It is important to adjust a few of the decorative items in your West Vancouver home to reflect the current season. Otherwise, things will seem a bit outdated. But when it comes to wintertime, decorating can be a bit confusing because most of the items that are sold for this time of the year are strictly related to Christmas. The way to achieve a more neutral look that can last for three to four months is by bringing in items from the outdoors to make beautiful displays that will keep your friends guessing on where you got them. Here are three winter decorating ideas for your house from Alair Homes West Vancouver to get you started.
Gather Your Supplies
Choose a day when there isn’t much snow or ice on the ground to search for twigs, branches, pine cones, and pine boughs. You will also need some twine, glue, glitter, strings of white lights, old picture frames, and a few clear vases that have large necks to them. If you don’t have all of these items, that is alright. You can tailor these projects to use what you do have.
Decorate with Firewood
Wood is beautiful without doing anything to it at all. Some people stack it neatly in piles on shelves for a simple reminder of nature. Slices of logs make unique coasters for cups of coffee or hot cocoa. And it can even be made into simple candle holders just by drilling holes that are a few inches wide into the side of log.
Rustic Vases
Add a few small rocks at the bottom of the vases for weight. Then, fill them up with pine cones. Insert short evergreen boughs into the top. They look better if they are arranged in a way where they curve down slightly over the sides of the vase. For a splash of color, tie a ribbon around the neck of the vase. Do not add water in the vase. It will ruin the pine cones. If the evergreen boughs start to dry and make a mess, just change them out for a few that are fresh.
Twinkling Frames
Gently drizzle some pine cones with craft glue. Then, sprinkle them with glitter. You can also leave the pine cones plain, but the glitter looks nicer. Make a loop with the twine through the end of a pine cone. Tie it firmly to a picture frame. Continue tying the pine cones around the sides of the frame until no edges show through. Wrap a short string of battery-operated white lights around the frame on top of the pine cones. These frames can be hung over a picture that is already on the wall for a pretty display, or set several of them on the fireplace mantel.
As you can see, all of these projects cost next to nothing to make. They are also easy enough to do that you can have the kids help with them. All of them can be adapted to fit your personal decorating taste too. So feel free to change them up to make them your own.