How to decorate your home for this Valentine’s Day – Ten ideas for a romantic home for this Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, there seems to be romance in the air, song in the heart, and a bounce in the footsteps. And you also want to flow in the romance and you want to do something really special for your boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse. But I do not know where to start. Going to that five-star hotel is too expensive, so you want to create that atmosphere in your home, but how?
This is how you can create a romantic atmosphere in your home in the manner of a five-star hotel or restaurant.
1. The Basics
Before you start decorating, do the basics like a deep clean, set the mood with lighting, place candles in all strategic positions, swap out cotton bedspreads for silk, satin or satin. Swap heavy drapes for sheer lace drapes—there’s something eternally romantic about flowing drapes. Deep cleaning consists of cleaning the sofa, diapers and mattresses with a vacuum cleaner. The idea is to get a dust free house. And sofas, armchairs and mattresses collect dust that is not visible to the naked eye. Remove cobwebs, dust and clean the walls also with the vacuum cleaner.
After you’ve cleaned, set the mood with lighting. Turn off all the harsh lights and turn on the table lamps, or floor lamps not only add to the cozy feel you’re trying to create, they look really nice. You can opt for paper lampshades or stained glass. The choice is entirely yours.
Once you’re done with that, change the bedding in all bedrooms to silk or satin, you can also opt for satin. To add more romance to your bedroom you can opt for lace bedspreads. So you’ve taken care of the basics, now move on to the actual decoration.
2. Candy decorations
Take some red and pink heart-shaped candies (easy to get on the market) and place them in a pretty glass, ceramic, crystal or silver bowl and place it in a visible place but out of reach of children.
3. Valentine Cookies
If you love to bake, then there is nothing more romantic than the fragrance of freshly baked heart shaped cookies sprinkled with red and pink icing sugar. Share it with your family to enjoy the true spirit of Valentine’s Day.
4. Stuffed Animals
Buy some cute stuffed animals with messages of love written on them or holding a romantic heart in their hands and place them everywhere in your home. You can also hang them with the wind chimes.
5. Cupids and angels
Display a collection of whimsical or traditional elegant angels, cherubs and cupids for a soft feel in your home.
6. Heart-shaped collage of family photos
Get out the family album, select some good pictures of him, the ones from your first vacation together, the snapshots from your honeymoon, you get the idea. Now take a piece of cardboard and cut it into a heart shape, set it aside now take a piece of graph paper, place the cardboard heart on the graph paper and using a scale and a pencil mark the graph paper. Make sure there is a one inch difference between a cardboard and a graph paper heart. Carefully glue the graph paper heart to the cardboard and you’re ready to make a heart-shaped collage of family photos. You can decorate the border or heart with lace and ribbon. And you can create a collage for every room in your home.
7. potpourri
Buy a good potpourri and place it in the strategic positions in your home to add fragrance and romance to your home.
8.Mirrors
Mirrors not only add depth and dimension to the room, but also create a romantic atmosphere. Decorate your home with mirrors of various shapes and sizes. You can decorate the edges with laces, ribbons or strings or even red heart-shaped balloons.
9. Spread the joy with I Love You
Hang red heart shaped balloons, ribbons and strings in your home with the message of love. You can also hang small stuffed animals, red and pink hearts, heart-shaped wind chimes to add to the spirit of Valentine’s Day.
10. Flowers and music
Get some fresh flowers and place them on the center table, the dining room table, and in each and every room in your home. You can also decorate your house with the flowers. For example, take a bouquet and stick it on the front door and all the other doors. Top picks include Calyx and Corolla, Gardener’s Eden, and pick of the crop in Alpharetta. Tulips in red, white and pink or even skin tones can add color to your home.
Now that everything is settled, you can sit back and turn on some soft romantic music that complements your efforts and adds to the romantic feel of your home like a five star hotel or restaurant.
Here are some simple ideas to get you started and then you can use your own creativity and imagination to prepare a surprise that is sure to blow your partner’s mind.