Dining Room / Easter / Front Room / Living Room

Hilltown House Spring Home Tour

Believe it or not, this is the first time I have ever fully decorated this house for the spring, and it’s not because I haven’t wanted to, but most of the time I don’t finish taking down our Christmas decor til at least March (I remember one year I had to tell the boys that the Easter Bunny wouldn’t come unless we finally put their Xmas tree away). So this year when I was asked to join a wonderful group of bloggers for their Spring Home Tour I jumped at the chance to try something new and quickly put away the snowflakes and ornaments.

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Nothing screams Spring to me more than pops of bright, fun colors — they almost beckon for open windows and cool breezes. Just a few splashes of color in the front room, like my amazing new Woven Nook pillows, and a re-fresh of the mantel set the tone for the whole house.

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The dining room I kept simple with some faux cherry blossom branches and a simple/cute place setting topped off with some cake pops from our local bakery. One of the easiest ways but most effective ways that I change the color palette of this room is to change out the color of the bottles in the cabinet and on the bar cart – this time playing around with pink, orange, and yellow tones.

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When I was bouncing ideas off of my husband for this tour the first thing he said was “Why not just bring in a bunch of flowers and plants?” — so I did, but not necessarily in the way I think he was thinking. I started with adding some live plants to the hallway and the shelves above the TV, and brought in some beautiful bouquets of flowers, but I needed a lot more!

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My record with living plants is a bit spotty, so I decided to turn my art ledges into a pictorial flower garden instead! I switched out the picture frames to prints that I downloaded from Etsy as well as some pressed flowers that I already had. For the top of the cabinets I used scrap wood and some rope to create my own planter boxes and then filled them with some faux flowers from IKEA. To finish the look, I added some beautiful dried stems to my collection of candlesticks on the mantel and then switched up the pillows to some soft blues and yellows for a colorful but calming look.

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My two boys really LOVE Easter so there are a few rabbits, birds, and eggs mixed into each space. My favorite part of the whole house are the bunny pictures on either side of the fireplace – they actually look just like the two pets that I had when I was younger so it’s a touching reminder each time I look at them.

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With warmer weather comes lots of chances to let the world outside creep into your home so take advantage of it – bowls of fresh fruit or vegetables, clippings from trees or bushes, even a half dozen hard-boiled eggs – they’re all simple and inexpensive ways to brush off the dark days of winter and welcome the sunshine!

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I’m sure that you’re all now itching to throw those windows open and turn your house into a flower shop – so make sure you head on over and check out the rest of the bloggers welcoming you into their beautiful Spring Filled homes!