Forget Wreaths — This Vintage-Inspired Trend Is Perfect for Front Doors
While pumpkins have started popping up on front stoops and porches around the nation, you may be thinking about adding a wreath to your front door — but that doesn’t have to mean a circular design. More and more DIY trendsetters are dressing up their front door in bright florals and foliage in a whole new way. It all has to do with a wall pocket, which has a bit more vintage character than standard wreaths. Plus, they’re so easy to customize throughout all four seasons. You might just kick your wreath collection to the curb because the wall pockets are just too cute.
“Instead of a fall wreath on your front door … THIS,” Ana Messina Egger wrote over a recent Instagram video, adding in the caption, “This Hobby Lobby Kinkeeping wall vase!! The cutest front door fall decor!!”
What Exactly Is a Wall Pocket, and Why Is It Perfect for Entryways?
The piece Ana picked up is from Korie Robertson’s Kinkeeping collection at Hobby Lobby. It retails for just under $9 and is made of durable resin made to look like it’s an antiquated metal. There’s a hole at the back for easy hanging, and it sits flush against a wall or door, which makes it more stable compared to other baskets that don’t sit flush.
The Kinkeeping collection has a few of these wall pockets to choose from, all of which are priced at under $10.
How to Re-Create This Look for a Gorgeous Fall Entryway
The secret to getting your chosen flowers to actually stay in the pocket is in the floral foam. You can cut and shape it to fit snugly inside the wall pocket and then poke your faux floral stems into the dense foam to keep them exactly where you want them. You can even add a bit of glue to the tips of each stem to really hold them in place.
Then, when it’s time to change out the florals for the next season, you can remove the entire foam block, foliage included, before placing it in storage — all while replacing the door pocket with fresh foam and fresh stems. You can also build an entire collection of wall pockets, too. These ones from Amazon have that rustic, vintage feel, and you get three of them for under $40.
You’ll Soon Want to Include This DIY Elsewhere
As people shared in the comments of Ana’s now-viral post, you can run with this DIY and use it in many other places like mantels, front gates, and more. “I just added this to the outside of my kitchen cabinet over my sink! Perfect way to add in some charm,” one person wrote.
Wreaths are great, but wall pockets are better! Grab one from Hobby Lobby or Amazon, or look for one on your next thrift trip to give your front door a vintage-inspired makeover.