Paint something yellow.
Put some birds in your winter stick trees!
(Here is where Martha Stewart tells us how to make the birds, naturally Martha would make the birds herself!)
Pin some flowers on pillows or tablecloths.
Create a garden trellis wall organizer!
Press your first spring flowers &
hang them from charming frames & hooks!
Have you been entering the Happy Spring Challenge at HomeGoods? Pretty awesome prizes!
Last week I was giving away a HomeGoods card here and almost forgot to tell you the winner! The winner of our first $50 card is Marie from Emma Calls Me Mama! Congrats! Email me your address and I’ll send off the card!
I went shopping at HomeGoods last week while I was in Portland and got some cool stuff I’ll show ya soon! HomeGoods really is the best, even though I had to drive three hours to get there!
I’ve got two more $50 HomeGoods cards to giveaway right now to ONE lucky winner! Yep, this week you can win TWO cards to help you out in your spring decorating. Just leave me comments about what you are doing in your home to bring a little spring inside!
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I haven’t had a lot of time for spring decorating, but I did take the time to “blow out” a few eggs and color them for a simple little display. I love simple.
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Spring is coming inside! Anything that has a bloom on it is welcome. I even picked the little purple violet “weeds” out of the grass! (I’d say that’s embracing imperfection, wouldn’t you?) They are simply beautiful. Why not take advantage of that large patch of purple?
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i LOVE that i have fresh white tulips, mounds of double yellow daffodils + fresh pink ranaculas all around my home!!!!! Today I got new black compost throughout the backyard to really set off the white paper bark + the fresh green sprouts from my phlox + peonies.
I’m working on an entire bedroom redo + picked my paint colors today!!!! I’d LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a gift card to kick off this project
Wow – what a great Giveaway! A little Spring cleaning around here so that when the sun pours in through the windows it looks pretty, not dusty.
After a long Wisconsin winter, we hit 76 degrees today! So I opened up the windows to bring a breath of fresh air into the place (and my cats loved it!) Unfortunately my cats also love fresh flowers and any plant that is alive (they will find them, eat them and then proceed to throw them up) so I can’t bring those into the house, but I’m still able to put out my favorite Spring/Easter decorations to enjoy!
What an inspiring post. I am especially excited by the spring flowers in the frames- I just bought a new frame tonight and that is the perfect idea for it. As for my own house, I’ve been putting some new birdies around and putting some fresh flowers on my tables
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Does spring cleaning count?
Honestly, I feel so behind… and completely not ready for Easter. I want to make it as big as Christmas in our home… but, the days keep passing by. We did plant flowers in a little indoor greenhouse yesterday… but, we are in desperate need of bringing spring inside in my decorating! Home Goods would most definitely help… LOVE that place!
So cool! I would love to win just ONE of those cards, much less TWO!!!
I am so ready for spring and love putting fresh flowers in my home. I am so ready for my own plants to start blooming so I can cut them and bring them inside to share with my family and guests
Happy Easter!
.-= Lianna´s last blog ..When You Wish Upon a Star… =-.
What I’ve done is just outside my window where we can all see outside. The bird bath is clean and full of fresh water. We are all loving watching the different birds come and have a splash. The pots by the door are planted with flower seed. They are just popping up. Now we’re waiting for them to grow and bloom. Such a lovely time to keep the windows clear of anything to keep us from seeing all God’s beautiful creation.
…moss …moss…moss! i love taking large broken piecse of clay pots…fill with moss (we long ago decided we love moss better than grass in our very woody backyard) and the wild violets that are now everywhere …my easter table with have a center piece filled with moss and violets …and a bunny or two…
I bought so flowers for the kitchen table. I’m also doing a project with butterly prints I retrieved from Vintage Printables.
.-= Jennifer´s last blog ..Stealing again! =-.
I’m painting and getting flower beds ready! I should paint something yellow!
I found two adorable (well, I knew they’d be adorable after I tinkered with them) little birdie pictures at Goodwill. Spray painted the awful baby-poop-brown frames Heirloom White and now they’re hanging in my dining room. I’ll admit I’ve acquired a teensy bit of a bird fetish this spring!
moss and violets in apothecary jars are springy…and of course, bowls of pastel m&m’s..everywhere..
we just moved so the whole house is getting its own “spring cleaning” of sorts, but one of the first things I did was plant Geraniums in hanging baskets for the new front porch, it feels both Springy and Welcoming at the same time!
We’re spring cleaning and organizing our closets and adding fresh flowers from the farmer’s market. We’ve changed out a rug in our family room to make it more neutral…looks similar to a Sisal but it’s a Berber. I’ve put out all of our geraniums on our front stoop…
working like a honey bee!!!
I bought some hyacinths and am trying to remove a lot of clutter!
Lots of tulips! They just make me think Spring. And trying to open the windows as much as possible to let the fresh air in! Thanks for all the great ideas and for your great blog.
I’ve got my spring time sticks….everywhere! I’ve got an Easter tree…perhaps I’ll swap out the Easter decorations for birds after Easter. We’ve been doing lots of craft projects…and I’ve got spring-y fake flowers out. I’d really like to get a new pretty doormat and some fun pillows for my sofas.
.-= Astrid´s last blog ..Wreaths, Terrified Visitor and Geode Eggs…. =-.
I am washing curtains and cleaning windows. Let the sun shine in!
Changing out the heavy suede sliding glass door curtain, changing out all the tea lights to french vanilla in glass votives (from cinnamon for winter); planting pansies and violas in pots for indoors, growing some wheatgrass, and bringing out the light colored pillows for the couch…oh, and opening the windows whenever the weather permits!!!!
currently I’m just opening the windows whenever I can- I hope to buy some faux tulips soon and maybe plant a few flowering plants in pots to use around the house
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I really want to do some spring cleaning. There is lots of organising/ tidying up that needs to be done in our house. I just adore the yellow chair in the first picture. Gorgeous!!
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Yesterday I showed some photos on my blog of the new milk glass I bought and the flowers I put in it to brighten things up a little bit around here. The weather is finally nice enough to open the windows and let a spring breeze into the house, too. Love this time of year!
That photo at the top of your post makes me want to paint some chairs yellow. So cheery!
.-= Julia @ Hooked on Houses´s last blog ..Make Your House Look Magazine-Perfect in 8 Easy Steps =-.
I picked daffoldils and cut forsythia then filled vases on the mantle, in the kitchen and each of the children’s rooms for a burst of yellow spring sunshine!
Well, I have changed from my fleece sheets to my 600 thread count white ones!! Fresh flowers on the dining room table. And starting my spring cleaning!!!
Painting a new home office desk a lovely spring green to go in a room with cappuccino walls and green and pink accents. It will be my new everyday work space in just a week and a half when I start working from home! I’m so excited! Celebrate Spring!!
I’ve been cutting rosemary out of my herb garden & making large and small arrangements with flowers I find in the grocery store. I have a fragrant house with touched of color.
I’m forcing some flowering twigs-pussy willow and forsythia right now. Just have to have some outside inside
I love spring! I dusted off my favorite bunnies and watering can , added some potted herbs and made a nice centerpiece for the dining table. I also replaced a candle on the mantle with a nest of green moss and sweet little bird. My kids bring me fresh flower from the yard daily for the kitchen countertop
i brought daffodils inside for spring!
and spring cleaning will begin after just completing my “first-time homebuyer” transaction! =)
Hi Melissa and everyone!
I planted some bulbs in some glass containers and put them in my cafe’ (basement coffee house) window and am repainting my kitchen yellow!
I just a bunch of great ideas from the other ladies who commented, too!
I think I will be Spring decorating until Summer!
.-= Leslie´s last blog ..My 1st GIVE-AWAY– NO April Foolin’! =-.
I haven’t really brought spring inside as there’s not much spring outside here yet. I am doing lots of planning for spring projects and may be getting some pansies this weekend, they shout spring to me!
We are getting our house painted on the outside- perks everything up!
We are in the process of refinishing our kitchen table to make it fresh for spring. Hope it is ready by Easter!
With the arrival of summer-like temperatures this weekend, I’m opening windows, buying bunches of daffs, grilling our Easter dinner, and doing a major virtual edit of our living spaces (no time to do the real thing!) Away with the clutter and unfocused collections; realign the higgledy-piggledy wall hangings; gather the books and magazines and coats and bags and clean them out, find them a home, or get rid of them. Let the freshened air and warm sun waft through the spaces–let everything, and everyone, breath anew.
Well I’m all for painting something yellow, but that garden trellis organizer idea is fantastic!
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We have been planting flowers in our hanging baskets and adding them to both the front and back porches.
Lots of spring flowers and leaving the windows open as much as possible.
Flowers R bountiful since all the spring rain here in Arizona.
I put some yellow flowers on the mantel and have been sprucing up the potted plants on the front and back porch.
Get some dirt between your toes
We’ve been out in the garden for the past month, working the soil, getting it started, and adding some things to it bit by bit. I love this time of year.
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I have a table full of starts for my garden. Flowers and vegetables. The kids are happy that the EAster decorations are out!
Spring flowers R abundant due to the earlier rains here in Arizona. Beautiful.
I’m so ready for spring. Keeping fresh cut flowers in my kitchen really helps me to feel like spring is on the way…even though it’s still snowing outside.
I have been hitting up thrift stores looking for old frames to redo, and deep, spring cleaning! Also a bit of brightly colored handmade garland from etsy can add a little spring to any mirror or window.
Daffodils galore. Just takes a little money (not much) and a little time (again, not much) in late fall and it produces the most happy yard and home in spring! Also, just one Forsythia bush … and you have long branches (unless your husband prunes the bush), sweet yellow flowers and a multitude of gorgeous arrangements!
First I brought flowers in (even if I had to buy them and couldn’t grow them yet). And I also change around everything decor-wise to bring in springy colours and a fresh look after a long, cold winter. And mt favorite thing (which I got to do yesterday!) is open my windows and patio door and let the smell of spring inside!
I would LOVE a Home Goods gift card! I have added some bird nests’ with little eggs in them, as well as fresh flowers from my yard! Love Spring!!!
I spraypainted little birds white, painted little wooden eggs, & made some mossy topiaries. It’s feeling like Spring around here & I love it!!