How to Decorate a Home for Winter

When the air gets colder, it may be time to start putting away those fall decorations so you can start decorating your home for winter. The winter season is many people's favorite time of year, and making your home reflect the season can be a lot of fun. Wondering how to decorate this winter? Here are some simple steps to getting ready this year.

Things You'll Need

• Ribbon
• Pine accessories
• Christmas lights
• Candles
• Winter accessories

Instructions

1. Take down your fall decorations. It's time for the pumpkins, fall colors and Thanksgiving decorations to go so your winter decorations can take their place.

2. Decide on a color scheme. While the first color scheme that comes to mind may be red and green, these are not the only colors to consider. Winter blues, silver and gold, and even white can serve just as well.

3. Decorate with ribbons. Use this hallmark of the winter season all around your home. Add ribbons in winter colors to doorknobs, posts on the front porch, the front door, or even lamps and chandeliers.

4. Add pine accessories. Synonymous with the winter season, pine looks beautiful and smells wonderful. You can add pine boughs to the mantle or even flower arrangements. Also place pine wreaths throughout the home.

5. Bring out the candles. Winter is a perfect time to give in to your candle fetish. Use candles in winter smells and colors to add a cozy feeling to your home during the cold winter months.

6. Put up holiday or Christmas lights. While you don't have to focus on just the holidays when decorating for winter, adding some lights is a wonderful idea. Hang them around a room, add them to the pine boughs on your mantle, or use them on the outside of your home.

7. Accent your home with winter accessories. From porcelain snowmen, to baskets of silver and gold balls, to bowls of pine cones, to winter-themed pillows, there are many winter accessories you can add to pull your winter theme together.