Bobby Meyer
When you think about which room of your house in which you spend most of your waking hours, especially during the holidays, there is a good chance that it will be your kitchen. Yet, the extent of most people’s Christmas decorations in their kitchen is probably a few red and green dishtowels, or perhaps a sugar cookie scented candle.
However, in just a few minutes, you can completely transform your space with kitchen cabinet Christmas wreaths. Which meant more dishes, platters, and utensils on the counter, so the last thing we needed was clutter. It made my kitchen look so much brighter without that dead space between the top of the cabinets and the ceiling. While the Christmas tree in the corner by the fireplace looks beautiful, I do not spend as much time there as I do in my kitchen.
These don’t cost you anything, but they allow me to continue running this site and providing free content for my readers. So I figured I would head to the craft stores to pick up some basic, small wreaths. There are sixteen upper cabinet doors in my kitchen, so I was looking for simple wreaths that would not look too fussy in multiples. Be sure that you will have sufficient space on both sides of the wreath to allow for easy opening and closing of the doors.
Also, if a cabinet door opens up towards a perpendicular wall, you want to consider the depth of the wreath as well. I decided on this 7/8 inch wide grosgrain ribbon with a white and silver stripe running through it.
I did not want a wider ribbon because I would be repeating this design sixteen times around my kitchen. I felt that if I used a ribbon with too many colors, or something too “chunky” looking, it would make my kitchen feel smaller.
Instead, I simply doubled the length of ribbon around a wreath, wrapped it up and over the top of the door, and extended it about 3 inches down the back.
While I had seen some websites suggest using a command hook on the back of the door, the requires precise measuring.
Instead, I opted to use painter’s tape, because it is easily moved to adjust each wreath to make them even. The entire cutting, stapling, and hanging of the ribbons and wreaths took less than half an hour for the whole kitchen.
My wreaths are very lightweight, so I don’t feel the need to secure them to the outside of the door. But if you use heavier wreaths, or have family members that tend to slam cabinet doors, you might consider using a piece of painter’s tape that has been rolled sticky side out.
At the end of the season, when I take the wreaths down to put into storage, I group them together by length of ribbon.
I have seen wreaths like these hung on cabinet doors throughout the year using a more neutral ribbon, such as plain burlap. They add a festive pop of color that I notice as soon as I walk in my front door. If you can’t find small wreaths, the coils of garland sold at craft stores also work well.
Since they are a darker wood, I wanted something bright to show up against the doors, so I chose red and white candy garland.
