decorating for Spring 2025 | simple cottage style decor ideas

Hey friends, welcome back and welcome to my house. Today we're gonna hang out and play with spring decor. I am so excited. Spring is easily my favorite season to decorate for. I'm not really sure why. I think it's because everything is so fresh. You know, spring cleaning season is here. I recently took a day and washed all my windows and dusted my baseboards and mopped and got my home feeling clean again after a very long kind of dreary winter, which we still have cold weather here in Ohio, but I'm hopeful. I'm hopeful that warmer days are coming. Garden season is coming, all the good things. So today I wanted to just kind of walk you through a very simple process in decorating for spring. Just some really simple things you can implement to make your home feel fresh and beautiful and alive again for this upcoming season. So if you are excited to hang out today, to decorate together, be sure to give this a big thumbs up and let's get started. But before we go any farther, I kindly wanted to thank Arm Rug for sponsoring today's video. So you guys know here on my channel, I'm always promoting a variety of different whole foods because eating a variety of foods is so good for your gut health and just overall nutrition. And that's truly why I've loved Arm Rug Colostrum. That's exactly what this is. It's a bioactive whole food. And so even though there's a recommended serving portion here, it's four scoops daily, you can actually take more if you want. I've got the unflavored Colostrum here. And sometimes I'll just dry scoop it right into my mouth. There's actually dental benefits for that. It really doesn't taste like anything in cold water. You can put it in juice, really any cold beverage or cold food like yogurt or like a smoothie or something as long as it's cold. But I usually just mix it right in with water and it doesn't really taste like anything. It's really, really easy to get down. The main thing is that consistency is key. You wanna be taking your Arm Rug Colostrum daily to really see the benefits. I've been taking it daily for about four months now. And while there's a lot of things I've noticed, the biggest thing is my skin. This is packed with prebiotics, with antioxidants, with micronutrients, with peptides and so much more. And I feel like I'm like glowing in a way that I haven't felt in a long time. I just feel like my fine lines are less noticeable. My skin feels very like supple in the day to day, even when I have, I have no makeup on today, you guys. No skin makeup. It strengthens your skin's barrier and activates your own body's stem cell collagen production. And so that of course, increasing collagen is going to leave your skin feeling more elastic, having more elasticity. And I think that's what I've been experiencing in the last couple of months. And what a difference it's made. I'm super excited because we worked out a special offer just for my audience. You can go to tryarmrah.com forward slash Amy Fritz for 15% off of your first order. That's T-R-Y-A-R-M-R-A.com slash Amy Fritz. So definitely check that out. Check out the subscription and I encourage you to try Armrah Colostrum. You're going to love it. Something I would say that makes the biggest impact for any space in your home in the spring is bringing the outdoors in. And how you can truly do that is through florals and plants. Whether you use faux florals, I'm using quite a few faux florals this year. Whether you go to the grocery store and just buy some fresh tulips or bouquet to make your space feel lively. Maybe you buy a new plant. One of my favorite things to do in the spring months, I haven't done it this year, is to force blooms indoors. So if you have honeysuckle or forsythia or different twigs even. I mean, I think you can do it with almost any bloom. If you see buds on some of your trees outside, you can cut a few branches, bring them in. And as long as they're in water, they will start to force blooms in a couple of weeks. And it's a really beautiful, natural, free way to get spring decor. So I love to do that at least once in the season. But bringing some life, bringing some color back into your space is so important. I have a couple of different florals I want to share really quick. The first is definitely my favorite. And these are the Real Touch or like the, I think that's what they're called, Real Touch. They're faux tulips from Amazon. And they are so lifelike. I've bought faux tulips on Amazon in the past and they did not look like this. There's something so realistic about them because the stem is longer and some of them are more open than others. Some are still completely shut. They're just beautiful. I cannot wait to do an arrangement of these. I think we're primarily gonna focus on my living room and entry today. We might tackle a little bit of the dining room kitchen, but I'm not totally sure how far we'll get. Might have to be in an upcoming video. But all that to say, these are so beautiful and they're very affordable. And I love investment pieces like this because I'll have these forever. Of course, nothing compares to the real thing. If you like to go every week and buy fresh tulips in the springtime, go for it. But this year I'm going with faux and I'm really excited. And you know, I just mentioned forced blooms where you have sticks, twigs in a vase and they start to bud out just a little bit. And I was at Hobby Lobby the other day and I noticed they had some stems that looked that way. And I've had these in the past. I've actually had these stems for years and years. I didn't realize they still had them in store. So I wanted to share with you guys. But this is what they look like. You know, they have that brown stem and they have tiny little green leaves budding out all over. And I think they are stunning for the springtime. I think they're just so true to the outdoors this time of year, right? I look outside, it's March. It's not green yet. The grass is greening up a bit, but things aren't really in bloom. Maybe a few daffodils here or there, but there's not a lot of color. And so I think having realistic timelines of what's actually in season, what's blooming inside your home can just bring a really elegant feel and more natural organic feel as well. So these are beautiful. Get them on sale at Hobby Lobby. They still have them in store. I'm gonna do these, I think, on my mantel, but I'm not totally sure yet. It's so windy. I'm so sorry if you can hear it howling. That is so true to our spring. Get lots of storms and tornadoes, and I hope everyone is staying safe in the Midwest this week. But I wanted to share this really quick. This was a recent find. I was in Marshall's. Is it Marshall's or Home Goods? Marshall's, yesterday or the day before, and I found this wreath for my front door for spring. And I thought it was so pretty. I love this kind of thick, it's not really grapevine. What would you call that? Rattan or like a wicker almost. It's a lighter color. It's got beautiful green and white florals on it. And the best part, it was red tagged. I got it for $23. So I feel like that's a really affordable price point for a wreath of this size. So definitely check out your budget-friendly stores. I live like 45 minutes from Home Goods and those kinds of stores, so I don't go super often. I just go like a couple times a year, but when I go, I try to find the things like this that are more expensive and try to get a deal. So for spring, nothing beats sweeping your front porch, just cleaning things up. You don't even have to plant anything yet, but just swap out whatever winter wreath you have on it for something fresh and springy, and that can make a huge impact. And speaking of front porch, I have Southern Living. I have it on subscription. Caleb got it for me for Christmas a couple years ago. And the spring issue of container gardening this year is really good, you guys, if you're looking for some container inspiration as the weather warms up and you're ready to do some spring planting. This was on the table, so I just grabbed it. But that's something else I encourage you to do. Go through magazines, whether it's Southern Living or Country Living, or find one that maybe fits you more stylistically, whatever your decor and home style is, and you can just get so much natural inspiration. That's typically what I will pull towards when I'm just looking for inspiration for the upcoming season, so I figured I would share that. Another great way to bring spring in is through scent, whether it's essential oils or candles or soaps. You can't go wrong. And I got a few new candles for spring. I love Antique Candle Company, and I usually order from them. I just haven't this year. And so I got some really good spring candles at HomeGoods. I got multiple. It's the Sensational White Magnolia. Looks like this. I got it in multiple sizes. I think I got three of them total. The big one is over there somewhere. But the scent notes are Tulip, Jasmine, and Musk. And, oh, it just, it smells so fresh. It kind of reminds me of sweet pea. I wonder if there's sweet pea in here too. Do you guys remember the old school sweet pea scent from Bath & Body Works? It just reminds me of that. It's definitely floral, but not like overpowering. It's really, really nice. So I got a couple of those. This one, I don't even know what this scent is called. I just bought it because I loved the vessel that it was in. I thought it was very springy, summery. It reminds me of gardenia. I think it's gardenia, but I don't even know that I'll light this very often because it's so pretty, but I think I might put it in my tray in my kitchen. And then the last candle I got, I couldn't resist. It smelled so good, and it's so pretty. It's a lemon candle. It's Lemon Verbena. It just smells so lemony and delicious. Now we're gonna get more into like the nitty gritty of seasonal items. I got this stone looking rabbit. It's actually light, but it looks like a heavy stone, you know, rabbit, very realistic looking. And it has the three little birds on it. This was a Wayfair find, but I know it's also on Amazon. I've seen it both places. I'll link it. I'll link everything I can down below, but cute little rabbit, just a simple way to bring spring in. And then I did get a larger grapevine rabbit, and I added the ribbon myself. I just felt like it needed something. So I added that cute little ribbon. A blue or green ribbon would be really pretty. I didn't have one on hand, but it's just kind of a big grapevine rabbit. And I'm thinking I'm gonna put it on the hearth by the fireplace. Again, very simplistic, not like cheesy or cheap looking natural elements. It's a great way to bring some of the twigs and the browns in. I love the natural element of stone as well. And I think that's really key to creating a curated home for this season, anytime you decorate really, is to have a lot of different mixed materials, whether it's wood, glass, stone, you know, it doesn't really matter, ceramic. Mixing them and knowing how to pair them together and not doing too much of one element in a space really makes a big difference. And so I'll kind of play around with that today and show you guys. But I have a few specific things I always pull out for the spring that are vintage or just kind of antique or just older that I think make a statement. The first thing here, I found this at a thrift store a few years ago, but it's a sun hat. And I typically decorate with lots of sun hats as we head into summer, but there's something so sweet in the spring. This little green ribbon is so beautiful. It just says like, I'm ready to go to the garden or, you know, like it just has that sweet kind of garden spring feel if you have hooks, you know, peg rails, whatever. I think I'm gonna hang this on our hall tree in the entryway, just a really easy way. I think I got this for just a couple bucks at a thrift store. So, you know, you can find one new on Amazon, I'm sure, but something to look for if you like to thrift. And it really, again, gives that lived in feel. This is another thing I thrifted years ago, but it's so beautiful. And it's just this galvanized watering can. Again, another thing specific to spring and then into summer. But when I think of galvanized watering cans, I just instantly think of springtime and rain. And I don't know, it just, it brings me to spring. So I pulled this out. I don't know if we'll use it, but we might. And then another thing, I've got a different, several different varieties of these, and you can buy them like legit ones at Tractor Supply or the garden supply store, or you can buy decorative ones. They're both kind of pricey. They're definitely more of investment, but that's just like garden cloches, wire cloches. These are often used in garden beds for lettuces or different gardening things. And over the years, I just think they're so beautiful inside your home, displayed as decor. And they're just, they're cool. You can get them vintage, you can get them new. This one is actually from Amazon. I'll link it down below. I've got some bigger ones, some smaller ones, but garden cloches to me scream spring. I think of cold weather, spring gardening, and they're just really beautiful and they add that fun textural element. So that I think is the last kind of antiquey thing I wanted to share. We are gonna get decorating. I'm so excited. Like I said, I think we're gonna mainly focus on the living room space today and the front entry. So I'm excited to show you guys. Okay, we're gonna start on this little secretary here in the great room. Couple of changes recently. I went to a Kirkland's for the first time in forever. I'm like years. And I bought this mirror. It was 60% off. So I got it for like 39.99. It was like such a good deal. And then I found this tiny little skinny blue lamp that I thought was perfect for this. And it looks so cozy at night. I'm gonna have to get a night shot. But on here, I have this antique style pot. So beautiful. It's got this like braided top. It's like stone. It's so pretty. I found this at a local garden shop. But if I can find something similar, I'll link it. If not, that's the place to go, man. Go to all your local gardening centers, gardening boutique-y stores, plant stores. They will have the best finds there. I'd love to use real pots, like planting pots for faux flowers. I think they just make them look more realistic. So I think I'm gonna do the tulips in here and then maybe a candle in the center. They're so beautiful, aren't they? They're like the perfect height for this pot. If I haven't said this already, it's a rainy day, which is very typical, like I said, of spring weather here in Ohio. I'm on the hearth side, the dining room side of the house now. And on the hush, I'm keeping things ultra simple. I've got some crocks up above. I've got a little galvanized basket with some greens. And I think I'm gonna put our little stone rabbit friend up there just to kind of tie in some spring touches. But then we're gonna decorate the mantel here in the dining room. And I was so excited. I think I'm gonna use these little, whoo, what is happening? I'm gonna use these stems on the mantel. Then I scored antiquing the other day. I have been looking for a round antique cutting board, a German breadboard, for almost a year. I've seen them on Etsy, but they're just so expensive. So I've wanted to find them locally so it'd be a little bit cheaper. And I'm so excited about this find, you guys. So I have cutting boards. I have other antique cutting boards on my mantel. So I wanna do kind of a display with the stems. And then I wanted to keep things really just simple and elegant and understated. And so I just got some tall candles at home. I need to take the tags off. I can do that now. And I'm just gonna do some tapered, not tapered candles, some staggered candles at two different heights on the other side. So it'll be the branches, the candles, and the cutting boards. I think it's gonna be really pretty, but I haven't played with it yet. So we'll see. Okay, so you can just see really quick, we didn't do a whole lot on this side, but I wanna show. To the tray, I added this kind of taller rosemary plant, just a faux rosemary, and this sweet candle I got at HomeGoods. I think this vignette is so pretty with that pop of blue. It really ties in the plates on my hood vent. I ended up putting my little egg display over here for when we have some fresh eggs. They can just live right there. My mom, she actually baked us some sugar cookies, a whole big batch, but this is all that's left. Little carrots for spring. They're so good. Let's see, and then the only other thing I did was I added that spring, the stripe tea towel, and then I added this fresh lemon hand soap to my sink area, and it's feeling super fresh for spring. Take a look in here. I didn't change anything on my hutch yet other than adding that sweet little bunny with the birds, just a little spring touch. Again, I really want my eyes drawn this way. I have an arrangement on the table. I didn't change it. I actually did this a while ago. I bought these stems in January at Target. They're Sedum stems. They're so pretty, though, for winter and early spring, I think, but the main change in here you guys haven't seen yet is I got a new rug, and it looks like a natural fiber rug, but it's got this plaid detailing. I love it. It is a Chris Loves Julia collab. I got it on Wayfair. It comes in all kinds of sizes. I'll link it for you guys, but I'll keep you updated on how it holds up. So far, we're liking having a rug in this space. I think it really anchors the room, helps with sound a little bit. We're still hanging things on walls. We have not fully decorated. There's still so much I would love to do with this wall, but we'll get there. I think the center cutting board, the breadboard definitely is like the cherry on top of the sundae. It finally looks complete. I would love to collect a couple more, but we only had two for so long, or I only had two, and it just didn't look right, and now I think it finally looks like a collection, and I love it, and then the candles are just kind of a sweet, simplistic touch to that side. I think they give that side something, some height. I did want to mention, I got these little candle holders, these little black ones at At Home. I love the subtle touch of black to the space, but yeah, I love how it turned out. Okay, now we're gonna tackle the entry. The lamp I have in here is really tall, so I wanted something with some height. I have this tall pitcher, which is kind of, definitely make sure that you're fluffing your branches when you first buy them and bring them home from the store, or when they first come in the mail, because they often come like very straight, and you just need to kind of fan them out. So I plan on doing a full spring home tour in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for that. I'm gonna give a lot more detail and kind of go over everything in my home. Today, I just kind of wanted to show you what we did. So here's how the faux tulip arrangement looks. I think it is so lifelike and just so beautiful. I love it. I think I'm gonna order more for my dining table, honestly, because they're just so pretty. I had a greenery wreath up there already. I did that back in January. I think I got that online from the Home Depot a while ago, but this is how the sitting area looks. We didn't change a ton. I just added these green floral block pillows. Those are from Target. The blue pillows are from Walmart. And then one big change I made off-camera, I took away that side table over there and put the table in between these two green chairs, and I think that it just kind of helps you walk through to the office, lets the space breathe a little bit more. I'm still playing around with it, but I think I really like that. I ended up changing things up on the coffee table. This tray is a new find from At Home, and I just lit that lemon candle. And then I have a wire vine, just a little plant here I got at a local plant store, and I ended up putting that garden cloche over it, and I think that looks really whimsical, really pretty, but I love that it doesn't distract or take away from the tulips, because I really want that to be the main floral piece in this space for spring. So, really loving how it's looking. Like I said, it's amazing how just a few little swamps can make a big impact. And then up on the mantel, we have our TV, so we can't add a ton, but I did add these faux topiaries for spring. On this side, they're from Amazon. I don't think they're available anymore, but I'll check, they're so cute. And then I have some gold candlesticks, also from Amazon, and little tapered candles there. Love the grapevine rabbit on the hearth. I think the touch of brown is just really pretty. I think it pairs nicely with the coffee table and the rest of the color scheme in here. So, just wanted to share how all of that is looking and how it came together. Well friends, I had so much fun hanging out with you today, playing with spring decor. Maggie had fun too, behind the scenes. She was my camera crew today. She's so funny, she's always right at my feet. Anyway, I had so much fun decorating for spring. I hope this video gave you some decorating ideas and inspiration. What? If you liked it, or you like Maggie, give it a thumbs up. Maybe share it with a friend or a loved one. And I hope that you leave today feeling inspired and encouraged. You don't have to change a lot, season to season. Little, simple changes can make a big impact. So, I hope that you enjoyed today's video, I really do. So, I will see you guys really soon in my next one. It looks like I need to go take Maggie for a walk because she's looking at me like, mom, let's go outside, it's spring now. So, I'll see you really soon in the next one. Bye.