Under $100 Stair Garland – Step by Step Tutorial

When we moved into our home 5 1/2 years ago, I was thrilled that we had stairs for the first time in over 20 years, so I couldn’t wait to hang a garland and decorate.  This home doesn’t have a banister and railings, so we needed to be a little creative.   I thought I would give you an Under $100 Stair Garland – Step by Step Tutorial of how we put ours up in case you are adding garland to a flat wall area too.

 

 

We bought really inexpensive garland  from Walmart for under $4 a pk.

We started by twisting two inexpensive strings of garland together and attached them to the stairs with some pipe cleaners tied onto hooks.  We just did a soft drape and then I played with shaping each little branch.   I had several feet of garland to fluff, (that took a while).  I wanted each little branch to be fluffed as full as possible.

We doubled up a string of lights, and hubby wove them in and around each garland.

Ok, on to the rest of the garland.  This all looks so uniform that I think it needs a few springs of greenery every now and then to make it appear more natural.  I found a spray of greenery and cut it all apart, so I can add a little here and there.  (You can find lots of greenery sprays at the $1 store.)

Adding the green sprigs, berries and a few other picks gave it some dimension and made it look more free-form and natural.

 Doesn’t it look better with the green sprigs and all the picks, it upped the game a ton.  I just used an assortment of picks, so use whatever you have or like.  I found a ton of things at the $ store.  (Tip – Buy sprays and then cut them apart.)

With a few silver and gold balls of all kinds and it looks fabulous.  I attached them with twist ties to the stems of the garland.  Everything I read said knowing when to stop is key, so I am stopping.  (Secret – I used those plastic ball ornaments that you find at the $ store.  They won’t break so easily and they can be attached with twist ties so easily.  My second secret is we don’t take the decor off the garland, we just carefully place it in plastic tubs.  It comes out pretty good with just a few adjustments and refreshing.)

 

 

It adds so much to the stair wall.  I love it and add a few different balls and pics every year.  The view from the front door when you first walk in is so fabulous.  It definitely says Christmas.  This was my 2019 Christmas Home Tour.  

This was my 2020 Christmas Home Tour.

If you don’t have a railing, then just hang your garland on the wall, it will look amazing.  Pin my Under $100 Stair Garland – Step by Step Tutorial below so you can do yours this year too.