🌿Early Spring Decorating ~ French Country Style ~ Spring Decorating Ideas ~ Spring ~ Monica Rose

Hi, sweet friends, and welcome back. Today, I am going to share an early spring decorating video with you. These are two of my previous videos that I have uploaded in the past, but I wanted to give you some ideas before I start with my new spring decorating, and these were two of my favorites. So let's just dive right in, and I hope you guys all enjoy today's video. Okay, so the first area of my kitchen that I am going to start with is this little hutch, and I had so much fun decorating this. It turned out so pretty. If you follow me over on Instagram, you will have already gotten a sneak peek, but I'm just gonna quickly dust it off before I start any of the decorating, and today, I am using the Caldrea Pear Blossom Agave Scented All-Purpose Cleaner. Okay, so now that I have this hutch all cleaned off, I'm gonna start decorating, and I really wanted to add some texture up here with a woven basket that I purchased at HomeGoods the other day. I believe it was $16.99. It was very reasonably priced. I love HomeGoods so much. So what I did was I am going to take a garland and just kind of fill it in because I kind of played around with this before I started decorating, and with those holes that you can see in the basket, the stems were showing quite a bit when I put the flowers in there. These are the flowers that I'm going to be using. I purchased these at Michael's, and they were 50% off of this price that I'm showing you right here, but I was kind of playing around with it just to kind of see how I wanted to decorate this basket, and the stems were showing quite a bit, so like I said, I used that garland as a filler, and I think it came out so pretty. It came out a lot prettier than I thought it would, and I loved how it added a little bit of that green as well. These flowers are so incredibly pretty, and I love that tiny little bit of yellow that you see in there as well. I found these beautiful bunnies at Ross last season, and they were only $8.99 a piece. This year, I'm going to take this little raffia bow tie off of them. I kind of want them to look a little less dressed up because I do have that really big floral basket up here, and I just felt like it was a little too much, but I wanted to add a little bit of height difference, so what I'm going to do is use a candle holder and just kind of stagger the bunnies, and I just think this turned out so incredibly pretty. Okay, so who is obsessed with all of the peaches this season? I am totally into the peaches, and when I found this wooden crate at Michael's, I just had to get it, and it looks so pretty sitting here in this hutch. I am going to fill this with some greenery and some florals in just a minute, but I wanted to also show you this bunny candy dish that I found at Marshall's last season, and I'm going to be adding some peaches to that. I did kind of play with this a little bit. I kind of had to decorate it and then step back and look at it and then take stuff out and put it back and just kind of move things around, and I get like that when I decorate, and I feel like sometimes you do have to step back and look at your creation or whatever you're decorating and kind of get a feel for what feels right for you, so that is a good tip is to just to kind of step back and look at what you've done and then make your changes or stay with how you have everything decorated. Also, another tip is to actually take a picture of something that you decorate and then analyze the picture. I know that might sound kind of odd, but it really works for me. ♪ Just like before, do the same thing on this open door ♪ ♪ And maybe we can go, because now I know that I still ♪ ♪ Do the same thing on this open door ♪ I felt like this cutting board would just add a little bit of balance to that wood that I have with the crate, and I'm gonna add that just behind this candy dish, and I did find this at Hobby Lobby, and it was 40% off. ♪ Maybe on this open door ♪ So as you can see, I did kind of play around with this little candy dish, and I felt like maybe if it was just a little bit bigger, I wouldn't have had such a hard time decorating this, but I ultimately went with just the peaches, a tiny bit of greenery, and a little bit of white baby's breath. ♪ Because now I know ♪ Okay, now that I'm finished decorating the hutch, and I will go back and kind of show an overview of everything when I'm all finished decorating. So I'm gonna head on into the kitchen area right now, and I'm not gonna add a ton of decor everywhere. I want to keep it pretty simple, and I'm gonna start by wiping the countertops down and making sure they're all nice and clean, and I will be using the same multipurpose cleaner that I used on my hutch for that. Okay, so I wanted to add a pop of color right above my stove, so I thought this wreath would look really pretty. I want to add some lavender in here. I love the white and the lavender for spring, and I thought adding these peach flowers would kind of tie in with what I did over on the hutch area, but once I had it up and kind of stood back and looked at it, I felt like the colors clashed a little too much, so I did end up taking those out. Now I'm just gonna add this really pretty white pitcher. I believe I purchased that at HomeGoods, and then I'm gonna add some lavender with some white tulips in the lavender, and the white tulips always look so beautiful together for spring decor. I purchased the lavender at Walmart last year, and then these lifelike tulips, I'm telling you, you guys, these feel so real. I purchased those off of Amazon, and I'm gonna go ahead and leave a link for the tulips in my description box, and if I can find the lavender on Walmart's website, I'm gonna go ahead and leave that link as well. Always check my description box for links if you are looking for something, or you can just go ahead and ask in the comments, and I will try to find that link for you, and then I'm just placing this vase on a riser and then adding my hand soap and my dish soap, and then over here on my shelf, I'm just gonna add some more of that lavender in the vase over here, and then add some really cute carrots. I purchased the carrots at HomeGoods, and just in case you're wondering, I did purchase that wooden riser at HomeGoods as well, and then this is another basket that I did find at HomeGoods. I do buy a lot of my items at HomeGoods, and then I'm just placing my canister in here with Rocco's Dog Treats, and then a tiny bundle of some lavender. Decorating this hutch this season for spring is definitely my favorite part of this video. I honestly don't think I have ever been more happy with how this hutch has turned out for any type of seasonal decor. I just think the peaches are adorable, and that basket with those beautiful florals with those bunnies up top just looks so pretty. I love how everything kind of goes together, and I am just truly in love with how it looks. Let me know down in the comments below what your favorite part of today's video was. I am really curious to know what you guys think. ♪ I fell to the sunset ♪ ♪ The stars will appear in this lonely place ♪ ♪ I still see your face ♪ ♪ I go round and round until every sound is a symphony ♪ ♪ From my heart, my dreams ♪ Well, that is it for today's video. I hope that you guys all enjoyed it. I hope it gave you some decorating ideas and a little bit of that cleaning motivation as well. If you did enjoy today's video, please make sure that you leave a thumbs up, a comment just saying hello, and make sure that you subscribe if you are new. I hope you guys all have an amazing day, and I will see you in the next one. Bye. So today I'm going to be refreshing my kitchen with some spring decor, and I am so excited about it. It's looking kind of blah and plain, and I cannot wait to add some pops of color in here, and just some fresh florals, and just something that makes me feel like spring is coming. So when I think of spring, I think of greenery and the blooming flowers and fresh herbs sitting in the window, and I've been really wanting to use for a while, so I went over to my local Home Depot and found some of my favorite herbs that I love to cook with more often than not, and I thought I would place them in really pretty containers. So I decided to go with three of my favorites. I picked up a lemon thyme, a peppermint, and some Italian oregano. So my original plan was just to use some plain terracotta pots and place them in the pots and put them in the window, but once I got home, I really wanted to dress these up just a little bit, so I found this craft paint up in my craft room. It is called Wicker White, and I do believe that I found this at Hobby Lobby probably a year or two ago, so I didn't have to go out and buy this paint. I already had it, and then I just did a very, very light coat over the terracotta pot, and then I took a dry paper towel and just buffed it away. I really wanted to give it a very worn and weathered look, so once I was done, they were pretty much dry, so I took a wet paper towel and I kind of went over the edges and where they would be worn just a little bit more and just kind of distressed them. If this is the very first time you are visiting my channel, I just wanna quickly say thank you so much for clicking on today's video. I truly appreciate you, and if you are a returning subscriber, I appreciate you so much as well. I just wanted to say that and give you all a quick thank you for watching today. So right now, I'm just distressing the pots just a little bit more, and like I said earlier, I am taking a wet paper towel at this point and just kind of going over those edges and places where there would be more of a worn look than others, and I love how these turned out. They look a little old and worn, and I just really, really love it. I think they look so cute. If you wanted to add just a little bit more to these pots, I think some really pretty font with the names of the herbs stenciled on the front of these pots would look really pretty as well. You could also add some florals or some painted roses or something. I don't know. I think there's so many possibilities. I love how they look just the way they are, and they fit perfectly here in my kitchen. This spring wreath for my kitchen is so incredibly beautiful, and it was super easy to make, and I'm gonna show you exactly how I did that. First, I'm gonna share where I got my items and what they are. So this is some floral foam that I picked up at Walmart, and I'm showing you the tag for reference if you wanna go pick one up, and then I'm using a few things that I already had. I had this garland with some flowers and some moss and then some lamb's ear. I didn't use the lamb's ear, but this is so pretty, and it makes a really wonderful filler if you have some empty spaces in your wreath. You can just add little pieces of greenery, and this lamb's ear is really soft and subtle looking, so I really love using it. Most of the florals that I will be using are florals that I have had from years past. I didn't go out and buy anything new except for those bright pink florals that you see right here. I picked those at that Walmart as well. Whenever I make any type of wreath or an arrangement, I always start with my greenery. So I'm gonna start by laying my greenery down onto this piece of floral foam, and to keep it in place, you can either use some hot glue. I'm going to use some larger staples, and I'm just gonna kind of stick those in there, and they aren't gonna hold the piece of garland on there really, really well. It's just kind of keeping it from moving around while I'm adding my florals, because once you put your florals into this foam, it will also hold that greenery in there for you. So you really don't have to do this, but I'm doing this to just kind of keep it in place while I'm adding the rest of my florals. So normally if I have all different sized florals, like if I have larger florals and then some smaller florals, I like to add my larger pieces first and then add in the smaller ones like filler. But mine are pretty much all the same size, so I'm just gonna kind of start by colors first, and I wanted to start with all of the whites, and I'm just kind of evenly spreading the white florals throughout, and then I'll go with the other color, like the pinks. And then last, I'm going to be adding my lavender, because they do look a little bit differently, and I just wasn't sure how I was gonna place those until I had the rest of my florals in here, but this turned out so, so, so pretty. I love this. It was super easy and super quick, and I cannot wait to make one for my front door. To attach this to the hook that I plan on hanging on the wall, I'm just gonna use some floral wire, wrap that wire around my wreath, and then create a little bit of a loop, and it is that easy. ♪ I've been saving you ♪ ♪ You saved me too ♪ ♪ Yeah, I need it, don't you need it too? ♪ ♪ I get you, and you got me too ♪ It doesn't have to cost you a fortune to make something really beautiful, and quite honestly, you could probably find most of these items very similar at the Dollar Tree. I know the white florals and possibly that lavender I did find at the Dollar Tree, and I've also seen those wreaths there before. They are a little bit smaller, but again, you can just use your creativity and make it work, and it does not have to cost a lot of money to do that. ♪ Underneath my fingernails ♪ I wanted to add a little bit more of that lavender throughout my kitchen, and I found this wreath in one of my bins. I believe I picked this up at Hobby Lobby last year or the year before, or the year before, but I do know that it was a while ago, and I thought it would just dress up this round cutting board that I have hanging on the wall. ♪ Broken in the whole wide world ♪ I also wanted to bring some of that lavender down here by my diffuser because lavender is related with relaxing things, and I thought it would look really pretty. I have this milk glass vase, and I thought it would look perfect with these little pieces of lavender. I don't remember where I purchased those. I can't remember if it was Joann's or Hobby Lobby, but it was one of those stores, and I just placed them in this container and set them right here by my diffuser, and it looks so pretty. ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ That we share with the stars of the moon ♪ Over here where I have a basket in this cutout area where my island is. I thought I would add just a little more of that lavender. Most of the time I add greenery in here but I thought why not go with a little more of that lavender and I'm gonna stop there with the lavender but I thought it would look really pretty. It just added that subtle pop of color in here as well and it brought that lavender over here to this side of the kitchen as will be adding a little bit more the closer we get to spring. I will bring out those bunnies soon and I cannot wait because I have some really adorable bunnies and all of that fun stuff but I'm gonna add a little bit more of that lavender upstairs in my bedroom and I'm just gonna place a little bundle of it over here on my nightstand. Well that is it for today's video. I hope it gave you some spring decorating ideas and I hope you all just really enjoyed today's video. If you did be sure to leave me a thumbs up, say hi down in the comments below and hit that subscribe button if you haven't already and I will see you all in the next one. Have a beautiful day. Bye!