Add a little love to your home with these 7 simple ways to decorate for Valentine’s Day. A few quick and inexpensive touches, and you’ll be all ready to celebrate!
I did a winter wonderland theme in our dining room this Christmas, and actually ended up leaving up a lot of the decor up for winter. While I don’t like the snow outside, I do love that wintery look inside!
While I loved the white, I did want to do some decorating for Valentine’s Day. And, honestly, a little color was needed – I always forget how dark and gloomy it can get here in January! I didn’t have a lot of time to decorate since I was away quite a bit travelling, but I came up with a few quick and inexpensive ways to add some Valentine’s Day decor to our home.
7 Simple Ways to Decorate for Valentine’s Day
Adding Valentine’s Day decor to your home doesn’t have to be complicated. Just follow these 7 simple ways to decorate for Valentine’s Day. It’s time to show the love!
1. Add In Some Red
Nothing says Valentine’s Day more than a few pretty pops of red and it doesn’t take much to make the red really pop against the white! I used a couple of Love mugs, a felt LOVE banner, and a red heart plate {from the dollar section of Target last year}. Just these few items really transformed the buffet into a pretty Valentine’s Day vignette.
2. Use Valentine’s Day Chocolate or Candies
Using seasonal chocolates or other candy is an inexpensive {and tasty!!} way to add some color to your Valentine’s Day decor. Use wrapped chocolates or place candies in covered glass containers. One of the good things about decorating with chocolate is that you don’t have to store it at the end of the season. Just a warning that it may need to be replenished frequently. 🙂
3. Use Printables
One of my favorite things to do each holiday season, is to come up with some printables to display. They are definitely the quickest and most inexpensive way to add that seasonal decor into your home. You can find my previous free Valentine’s Day printables HERE {including the xoxo printable at the top of the post} and I have some new ones for you to download too! Just click the links below or at the end of the post.
DOWNLOAD THE SLOTH VALENTINE’S DAY PRINTABLE HERE
{This would be cute as a Valentine’s Day card too!}
DOWNLOAD THE HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY BICYCLE PRINTABLE HERE
4. Add Small Valentine’s Day Signs to your Regular Decor.
I picked up a couple of these wooden love tags from Michaels, and added them to the lighted trees in our dining room and a winter wreath in our front entry. You can often find little signs in the dollar store or Target that can easily be added to decor items that you already have up. They’re inexpensive, don’t take up much storage space and don’t require you to change up your existing decor. Just layer, layer, layer!
5. Add Valentine’s Day Tea Towels.
A couple of Valentine’s Day tea towels will add a seasonal touch to your kitchen for less than $10. They’re practical to use during the holidays and are easy to store afterwards.
6. Create a Seasonal Beverage Bar.
This is another favorite of mine! We don’t drink coffee around here, so hot chocolate is our go-to hot beverage of choice. I’ve had lots of fun coming up with new hot chocolate bar set-ups over the years and always switch it up for the different seasons. If you’d like to create your own Valentine’s Day Hot Chocolate bar you can check out my free hot chocolate bar printables HERE and free hot chocolate bar labels HERE. I told you I love printables! 😉
7. Add a Valentine’s Day Throw Pillow
You can’t get much easier than tossing a Valentine’s Day throw pillow onto a bench, chair, or sofa! If you’re short on space, look for a pillow cover that can just be added over top of one of you current pillows. The tree is from my Christmas decorations, but the red berries fit in perfectly with my red and white Valentine’s Day decor!
So there you have it! I’d love to hear if you decorate for Valentine’s Day and if you have any other Valentine’s decorating tips. Be sure to grab the printables below before you leave! 🙂
DOWNLOAD THE SLOTH VALENTINE’S DAY PRINTABLE HERE
DOWNLOAD THE HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY PRINTABLE HERE
For more Valentine’s Day ideas, check out these posts…
Free Printable Valentine’s Day Cards and Tags
Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
These decor ideas are all just so cute! Thanks for sharing them, I loved it!
I am just falling in love with your cards!! That elephant one looks so cute. Wish I could have come to your blog before that day!!! But nevermind this always the next year. Will use them for sure. Bookmarking it for future reference. Thanks
Hi, I LOVE your simple, inexpensive decor tips. Would you be able to tell where you purchased some of the items? – the felt love little banners, the wooden riser, the distressed white pic holders, all of your beautiful white winter decor? Thanks a bunch.
Thanks so much! I made the little banner and the wooden riser and white photo holder was from Michaels. The winter decor is a mix but the white trees were from World Market. Hope that helps!