Awesome 4th of July Outdoor Decor Ideas

Are you looking for 4th of July decorating ideas for your outdoor spaces? You are at the right place. I have some awesome 4th of July outdoor decor ideas to use on your patio, front porch, or backyard.

If you need ideas to decorate your house for the 4th of July, then these 4th of July outdoor decor ideas should give you plenty of inspiration. I think Fourth of July decorations should be fun and playful. And, of course, they should be red, white and blue.

Today we are going outside to the patio for a little 4th of July decorating. I’m creating a relaxing and comfortable outdoor space to enjoy the 4th of July holiday.

Celebrate the Holiday

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Today is when we “Celebrate the Holiday”, and our holiday this month is the upcoming 4th of July.

I’ve gathered a group of talented creators, each sharing a favorite way to add 4th of July festivity to this cherished holiday.

If you are joining me for our monthly blog hop from Suzanne of Shop at Blu, welcome to this fun event. Suzanne is sharing some patriotic DIY projects for the backyard.

Awesome 4th of July Outdoor Decor Ideas

For my Celebrate the Holiday contribution, I’m sharing our patio decked out for the 4th of July with red, white, and blue decor. In all honesty, I styled these vignettes a few years ago.

Each vignette and DIY decoration has been used several times. That’s the beauty of decorating for the 4th of July – red, white, and blue never go out of style, and the decorations can be used repeatedly. No one will ever know that they are not brand new.

The orginial inspiration for my patio 4th of July decorations came from Liz Marie Blog – an inviting  4th of July seating area to relax and enjoy the holiday.

Elements of a 4th of July Seating Area

Photos should be an inspiration (Isn’t that why we love Instagram and Pinterest?) to get our creative juices flowing. When I see an image of a room or vignette or table, I don’t want to copy it exactly. I take ideas from it.

The first thing I do when I find an image I love is to list the design elements that I like. Here are the ones in Liz Marie’s setting that I see:

• one big flag
• comfy seating
• pillows
• a couple of smaller flags
• mason jars
• one large glass vase
• round tray
• tricycle
• galvanized pail
• greenery

I love the look of this Fourth of July scene. I knew immediately that I would take the Fourth of July decorating ideas I liked and use items I already had to decorate our patio seating area. The only thing I don’t have is a tricycle – wish I had kept that item from years ago!

• Comfy seating – we have a comfortable love seat and four chairs
• One big flag – I would use the American flag that I painted a couple of years ago
• Add additional pillows for patriotic decor – like the DIY pillows I made from red and white dish towels
• Use our small American flags
• Use the DIY stars and stripes decoupage pots I made
• Use my round wicker tray
• Use my red “vintage” truck – I bought my truck a few years ago from Decor Steals. The one I’ve linked to is super cute, and it has 12 holiday magnets to use with it.
• A white pot
• Greenery

Seating for My Outdoor 4th of July Decor

You want to have comfortable seating for enjoying your 4th of July patio. Our loveseat has been with us for 26 years. We have replaced the cushions a couple of times. This beige set came from AtHome and held up very well.

The first element we added was my painted American flag behind our loveseat. Don’t tell – we had to place several bricks on the window ledge to raise it up. It provides a similar backdrop to our seating area as Liz Marie’s does in her sitting room.

TIP: You could also tape a fabric flag to the window for the same effect.

NOTE: I replaced the beige cushions with ones from Lowe’s in navy blue. The pillows with stars are another DIY project.

Red and Blue Pillows for Our Outdoor Patriotic Decor

For comfort and design, I used my two blue and white outdoor pillows.

I also wanted to bring in some red pillows.

Some red check fabric I had in my fabric stash would be the perfect combo to mix with the blue pillows. I didn’t have time to make new pillow covers. Here’s where a little #randomactofDIY came in handy.

A few years ago, I made the no-sew pillows with dish towels for our outdoor 4th of July bench.

This new pillow project with fabric is even easier and does not require a needle or thread. Each pillow takes less than 10 minutes. Pretty cute, uh?

DIY Project for Our Fourth of July Outdoor Decor

For our side tables, I decoupaged the cutest little pots in a stars and stripes motif. All the red white and blue decorations came from previous arrangements – that’s what makes decorating for 4th of July so fun and easy.

Small styrofoam balls worked great to hold the flags, stars, and streamers in place.

On this side of the loveseat, I also added our stars and stripes pinwheel to a pot of begonias.

Decorating the Coffee Table with 4th of July Decorations

Now I was ready to decorate our patio table. Every few years, I give our patio our tabletops a fresh coat of stain. I even stained our front door myself.

I added two bright red checked dish towels to serve as a small table topper. They also provide more color and pattern.

SIDENOTE: This was how far I got in decorating this outdoor 4th of July decor on a Friday afternoon. I decided to stop for the day.

At bedtime, as usual, Sweet Shark turned on the local news and weather. The weatherman said we might get rain during the night. Just then, we heard thunder!! I ran outside in my nightgown and gathered up the dishtowels, the pillows, and the pots just as it started to sprinkle.

Saturday morning, everything was wet on the patio. I dried all the tables off, took a walk and hoped that we wouldn’t get any more rain.

By mid-afternoon everything was dry and I could continue decorating our patio seating area for the 4th of July.

I returned the pillows to the loveseat. The pots went back on the side tables. The dish towels went back on the table. I was ready to finish decorating the patio for the 4th of July.

This vignette is my take on Liz Marie’s coffee table. I used my round wicker basket as my base.

Following the rule of odd numbers, I used these 3 items:

• the third stars and stripes pot that I made
• a white ceramic pot with fresh greenery, leftover from the flower bouquet my kids sent me for my birthday
• three small metal pinwheels from a previous arrangement
• a small blue glass container that I bought at AtHome filled with a votive candle

Liz Marie used a tricycle in her vignette. I knew as soon as I saw it that I would use my red vintage truck. (Santa was in it at Christmas.)

I have several clear glass vases and found one that was the right size and shape to fit in the back of the truck. I stuffed it with red shred (Left from my older daughter’s favor bags for out-of-town guests at her wedding – almost 19 years ago!!!), which I have reused over and over.

TIP: Don’t throw away reusable decorations that are in good condition, especially anything in red (all the patriotic holidays, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Kentucky Derby).

Stars in red, white and blue were easy to stick in the shred.

I have to give Sweet Shark credit for this idea. I asked him to come outside and give me his opinion of my Fourth of July outdoor decorations so far. We both agreed that the truck looked a little bare.

He went back inside the house and brought out these faux flowers, which were on the breakfast room table. He stuffed them in the cab of the truck, and I stuffed a little more.

We stepped back to look and agreed that the flowers were a great addition.

For a final touch, I added a “tailgate” to the truck – two 4th of July tags that I made. And a blue star. I am a compulsive tweaker.

I added the mason jar lights that I made for our patio umbrella to the side tables. We just bought a brand-new umbrella, so we had to take down the Mason jar lights.

Then we needed more candles. I keep these tall candles from Dollar Tree on hand because they are so easy to decorate.

See the red shred in the round tray? That was Sweet Shark’s idea. The boy is getting good at this home decor thing.

Our Outdoor 4th of July Decor Reveal

Here is the completed seating area with our fourth of July decor. It’s festive, definitely patriotic, and comfy. Saturday evening we sat outside, sipped a glass of wine, and enjoyed our patriotic decor.

4th of July Seating Area at Night

Saturday night, it started to sprinkle, and Sweet Shark and I rushed outside to bring everything back in the house. Since it has not rained at all since May, I hoped to enjoy our 4th of July outdoor decorations for a couple of weeks. It rained all day on Sunday and Monday morning.

Monday afternoon I brought everything back outside and arranged it all again. And waited until it was dark enough for the mason jar lights to come on. The timer is set for 8:30. Then I lit the candles.

I told Sweet Shark I thought it would be OK to leave everything as is. Then at 9:00, he told me we better bring everything inside – that rain was forecasted to start and get worse in the morning. So we did.

Guess what? Until this rain has left the area, my living room will be completely decorated for the 4th of July.

Here is our updated patio decorated for the 4th of July using some of the same DIY decorations. Do you need even more ideas for 4th of July decorations? Here are 10 that I think are great.

I have five more 4th of July-themed ideas from my Celebrate the Holiday team. Let’s start with my friend Kimberly of From Farmhouse to Florida, who is sharing the cutest DIY flag project.

Please visit all the other talented ladies who have created and designed their own 4th of July decorations to enjoy.

If you want to keep this outdoor 4th of July decor as inspiration for your own patio or front porch area, then please PIN it. Need more ideas? Follow my 4th of July Pinterest Boards: Patriotic Holiday Ideas, Patriotic Tablescapes, and Outdoor Spaces.

 

Celebrate the Holiday – Celebrating the 4th of July