When it gets to the end of December, I can never bear to un-decorate. Everything looks so festive during the month of December. Then after Christmas, the decorations come down and suddenly everything looks so ...empty. And the emptiness just magnifies the fact that Christmas is over and everything is back to normal. So, in my efforts to avoid the empty-looking house that results from twenty-seven gigantic Rubbermaid tubs'-worth of Christmas decorations being packed away, I like to decorate a teensy tinsy bit for WINTER.
The first thing I do is switch out the red and green Christmas wreath on the front door. I replace it with a silvery, icy, winter-looking one. This doesn't take much effort since I just pull it out of the wreath box from last year (!).
The other thing I do is replace the decor in a few key decoration spots like the mantle, coffee table, or dining room table. It just helps me not go into shock after Christmas. It's fun to still have some special decorations around the house. I have a few random snowflake decorations and snowmen-themed things that I like to put out as well.
One of the simple centerpieces I did this year was using a silver tray and silver Christmas ball ornaments.I centered a white, glittery pillar candle on the tray and put a few small evergreen clippings on the tray (to keep the balls from rolling all over the place). Then I just stacked and arranged two sizes of glittery, sliver balls and put some white and silver wired ribbon on the tray.
It's one step in the direction of un-decorating. It helps me to say goodbye to Christmas and all the beauty that Christmas decorations add to my home. During the gloomy, blah days of Winter ahead, it will be nice to have a little silvery S P A R K L E around the house. I think a few Winter decorations are a perfect transition from Christmastime.
And of course, there are Winter treats on my mind too, so be sure and check back... There's nothing quite like cooking up some treats in a cozy kitchen-- with a few Winter decorations around just to keep me cheery!
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