Keep cabin fever and the winter blues at bay by decorating your home with the joys of the snowy season. Outside may be cold and dark, but indoors you can let your imagination run wild and enjoy your home. Brighten living spaces with cheerful colors, warm up with soft and snuggly textures, create a winter garden in a kitchen window, and decorate with snowy accents. So, brew a hot cup of chocolate with marshmallows and let’s get started!
Merry and Bright
The cheerful colors of the natural world may be dormant until spring, but that doesn’t mean you can’t bring them into your home. Bright colors add energy to winter’s shorter days and a sense of vibrancy to a home’s living areas. What colors inspire you and make you think of warmer days? Candy red, orange, sunshine yellows, aqua, lime green, violet, and sky blue are all excellent choices to perk up winter decorating.
It’s also simple and inexpensive to bring bright colors to your spaces. Try a bright aqua or lime green tablecloth with matching napkins. Cheerful dishes and glasses in red or orange are warm colors for winter soups and stews. Banish dreariness in the living room with tropical-hued pillows and throws. Scatter vividly colored area rugs on the floor. Both modern and casual rugs can also help keep chilly drafts at bay. Bring color and light to your home this winter!
Cozy Accents
Brrr! Turn the heat up and snuggle under cozy throws, since it is cold out! Winter is the best time of year to add cozy decorating accents to your home, for both practical and aesthetic reasons. Every room in your home can be made cozier and homier with soft, warm textures. Why not treat yourself this winter to warmth?
Pile on the heavy blankets and extra downy pillows in the bedroom. Cold tile and wood floors can definitely benefit from plush wool rugs, keeping your family’s feet toasty warm. Large area rugs help keep the chilly drafts at bay. Drape a faux fur or woolen throw over the sofa for snuggling up with a book or favorite movie. Candles also add a sense of coziness with their warmth and light. Wool, velvet, corduroy, and heavy cotton are the textures of the season, so bring them into your home and get cozy!
A Floral Touch
Although your garden may be sleeping for the winter, you can still find winter florals and grow plants in your home during the snowy months. All you need to start an indoor winter garden is a sunny spot in a window and fresh water. You can purchase plants and bulbs from garden centers that come with their own soil and container, so it is very easy to bring nature’s beauty indoors.
Easy bulbs like paperwhites, amaryllis, and narcissus can bring a touch of greenery indoors. Large white ranunculus flowers look like fluffy snowballs. Arrange your winter flowers with more wintry accents, like pine needles or bare branches. A cold-month container garden is cheerful and helps you look forward to spring!
Let it Snow!
Do you remember when it was announced that school was canceled for the day and it was a snow-day? Relive those joyous first snowfall feelings you had as a kid when you decorate your home this winter. You got all bundled up in your snow-pants, boots, mittens, hats, and jackets, then headed out for winter fun with your friends. Winter activities like sledding, ice skating, skiing, and making snowmen were so much fun.
Bring those playful winter pastimes to your home decorating. Fun childhood accents from those long ago snow days like vintage ice skates and sleds will make you smile when you look at them. How about displaying skis on a wall or in a prominent place on a covered porch, where you can enjoy them? Other snowy decor items like snowflakes or snowmen can also keep a sense of winter’s coziness indoors.
Winter decorating is the most fun when you celebrate the season. There is an amazing magical quality to a village decorated in a fresh snowfall. Children love snow days, when school is canceled and it’s time to play. Winter is a time for nature to rest, but indoor fun can be lively and keep the energy and vibrancy of the warmer months alive – until spring comes!
Find more Winter decoration ideas:
- How To Bring Cozy Cabin Ideas Into Your Winter Home by Ronique Gibson
- Winter Decorating at Home by Lauren Liess
- Decorating tips to bust out of gray winter days by Kim Palmer