Winter blues is prime for reinterpretation when warming up your home decor for winter.
If winter was a dance imagine it a December to March waltz keeping 3/4 time in a slow and graceful step.
Wintertime weather coupled with shorter days often leads to extended periods of time spent indoors hibernating, if you will.
This exact time of the year and season naturally slows the pace of our day to day presenting an opportune time to recharge and refresh self and home.
Time spent in the company, cozy comfort, and beauty of our home is time well spent.
Feathering one’s nest in this time between the end of the holiday hustle and bustle and spring’s arrival in winter blues offsets the harshness of the actual winter blues.
Small touches in seasonal splendor will do the trick.
My winter blues estate sale find that made getting up at the crack of dawn on a cold dreary February morning worth it.
Perhaps it’s time to add to the collection with this trio of framed Mosa Holland Delft blue tiles.
Trio of Mosa Holland Delft Blue Tiles Framed Bridal Couple Shoemaker Windmill
Southern Home Magazine – Photography by Julie Soefer
Fresh or faux florals and/or stems placed in a blue and white porcelain vase or ginger jar brings in seasonal elements and elevates the tone and tenor of the space.
Blue & White Peony Temple Jar With Lion Handles
Mid-winter blooms of pink and white camellias floating in a blue and white porcelain bowl is a mid-winter tabletop centerpiece tradition in many Southern homes.
Handmade 14″ Blue and White Ladies Porcelain Bowl
“In the winter she curls up around a
good book and dreams away the cold.”
— Ben Aaronovitch
Veranda – Mark D. Sikes – Photography by Amy Neunsinger
Real Simple – Photography by Addie Juell
Blue Chinoiserie Toile PIllar Candle
SAFAVIEH Lighting Blue and White Color Swirls Glass Table Lamp (Set of 2)
Persian Pouf
Roses Still Life Painting Printable
Blue Hydrangea Wreath
Ceramic Chinoiserie Decorative Jar
Devon Cottage Dinner Plate
Lauren Ralph Lauren Handmade Olivier Floral Wool Rug
Sutton Tufted Robbins Egg Blue Arm Chair
Mainstays 300 Thread Count Easy Care Percale Pillowcase Set of 2
So many of us who enjoy interior (and exterior) decorating know it to be an absolute labor of love.
Decorating home and hearth in a manner which best reflects the current season focuses on warming up your decor with an item or two depicting nature inspired colors, patterns and textures visually aligned with this time of year and pieces that simply speak settle in to the senses.
Softer lighting options.
Scents of the season.
Layering with fabrics of cozy and comfort.
Warm spot accents in shades of calming winter blues.
Katerina Floor Clock
Jesse Printed Jute Rug
Isla Block Print Pleated Chandelier Shade
Leighton Pleated Chandelier Shade
Limited Edition Riverbed Drum Lamp Shade
Foo Dogs – Set of 2
Piedmont 4-Light Lantern
Sometimes it does seem we are settling in for a long winter’s nap.
Warm to winter blues with spot additions such as a new set of pillowcases, throw or duvet.
As the thaw of winter initiates the need for lighter weight linens sherpa gives way to chenille for evening air perfectly balanced between crisp and cool.
Printed Design Cotton Collection 400 Thread Count Light Blue Toile Duvet Set
January treats include these late winter into spring blue and white pillowcases and a pretty in pink chenille tufted throw from Walmart.
300 Thread Count Easy Care Percale Pillowcase Set of 2, Blue Floral
All in for a little under $25.00, and let me just say they are quite lovely and a perfect preview of spring things to come.
Madison Park Off-White Chenille Tufted Throw
Curb appeal discovered with this distressed blue embossed tin mailbox sure to put a hint of spring in your step out to porch or street on a winter day to get the mail routine.
Creative Co-Op Distressed Blue Embossed Mailbox
Addition and subtraction; the decorating formula for seasonal decorating.
Warm additions welcome comfort at fall into winter.
Rich.
Cozy.
Xenial.
Before you know it spring days turn to oh, those summer nights where pastels, prints, and pretty naturally lighten the aesthetic and the ambiance.
Spaces and places in the home welcome style home year round when character and charm enter the equation.
