Guess what? I'm using part of my Christmas decor as my Winter decor. I had a snowman theme for Christmas, so while packing away the Christmas decor, I just left certain items out for the month of January. Easy to do, and I'm happy with how it turned out.
The mantel:
I removed the Merry Christmas sign, added snowflakes to the "gate", changed up the floral stems, added a wooden snowman, 2 snowmen for the mantel, and scrabble letters that spell "Let it Snow".
I love how these items look on the "gate". I love using the white berries with the green and red. These stems were part of an arrangement I had for Christmas in the sunroom.
Do you see the little snow man? It is wood, and spells SNOW.
China Cabinet:
I liked the little pops of red in the china cabinet, so I left those and added some mercury glass acorns to the mix.
I think this will work just fine for January. I've decided to also leave this winter spray on top of the china cabinet.
On the dining table:
Here again, I just took away the Christmas dishes, and removed the pine cones from the center piece, replacing them with snow balls and more mercury glass acorns.
I left the silver chargers and silverware on the table. I removed the Christmas napkins, but left the red ones.
I added snowflakes to the burlap wreath.
I left snowflakes and a snowlady in the old sewing drawer.
In the breakfast room:
Here I removed the santa and added a candle. I added snowflake ornaments to the basket below.
Such an easy way to decorate for the Winter. I kept a snow theme going, but didn't have to 'drag' out more accessories.
How will you decorate for the Winter?
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How will you decorate for the Winter?
Linking to:
Met Monday
Table Top Tuesday
Tuesday Treasures
Tweak It Tuesday
Cowgirl Up
How pretty your Winter cottage looks. Love the fence.
ReplyDeleteI love everything. Christmas season is just too short. I love the idea of using some of your things to extend through the winter!! Looks great.
ReplyDeleteOh how pretty Kathy. Luv the fence... the snowmen.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Gee
My favorite picture is the one with the snowballs on the table. All your snowmen are cute, and I agree they work well after Christmas. We don't get much snow where I live, so using snowmen after Christmas wasn't really something we did. Then we moved in our subdivision where a lot of people from up North happen to live. We noticed how they took their Christmas stuff down the day after Christmas, yet left the snowmen out until way into February. We don't leave our snowmen out quite that long, but we do now leave them out a few weeks into January to enjoy them more.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog tonight. Hope you have a very Happy New Year!
Nice winter touches......love the flakes and those acorns are awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the gate on the mantel and the snowflakes on thr wreath and basket.
ReplyDeleteI love your winter theme! I agree with you about decorating for the winter months. I went shopping for after Christmas sales to find decor that had a winter feeling instead of just Christmas. Snow is a great theme to work with for winter!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Looks like you are ready for the winter days ahead. I love your burlap wreath. Did you make it?
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! ~ Sarah
I love your switch to Winter Decor. Beautiful blend for the season. Your burlap wreath is beautiful.. I was wondering like Sarah, did you make it.
ReplyDeleteWe just got in from our trip north. So glad to be home.
Happy New year to you and family,
Ginger
Beautiful winter decor. I really like the wreath. I am looking for ideas for a January wreath. I like yours, I just may need to copy it. Have a wonderful New Year. See you in 2013. Hugs, Karie
ReplyDeleteYour winter decor looks very cozy! The gate and burlap wreath will look lovely all through the winter months. Jane
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. Never thought of carrying it over to winter, but it looks fabulous and perfect. Thanks for joining TTT. Hugs, Marty
ReplyDeleteSmart move creating Winter decor out of some of your Christmas Items. Wish I could figure out how to do that with my Christmas tree. I got all the other stuff put away the other day, but haven't had the gumption to tackle the tree. I hope you have a wonderful new year, Kathy!
ReplyDeleteLiz
Love how you decorated for Winter. Snowflakes and Snowmen, what could be better. I put most of my Snowmen away, but left the bottlebrush snow covered tress and snow covered greenery. Could not put it all away just yet.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your ideas. Love the gate with the snowflakes.
Blessings,
Audrey Z.
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