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Goodbye to winter?

5 years ago

After Christmas is over, I leave a few not-too-Santa-ish things out, and add some decidedly winter type things. It usually starts going back into boxes by Valentine’s Day, but this year our winter BEGAN at the very end of January and went full tilt until last week. So the seasonal decor stayed!

But, with the snow melting and March begun, it’s time for it all to head back down to the basement. This one, I will miss. I always have trouble with my mantle, it’s not very deep, but this year I enjoyed our evenings watching movies, with the deer silhouetted against the blue-green walls, and the fairy lights and lantern on.



Time to find some bunnies to go up there, and put the art back up.

How is your spring shaping up?

Comments (17)

  • 5 years ago

    That looks so lovely.

    I‘m mainly focusing on outdoor decor ... unfortunately, I’ve lost plants after our record-breaking winter storm. So I’m making plans regarding replacements.

  • 5 years ago

    I'm starting to do the same as Jinx. Yesterday I cleaned out a few plants that were positively rotten down to the ground (thanks to Snowvid-19), and would be very surprised if there's anything still alive beneath the soil to poke back up when it's time. I worry that we've lost some of our larger shrubs in front of the house too, and don't look forward to replacing them.


    Other than that, I'm not really focused on spring decor. I don't do much of any seasonal decorating anyway, but do look forward to being able to spruce up the garden in earnest, once I see what the winter storm toll is going to be.


    I really like your deer, bpath! It looks like they're prancing happily right across your mantle. :-)

  • 5 years ago

    Pretty and I love the color of your walls. I’ve left a garland on a planter outside. It’s not too Christmasy and the planter looks better with some green, albeit fake.

  • 5 years ago

    I still have winter items out. I don't usually change over to spring decor until closer to the spring equinox. I was thinking this weekend that if I don't put Easter items out soon, they won't be out for long since Easter is April 4.

  • 5 years ago

    I also don't do much seasonal decorating inside. I will switch up pillows, get rid of throws, etc. I have been ordering fabric swatches to have some new pillow covers made. I'll also switch up my bedding and am on the hunt for a new duvet, quilt or something. Outdoors, I always have a seasonal flag, wreath (or something on the door), etc. And yes to the gardens. I love working out in my flowers, etc. and planning my mixed containers.


    @bpath your wall color is beautiful!

  • 5 years ago

    I love your wall color, too. I'm still unpacking in my new place, and haven't thought much about spring decor. But I'm enjoying the slightly warmer weather and noticeably longer days that are melting all this snow we've had. I'm really looking forward to gardening--my new back yard is small but empty except for grass. It's a blank slate, and I'm making plans...

  • 5 years ago

    I’m glad you all like the wall color, I do, too! It is Benjamin Moore Quiet Moments, and I loved it after seeing it in a magazine several years ago. It is such a chameleon. Completely different on every wall, from one hour to the next. Looking at it right now, I see robin’s egg blue, teal, and a moody sea at dusk, going around the room.

  • 5 years ago
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    Yesterday while it was pouring down rain, I decoupaged a paper mache bunny from Target! I have had these beautiful paper napkins for years. If I can get to Target tomorrow, I hope they have some left, because I have some hummingbird napkins to use, too. Your mantel was gorgeous! Love those deer!


  • 5 years ago

    I think Quiet Moments is one of the all time best paint colors! I’ve got it in my foyer, up the stairway, thru second floor hall. I also have it in our master bed/bath at our beach cottage.


    We just took down our outdoor Xmas lights a few days ago! I have a (faux) copper rabbit that I put by the front door for spring; will bring him out soon even though it’s still very wintery here. For inside, I just got these quince branches and love seeing the flowers in the foyer.



  • 5 years ago

    I painted and did a gold leaf technique on a giant plastic Easter egg. No, it’s not filled with chocolate.


  • 5 years ago

    Love the branches, Sue.

  • 5 years ago

    Love the branches, and the creativity! Decoupaging napkins? Gold-leafed eggs? Nice!

    I’m reminded now that the lights are still on the arbor arch in the back, at the entrance to the path into the woods. DH unplugged them back in January, but then after that we had subzero temps then two feet of snow! Still some snow back there but by the time it‘s gone the lawn will be squishy, so those lights might stay up till June. I’d turn them on again but they are colored lights, not white, so it would look odd. Just have to pull the extension cord in before DH mows.

    Well, after seeing a doe napping in the yard today, I left the deer on the mantle for another night. It reminds me of the advent calendar we had last year (and I mean 2019) which is still hanging in front of the window in a little-used room just because it is so pretty.


  • 5 years ago

    Spring? It is 4 degrees F this morning, with the wind chill down below minus 20...

  • 5 years ago

    By January 2, I am so over Christmas and anything red or green! I pack it all away and focus on my dark blue and white dinnerware and silver. but that’s about the sum of my Winter decorating. For me, March always brings Spring and our sweet DD’s birthday. She and I used to love decorating for Spring, but she’s now grown and living in Dallas, so pretty much everything stays packed away these days. I still do love my dinnerware for each season (as well as for Christmas and Halloween), though. And so I’m now pulling out my pastel Spring plates, placemats and napkins, but this is the only Spring dec I put up these days. I made it to hang on our front door years ago.



  • 5 years ago

    Oh my goodness, Lynn -- that's adorable!

  • 5 years ago

    That is so cute! Are those your daughter’s boots?

  • 5 years ago
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    Thank you. Yes, they were her boots.