Candy Cane Teardrop Wreath, 23.6 in Front Door Swag with Green Foliage

Description

A teardrop swag instead of a circle

A traditional wreath is a ring, and a ring wants a wide flat surface. A teardrop swag hangs long and narrow, which suits a slim front door, a sidelight panel, a narrow section of wall between windows, or a gate post where a 24 inch circle would look crowded. This one is 23.6 inches long and 11.8 inches wide, shaped around a candy cane motif with green foliage.

What you get

One piece, ready to hang. The foliage and the candy cane detailing are moulded plastic, finished in red, white and green. It weighs about twelve ounces, so it hangs from an ordinary over-the-door wreath hanger, a single nail or a strong adhesive hook without any special fixing.

No lights, and why that can be the right call

This swag is unlit. There is no battery box on the back, nothing to switch on and nothing to replace in February. That makes it the easy option for a spot with no socket nearby, for a door that gets opened and closed forty times a day, or as a second piece alongside a lit wreath elsewhere on the house. If you do want it to glow, a short battery powered fairy light strand woven into the foliage will do the job and lets you choose your own colour temperature.

Where it works

Indoors it suits a hallway, a bedroom door, a stair post or the end of a kitchen cabinet run. Outdoors it is fine under a porch or in any covered position. Plastic foliage in a fully exposed spot will fade over a season or two of direct sun and rain, so a sheltered position will get you more years out of it.

Handling

Open out the foliage by hand when it arrives, working from the centre spine outward, because it is packed flat and will look sparse until you do. Store it hanging or lying flat rather than with anything stacked on top of it. The shaped tip is the part that crushes, and once it is creased it does not fully recover.

Scale

At just under two feet long this is a modest piece rather than a statement one. If it is going on a wide double door or a large blank wall, plan on hanging two, or pair it with something larger at the centre.