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Making a Winter Home Cozy..What do you Use?

Regal Bee — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:02:05 GMT

I like to put out lots of cozy pillows and throws on sofas and chairs and even benches for the Winter season. It makes everything feel so warm and cozy.

What do you use or do?

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JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:08:08 GMT

I don't change anything from season to season like that. I do have a fuzzy blanket that's always available. I use it all year round.

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Mz iMac — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:10:01 GMT

All I do is make sure my heat stays on the "hell" setting.

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Harpa — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:21:35 GMT

I just have some low lighting around...a clear string of lights that's strung over the hydrangeas & sleigh bells on the mantle; in another corner, the lowest setting on the hobnail (hurricane) lamp; and some good smells from the kitchen -- that is, when I'm baking and/or cooking.

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Nonametoday — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:25:37 GMT

I have the lanterns with the battery-operated candles from QVC, white/ivory lanterns. I keep them out through February (or the coldest season), also put out candles around and about, warm colors of throws, change my bed linens from the whites of spring and summer and ivories of autumn to something with red or use red flannel blankets folded at the foot of the bed. Place a crystal bowl in blue guest bathroom with silver and red ornaments from Christmas. Keep lamps on with dimmer switch in darker areas of the house. Transition some of the pillows on the sofa to more wintry looking pillows. Usually all this is done for Christmas and just remains after the tree and decor are removed.

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jeanlake — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:44:47 GMT

Our red, leather rocker holds comfy, attractive throws and we enjoy our warm, gas fireplace. A few people in my family have asthma so we don't burn wood. I have a couple of canvas prints that I change out seasonally. Right now in the open hallway between entry and living room, I have a snow-covered aspen print with cinnamon-scented pine cones sitting on shelf below it. Kitchen has a seasonal canvas print near our island - cool mountain stream. We keep our Victorian lighted houses out while temps hover below freezing. Can't wait to put those houses away -- cold in the central Midwest!

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KailaS — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:50:48 GMT

I also use a variety of warm throws, pillows with winter and Valentine’s Day themes, assorted candles on timers, and a few cardinals and snowman items. The place feels both festive and warm.

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GCR18 — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:54:18 GMT

Use lots of flameless candles, change pillows on couch and keep the heat up.

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chrystaltree — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 23:38:17 GMT

I like pillows on my couch year round, I change the pillow covers every season. I like flameless candles in the winter, I love the glow.

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OKPrincess — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 23:49:20 GMT

The only changes I make is to the Jim Shore figurines. I'd love to add more things but not practical if trying to downsize. Pillows change is something that would be fun.

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brewhaha — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:36:13 GMT

Stay at my summer home.

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Mominohio — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:40:50 GMT

I have flameless candles and lanterns out all year, but beginning in the fall I use more, and light them more often. I use more pine greens with them for a warmer look too.

I used to put out more throws, but found that they added to the clutter/busy look in some applications, and cut back on them a bit. I chose to put them in areas like storage ottomans in the rooms, near the seating, rather than display as many. I like the look of say a throw and a pillow on a wooden bench to warm it up, but not into a lot of pillows on a sofa.

I change the couple of throw pillows I use, to darker colors for fall and winter, but don't like to pile on the pillows. I tried that in the past, and found it to be too cluttering, like the throws.

I do work in my Duraflame heaters, and they add warmth both visual and actual, to the rooms.

I do love when spring really has sprung, and I can have less of that kind of stuff in the rooms. Everything looks like it does when Christmas comes down, clean and empty, open and wide.

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LIG1 — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:04:29 GMT

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De Anna — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 04:15:24 GMT

I put out a lot of throws and blankes and flameless candles. Love the feeling of being cozy.

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DREAMON — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:27:04 GMT

I put 2 throws out and change my pillow color. My lanterns stay out all year. I use black lanterns in Fall/Winter and Cream Spring/Summer.

I still have my pinecone and greenery out but I usually keep my decor minimal this time of year.

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BLH — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:49:48 GMT

I put out snowman figurines all winter. They just make me smile. I have one that looks like it's melting and it says "slush happens".

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CANDLEQUEEN — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:13:38 GMT

Nice comfy throws, and plenty of candles!!!!!!Love Candles(flameless and Real). Of course we use our wood burning fireplace much more often.........Love the ambience of candles burning and a nice fire burning.......

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vermint — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:08:16 GMT

I have 4 flameless candles on my mantel, but I only turn them on in December--a couple of weeks before Christmas. They're on a 6 hour timer. Once the batteries run down, usually in March, I take them out & don't replace them til the following December. I like the candle glow when it gets dark so early!

That's all I do...no "winter" decor of any kind.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:14:24 GMT

I downloaded an app on my desktop of a crackling fire. It looks like a fire in a fireplace and has the sound of it, too.

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Regal Bee — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 23:26:36 GMT

@LIG1 wrote:
@Regal Bee, good question, because I love having a warm and inviting home and especially for the winter. The one big change I make is adding an oversized rug to the LR.. we have the coldest hardwood floors during the winter. So besides the warmth it provides for us and our furbabies, it also gives a cozy feel to the room.

I also bring out an Amish made wood bench that sits in front of our fireplace... change over a wreath that hangs on the front of the armoire (that belonged to my parents)... and change over table runners on several pieces and add several extra throws and pillows.

@LIG1 I also placed a bench in front of our fireplace. It is upholstered and I added a throw....makes it so cozy.

I have added extra pillows, too. Just love it.