Springify

 Happy (late) Valentines Day everyone! Hope yours was wonderful and spent with loved ones! It breaks my heart to have to change this decor (get it "breaks my heart" :) ), but it's time for a change.

 It may seem that this is going to be a huge process, giving this room a new look, but it's really very simple.

First thing I do when swapping decor is clear-out nearly everything. With this space, I don't have many options as far as furniture layout, but that doesn't mean that I'm limited in decor options! When you completely clear a space, it gives you a blank canvas to start with, and, in my opinion, allows for even more inspiration and creativity.

 
I always start with pillows. They are a very easy way to update a space and can be changed out in a matter of seconds. As you saw in the "before picture", I used pops of red for the holiday season and left them through Valentines Day.
This spring, I'm keeping things in a very neutral pallet to give a "fresh" look.

After pillows, I move on to my side tables. While they are small, they give opportunity for lots of creativity.

  

For the one pictured above, I filled an old metal water pitcher with white peonies, and used some old books, a picture of Jentry and Fenley (my nephew and niece), some greenery from Michael's, and an old horse shoe that is very special to me because it used to hang above the door of my great-grandmother's house.

The sign in the flowers is actually a plant marker that's meant to be used in a garden!

On the other side, I used more books and a cute cabbage I picked up at Michael's along with a D for Dylan Duke :) and my favorite baby picture of Jentry. (It's hard to believe that that little baby will be 6 next month!)

Not many changes on the ottoman. I like to keep it simple and minimal here as this stuff is always having to be moved! 

In the corner is one of my favorite projects. This chair used to be so... Well, ugly! I got it at Goodwill about a year ago. It was the natural wood color but was scraped and bumped and scratched all over and had this old crazy looking fabric and the seat was falling out of it. I wish I had a picture! 

My Grandpa and I took off the seat, sanded the chair a bit, put a few coats of flat black paint, added some new padding and fabric, and here she is. It's crazy how an ugly duckling can become so good looking!

The picture behind it is a framed map and my mom gave me that canvas a few years ago. I love them both!

   All in all, I love the new look of this room, and find it perfectly fitting for Spring! Hope you found some ideas and inspiration that will help you "Springify" your space!

To see more decor pictures and ideas from me, follow me on Instagram (duke.dylan) and Pinterest

 (Dylan Duke)! Happy Decorating!

"See, the winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the Earth, the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land."

Song of Songs 2:11-12