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When you hear birds chirping, see flowers blooming, and feel the sun shining, you know that spring has arrived in glorious fashion. As the weather becomes warmer, the itch to give your home a much-needed refresh for the season becomes almost unbearable. Luckily, sprucing up your home for spring doesn't require you to completely redecorate or paint a room a vivacious color (we always love a good makeover though).
Focus more on decluttering your home and filling it with animated patterns and natural textures that speak to spring's whimsical spirit. Incorporating floral motifs and verdant hues will never go out of vogue, as those are easy ways to create an innate connection to the gardens and landscapes beyond the walls of your home. And sometimes all takes to breathe new life into your home is simply switching out your table linens or bedding. For inspiration, we turned to the VERANDA archives to find our favorite spring decorating ideas. Here, you'll find everything from garden-themed tablescapes to darling living rooms drenched in pastel shades that feel right for the season. Happy decorating!
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Everlasting Florals
This sultry dining room at Grey Gardens is always in full bloom. Homeowner Liz Lange and designer Mark D. Sikes enlisted artist Vladimir Kanevsky to create porcelain renderings of the flowers in the garden to place over the mantel.
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Fresh Clippings
With orchards and a forest glade just outside his window, interior designer David Jimenez often turns to the natural world when looking to dress up his French countryside apartment. Fresh clippings of greenery and flowers transform the kitchen into a quaint spring brunch gathering.
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Garden Pots
Each spring, designer Jan Showers invites all her Round Top-bound friends over to her Hillsboro, Texas for a classic spring luncheon. Wildflowers flourish in pretty garden pots and lettuceware (Tory Burch) on the antique dining table. “I love simple florals like daisies in the spring and early summer,” notes the designer.
Pastels have their place in every season, but in springtime, the muted shades sing. Pierre Paulin-style Z chairs in soft greens and blues paired and a colorful abstract enliven the living room at Janie Jones' Birmingham cottage.
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Plates Aplenty
In Esther Cayzer-Colvin’s English manor, a collection of famille verte Chinese porcelain fills the apple-green kitchen with charm and whimsy. The flora and fauna patterns speak to the season without feeling overly cliché.
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Indoor-Outdoor Living
In this Giannetti Home-designed Los Angeles home, a fully retractable glass wall merges the large rear family room with the terrace, seamlessly connecting the interiors with the verdant gardens. We can practically feel the gentle spring breeze!
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Lovely Linens
Swapping your linens throughout the year is a simple way to give your space a seasonal refresh. In Jane Scott Hodges' New Orleans bedroom, a purple Fortuny damask draws up “like a ball gown” and stores more of Hodges’s extensive linens collection behind its draping.
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Fruitful Beginnings
In this London breakfast room by Gary McBournie, low-hanging fruit arrives in a series of 19th-century Chinese watercolors. The fresh shades of apricot shade and a medley of patterns awaken the small, sleepy space.
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Cabbage Chic
The bounty of spring makes its way into designer Todd Romano's Texas home in the form of Portuguese and Italian cabbageware. Intense color—glossy jet black and playful salmon pink—transform the quaint breakfast room nook into an exuberant display for guests to marvel at.
“I love setting a captivating table; it’s like a decorating project in microcosm, with pretty layers and playful details,” says designer Cece Barfield Thompson. On her dining table, embroidered linens (CeCe Barfield Home) play up the floral scenes on hand-painted Limoges porcelain dinner plates.
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Painterly Pinks
For her New York City apartment, Cece Barfield Thompson pulled design and color inspiration from her historic neighborhood, Gramercy Park. Climbing florals, painterly hearts, and troupes of roses in various shades of pink dazzle in the designer's daughters’ bedroom.
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Botanical Nod
Subtle pops of green throughout this New York Tudor tie the interiors to the lush gardens beyond the walls. Design team Carrier and Company swathed the breakfast room's walls in a soft botanical print that complements the yellow and green tones on the original stained glass.
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Patchwork Power
Textile designer Richard Smith believes that the most-used rooms in your home should be celebrated through color and pattern. In his own English manor, French stripe patchwork provides a vibrant background to frequent kitchen suppers all year long.
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European Influences
Designer David Netto took a high-low decorating approach for this Colonial-style house in a small Connecticut town. Reclaimed terra-cotta flooring (Paris Ceramics) and custom blue-and-white wall tiles recall the centuries-old romance of European potting rooms.
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Nasturtium Explosions
Nothing celebrates the joys of spring more than a room swathed in florals. In this California office by Peter Dunham, nasturtium-themed wallpaper (Lake August) pays homage to the flowers blooming outside.
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Secret Garden
At this Newport Beach home, architect Bob White carved a roomy arched alcove under the poolhouse's stairs to act as a potting shed. Earthy taupe cabinetry echoes the natural tones of the yard's trees and keeps the attention on the colorful blooms.
Sarah DiMarco
Associate Editor
Sarah DiMarco (she/her) is the associate editor at VERANDA, covering all things design, architecture, art, gardens, jewelry, travel, wine and spirits. She also manages social media for the brand.
Repaint or wash the baseboards, door frames, outlet covers and light switches. Strategic placement of a mirror can add an enormous amount of natural light in your home. Inject pattern into a room with wallpaper for a fresh and easy update. Use plants to add color, texture, and life to every room.
Swap those winter-dense prints with floral patterns, stripes, or abstract designs that reflect the season's true spirit in your bedroom for spring. Make a statement with spring color; softer hues such as pastel blues, greens, and pinks bring in a refreshing vibe.
We recommend decorating for spring in late February or early March, depending on your local climate. Start with subtle floral prints and pastel colors to slowly wake your home from winter slumber.
Finding your design style can be as simple as slowly building out your space with items you've invested in and collected through the years. Don't set out to decorate your space in a day; let it evolve and come to life over time. As we grow, our design style can and should evolve.
Incorporate a few florals or live plants, whether fresh greenery or fresh flowers. Add a pop of color with thrifted art or home decor accessories. Use lighter fabrics and lighten the textures and layers around your home. Add floral and fruity scents around our home for a fresh smell.
Want to know when to change seasonal décor from winter to spring? March is a good time to welcome the season of new beginnings with changes in your home decorations. Focus on a few design elements that you can easily refresh, such as color and texture.
Choose containers in a variety of sizes to keep it visually interesting and plant herbs and veggies designed to thrive in compact pots, like peppers, greens, and kale. Adding spring flowers is a beautiful way to embrace the new season and add color to your outdoor space.
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