Simple Spring Decorating Ideas (Because I’m Soooo Done with Winter!)

Spring Door Decorations

The winter greenery swag that I put on our front door for the holidays typically comes down as soon as the snow melts and a pretty spring door decoration goes up in its place! My favorite I’ve used so far is {this boxwood wreath with a bundle of faux tulips} that was my spring door decoration last year – super simple but also so pretty. I love the pop of the pink tulips agains my black door!

I’m on the hunt for a new one for this year and am having the hardest time deciding – there are so many pretty options! I just updated my favorite spring wreaths post to add some newly available favorites – you can check out my ten favorite spring front door wreaths {here} (let me know which one you think I should get!)

Spring Table Decorations

Spring is the perfect time to entertain whether you’re hosting guests inside or out on your patio. We never have super formal dinner parties but I love having casual dinners with friends and family and REALLY love creating a pretty table for them. I never do anything too elaborate for my spring table decorations but sometimes simple can look kinda fancy if you do it up right! One trick that I have up my entertaining sleeve is to use sliced lemons around the rim of a vase filled with flowers (or in this case, blooms clipped from bushes in our yard):

The trick to doing this without killing your flowers (they’ll die pretty quickly if placed in lemon-filled water) is to place a small vase filled with fresh water for your flowers inside of a larger vase and fill the space between the two vases with sliced lemons and water. I share the detailed how-to for lemon-lined vases in {this post}.

Another of my favorite simple spring decorating ideas is to create an easy spring centerpiece by simply placing a shallow glass water-filled bowl inside of your favorite decorative bowl. I’ve tried it with all different kinds of flowers but this combination of ranunculus and wax flowers is one of my favorites: 

This wood bowl that I love to use the most seems to go out of stock the moment they get more in but if you want to check back later, a few different sources for it plus more images of how I’ve used my favorite wood bowl can be found {here}. 

If flower arranging isn’t in your skill set, a great standby that works for anyone and everyone is tulips in a vase. It’s as easy as buying a few tulip bundles from the grocery store, mixing up the different colors (using just a single color works too!) and plopping them in a vase. I did exactly that for {this Easter table} last year and even though it’s so simple, it’s one of my favorite spring table decorations ever!

I used a pair of {these hurricane vases} for my flowers – they are my favorite vases that I use constantly (they aren’t cheap, but I’ve gotten my money out of them and then some!). A spring table with two vases of tulips would make a beautiful centerpiece by themselves or you can spread them out and create a little “moment” right in the middle of the table like I did with these two twine bunnies (HomeGoods finds!) and a hollowed out cabbage filled with tulips: 

Another simple idea for your Easter table is to make these bunny ear napkins:

I love that it’s a simple decoration that doesn’t cost a cent – just use any spring-patterned napkins that you already have and follow a few simple folding instructions to create them. You can find my post with the link to the napkin folding tutorial plus other simple spring and easter table decorating ideas {here}. 

Spring Mantel Decor

I change out what’s on our fireplace mantel seasonally and having fresh spring mantel decor makes our living room so much more bright and cheerful!

While I might leave a piece or two of artwork up from season to season, changing other pieces out is a favorite way to bring in some spring. My two go-to sources for seasonal artwork are Minted and Etsy. Minted has hundreds of pretty prints and very reasonable prices and you can choose to buy just the print or have them sent to you framed and ready to hang. I used {this butterfly print} and {this cherry blossom print} from Minted in my bedroom this spring – they would look beautiful layered on a fireplace mantel too!

Etsy also has prints that you can buy and have shipped but what I use Etsy for the most is art printables – most are $5 or less and you can buy them, print them at home, and have them displayed in a frame all in a matter of minutes. This adorable little bunny printable (found {here}) is a spring favorite! 

I’ve gathered together a few more of my favorite spring Etsy printables below:

Another one of my favorite simple spring decorating ideas for your mantel decor is to bring some color and pattern into your home by wrapping a few books with colorful fabric remnants:

You simply fold a piece of fabric to the height of your books, iron the edges, and tape them in place on the inside flap or you can make full book covers (no sewing needed!) that slip on and off your books and can be easily stored and reused from year to year. Perfect for using on your fireplace mantel, bookshelves, or on top of a console or chest. 

Spring Pillows

Of course we can’t forget the pillows!!! I always bring bits of color into our home for spring – sometimes that’s with pillows in pinks, greens, and other fresh spring colors and other times I bring the color in with throws and flowers and keep my pillows light and bright in shades of white and cream: 

When I get around to swapping out my pillow for spring or summer this year, based on these spring pillows I’m currently eyeing, it’s looking like I’ll be bringing in some color:

I hope you enjoyed this little dose of spring decorating inspiration! I’m totally jealous of those of you who are fully out of winter and enjoying some warmer spring weather. We still have a little snow on the ground but are supposed to get rain at the end of the week and I’m crossing my fingers that it will wash the rest of the snow away and that warmer days are on their way. Enjoy the rest of your week everyone!