This seems to happen every year. I take down all of my Christmas stuff and I cannot remember what I had where. It seems like all of the accessories have disappeared over the holidays and I’m left with bare tables. I know things have wandered to other parts of the house, so I’m left looking at my living and dining rooms and I’m at a loss. Does anyone else have this problem?
So, I just grabbed a few things and put them out until I can really work on it.
Yawn. I’m definitely not a minimalist, so this doesn’t work for me.
…and I have a big hole where the Christmas tree was in my living room.
Nice cords. I moved the desk that was there previously into my family room and I love it there, so I need to find something new for the living room. I almost feel like I want to rearrange everything.
Am I alone in this?
One last thing. Lorene Halfmann is the winner of the Wuslu tray and Mary (merryhenke) is the winner of the Wuslu candle holder. Congratulations, ladies!
I need a 12 step program for furniture rearrangers, Lol. Always makes everything seem fresh, new. It’s how I trick myself into liking all my stuff again. Glad you’re back!
that’s the beauty of what we do…temporary ownership and the ability to “shop” our own inventory!
Oh my gosh!!! I am SO excited that I won! Miss Mustard Seed, you are the BEST! Thanks again…can you tell I am excited?!
Goodness…looks like my house right now…actually yours is better. After taking down all of my Christmas tabletop decor, I haven’t figured out how to replace it and it looks sooooo sad. I painted my DR/LR and slipcovered my loveseat and wing chair just in time to put the Christmas decor up. Now I have to figure out the “everyday” accessories for my new room. Oh…and sew the curtains
I, too tend to move things around, mix it up. My mother has a system that is fool proof for her. She has all of her Christmas boxes labeled by room. She decorates room by room, takes things out or down and puts the Christmas items up then the non-Christmas items go in the Christmas box for that “room” until after Christmas. After Christmas she reverses the process so she knows exactly what goes where.
I used to do that, too! But I moved this year, so I had to figure everything out new. And I wasn’t that organized when I was putting it up, so putting it back was unorganized, too. Maybe next year…
No your not alone!! Love to rearrange!!!!
You are NOT alone. I’m the SAME way. PS Your home is SO beautiful!
You are not alone. I’m not big into decorating for Valentine’s Day, so after Christmas is hard. I have lots of burlap, white and pine cones. Not too terribly exciting!
You are so not alone in this! I don’t do any real “Valentine’s Day” decorating in the house, so it’s always tricky to decide what replaces Christmas…. it still needs to say “Winter” – but without all the Christmas sparkle… And, yes, sometimes you just have to rearrange a room to get it all back right again! Is that a mercury glass piece next to the hydrangea on that table? It’s so pretty!
Thank you, thank you!
No, you are not alone! But, your naked house looks cuter than my naked house.
I am getting inspired by your lovely home.
You are not alone. I feel the same way. My table tops and mantle are almost naked, not that I forgot what I had there before Christmas. It’s just like you said I want to change things up a bit and rearrange. You have a beautiful house! I <3 the lamps in your master bedroom too.
I too feel your “pain”! I am slowly filling all of the blank spots around my home that were filled with holiday decor. I am purposely trying to use my things in different places in different ways…it just takes time. My only fear is that once its finally “done” it will be time to decorate for the holidays all over again!!
I am at such a loss with what to do with my house. Just about every surface is bare and empty. i am not loving anything I have and we are having company this weekend so I need to pull it together quick. If my house looked like your right at this moment I’d be thrilled:)
Oh, I always rearrange everything as soon as the tree is gone! By boxing day, I’m over Christmas, and want the pine needles and Christmas clutter out of the house
And the only way I can have it feel really clean is to move all the furniture to sweep underneath. Well, except for the bookshelf. Too much work to move it.
We can switch house I dont mind even if you have no accessories on your tables..Love it
Rasha@mychampagnetaste
You are not alone, I am moving things around all the time……….good luck. Hugs Mary
This is the story of my life. I am constantly moving things around, and then something (like cords) is left exposed. Then, I just take all of my accessories, pile them on my kitchen table, then start over…I think it is kind of fun!
Jessica @ Mom 4 Real
You are not alone because I am in the same boat every year post-Christmas! I feel like it’s time for a complet re-decorating.
I set out my snowman collections during January – Valentine’s Day. It carries through a festive feeling and fills the space until I start decorating for spring. It helps to fight the winter blues looking at the beaming faces of snowmen, indoors where it is nice and toasty.
I have to admit I still have a few of my Christmas decorations up…just haven’t had the time to put everything away.
My husband probably has some kind of post Christmas syndrome – “Everything is is soooooooo bare.” I hear that every year. Just spent all of last summer redecorating to a lighter palette – with drop cloth slipcovers and aqua paint. Now I need to look for more “fillers” after the holidays. The gardens are yucky too which doesn’t help.
That’s why I LOVE January- I like putting all the Christmas stuff away almost as much as I like taking it out. I rearrange everything!
“Nice cords.”
Thank you! I feel like I’m in a constant battle to hide cords in my house. I’m pretty sure I’ve put too much pressure on myself in this regard, but in my defense, I truly believe that one key element to living “like a grownup” can be measured in one’s ability to hide cords. The more cords are visible, the less grownup your house looks.
That, and I have a 15 month old who appears to have a physical addiction to touching cords.
Any chance you could write a post on ways to hide cords? That would be awesome.
Oh my, we are in the same predicament right now. Our 15 month old is constantly finding cords. Cords I thought were hid well, she can find them.
CDD – compulsive decorating disorder. A very real problem!
I feel your pain! It’s January 24th and I still have a plastic cow one of my kids placed under a Glass Cloche on the foyer table. Now that’s pathetic!! LOL!
Not alone. I just re-arranged my office…edited and added. I would do it to my living room, too, if I didn’t have so much superfluous furniture in there right now waiting for new homes…outside my home!
I’m always relieved when the Christmas decorations are put away. Everything seems fresh and clean. I always get excited for spring (which is easier to do in California). Truth be told, I think I’m just sick of looking at the dead tree by time it comes down.
It seems I ALWAYS have a kind of amnesia after Christmas – you’d think a person could remember how things were arranged for 11 months, but NO . . . that 1 month of Christmas decorating erases all memory! SO, on the day I begin my Christmas decorating every year, I carefully photograph each vignette in my home, and when it’s time to put it all back together after Christmas is packed away, at least I have a visual cue to help me, in case I’m not in a creative, re-arrange it sort of mood!
eeek! i am still just SMITTEN with your family room!
and yes…i want to rearrange EVERYTHING!
I felt the same way after Christmas! I’m still trying to place things in empty spots. I’m ready for spring decor!
You are not alone! I was just commenting on TDC last night that my mantel is still empty. Planning on working on that Saturday because it is so blah! I know it’s early, but I’m ready for a little splash of spring!
Love your blog!
So glad I am not the only addict; after the holidays I want to toss out everything that I own and start fresh. Neither practical nor affordable but there it is!! When do the 12 step meetings start??!!
My house always feels super bare after Christmas is over
Just so unfancy
nope you’re not alone. I’ve even gone so far as to take a photo of a certain favorite vignette so I could be sure to recreate it again. here’s the weird thing though, over the course of 27 years, my hubby and I have collected a lot of Christmas stuff, and with two chicks still in the nest, they want it all out. So my house looks like Christmas exploded, oh it’s festive, but then I get to put it all away, not so fun. But that bare look…I love it! for a week or two, and then things slowly trickle back into place. Pretty cool too, b/c it’s all dusted and looks nice…for a week or two
No you are NOt alone! The same things happens to me every year but I like to think of it as a new beginning. New year…new look. I am tinkering with my mantel today trying to figure it all out, mixing the old with the new goodies I got at Christmas. I am not a minimalist either! I love so many different things. Displaying them make me FEEL good and that’s what decorating is all about isn’t it? How are home makes us FEEL?
You are not alone! I am going through the same thing!
Will it ever end? LOL
Hugs
SueAnn
I’m so RIGHT THERE too! I have to look at it as: A new year – A new arrangement. Oh…..the possibilities
what is going on? i leave a comment do every thing to post and it goes to a black hole ????? grrrrr. now i forgot what i wrote geez.
I have turned on my sis in Va. to AS chalk paint. She loved it, and the fact that it has basically no odor. I have yet to get mine, however I want to try the Old White that you mention. Question- if you could only afford to buy two of ASCP which colors would you choose? Also, love the Chalk board over the buffet, and the paint on the ornate frame. Would you share your colors? THANKS! You may feel your house looks a bit bare, but I think it’s perfect!
You most definitely not alone. In fact, I was thinking that I was alone. Just today I moved around everything in my living room and took somethings out of my bedroom. It is now bare. Sometimes you just need to fluff.
My idea this year was to put all the ornaments I was removing, to make space for Christmas decorations, in the Christmas bins. No storage problem and I just flipped it back out when I packed the seasonal stuff away. Worked like a charm!
You are definitely not alone. When I put the decs away, I look around and I say, I don’t like my house anymore…then I start moving things around and putting my old things out and I kinda need some time to get acclimated all over again. Plus, I go shopping for some new things!
i have taken pics of decor before christmas but it was fall/thanksgiving . so i really wanted a clean slate for the new yr. am pretty sure you will comeup with the perfect solution to cover those cords better than any thing i could suggest.
Well, I can tell from all the comments that you are not alone in this. I took it one step further this year. And had the best of intentions of updating the photos that sit on my mantel of my children. Only it has not gotten done. So, my mantel sits empty right now. Talk about yawning. My Hubby wants to know when I am going to do something to fix up the mantel.
Happy Decorating!
You most certainly are NOT alone on this one. Today my plan was to address the lack of any direction in the decor I’ve got going right now but then friends called for lunch and well…..the rooms are still pretty confused looking.
I love your “just grabbed” look!! Such great photos!
joan
Your not alone- I feel your pain!
I’m right there with you. I’m still looking for some of my pre-holiday decor. And I thought I put things in places where they’d be so easy to find! Ha!!
I actually enjoy that time right after the christmas decorations are tucked away. It last about a week and then I start decorating!
I am totally with ya!! Everything that I try just looks cold and lifeless…I am so ready for spring! I have a million ideas for spring, wierd not Christmas not spring season…not so much. I am working on it.
Yes, I know what you mean.. when the christmas decor is gone. January is my time to do spring cleaning and start off the year fresh… so January in my home is a little plan, but its alittle refreshing. A bowl of fruit and fresh flowers are about it. Enjoy being creative.
You are not alone…happens to me every year!!! Since I have been blogging and have some before pics of my home, I just look back at these pics and problem solved:) Hope this helps you. Congrats to the winners.
Blessings,
Linda
LOL!! I just posted about this very subject Sunday!!! I am in the process of re-arranging/decorating my entire {well almost} entire house
Have fun…start the new year off…fresh! Eh?
I have been an rearranging maniac! I thought it was just me. I lOVE the dome you have in the first photo… is that from and old clock? I never see glass domes like that!
I LOVE the after Christmas restaging and even wrote a blog about it! It’s such a nice time to rethink accessories and return the house to a calmer atmosphere after so much happy joy all holiday season. I am a bit of a minimalist so I am a bit calmer with fewer distractions. I only wish my vignettes looked as good as yours “just put together quickly”!!
My blog is at http://www.beachcountry.blogspot.com if you are interested in after-holiday decorating, BTW!!
I can totally relate! Every year I have this problem! But the good thing is that new ideas tend to follow, thanks to great bloggers like you! A great big thanks to you for all your encouragement and inspiration! Because of your part in the “Growing your blog” series, a computer illiterate has managed to launch a new website! THANKS!!! Kristie
Waving my hand, you are definitely not alone. I feel the same way & for that very reason my matnel is still bare & in transition from Christmas to what used to be. Especially daunting is the fact that in just a few weeks I am having a party for my husband & my house is tsill in limbo. I feel the need to start visiting my favorite junque shops to look for some new items.
You are not alone! Last year, I finally got the idea to take pictures before I decorated for Christmas and then took more pictures once all the decorations are up – thinking this would save me time. I think it would have worked had I not rearrnged so many rooms during the year
Oh well….
Marian,
Totally off subject, but I have to ask you about your baseboard heaters and your drapes. Do you worry about the heat and the fabric? We have baseboard heaters in our bedrooms and I have always been worried about the drapes burning! Am I being paranoid? Of course, ours are old and have wire filaments in them that heat up. I don’t know how the newer ones work!
P.S. Your home always looks beautiful because you have such beautiful things!
Jenny
Jenny,
It sounds like your heaters are electric and in that case, I would be concerned about fabric drapes resting on them. Mine are hot water cast iron heaters, so they don’t pose a fire hazzard.
I feel the same way, currently. However, I’m rethinking everything with an eye on my son’s first birthday rapidly approaching. He’s going to be way more mobile soon and I need to get a few kid-friendly spaces in the works – in a 900 sq. ft. Baltimore row house. If you every need a case study for such a challenge, I’m raising my hand. I am confident of my style. Less confident the kid and my style can co-exist! Ha!
You are not alone. I started taking a picture with my digital camera and download it to my computer of what I had where, then after the holidays are over, I just look at the picture and put everything back the way it was. Then I can change it afterwards if I want.