Revival. We'd prefer to stear clear of greens, gourds or berries but while our tastes are more modern/eclectic, we'd still like the boxes to jive with the home's traditional style. The suggestions here are all nice, but I don't think any of them will work well for us. The house is situated up on a hill and pretty far from the road, so it'd be nice if whatever we chose was visible even from 50 feet away. Any ideas?
Are there any window boxes that are appropriate for rental units-- e.g., can latch securely over the windowsill, and don't have to be drilled into the side of the building?
Thanks!
On that same note, any suggestions on birdfeeders that are apartment-friendly would also be great.