What’s the best way to refresh a space when your wallet is recovering from the holidays (and those hard to resist post-holiday sales)?
Move the things you already have around!
Swap an end table with a night stand. Use that old trunk at the foot of the bed for a coffee table. Move your dining buffet lamps into the living room. It’s amazing sometimes what giving new purpose to an old piece can do – and it’s free.
I think it’s safe to say that winter is pretty much in full force and effect just about everywhere right now. I happen to be one of those odd people who enjoys the season, but I will admit it doesn’t do a whole lot for my productivity. The short days and cold air have me craving couch time with a cozy blanket and a fire like no other.
Which could be why I love it so much.
Or maybe it’s because no other season is more perfect for being home.
You all are such an easy bunch to please.
In my last post I asked what you wanted to see here and based on the feedback, what I thought was boring you all to tears is exactly what you come here for. You like seeing simple and easy ways to change things up – no big budgets or messy renovations required. That my friends, I can do – you are coming to the right place!
I think we all like the feeling of less clutter and open space at the start of a new year. It’s refreshing, rejuvenating, and I, for one, find it so much easier to just think and breathe when I’m not surrounded by a lot of stuff.
So every year when January rolls around I crave spaces that feel open, airy, and fresh, yet still maintain that warmth that makes you want to snuggle in on those cold winter nights.
One of my favorite things about this time of year is being able to curl up on the couch with a soft cozy throw and a pile of pillows to catch up on some reading or a favorite show.
And of course swapping out a few pillows and a new blanket is a great way to quickly change up the look of your room. I rounded up a few of my favorites to share today – extra cozy options that can easily take you through the rest of the fall season, right into Christmas, and straight through the winter.
And bonus – they’re all under $30.
“So in other words, it looks like winter.”
This was the response I once received after I got done saying that I don’t like to decorate with a lot of color in my home. I tried to explain that I like neutral colors, wood accents, lots and lots of texture, and that my walls are all shades of white, gray or beige…
White. Gray. Beige.
Wood accents.
I suppose that does sound a bit like winter, doesn’t it? 😀
I’m one of those weird people who actually enjoys winter.
I love the snow, and the cold, and the bundling up, and the quiet.
That quiet calm after a fresh snow is my favorite.
You know the calm I’m talking about, right?
That perfect calm when you wake up the morning after it’s snowed all night, and step outside to a fresh blanket of white snow covering everything, and all around it’s perfect and still and quiet.
It’s just so peaceful.
It’s that weird time between Christmas and the New Year when I start getting excited to pack all the “stuff” away and go back to a simpler, more neutral decor, but at the same time I’m not quite ready to say goodbye to the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree. Traditionally, the Christmas decorations come down on New Year’s Day in our house – and it never fails that after a day of packing and cleaning and clearing away the holiday clutter the first words out of my mouth as I sit down to relax are “I miss my tree.”
There is just so much magic in a Christmas tree, don’t you agree?
