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    Home » Home Decor And Tips

    7 Simple Ways To Add Spring To Your Home Decor

    Published by Pam Kessler | 838 words. · About 5 minutes to read this article. - 10 Comments

    Right about now I start wondering if spring will ever truly get here. It's in the 50's one day and I'm running around outside with no jacket and dreaming about planting some pansies on the porch and it's 20 degrees with 6 inches of new snow the next.

    So what can you do when spring just won't hurry up and get here already?

    You just gotta start adding some spring to the inside of your house until the weather on the outside of your house starts cooperating.

    Quick and easy spring decorating ideas to freshen up your home decor this season.

    7 Simple Spring Home Decor Ideas

    Before we get into the tips, let's get something out of the way.

    This might be a no-brainer, but look around the house and see if you have any Christmas decor hanging around. See that stray Santa setting there on top of the refrigerator smirking at you? Yeah, it's time to put him away.

    As hard as I try to be all organized when putting my holiday stuff away after Christmas, I ALWAYS find some Christmas decor that I have overlooked.

    Which leads into my 1st idea.

    Switch Out Your Obvious Winter Items - Pinecones, Snowman, Faux Pine Trees etc.

    One of the first things I do to change over to spring is to remove the pinecones (my go to post-Christmas winter decor item) from my baskets and buckets and switch them out with ferns.

    Switching out pinecones for ferns in spring home decor

    You can use real ones, but honestly for these baskets I prefer the faux ones so I can just pick them up and move them wherever I want and don't have to worry about light requirements, misting them or any of that fern care nonsense.

    Faux is your friend in this instance and will take you clear through spring into late summer.

    Force Some Branches

    My absolutely hands down favorite way to summon spring is to force some branches and in my How To Force Flowering Branches Indoors I show you how.

    These are crabapple blossoms, but you can do it with practically any spring flowering tree or bush.

    Gorgeous pink crabapple blooms against a vintage green chalkboard.

    BTW, I love crabapple blossoms, but HATE the tiny little gnarled fruit that litter my lawn in the fall (can you even call a crabapple fruit?).

    Birds and Nests 

    Decorating with a few nests around your home is a quick and easy way to signal that spring is near.

    I created this little vignette on my hall entryway table.

    Using a birds nest as spring decor

    I think nests and birds are a less in-your-face the Easter Bunny is coming way to decorate for spring!

    If you don't have any of your own nests yet, Lucy at Craftberry Bush has a great tutorial on how you can make your own realistic looking bird nest.

    Tulips - Use Lots And Lots Of Them

    Nothing says spring more than tulips and they are at practically every grocery store or Trader Joe's right about now.

    How to make tulips last

    If you have problems with tulips flopping over after you get them home, you need to read my post called Making Tulips Last Longer: No More Drooping. It's a game changer.

    Indoor Blooming Plants

    Having a couple blooming plants around the house sure does chase the late-winter doldrums away.

    Azalea and purple stock for spring home decor

    The one on the right is an azalea and the Heavenly purple cut flowers in the back are called stock.

    The ones in the middle are succulents, but they don't have blooms so we'll just ignore them.

    BTW, this azalea is a grocery store azalea and not really grown to be planted in the ground. You can try it if you want and you might be successful, but generally they are not as hardy as the regular azaleas you buy for planting.

    Plant Up Some Porch Pots

    Not exactly INSIDE decor, but it's just about time to put some flowers on the porch (probably still too cold to plant in the ground, depending on where you live).

    I have some suggestions for some flowers that can handle a little nip in the air - Early Spring Flowers That Can Take The Chill.

    Ranunculus - a cold tolerant spring flower

    And some ideas on how to freshen up your winter porch pots in no time flat - Easy 5 Minute Spring Porch Pot Refresh.

    Spring For A Wreath

    If you don't want to do live flowers yet, you can always add a pretty spring wreath to your front door like I did in my Simple Farmhouse Spring Porch Decor. OK, mine is setting in a bucket, but who says wreaths are only for doors.

    Spring forsythia wreath

    Or for that matter, who says it has to be an actual wreath? Midwest Living Magazine uses an umbrella as a spring wreath!

    Umbrella wreath for spring

    Some other quick ideas to freshen up your home for spring:

    • Buy a fresh new doormat for the porch.
    • Throw a couple bright spring pillows on your sofa.
    • Grab some free printables to decorate with. I have some Vintage Easter Images you can use or you can find a boatload of Spring Free Printables on The Turquoise Home.
    • Buy some cute new spring dish towels to brighten up the kitchen.

    What's your favorite way to add some spring to your home?

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    1. Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces

      February 26, 2019 at 1:16 pm

      So many pretty spring inspiration photos! All my winter stuff is put away...I thought about burning my "Let It Snow" signs, but into storage they went. Spring can be indoors anyway!

      Reply
      • Pam

        February 26, 2019 at 2:25 pm

        It seems like winter has been particularly brutal up North this year!

        Reply
    2. Dorothy Mungarro

      February 26, 2019 at 2:16 pm

      Thank you for your inspiration Pam. I've been thinking about taking down my winter gnomes and pinecones and pumpkins on my front porch for weeks now I see some great ideas and I'm going to get it done this weekend,

      Reply
      • Pam

        February 26, 2019 at 2:23 pm

        You are welcome! I'm so ready for some spring color right about now, so I thought others might be as well!

        Reply
    3. Jen

      February 26, 2019 at 5:01 pm

      Brightened up my snowy (again!) day to see this! When I was a kid, it seemed like spring here came in March and was definitely here in April, but now we have a May/June arrival. So for me it feels too early to put spring decor out- what if I jinx it?? I finally got all my Christmas stuff back in the attic a month ago, but as I drive around I see that it has been too cold and snowy here for a lot of people to get their outside Christmas decorations taken down, which gives a confusing, deja-vu, endless winter feel. I really appreciate your tips for transitioning from Christmas to winter, then winter to spring outdoor and indoor decoration, and the tulip tip, because I will be treating myself to some soon!

      Reply
    4. Susie

      February 26, 2019 at 10:11 pm

      As I read your post, there was my pine cone wreath still on the wall, and a big crock with a bouquet of faux holly and ivy, and a sneaky, little bronze glitter reindeer still around, and my weird arrangement of a medium size bottle brush Christmas tree surrounded and being admired by my collection of ceramic frogs that I brought in from outside last Fall where they were decorating my herb pots. It's time for everything but my frogs to be put away. Maybe they can admire a pot of shamrocks for a while.

      I've got a big .bouquet of red tulips for the crock, if I can remember where I put them at the end of last spring, and a large framed photo of Johnny jump ups to take the place of the pine cone wreath. i think you've got me inspired to get those items out and on display. But if it's snowing, or icy drizzling here again tomorrow, my good intentions may shrivel. This winter is starting to wear on me. I'm really in the mood to pick up some African violets or other blooming houseplants . Spring is very near. Mourning doves were calling today, and a nice big robin was singing in the tree today.

      Reply
    5. Sheila

      March 07, 2019 at 5:41 pm

      My pinecone wreath is still on my back door with the snowman ornament, time to take it down. I did switch out a few things in the house this week and bought a $1.00 prayer plant on clearance today.

      Reply
    6. lawncarepal

      March 12, 2019 at 2:47 am

      Hi, These are really some lovely idea for spring home decor. I want to know, how can I keep fresh my lawn in this winter while heavy snowfall? Thanks in advance for giving me the information.

      Reply
    7. Gerri Gatto

      February 16, 2020 at 6:32 pm

      I like the before and after picture of your bucket with pine cones to a fern. That to me is creative. Thanks for all the ideas!

      Reply
    8. jean

      February 02, 2022 at 4:39 pm

      That is so beautiful, your ideas are so great, I'll do that to my daughter room I have box of decor sitting above my french drain for months now

      Reply

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