WINTER DECOR AFTER CHRISTMAS
1. UPDATE YOUR CHRISTMAS WREATH WITH SNOWDROPS
There are plenty of late winter ways to keep your Christmas wreath ideas going strong - just drop their most overtly festive touches and add some January foliage to to give them a new lease of life. 'A Christmas wreath can be easily refreshed,' says Philippa. The trick is to choose the right plants. Pine spruces, she says, may have felt Christmassy, but their needles will be dropping right now. 'As would most spruces - the only ones with any longevity are blue spruce.'
2. CHANGE UP YOUR FLORAL COLOR SCHEME
While bright red berries, dark green leaves and pine cones might have felt festive when you were concentrating on Christmas flower arrangement ideas, winter decor after Christmas takes on a whole new palette. 'For the new year, you want a fresh, or cleansing approach to color,' Philippa says. 'Whites, yellows and soft purples are ideal. Right now, you just want something simple that doesn't need any maintenance and feels lively.' She suggests filling the bottom half of bowls with soil, covering them with moss, and tucking flowers like narcissus and Christmas roses into them.
2. CREATE AN INDOOR FLOWER BULB DISPLAY
Once the garlands have come off the mantel and the the Christmas cards have been taken down, the surfaces around the home can seem a little bare. This is were bowls of bulbs come in, the ideal way to add a winter touch of freshness to your decor.
4. USE LITTLE VESSELS YOU CAN MOVE AROUND EASILY
The great thing about winter decor - as opposed to Christmas living room decor ideas like big displays or giant garlands - are that because they are lighter and more delicate by nature, they are easier to move around the home.
'I line up little water glasses with bulbs in them and a little moss,' Philippa says, and keep them on the mantel or on a hallway console or living room coffee table. We can enjoy them as family but, if someone comes to dinner, I can easily move them onto the dining table while we entertain.'