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| This ewe was a busy mum with her triplet lambs (2006) |
Occasionally I meet a person who believes in changing their
home’s décor with the seasons and have always thought it sounded like a great
idea, doing things like swapping heavy winter curtains for lighter summer ones,
putting out throws on the sofas during winter, or creating a fireplace
arrangement for summer. It sounds like a
nice way to mark the change of seasons.
My efforts are much less exciting and far more
utilitarian. With our temperatures
warming up, I have now removed the electric blanket off the bed and moved my
slippers to the back of the wardrobe.
Everything in my bedroom has been cleaned to make it sparkle, not that
it was that dirty as we only moved in a couple of months ago. I still have two sheepskin rugs on the floor
as I like the look it gives the room, but once the days get hot they too will
disappear into the blanket box, as I know it will make me hot just looking at
them.
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| Halloween pumpkins displayed on the porch (2010) |
I once met a woman who loved to decorate her house according
to the current season or holiday period.
She kept barrels of decorations stored away in her basement, all neat
and tidy and labelled so they would be easily accessible when needed. I wasn’t sure if I thought her efforts were
Ultimate Clutter or Creative Fun, but the main thing was she loved what she was
doing.
Always be yourself,
Margaret
I don't decorate seasonally either. It has always seemed like something that those in the North American continent do and do well.
ReplyDeleteI have a small old jug on my kitchen window sill, which I put silk flowers or leaves for each changing season. I started using fresh flowers, but they died off far to quickly. I have packed away the spring and winter arrangements, but they are only small.
ReplyDeleteWe don't really decorate seasonally, apart from the Christmas decorations. I used to change one set of curtains in the lounge with summer/winter but haven't done that for a few years now...although perhaps as it is already getting very cold the extra insulation on the 'winter' curtains would be a wise idea!
ReplyDeleteYour decorations are similar to those here. Love the sheep photo too.
ReplyDeleteI love to decorate for the seasons and keep my various 'stuff' in under-the-bed plastic boxes since I don't have much storage space since we changed our house to accommodate one of our sons and his family. We do have a garage attached to the house and keep a lot in there ( there's no room for a vehicle any more).
ReplyDeleteI get a lot of my decorations at thrift stores and pass along things I've grown tired of. For me it's a lot of fun.