I’m one of those rare people who love winter. I love snow… boy, oh boy I love snow! And bundling up, and roaring fires and frosty window and almost everything that goes along with cold weather. Because I live in an area that gets all four seasons I like to celebrate them by reflecting the season in my home. And winter is a time to make my home cozy, warm, striped down and welcoming. Here are a few things I do to make my home a sanctuary from the cold while adding lots of decor beauty to StoneGable!
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The first thing I usually do when I change my seasonal is to create a vignette. For winter I like to use whites with warm neutrals and lots of bling in vignettes. Mercury glass candlesticks that I had on the dining room table for Christmas moved have to the living room. Mercury glass is so reflective and adds some sparkle to even the darkest winter day!
If you don’t have mercury glass use other reflective metals like silver, stainless steel or even gold.
Every sofa in my house is accompanied by a throw in the winter. Soft and textural and cozy. I think adding a throw to your sofa or favorite chair is one of the best ways to decorate for winter! A throw invites you to snuggle in!
I just ordered a gorgeous white faux fur throw. Oh what a little luxury on a cold night!
For me, winter is a time to strip down my decor a little and keep it very simple. Spring, summer, and fall, as well as Christmas, are times for embellishing. But in the winter my house takes a breather from all the extra decorations!
I think it’s good for our homes and good for our souls!
Don’t forget to use candles this winter… and lanterns. Candlelight has such a pretty glow and will make any room extra cozy and romantic. The lantern below creates such beautiful patterns on the wall!
I’ve been using battery operated candles lately. I found ones that have a moving flame that looks very real. You can find them below in “get the look”. And these candles have timers so you don’t have to switch them off and on every time you want to use them. They are more expensive, but this is a look that is worth the investment!
Light up your winter nights with candles!
One exception to all minimal embellishments in the winter are pillows! Oh, I can’t get enough of them any time of the year. This year I kept my pillows primarily white and loaded with texture!
I mixed old favorites with a new soft, felted pillow with snowball like pom pom fringe. I’m seeing lots and lots of pom poms used in pillows this winter as well as texture and faux fur!
If you want to see my favorite winter pillows in lots of fun combinations for winter come see WINTER PILLOW LOVE! I also have a winter pillow giveaway going on too! When you go the WINTER PILLOW LOVE you can enter!
If you use pillows that are close in color make sure they have texture! Texture makes them interesting.
One decor element that I use from fall until spring is pinecones. They are perfect for decorating in the winter. I especially like pinecones with a little faux snow! So don’t put them away with the rest of your Christmas decorations!
I like to use them with white dishes in the winter. LOVE the look of stacked snowy white cake plates and pinecones! This is a signature StoneGable look in the winter.
And don’t forget to use white dishes in the winter! Unlike other months, I keep them pretty striped down and sorta minimal too! Dishes are not just for eating on. Use them in other rooms of your home.
Here are some other tips for decorating in the winter months…
- add plants to your bedroom
- use white flowers around your home
- fill a bowl with pomegranates for your table
- use several stoneware crocks to decorate a shelf
- prop birch logs in a corner
- add a mirror to a room to reflect light
- layer white or neutral bedding
- add a sheepskin as a thow to a chair or sofa
- add a furry pillow as an accent
- put down a big throw rug on hardwood floors or layer rugs
- put a lantern by your front door
- hang white drapes on your windows
- diffuse wonderful aromas that evoke warmth and winter coziness
- light candles
And you can get the StoneGable look here…
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Winter is the perfect time to let the simple style and beauty of the rooms in your home shine. Adding just the right touch of winter decor and lots of white!
Pick a few decor elements and get busy creating a beautiful winter home!
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Love your style!!
Great ideas! I love those cream pom pom pillows!!
Yvonne,
Thank you for the inspiration I need when I look around my home and want to throw everything out and start from scratch! Impossible to do, of course. But your timely and simple tutorials help me keep in mind that it’s all about a sense of peace and one step at a time. Happy new year to all!
Oh, so nice to hear Constance!
Yvonne,
Please tell me where the creamy knit throw picture in the blog can be purchased. I know you were discussing a new fur throw, but I love the texture of the knit.
Thank you,
Carol
Hi Carol, the throw came from my local Pottery Barn outlet. Unfortunately, I don’t see it on their site anymore. Sorry!
You have a beautiful home. Love your post as always! Full of great tips and ideas. You mentioned layering rugs….do you have a post on any tips or tricks for this??
Hi Janet, I do have a secret and a post. You can find it here: http://www.stonegableblog.com/on-the-menu-week-of-jan-7th/
Hi Yvonne,
Love these suggestions for a pared-down winter look. After all the Christmas hoopla and intense decorating, it’s a welcome respite.
I want to see the “Get the Stone Gable Look” but all I’m seeing is:
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I’ve allowed Flash and cookies, and tried all the usual tricks of clearing my cache, etc., but still no image. Can you possibly help?
Thanks!
I also like to use simple evergreen accents throughout my winter neutral decor.. When I decorated for Christmas,I was mindful of the neutral color palette in my home and went with more winter decor vs. Christmas decor (Of course, I threw in my pops of color for the holiday). It has made the transition process from Christmas to winter so much easier. Mixing and moving the neutral winter decor has given my home a fresh look for our Michigan winter season. Brrrr….It’s very cold here now but I am loving my cozy home. Thanks for all your inspiration, Yvonne. Best wishes for health and happiness in 2018!
Love your style for winter decorating. So beautiful and comfy!
Beautiful love the plants and all the candles!
So clean, fresh and cozy!
Oh my! I am so in love with your decorating style I can’t wait to do my own decorating.
Beautiful white decor for winter! I LOVE it! Thanks for all the ideas! Stay warm.
I really love the winter white and toning it down to simplicity. It invites coziness and warmth during the cold winter months. Great job.
As always Yvonne, love your ideas. Your home is beautiful in all four seasons.
Hope you are feeling better sweet lady.
Karen
I was thinking about you and your home today while painting some pinecones white. Now I need to make one of your wonderful soups.
Oh how lovely!!!
Just lovely!
Love mercury glass! Could you mention where to find the pinecones with white? Are they a DIY ? Would love to add them to our winter decor.
Recently discovered your blog; I’ll be back for more inspiration as I update my home. Out with old gold and in with the fresh whites.
Love your chest that is in the above post…..the one that is decorated with perhaps a stencil that looks like a string of creamy pearls. The chest in this pic has a large wooden clock with Roman numerals above it…..though you have also shown it with your DIY project of creating a mirror from an old frame.
So, I would love to know if you used a stencil to add this embellishment to the front of the chest or did you simple buy the chest.
Really a great piece of furniture!!! Thanks…..
Hi Melinda, I purchased this chest. It’s one of my investment pieces and I’m so so glad I decided to buy it. Here’s the link to it: http://rstyle.me/~8Nji7. The price in this link is less than half the original price in stores.
You really are talented with vignettes. I am trying to learn from you.
My husband and I love boxwood – your living room display with the boxwood topiary (round ball) is wonderful! I loved that vignette – saved! Thanks!
I love your snow-tipped pine cones. I just got out my 2 silver giant size glittered pine cones for the coffee table tray. They are next to natural colored chunky candles in silver holders. Looks like winter to me.
Thank you so much for the ideas and pictures. I was needing a prod to get me started creating the decor I was dreaming of for the rest of winter. I aspire to your classy taste, and am going to my decor supply stock as soon as I finish going over your pictures once more. Pinecones, chech;pommegranets, check; snow and crystal vases, check! Thank you for the inspiration today.
Janie
Love the cleanness (probably not a word!) but it just feels so good. I am currently redecorating and painting and am collecting white pieces to showcase. Winter is a time for nesting! You are so right about a fireplace in winter. Nothing like it! Happy New Year!
I’m also feeling that this time of after-christmas winter is a great time to both pare down and layer for coziness. You do a really good job of balancing the two. Inspiring images.
Love your style, Yvonne! You create a cozy and inviting home. Always enjoy your posts. Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
So nice, so beautiful and so cozy.
I like very much
Nathy
So delighted to have the source for the gorgeous boxwood balls. They will be lovely to move around different times of the year.
Diney on Camano Island
Love the clean and fresh lines of your winter style
Love the pillows with pom poms!
Perfect post during winter weather here in Oklahoma! Adding more white to lighten up our dark days as we are expecting more winter weather at the end of this week. Hope your foot continues to heal up.
Beautiful post Yvonne! I think I love undecorating after Christmas just as much as I love decorating for Christmas. There’s something so calming about starting over with a clean slate.
Great post, love all the separate items to look at, love your clock and white dishes.
Yvonne, I really enjoyed reading your decorating for winter blog! I find it a challenge to decorate in winter to keep our home feeling warm and cozy after taking down all the Christmas decorations. You’ve given me some good ideas to try. Thanks for sharing your talents!
I love how you use white’s..it makes everything seem so bright and fresh! Thanks!
You encouraged me to enjoy winter even more!!
I love pinecones cones and must admit to having a bowl or two tucked around my house even in summer, I many varieties as I always collect a few when we travel if the opportunity presents itself.
After Christmas decorating has always been a challenge for me, thank you for your helpful tips.
Love the tip with greenery for mercury glass! Running to Home Goods to look for some greenery for mine !!
Thanks Yvonne…I love your ideas and the coziness you try to make in your winter home. Now that the holidays are over I’m so excited to get to some winter decorating too. I found some awesome faux antlers at an after Christmas sale, and want to use grays and whites, textures, with some mercury glass too. Thanks for adding the “get the look” section and for the tips you give to help us get that incredible Stone Gable beauty in our own homes!
Love your sense of style and suggestions. Question- my living room has a console and end tables that are dark wood. I’m in need of a new set of accent chairs. What are your thoughts about mixing wood tones?
Thanks.
Love all of your”cozy” ideas!
Soft pillows,warm throws and beautiful falling snow!!
I love using candles and twinkle lights in the winter I’ve seen those moving flame “flameless” candles before but not at the price in the Amazon link; thanks for sharing! I’ll definitely be purchasing some.
I just love your style. Thank you for your inspiration!
Your home is gorgeous Yvonne! Thanks for these winter decor tips. All the best in 2017!
From my friend Pinky: I still have my Christmas up but have a Pinterest board of “winter decor ideas” and will add this post to that! I love pinecones and mercury glass as well! I adore those mercury glass looking containers you have, ADORE!!!!!
PS, I found packs of 3 LED pillars with timers and remotes at Christmas Tree Shops for $9.99!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yvonne, simply beautiful. LOVE the winter white. Now looking for some ideas for front door wreath décor!!!! Help.
So happy to find you once more .My computer died and has been replaced. Not being computer savvy it took me awhile to get back on . I love the white chairs and pom pom pillows in the living room. Always thought bring a guest in your home would be lovely and so comfortable. Happy New Year to you and your family.
It’s always exciting to see how you keep each new season fresh and beautiful by simply changing up a few things in your home! Thanks for your inspiration!
Your home is always cozy and warm and beautifully refreshing in all seasons! Hope you are recuperating well Yvonne! Have a wonderful weekend!
Great idea!
I love winter decorating ideas! Just because Christmas is over doesn’t mean we have to be sad. It’s a great transition until it’s time for some early Spring decor. I know which candles you are talking about that are battery candles but look very real. I have invested in several of those, and love them in my lanterns. I have the timers set so they come on late afternoon and run through the evening. They’re fabulous! They also came out with re-chargeable votive candles, they’re fantastic too! We’re actually having some cold weather here in Texas, and I’m enjoying cozy evenings by the fire with my soft faux fur throw. Enjoy!
You mentioned in anew earlier post that you have 18 sets of white dishes. How do you store so many?
I can fit them in my kitchen cupboards.
Thank you, Yvonne. I need to get me some throw blankets!
Thanks for the great ideas Yvonne.
I really like the coziness of winter and would like to get more neutrals into my home.
I’ll be on the lookout for pillows and throws with texture.
I love all your ideas, Yvonne. I love to read your blog and follow you on Facebook. You inspire me!
Love it all! So beautiful!!
I use throws and sheepskins to warm things up.i really do need to get some “winter white” cushion covers to up my cosy factor.
I love your home, Yvonne. It’s absolutely warm and welcoming. And, beautifully decorated.
Love these ideas! I have been winter decorating and you have given me just the inspiration I needed to complete my winter decor.
I use a window frame that has a mirror, instead of glass, on my coffee table with mercury glass candle holders. I love the look! You always inspire me!
Snow is coming our way ever so briefly sometime over the next two days. I don’t like snow, unlike you.
My jeep is on the fritz and that means Christmas boxes are still in storage, so today I took the Santas and candy canes off the tree in the foyer and made it sort of wintery ( jingle bells, wooden bead garland, and the plaid ribbon) until I can retrieve the storage boxes. Pulled down a few other Christmasy decor ( our other tree has a snowman theme) downstairs and made a winter vignette for the coffee table. had to adapt and overcome!!
As I will be homebound in this wintery mess, I no doubt will find s few other ways to cozy up things, too. Thanks for the list of other ideas. The guest room will probably be my next victim!
Do you play music in the winter? I find that lifts my spirits as well. Instrumental,when I just want ambience, and more lively tunes when I am cleaning, exercising, or need to shoo away the winter blahs.
We need all the serenity we can get in our homes with all the craziness in the world of late. Thanks for inspiring us regularly and with such love.
The lanterns, winter greenery, and twinkle lights in my ladder will give ambience and cut the gloom factor of winter.
I love your winter decor! I always look forward to seeing your ideas! So fresh and clean looking! Bring on the snow in NC!!!
So refreshingly simple! After taking down the Christmas decor I am really enjoying the ‘minimalist’ look! I have one of those great real flame like candles- they ARE fantastic although pricey. Thanks for reminding me of the one I had out on our lanai. When it dips below 75 it is hot cocoa weather in south Florida! The temps are too chilly to enjoy it out there so you just gave me the idea to bring it in the house and enjoy it in here! Why didn’t I think of that before!
So refreshingly simple! After taking down the Christmas decor I am really enjoying the ‘minimalist’ look! I have one of those great real flame like candles- they ARE fantastic although pricey. Thanks for reminding me of the one I had out on our lanai. When it dips below 75 it is hot cocoa weather in south Florida! The temps are too chilly to enjoy it out there so you just gave me the idea to bring it in the house an enjoy it in here! Why didn’t I think of that before!
I love winter and snow, too! We’re expecting snow this weekend and I am looking forward to it! I love the winter white you use. I use mercury glass everywhere in the winter, too!
Like your quick list for fresh winter decor
Gret ideas for a fresh look☺
I just love falling you! Where did you get the green ball? I have several places I could use those.
Hi Vickie, I got the boxwood ball from Pottery Barn last Christmas. If you are just looking for the ball I have one here: http://rstyle.me/~9rwwo
I meant following….stupid spell check!
Great ideas – I always look forward to your posts.
I love what you’re doing. I’m excited about simplifying my home as I take down the Christmas decor and making room for a cozy winter. I’ve just started my wish list at Macy’s for some of those GORGEOUS dishes. 🙂
Love winter whites and neutral colors too and they way you decorated the room is so beautiful! Thank you
Thanks for the beautiful inspiration!
Wonderful ideas thanks for sharing. I too am a lover of winter. Hope you are on the mend, prayers for your continued healing.
Love your ideas! Wish I could “decorate-nap” you to come to my house! (kidnap sounded bad so I made new word!lol )
Thanks for all the ideas!
Inspiring as usual! Thanks Yvonne. I am adding texture in neutral tones to my decor, love the look. Very restful to the eyes after the red and green of Christmas.
Love the faux throw that you have in your room. Any chance you can share where you bought it?
Hi Kathy, I found this throw at my local Pottery Barn Outlet. Hope this helps.
I’ve always decorated with just white for winter but you have opened my eyes to the world of “cream,” I love it, it adds such a calming warm throughout, your ideas are just beautiful!
All the white and texture is perfect for your snowy winter! It doesn’t work as well in the sunny southwest. But your pix are lovely and I can dream that I’m there in your cozy home!
Oh, how I wish I could give you my snow. After shoveling the porch roof, raking it off the garage, and shoveling it from my driveway it is getting old fast. And you can have the ice to go with it!
However, I do love your decor, as always!
Cozy and refreshing.
I love pinecones too! Love your style and love your blog.
love it.
So pretty! I just noticed your monogrammed pillow – your first initial on the right instead of the left – is this the way you always do your monogram? Just curious. 🙂
Beautiful pictures! Love the inspiration. I already ordered some of the white dishes you linked. Always look forward to seeing your pretty home.
LOVE your furnishings!
I am drawn to the winter whites and neutral colors as well! Somehow it is soothing and pleasing to me, and I love to add some soft textures too. Thanks for the ideas!
I love snow in winter as well. I, too, live in an area with 4 seasons so I like to change things out each season and truly enjoy the change every quarter or so. Warm and cozy neutrals are a winter favorite for me too!
Love how you use cake plates!!
I have enjoyed winter decorating my family room with black and cream along with mercury glass and a few green plants. The faux greenery with fuzzy leaves from IKEA almost looks frosty.
Love all the great ideas. You are the best!
Thank you for all the great ideas.
Serene and relaxing is what most of us crave after Christmas and the holiday season. Have been putting away my few red candles and replacing all with your suggestions. Using creams, whites, mercury glass and faux paper white blooms, along with a few small friendly snowmen. Placed three foot lighted tree on hearth with icicles and clear snowflakes. Love the uncluttered look of winter. Thanks for sharing.
PS Find it difficult to ever put away those pinecones, especially those bleached ones you shared. They are like beautiful, delicate flowers.
Love the simple ideas!!
For me, decoraing for winter is difficult. . . . . . spring, summer, fall, Christmas are easy peasy. Thanks for sharing your much needed tips for winter decorating.
Your post makes me want to pull a few of my mercury glass candlesticks back out of the Christmas boxes. Very pretty.
I love how you use the mercury glass! Beautiful!
Even though I am born and raised in Montana, the older I get the more I dislike the snow and cold. Your ideas help warm up my home and my heart. Thank you.
I love your after-Christmas decorating ideas! It feels so nice to clear away all the Christmas decorations and put out some nice cozy accessories! Thanks for the great ideas!
Lovely!
I love that mesh lantern near the clock. Is there a source for that?
Love your ideas! Where did you purchase your metallic garden stool?
Love Winter White!!!!
Where did you get the green ball? I need one of these and haven’t been able to find one.
My favorite time of year to decorate, just after Christmas. I also use a good deal of pinecones, throws, and “fuzzy” pillows on some of the beds. I have plants in almost every room in the house; gives a nice fresh look to rooms this time of year. However, our home is never as neat and tidy as yours! 🙂 Love your posts.
I love winter too! Your ideas came at a perfect time..going to get my pinecones now!
Beautiful ideas to make.a room look and feel cozy!
Hiya, you genius of a decorator!!! Winter is mostly one of my favs… I just had a question about the stockings you had this year, did you do a tutorial on them ??? I must have missed it. Your home is fantastic. Thank you for all you do for us All.
Hi Theresa, I’m sorry I did not. I fractured my ankle and had surgery before I could get the tutorial out. It’s on my list for next year.
Wonderful ideas Yvonne! I too L O V E winter, and the look of scaled down decorating after the holidays. I’ve left up my pine cones,some greenery, and a few woodland creatures. Just when i thought i might have enough pillows, I spotted one or two in your list that i may have to order! Happy winter!
Everything looks. Very winters!
Love your white winter decor!
DD COX
Hello Yvonne, I have enjoyed reading your decorating for winter blog. Living in mid-coast Maine snow and ice are a way of life for us until April comes around, even then we have received a foot of snow just when we think we made it through winter. You have inspired me to sew a few winter pillows and bring out my chalk paint and work on renewing another piece of vintage furniture from my stash. It’s sunny day here but reading your blog has nudged my creative side. Until your next blog….Charlene
I love your decor. Everything is beautiful!
Gotta stay cozy in the long VT winter months so these suggestions are great!