Gray shingled Nantucket front porch with a navy door, hydrangea wreath, lobster rope doormat and white rocking chairs

The Nantucket Charm Edit

The Porch & Entry

A wreath, a rope mat, two rockers and a pot of hydrangeas — that's the whole formula.

Nobody sees your living room first.

They see the door. A gray-shingled house with a glossy navy door, a wreath at eye level and a Maine rope mat underneath already reads Nantucket before anyone steps inside — and the entry just behind it only needs a console, a mirror and a basket to keep up.

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The Door — Wreaths & Mats

The two pieces that change everything for under a hundred dollars, and the two you swap by season.

Pink & Purple Hydrangea Summer Door Basket Wreath

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Pink & Purple Hydrangea Summer Door Basket Wreath

From $158·at Etsy

A tall woven door basket brimming with blush and magenta hydrangeas, fuchsia peonies, blushing berries, and lush green foliage finished with a soft linen bow — the joyful garden-party moment I'd hang on a glossy black front door for late-spring and summer entertaining.

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Spring & Summer Blue and White Hydrangea Front Door Wreath

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Spring & Summer Blue and White Hydrangea Front Door Wreath

$148·at Etsy

Mophead blue and white hydrangeas tucked into trailing green vines — the front-door welcome that says 'summer on the island' from April straight through September. The housewarming gift I always send.

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Pink Rose & Cream Hydrangea Grapevine Door Basket Wreath

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Pink Rose & Cream Hydrangea Grapevine Door Basket Wreath

From $148·at Etsy

A woven grapevine door basket spilling with cream hydrangeas, blush garden roses, sprays of tiny pink wax flowers, and soft lamb's ear with a chunky burlap bow — the sweetest spring-to-summer welcome I'd hang on a pale-gray Dutch door beside a jute doormat and a pair of boxwood topiaries.

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Cascading Cream Hydrangea Year-Round Grapevine Wreath — Black Buffalo Check & Stripe Bow

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Cascading Cream Hydrangea Year-Round Grapevine Wreath — Black Buffalo Check & Stripe Bow

From $148·at Etsy

A grapevine wreath with cascading feathery greenery, plush cream hydrangeas, and a layered burlap, black gingham, and black-and-white striped ribbon bow — the grandmillennial year-round moment I'd hang on a moody sage or navy front door beside a woven planter of white geraniums.

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Colonial Apple Wreath for Fall — Orchard Fruit, Berries & Velvet Bow

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Colonial Apple Wreath for Fall — Orchard Fruit, Berries & Velvet Bow

From $145·at Etsy

Deep burgundy apples, crabapples, rosehips and clusters of blue privet berries set into layered bay and eucalyptus, with a long frayed rust velvet ribbon down the center — a Williamsburg-colonial autumn wreath that reads harvest without a single orange gourd. It looks best on a chipped, weathered door and carries straight through Thanksgiving.

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Year-Round Cream Hydrangea Grapevine Wreath with Linen Bow

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Year-Round Cream Hydrangea Grapevine Wreath with Linen Bow

From $138·at Etsy

An oversized natural grapevine wreath bursting with feathery evergreen sprays, antique cream hydrangeas, and a hand-tied natural linen bow — the timeless cottage-style statement I'd hang year-round on a deep navy or charcoal front door for that quiet Nantucket-meets-New-England elegance.

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MacKenzie-Childs Coir Front-Door Mat — Awning Stripe, 24x57

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MacKenzie-Childs Coir Front-Door Mat — Awning Stripe, 24x57

$128·at Amazon

An extra-long double-door coir mat in black awning stripe with a thistle-framed WELCOME — the covered-porch piece I'd lay under a pair of navy doors with boxwoods on either side.

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Van Cortlandt Farms Orange & Natural Fall Hydrangea Wreath

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Van Cortlandt Farms Orange & Natural Fall Hydrangea Wreath

From $128·at Etsy

Dried wheat, burgundy salal, feathery green caspia, and antiqued chartreuse hydrangea heads woven into a loose, garden-gathered ring — the autumn wreath I'd hang on a weathered shingled door the week the hydrangeas turn.

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Cream & Green Hydrangea Front Door Wreath with Bronze Silk Bow

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Cream & Green Hydrangea Front Door Wreath with Bronze Silk Bow

From $118·at Etsy

Full ivory and mossy-green hydrangea mopheads tucked between broad leaves and finished with a long bronze silk bow — the wedding-to-fall wreath that looks best against a glossy black or deep green front door.

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Blue Hydrangea Door Basket — Spring Front Door Floral Wreath Alternative

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Blue Hydrangea Door Basket — Spring Front Door Floral Wreath Alternative

$112·at Etsy

Sky-blue hydrangeas and cream roses tucked into a grapevine basket with a black-and-white ticking bow — the wall-or-door hanger I'd swap in the second the daffodils fade.

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Dried Strawberry Vanilla Hydrangea Wreath — Naturally Dried Blooms

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Dried Strawberry Vanilla Hydrangea Wreath — Naturally Dried Blooms

From $98·at Etsy

Naturally dried Strawberry Vanilla hydrangea heads packed edge to edge, fading from soft green to antique blush — the wreath every Nantucket garden turns into in September, and it keeps its color indoors for years.

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Fall Wreath Swag for the Front Door — Velvet Bow, Pumpkins & Pinecones

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Fall Wreath Swag for the Front Door — Velvet Bow, Pumpkins & Pinecones

From $92·at Etsy

A long teardrop swag of gilded eucalyptus, cream berries and pinecones with glittered orange and cream pumpkins, topped by a wide amber velvet bow with trailing streamers. The vertical shape is the move on a tall paneled door where a round wreath looks small — and it hangs from Labor Day straight through Thanksgiving.

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Classic Coastal Blue Oyster Shell Wreath with Burlap Bow

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Classic Coastal Blue Oyster Shell Wreath with Burlap Bow

From $88·at Etsy

A hand-collected grapevine wreath ringed with real oyster shells hand-painted in hydrangea-blue with gold-leafed edges and finished with a chunky burlap bow — the coastal-cottage moment I'd hang on a black Dutch door or a navy shingled front entry beside a pair of woven planters spilling with white hydrangeas.

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18" Nautical Jute Rope Wreath with Coastal Blue Hydrangea Bow

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18" Nautical Jute Rope Wreath with Coastal Blue Hydrangea Bow

$78·at Etsy

A chunky braided jute sailor's-knot wreath finished with a hand-tied blue hydrangea ribbon — the front-door piece every Nantucket shingled cottage seems to have.

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16" Nautical Rope Wreath — Denim Blue & White Braided Beach House Door Wreath

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16" Nautical Rope Wreath — Denim Blue & White Braided Beach House Door Wreath

$78·at Etsy

Hand-braided denim-blue and ivory rope twisted into a 16" wreath with a striped grosgrain bow — the year-round front-door welcome that says coastal cottage without a single seashell.

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Blue & Sand Striped Lobster Rope Doormat (Handwoven, Maine-Made)

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Blue & Sand Striped Lobster Rope Doormat (Handwoven, Maine-Made)

$68·at Etsy

Handwoven from reclaimed navy and cream lobster rope — the salt-tough, ferry-proof doormat every Nantucket cottage has thrown down at the porch door for a hundred summers.

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Hand-Woven Lobster Rope Doormat (Navy & Light Blue)

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Hand-Woven Lobster Rope Doormat (Navy & Light Blue)

$68·at Amazon

Hand-woven in Maine from reclaimed lobster-boat rope in navy and soft sky blue — the indestructible mat that scrubs sand off bare feet all summer and only looks better after a season on a shingled porch.

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24" Artificial Fall Wreath — Orange Blooms, Red Berries & Buffalo Check Bow

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24" Artificial Fall Wreath — Orange Blooms, Red Berries & Buffalo Check Bow

From $68·at Etsy

Twenty-four inches of soft sage and olive eucalyptus packed with marigold-orange blooms, red rosehips and berry clusters, finished with a burlap and black buffalo check bow. Full enough to carry a wide door on its own, and the greenery keeps it from tipping into harvest-festival territory.

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Wicked Good Handwoven Lobster Rope Doormat — Navy, Red & Sand Stripe

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Wicked Good Handwoven Lobster Rope Doormat — Navy, Red & Sand Stripe

From $58·at Amazon

Handwoven in Maine from real lobster rope in navy, a red racing stripe, and sand — the mat that shrugs off wet flip-flops, dog paws, and forty ferry arrivals a summer without ever looking tired.

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Wicked Good Original Nautical Lobster Rope Doormat — Blue Stripe

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Wicked Good Original Nautical Lobster Rope Doormat — Blue Stripe

From $58·at Amazon

Layered harbor blues from pale sky to deep navy, woven from reclaimed lobster rope — the doormat I'd throw down at a gray-shingled side door with a lightship basket and a pair of sandy Sperrys beside it.

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Cape Cod · Nantucket · Martha's Vineyard Rustic Directional Wood Sign

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Cape Cod · Nantucket · Martha's Vineyard Rustic Directional Wood Sign

From $58·at Etsy

Weathered navy planks hand-lettered with arrows pointing to Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard — the long horizontal piece I'd hang over a mudroom bench with hooks below and a pile of beach towels in a basket.

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Navy Anchor Coir Doormat with Blue Stripe Layering Rug

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Navy Anchor Coir Doormat with Blue Stripe Layering Rug

$54·at Amazon

Natural coir stamped with a scatter of navy anchors and layered over a crisp navy-and-white cabana-stripe rug — the two-piece layered doormat that gives a shingled front door instant harbor-house charm.

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Evergreen Red Lighthouse Welcome Coir Doormat (24" x 60")

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Evergreen Red Lighthouse Welcome Coir Doormat (24" x 60")

From $54·at Amazon

Five feet of natural coir with a red-capped lighthouse and a band of painted waves — sized for double doors, which is exactly the greeting a shingled beach house deserves.

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Personalized Pink Toile Hydrangea Embroidered Wreath Sash — Custom Monogram

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Personalized Pink Toile Hydrangea Embroidered Wreath Sash — Custom Monogram

From $52·at Etsy

A scalloped-edge pink toile de Jouy wreath sash embroidered with a blue-and-white chinoiserie ginger jar of pink hydrangeas on one tail and a swirling custom monogram on the other — the sweetest coquette-coastal front-door moment I'd tie beneath a fresh boxwood wreath for spring, bridal showers, and everyday charm.

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Coastal Navy Stripe & Red Lobster Nautical Coir Doormat

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Coastal Navy Stripe & Red Lobster Nautical Coir Doormat

From $42·at Etsy

A thick natural-coir doormat with bold navy cabana stripes and a single crimson lobster front and center — the nautical porch moment I'd anchor by a sky-blue Dutch door with a jute basket of hydrangeas and a striped tote of just-caught scallops.

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Blue Hydrangea Chinoiserie Vase Striped Doormat

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Blue Hydrangea Chinoiserie Vase Striped Doormat

From $42·at Etsy

A sky-blue cabana-stripe doormat framing a hand-painted blue-and-white ginger jar spilling with hydrangeas and finished with hand-drawn ribbon bows — the sweetest grandmillennial front-porch welcome I'd lay in front of a hydrangea-blue Dutch door with a boxwood wreath and a pair of woven planters.

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Personalized Pumpkin Monogram Wreath Sash — Orange Buffalo Check

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Personalized Pumpkin Monogram Wreath Sash — Orange Buffalo Check

From $42·at Etsy

Two long tails of orange-and-ivory buffalo check, one embroidered with a curling pumpkin and the other with a vine-script monogram — the easiest way to make a plain boxwood wreath look personal on a glossy black door. I'd tie it over greenery with mums on the step.

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Calloway Mills Lighthouse Welcome Coir Doormat

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Calloway Mills Lighthouse Welcome Coir Doormat

From $38·at Amazon

A black hand-drawn lighthouse and gulls on thick natural coir — the quiet, classic welcome mat that looks right against a white door and a pair of clipped boxwoods.

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BEQHAUSE Navy Blue Low-Profile Entry Door Mat — 32" x 48"

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BEQHAUSE Navy Blue Low-Profile Entry Door Mat — 32" x 48"

$36·at Amazon

A deep navy trellis-bordered mat that's thin enough to clear a storm door and absorbent enough for wet flip-flops and sandy paws — the hardworking, handsome rug I'd put inside the back door all summer.

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Scalloped Three-Lobster White Coir Doormat

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Scalloped Three-Lobster White Coir Doormat

From $34·at Amazon

A natural coir doormat with a hand-painted scalloped border and a trio of crisp white lobsters marching across the front — the sweetest summer welcome I'd lay under a hydrangea wreath, an anchor door hanger, and a pair of terracotta pots spilling with blue mophead blooms.

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Semicircular Non-Slip Rubber Entry Doormat, 17" x 30" — Navy

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Semicircular Non-Slip Rubber Entry Doormat, 17" x 30" — Navy

From $28·at Amazon

A navy half-round mat with a shell-fan pattern that traps sand and mud — the practical welcome I'd set at a shingled cottage door between clipped boxwoods.

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Navy Anchor Chevron Waterproof Doormat (17" x 30")

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Navy Anchor Chevron Waterproof Doormat (17" x 30")

From $26·at Amazon

A rope-wrapped navy anchor on gray-and-white chevron, waterproof and non-slip — the mat I keep at the side door where wet flip-flops and sandy feet come in all August.

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Somewhere to Sit

Rockers, Swings & Porch Tables

White rockers, a hanging swing and a little table for the iced tea — the whole point of a porch.

After Dark

Lanterns & Porch Lighting

Brass and black lanterns flanking the door, plus candles for the rail on August nights.

The Landing Strip

Planters, Baskets & Entry Trays

Hydrangea planters on the step, a basket for shoes inside the door, and a rattan tray for keys.

Before You Order

How to Style a Porch and Entry

  1. 1. Wreath at eye level. 22 to 24 inches on a standard door, centered just above the middle panel.
  2. 2. Rope mat over coir. Maine lobster rope drains and lasts years in the weather; coir needs cover.
  3. 3. Symmetry at the door. Two planters, two lanterns, two rockers. Pairs read intentional.
  4. 4. Give the entry a tray. Keys and sunglasses land somewhere or they land everywhere.
  5. 5. Swap two things per season. Wreath and pillow covers. Leave the furniture alone.

Questions We Get

Porch & Entry Questions

What goes on a front porch first?
The doormat and the wreath. Those two carry more visual weight than anything else, cost the least, and change with the season without touching the furniture.
What size wreath fits a standard front door?
A 22 to 24 inch wreath on a standard 36 inch door, hung so its center sits at about eye level — usually just above the middle of the top panel.
Do outdoor rugs and rope mats hold up in rain?
Maine lobster rope mats do — they are made from the same rope that lives in salt water, and they drain instead of soaking. Coir mats need a covered spot or they mat down and shed.
How do I make a small entry work?
A narrow console, a round mirror above it, a basket underneath for shoes, and a small rattan tray for keys. Vertical, not deep — the goal is a landing strip, not furniture.
What should go in porch planters?
Hydrangeas in summer, boxwood and mums into fall. Two matching planters flanking the door do more than five scattered pots.
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