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[Oznell]

As always, I'm curious about how people decorate in their houses AFTER Christmas, and through the long winter. 

She outlined above her personal guideline for winter coziness, which seems to work quite well for her traditional house.

If you have a "winter formula",  hope you will describe what you usually do after Christmas.

Here are a few ways that she puts her "recipe" into practice--

Do you think that she exemplifies her "recipe" successfully?

I noted that she didn't have "color" on her list.  Perhaps some tire of overt color after the exuberant holidays, with their brighter hues.

I can go either way, but noted that other winter decor samples aroung the web also seemed to de-emphasize color, while retaining shine, sparkle, texture, natural elements.  A few mantels:

Can never go wrong with candles and fairy lights--

LOVE little birch logs--

Sparkle--

I took down Christmas the other day, early for me.  On my cabinet, I had had two large blue and white jars, with sheer burgundy ribbons tied around them, and bright Christmas blooms in one.

Down they came, and up went a tall milk glass swung vase, with spiky branches in it, and a modern white Polish art glass vase. In winter, I like to warm up my milk glass, by interspersing with brass, so brass candlesticks went up too. And a hobnail milk glass ivy bowl.

So I guess I went neutral too, with clean white and the gold of the brass.

Nubbly ivory pillow covers went on over my usual blue and cream ikat ones.

Thick, fluffy ivory throw...

Of course, it will change again in about two weeks, ha.

For those of you who do decorate for "winter",  would love to know what you do or what you plan....

[Oznell]

Oops, I rudely kept saying "she" in the above post, forgetting to specify I was talking about Suzy, at Worthing Court!  

[qualitygal]

Enjoyed them all.  I just put things back to where they were before.  Only now, I have a card table and chair set up to do my puzzle.  Those pictures were beautiful though.

[Laura14]

My mother's entire house is this cream, wood, and beige accents palette. Very farmhouse and very pretty.

She accents with green houseplants and I knitted some cream blankets that she has thrown over the couch and love seats. 

She also blends in copper, silver, and gray tones. 

[DSD2]

@Oznell I will be keeping my tree up for a few more weeks.

As January is so dismal (my birthday month natch) I keep some fairy lights up year round I have many of Val's hurricane lamps and change them throughout the year. I also keep Val's trees up until March as it seems appropriate as we get so much snow here in New England.

I enjoyed this as I do all your postings. So pretty!

[AuntG]

Suzy nailed it! In fact, many people might find her style perfect for Christmas too.

[Patriot3]

You might think I'm crazy, but I leave everything up all winter.  The house glows and since I have an aversion to dark, drab days, I need the light around me.  I don't care what others think, I need to have my light.

[Bonkers1]

I take all the decorations off my tree except for the lights.  I switch over to white lights and move the tree into a corner.  I also use a lot of candles and fairy lights.

[Tori3569]

I just switched over my front bay window to several of the elements you mentioned above.  I now have white birch branches that have white lights in large jars with greenery in them.  Also a birch lit garland laying in front of them.  

 Also some winter white ceramic animal figure I got at Anthropologie last year--a polar bear and a reindeer.  They're white with gold accents.  

I love having lights in my window throughout winter. 

[JeanLouiseFinch]

We don't decorate for after Christmas.  Our Christmas decorations get put away and we return to our normal decor, how it was before Christmas.  DH took care of that today.