Transitioning our home decor after Christmas but before spring is a delicate balance. I like nuances and subtle transitions in decorating. That is how the seasons really are, at least where I am from. It isn’t winter one day and summer the next, right? You have my permission to add little pieces of sunshine right now if you want to.
I love my collection of glass bottles. The pretty shades of glass make me think about the beach. But when I add in a few of my mercury glass balls, I also think about the sparkle and coolness of winter. Put them together, and they are a pretty transitional collection between the seasons.
And when you add the glass to the textures we talked about in this post, you get a nice balance of rough and shiny textures to keep your home interesting and flowing smoothly between the seasons.
More Winter Home Tips to come!
Now, go ahead and link up for our Friday Winter Home Linky! For the next few weeks we’ll be linking up ideas to keep us inspired about the winter season! Rules are: you need to link directly to a specific post. If you only link to your home page, I have to delete you. Why you ask? Because if someone wants to look at all the winter posts in the future, by that time on your home page you might be talking about barbecuing taco meat in the summer or something random and it would be a big disappointment to everyone who clicked.
Last rule is: it is really nice if you link back to The Inspired Room. That is common bloggy courtesy, not just one of my rules!
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I’m with ya on transitioning slowly. Mostly because it takes me four million years to do anything. By the time I figure out what I want to do, it’s about time for the *next* season
This year I kept some of my holiday stuff up and took out the more ‘bang’ colors and went for subtly…winter’s specialty.
Thanks for hosting!
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Oooh, love the mercury glass with the bottles. Another reason to hit the post Christmas sales, love me some mercury glass! Thanks Melissa!
Kimm at Reinvented´s last blog ..Heavy Metal Mistake
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Hi Melissa, lovely ideas and agree with you, love your collection of bottles too!!!
Being in the southern hemisphere and not having taken down our xmas decor (this weekend it goes!) I’m haven’t transitoned just yet, but maybe I can contribute in some way next week!?
have a great weekend
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I like decorating with glass bottles and jars too. I like putting candy and decorations in to match the season.
Thanks for hosting!
~Liz
Liz@HoosierHomemade´s last blog ..Decorating your home for Winter
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I am sooooo sorry- I made a huge rookie blogger mistake (I just started blogging a month ago-eek, I promise I will get the hang of this soon)…when I first linked up I didn’t put your link at the bottom. I fixed it-whew! So sorry again!
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What a pretty vignette! That turquoise bottle is awesome. Have a great weekend and thanks for hosting the party.
pk @ Room Remix´s last blog ..Creative Decorating Ideas – 5
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We have nice collection of blue glass bottles and cut glass plates that I like to place in my windows! I luv how they reflect in the sunshine on cold winter day.
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The bottles are beautiful! Love the aqua colors!!
Amy
ALVN of WhisperWood Cottage & Junkologie´s last blog ..The Votes are In!
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I love your bottle collection and it does look very “wintery”. I have a few bottles that I could display that way for winter. Thanks for the inspiration! I linked up today as well!
Carmen´s last blog ..*Winter Wreath and Decor*
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I love the still life of bottles!
Darlene´s last blog ..Still Life
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The color of the blue bottle is beautiful and I love the mercury glass balls. It’s all so pretty. Thanks for hosting so we can see other transition decorating ideas.
Leanne´s last blog ..Winter Dining Table Centerpiece
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great ideas I’m trying to use baskets and storage bins for my closet and gradually get all my stuff sorted out and some sense of organization
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Just found your site through comluv. Love your decorating ideas! I’m bookmarking, I really need to get back into decorating.
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Hi there! I’m stopping over from comment luv. I’m glad to have found your site as I really need to learn how to decorate with a small budget. I look forward to reading you posts and implementing some of your ideas when we redecorate. =)
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Great idea to both transistion your seasons, adding a little touch here and there as time permits but also recycling decorations from other holidays, am doing something similar on my mantle this week and having the best fun.
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that vignette is gorgeous!! I love how you kept a few balls in it- keeps it wintery with looking Christmas-y!
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