Wreath

If you decorate for Halloween, most of it comes down on November 1 and the entry sits bare until Christmas. A harvest look instead, with pumpkins, dried leaves, wheat and warm wood, looks right all through October and November. Then for Thanksgiving week you just add a few things rather than starting over. The porch and door Pumpkins in a group. Three or five, in a loose triangle: one big, two medium, two small. Mix colors, a white one next to orange next to a blue-green heirloom. Odd numbers and different heights look like a harvest; even numbers look like a store display. ...

Most wreaths you see that look a bit off are simply the wrong size. An 18-inch wreath on a full-size front door looks lost in the middle of it, and a huge one on a narrow apartment door looks like it’s about to fall on someone. The fix is a quick measurement before you buy. The two-thirds rule Measure the width of your door and aim for a wreath about two-thirds of that. Half the width tends to look skimpy. Anything close to the full width crowds the frame and can catch when the door opens. ...