Enjoy The Everchanging Delights Of Seasonal Homewares • 333k+ Inspiring Lifestyle Ideas

Your choices in homewares can say a lot about you as a person. Soft furnishings, tableware, candles, and everything in between can become an expression of our personalities. Some people will build a collection of beloved items that will only change if they break or become unfit for purpose with age. There is the risk of your home decor becoming a little stale and tired if you bring out the same decorations and have the same colours all the time.

One way to get around this while still building fun collections of items is to make seasonal collections. You can style a home for winter, bring fresh life into it for spring, change the tones and functionality for summer, and start making it cozy again in autumn. You also get to bring in holiday items for the season to add to the excitement. Here are some examples across the year.

Spring

Spring is all about creating a sense of freshness and renewal after the colder feel and dormancy of winter. It’s why a spring clean and clear out is so common this time of year. That spring clean can end with some shopping for new homewares. The minimalist tableware of winter can be replaced with something more fun with soft pastel tones and plenty of spring green. Spring is also the ideal time for a floral theme. Flowers on the tablecloths and cushions offer a permanent solution, while vases of cut flowers let you bring a little of your garden into your living room. If you don’t have a garden, you can always build extravagant displays with faux flowers instead. Look at different options in ceramics and glass to create new focal points across the home.

One of the problems with decorating the home for the holidays in Australia is the tones and motives don’t always match the season. Over in the United States and the UK, Halloween is the ultimate autumn holiday, with people carving pumpkins and using a lot of orange and black while kids trick-or-treat in the darkness. You can still bring in spooky decorations and keep the place light and full of the colours of spring. You just need to get creative.

Summer

By the time summer comes around, there are two major themes on everyone’s mind. For a large part of the season, the decor will be bright and sunny. Beach themes and a tropical feel are easy to work with. Look for anything you can do to cool the place down, such as switching to lighter linens and a new duvet in the bedroom, goes a long way. Many also get summer slipcovers for sofas to make them more comfortable with bare skin. You can also switch over to your summer service for those seasonal outdoor parties by the pool. Think salad bowls, tongs, aprons, and anything for use on and around the BBQ.

Then Christmas comes around, and all the festive homewares can come out. How long you want to do this is entirely up to you. If you’re one of those people who has the tree up all through December and long into January, this is going to be your main summer theme. Stores are never going to be short of options, from Santas and Snowmen to more low-key holly and ivy. You could end up with quite a collection.

Autumn

Once autumn comes around, it’s fun to lean into the changing season with another change in decor. These months are some of the coziest of the year, and this means creating more warmth in the home, both figuratively and literally. You can bring out more scented candles with musky, spicy scents to adjust the atmosphere for autumn. You can also start adding more cushions and throws to living spaces and bedrooms. Warm red and orange tones are a must here, muting the brightness of summer and evoking images of forest floors with fallen leaves, berries, and the harvest.

This is also a wonderful time to invest in some new kitchenware, bakeware, and other pieces for the table. As we come together for family meals and harvest the produce from our gardens, we need the perfect dishes, plates, and serving tools for all those hearty pies and desserts. Also, with Easter taking place at some point during the season, you can bring in pieces with Easter bunnies and eggs for those family get-togethers.

Winter

Finally, there’s the chance to create something entirely different for winter. The cozy feel with the soft interiors can be accentuated further with extra blankets and throws – anything that makes the place more comfortable as the nights get colder and longer. You can think about bringing in more natural tones and faux furs. You may also want to look at adding more light to your living space with some string lights, stylish lamps, or candles that release the scents of the season.

Winter is also a great time to go for something a little more minimalist and cool-toned in your decor. You could take the Scandinavian route with all the natural tones of the timber and faux fur and then a lot of whites and greys. Or, you could contrast the warm oranges of autumn with some colder blue tones. The beauty of decorating in blue is there are homewares in all kinds of shades to create a vibe that still matches your personality. You can still have the azure of the sea, a soft powder blue, or something rich and royal.

Creating A Home To Be Proud Of

These seasonal collections of homewares really do provide that nice balance between an ever-changing decor and a collection of beloved items that get used over and over again. You can make the most of the colours and light fabrics of summer, decorate for Christmas, and then look forward to making it more comfortable and inviting as the seasons change. Find the seasonal tones and motifs that speak to you and work from there to build a rotation of items you’ll love.