Weather Resistant Art Work & Budget Friendly Curtains for Our Christmas Porch

I am in love with the big picture of Santa that I have hanging over our fireplace on the back porch.   

Large garden flags have always been a favorite of mine to use as artwork for the yard.  They are weather resistant as well as budget friendly (usually under $20)    The large garden flags are almost always a 28 x 40,   so H custom made me a frame to hold that size flag.   A few staples will attach the garden flag to the back of the frame and the staples are easily removed when you want to put a new flag in the frame.     In fact,   I have a beautiful Welcome Winter flag to put in my frame after Christmas.  

H screwed my Santa picture to the deck frame,   so it's not going anywhere when the wind kicks up as it is known to do here in Eastern New Mexico.     

The weather here in Eastern New Mexico was just gorgeous today.....

Plenty of sunshine.....no wind.....and about 65 degree's

H mowed the grass today while I was decorating the back porch.    Yep.....we still have green grass here this late in the year.

Now,   let's take a look at my budget friendly curtains      I made my curtains using a $10 tablecloth from Walmart.   The tablecloth measured 60 x 102 and I cut it in half down the center to make it a 30 x 102.     If you use pinking shears to cut the tablecloth in half it shouldn't fray so there is no need to hem the edge.   H stapled the fabric to the top of the porch frame easy peasy.....a quick project.      

Then I tied the curtains back.....well kind of tied them.....I actually tied them in a knot around the window frame.    I'm sure you are thinking "why didn't she just use a piece of fabric to tie them back?"

There's a reason for my madness....lol!    The cats hang out on the back porch all the time and the favorite place to hang out is laying in the "hammock" that the curtains form when they are tied back by knotting them around the window frame.     None of the cats are in the hammock today.....

They are laying all up in my business napping as I try to take photo's of the back porch for my post.....

When I came out on the porch to take pic's,   I asked the cats nicely to go play!    You can see the gray cat leaping off the arm of the settee......he was laying on the top of the plaid pillow.    He startled the other one that was laying on the seat of the settee asleep.    But,  they both did as I asked....lol!    The yellow cat in the chair just looked at me like.....you aren't asking me to go play....ARE YOU!

This little sweetie hung out in the chair most of the day while I was photographing the back porch.....he thinks when I ask him to go play that if he doesn't make eye contact he doesn't have to mind me

The sun is starting to set,   so let's take one last look at the porch.....

I know my post is long so I hope you are still with me!    I thought you guys might enjoy seeing how I decorated it for Christmas the last few years

I am almost finished decorating the sun room,  so I will be back soon with a Christmas 2021 tour

Merry Christmas!