I don't put up decorations for any holiday but Christmas. However, we have window boxes outside and I get very excited to fill them with flowers once it warms up enough. It's usually wonky temps for awhile (warm days and cold nights) so I'll actually bring the boxes in the house for early spring nights. My husband laughs at me.
We also have a garden out back. Both the window boxes and the back garden are difficult - we have to find flowers that are okay in the sun but don't require extensive watering. Perhaps this year I should plant cactuses (cacti?).
I don't, but my mom usually changes her seasonal decorations in March. Depending on how sick of winter she is. She doesn't put up specific holiday decorations for anything other than Christmas.
My house is hardly decorated at all. I have throw pillows on the couch, that's pretty muchit lol
Post by madamewaffles on Feb 23, 2015 14:58:46 GMT -5
Add me to the list of not decorating for anything other than Christmas. I still have some penguin window clings on my front door but they're winter-themed so I guess I'll take those down when the snow melts.
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Post by peanutmuse on Feb 23, 2015 15:02:09 GMT -5
I change out the wreath/hanging on my front door. I have a St. Paddy's Day one that I just changed (thanks for the reminder!). But for Spring, that will happen right around Easter, I think. It still snows in April around here, so doing it at Easter time seems reasonable.
ETA: I don't have a wreath or decor yet, though. So this is only a maybe for me.
Post by requiressnacks on Feb 23, 2015 15:02:30 GMT -5
My idea of decorating for spring is changing the out the scent of the Yankee candles around the house. I usually start the spring scents in March. I will also change the wreath on the front door.
I still have a snowman wreath hanging on my door. I keep pinning stuff on pinterest but I know that I will never be able to decorate at that level. I might just go to dollar tree and grab something for Easter and St. Patrick's Day.
Post by samanthasays on Feb 23, 2015 15:17:01 GMT -5
I work from home so I go overboard with decorating because I get bored as hell of my scenery if I don't. I decorate for valentines day, St. Patricks day, Easter, 4th of July, and all of the other major holidays. Just basic things like throw pillows, blankets, and the stuff on the mantle makes a big difference
I always buy decorations just after the holiday when they are all on sale, so I end up with more every year, which I love.
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I only have a rabbit for Easter. I'll put it on the door sometime after St. Patrick's day, but that's as much as I've got. MIL and FIL will be coming in a few weeks to help us with our garden/yard/green stuff. We don't have much in the way of seasonal decorations outside of Fall and Christmas. Spring through Fall is when our garden is full of food and we're grilling every night.
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Post by JulietRose on Feb 23, 2015 15:26:13 GMT -5
The closest to decorating for spring is clearing out my flower gardens and rockery, over-seeding the lawn, and putting down fresh red bark. My garden is my heart and I love helping the new flowers grow. So that's my outdoor "decorating". Plus my house plants are looking great this year, I haven't killed them yet.
I don't normally decorate much, except for Christmas. I love all the snow we got this past week but I'm starting to get tired of the cold weather, which is what got me thinking about spring. I'd like to do a spring centerpiece for our island and maybe something to dress up our entertainment center. Unfortunately, we don't have a mantle. I would love to have one to decorate! I also don't do wreaths on the front door because I don't want to cover up the glass design.
I second a lot of PPs... I really don't decorate for Spring. I change out scents of candles/soap/scentsys, and I'll start working on the gardens in a couple of months but that's really it.
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Yeah, definitely not til it's above freezing for at least a week I'm really bad, I usually decorate like the week before a holiday if I remember at all lol.
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I will probably change my wreath out when the snow melts. I usually don't decorate other than Christmas but I'm going to a craft fair this weekend so if I see something cute I'll probably scoop it up!
I'll put out some random "Easter" things Mid March; my mom goes all out for any reason every season and I love it! I'm just too lazy/ not a priority to make it that much of a big deal.
For real my mom has more than one Easter Egg tree!
I'm just happy that we had our Christmas decorations down before Valentine's Day. Decorating for one holiday a year is plenty for this gal. I do love planting pretty flowers in the spring though!
Post by housecarder on Feb 23, 2015 18:03:39 GMT -5
I hardly decorate other than Christmas, but my MIL got me a "decorating starter kit" that she put together for me with a bunch of stuff for the various holidays and now I feel like I have to put it out. Bleh. Normally I'd just switch out my wax warmer scents from the pumpkin spice and apple cinnamon kind of thing to something fruity and fun.
Post by ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on Feb 23, 2015 18:09:49 GMT -5
I don't decorate for Spring; I'm too lazy. When I was young, we put a scarecrow on the front porch one fall season. Well, we got lazy and never took him down. So, we started decorating him for other holidays as a joke. Santa hat, a leprechaun hat, etc. It was hilarious.
Post by ohinvrtedworld on Feb 23, 2015 18:16:15 GMT -5
Man, I don't do anything. I can't get into all the pastels and cutesiness of most Easter decorations. With my boring and ultra modern self, If they have metallic-colored eggs I can put in a vase or something, or white porcelain bunnies, that would be ok by me.
Post by BurritosAtEveryMeal on Feb 23, 2015 18:54:58 GMT -5
Uhh my Christmas wreath is still hanging on the front door. For spring, I just sprinkle vases throughout the house and buy fresh flowers whenever I remember. I decorate for Halloween, thanksgiving, & Christmas only.
I don't decorate for any holiday other than Christmas. I wish I did but I'm too lazy.
+1 - We used to decorate for Halloween but stopped when we realized that no one trick or treats in our neighbor. Literally, not one child has ever knocked on our door.
I don't decorate for any holiday other than Christmas. I wish I did but I'm too lazy.
+1 - We used to decorate for Halloween but stopped when we realized that no one trick or treats in our neighbor. Literally, not one child has ever knocked on our door.
We get a few trick or treaters I'd like to get decorate but again laziness wins out.
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