Adding in color for Spring is the quickest way to feel the change of the seasons indoors adding accesories in greens, yellows and blues.
I’m excited to be joining my friend Marty of A Stroll Thru Life for another Spring Home Tour as I share adding in color for Spring! Each day this week there are several talented home decor bloggers sharing inspiring seasonal ideas. You can find links to all the posts at the bottom of this page.
If you are coming over from Jayne’s at Chalking Up Success welcome to my lakeside log cabin home in The Northwoods of Wisconsin. Didn’t you love Jayne’s post? I love how she shares ideas for creating relaxed and stylish interiors.
Spring is not really just around the corner where I live. Just this weekend we had a snow and ice storm. I live where the lakes we boat on all Summer freeze up so hard that trucks can drive on them!
I’m usually inspired by what is right outside my windows, but in Spring my interior decorating comes before the outdoors is ready.
We can have snow through April. And the lake may not thaw until May 1 like last year.
But inside, after Spring Break, I start shifting from Winter decor to Easter and then Spring.
Here’s a peek at my Winter Decor.
So even though the world outside the door is still covered in white I start to bring in more color.
Decorating With Green
I have green in my house all the time, it’s my favorite color, but the best way to make it stand out is to add groupings of things in the same color.
My vintage green typewriter sits on the Great Room desk next to my Lake Cottage sign framed in green. The leaves of a fresh blooming plant and the decorative stripe on my espresso cup round out the color theme.
My grandmother passed away last year and I chose this little porcelain rose figurine of hers as a keepsake. I have just always been in love with this happy little piece. I set it on top of a green vintage book.
I love collecting vintage books in various colors to pull out and stack together.
My vintage picnic basket trio is the perfect fit in the corner between my desk and the basement stairs.
One of the easiest ways to bring in color is to change out my throw pillows and my coffee table decor. Here’s the same view last month for Valentine’s Day and now for Spring.
Adding lots of greenery around the cabin is a feast for my eyes. I crave green after the long winter.
I collect milk glass and bring out a few pieces to use around the house filled with greenery, moss and moss covered eggs.
Decorating with Blue
Another beautiful color to pull in is blue in the Spring.
My McCoy blue pots are a favorite to pull out this time of year. I love mixing blues and whites together. I can keep my birch out from winter, mixing in bird statues and white blooms.
I usually always start my restyling by shopping my house and seeing what’s in other rooms that might look great in a new spot, like these blue pillows from one of the bedrooms. Or I grab things from the storage room to pull back out like the blue metal picnic basket.
The mantel was an easy and inexpensive DIY using three different fabrics I found at Walmart and some empty barn wood frames. I simply cut the fabric, then stapled it to the back.
Decorating in Yellow
I don’t have a lot of yellow decor so my favorite way to pull in this cheerful color is with yellow flowers.
Vases for my flowers are always some vintage piece that was always intended to be used in other ways like this pitcher full of tulips.
Adding some yellow flowers on the coffee table pulls the bits of yellow out from other objects like the stripe on the playing cards or on the book.
I like to use a lot of woven objects in the spring too, like this tray.
More moss fills milk glass and moss eggs fill the bottom of a vintage egg basket with faux yellow roses spilling out of the top.
Daffodils are a must in the Spring and separating them one in each bud vase makes a beautiful trio.
Another way I used yellow roses, on a tray with woven candle holders and antlers. I think antlers are a classic decorating pieces that fits all year long in our cabin in the woods or any home.
The little bee pillow is a fun Spring addition.
Thanks so much for visiting! I hope your Spring comes soon and is full of color!
Next on the tour, you are heading to my friend Tammy’s blog Pink Peppermint Design. Her Spring tour is so beautiful!
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Monday March 7th Lineup
A Stroll Thru Life – Thrifty and Chic – Chalking Up Success – White Arrows Home – Pink Peppermint Design – Worthing Court
Tuesday March 8th Lineup
Our Southern Home – Cuckoo4Design – Country Road 407 – Decor To Adore – RemodelaCasa – Calypso in the Country
Wednesday March 9th Lineup
Whispering Pines Homestead – Up to Date Interiors – The Stonybrook House – DIY Beautify – Southern Home & Hospitality – Dimples and Tangles
Thursday March 10th Lineup
CitrineLiving – Hymns and Verses – 11 Magnolia Lane – StoneGable – Southern Hospitality – This is our Bliss
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Oh I love your home and all the wonderful color you have added for Spring. Such a fun way to bring some warmth inside when the temperatures outside are still cold. Thanks so much for joining the tours again this season, your home is always a favorite.
We are getting ready for another deep freeze. It indeed makes it a challenge to think spring but you have done a beautiful job! I adore all of the touches of green.
Oh my gosh! Love the vintage green accents! That typewriter is ahhhh-making!! I may have gasped when I saw it! Also, may have a little green basket envy! 🤣
Wow still so much snow and ice. We’ve had unseasonably warm weather yesterday and today in the 70s and I’m so happy about that. I’m jealous though that your lake freezes that much because I love to ice skate outside and haven’t done that since my childhood in Germany. Love your cozy cabin so very much with the added touches of spring.
Green is so perfect for spring and I love how you decorated with it. As always, it’s fun to see what kind of treasures you’re going to display. I just love the fabric in the frame diy project! Such a creative idea that makes such a statement. A lovely tour of your beautiful home!
Shelley
Love the touches of blue, yellow and green to your cozy cabin! We had a bunch of snow here on Saturday too, which definitely makes spring feel like it’s still a ways off…so it’s nice to be able to make inside feel a little bit like spring has sprung! 🙂
You are so right Tammy! So fun to hop with you!
All your vintage items for spring are perfect for your home and style, Kristen. I KNOW Paula would love seeing all your decor this season (sorry… your last few images just brought her to mind. 🙂 )
I will always miss seeing her posts in our hops! She inspired me so much in so many ways!!!
I’ve always enjoyed seeing your vintage treasures. The greens and blue with splashes of yellow are perfect spring colors and they look fabulous in your log home. Have you ever thought to do a slipcover over the red checked chairs? Not that it’s not totally adorable. I just thought of that when you said you crave green after winter. Maybe green ones or white? I think you’d like it. Always love hopping with you. Hoping you see daffodils popping out soon.
Fun idea for the slip covers. I haven’t ever thought to do it before because they are a signature piece for us and such a classic pattern for our area. I even treat them like a neutral because they go so well with so much, but this is a fun idea!
I love all the color in your home. It’s so fresh and inviting. Sorry for the passing of your grandmother, I just love the little rose keepsake.
Thank you so much Lori!!
I love how you’ve decorated with the milk glass! I have a growing collection so I always like to see different ideas for using it.
Aren’t they fun pieces! Thank you so much Alexandra!
This is my first visit to your log cabin home and I am in love with its warmth and charm! I also love that you use accessories that hold meaning to you. It is wonderful being on this tour with you and hope you get some spring like weather soon!
Thank you so much Kate for these sweet compliments!
Kristin, your mantel is just darling! I love the fabric, plus all the pops of yellow look so pretty in your cabin. Lovely spring tour!
Thank you Michelle!! It’s so happy to pull the colors in!
We get snow for as long as you do and as much too! I love your decorating tips and your use of all of that color! I really love your mantel decor too – so unique and beautiful! Happy (almost) Spring! xo
Thanks so much Tamara!! Love to know I have a friend on my same seasonal schedule!
Oh wow – your home is such a special place! I love all of your plaids and special touches that you’ve added for spring! The mix of patterns in frames looks terrific on your mantel. My husband is from WI, but I’m from NC and the length and severity of winters up there is a frequent point of discussion for us. I love snow, but I think I would die if it snowed here in April. LOL
Thanks so much Suzy! I didn’t know he was from Wisconsin! That is so fun and I can see how it would become a discussion for you two! LOL! So cute!
Kristin, I love all the color in your cabin, but especially the green! Those vintage picnic baskets are amazing… I’m a little green with envy, lol! Always fun to see your decor xx
Thank you so much Cindy! Such sweet compliments!
Oh my goodness, my friend. This is amazing! I would love it if you would share it on the Fabulous Friday Link Party this Friday, and every Friday after that. You can find the link on my website. Hugs and blessings to you.
I love how warm and cozy your home is for each season. The framed fabric and bee pillow is so cute! Loving all of the green additions as well. I hope you get warm weather sooner than later!
Thanks Kathy!!
Green is my favorite color as well! That green typewriter is gorgeous. Love the way it is incorporated into your home. Your cabin is always a treat to visit no matter the season.
Thanks so much Christy!!!