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Easy Valentines Decor

When it comes to the smaller holidays, like Valentines Day, I am all about the K.I.S.S. method of decorating – Keep It Simple, Stupid (also, did you know that the US NAVY came up with that acronym?).  In fact I really don’t own that much holiday specific decor for Valentines Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the 4th, or Labor Day.  Currently I have a small tub of Valentines specific decor and another small tub of ‘Spring decor’ but that’s it.  I also don’t spend hardly any money on these decorations.  I am pretty sure that each of my Valentine items came from the Target dollar spot or the Dollar Tree!

Because I just finished decorating my entire house top to bottom for Christmas I kept the Valentines decor to a few key spots.  My dining room is just inside of the front door so I put together a festive tablescape.  I also minimally decorated our living room mantle.  I had 3 small garlands left over and along with a free printable so each of our bedroom doors got a festive garland and I hung the printable with washi tape in the hallway.  Kids love any sort of change of decor in the season for the holidays.  Both of my boys were so excited to see the little 1 garlands strung across their doors!

Dining Room Set for Valentines Day with pink vintage mid century ottomans
These ottomans were inherited from my husbands grandparents (along with the painting). I’ve never had a great spot for them but they are certainly perfect for Valentines day!

 

Aerial photo from 2nd story of dining room set with cheap inexpensive and easy valentines day decor in red, pink, and white
The table needed height and dimension so on a whim I grabbed these gold, glitter trees from the Christmas bins. They were the perfect space filler!

Valentines Day centerpiece using gold glitter christmas trees on top of a red ikat runner

Dining room chair draped with mid century tassels
I found a set of 4 of these giant tassels years ago at an auction for a song. I love using them when I need added texture and whimsy.
Close up of valentines day place setting, woven placemat from ikea, silver charger from target, basic plain white corel plate, vintage mid century pink napkins with ceramic bow napkin rings from target, champagne flute on gold sequin coaster from target
These pink napkins don’t get used often because 1) I live in a house of boys and 2) their vintage size is a bit small for napkin rings. To remedy the size I layered them with a larger white napkin – it worked like a charm!
I didn’t want to recreate the wheel for my living room mantle so a garland, wreath, 2 $1 target Valentines Day buckets and some ‘XOXO’ letters fit the bill. The photos I pulled from around the room and scattered across the mantle around the existing artwork. My boys loved seeing their pictures on the fireplace!
My best tips to anyone out there looking to add a little bit of love around their house for Valentines Day:

How do you approach the smaller holidays?  Do you decorate at all?  If so how much do you do?  Click here to see all of the Valentine Day printables & ideas I’ve saved on Pinterest!

 

Easy ways to decorate for valentines day on the cheap using what you already have includes 3 free printable banner links

 

 

 

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15 responses to “Easy Valentines Decor”

  1. Lara Avatar
    Lara

    I LOVE those napkins! They are so pretty! Such good ideas 🙂 I’m all about the banners too. I think they are so fun!

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      admin

      Thanks Lara! I’ve had them forever and even tho I don’t use them often I just can’t bring myself to part with them! They are the most perfect shade of pink!

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  2. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    I love your mantle and your centerpiece, and my favorite thing about it is that you repurposed Christmas decor! So creative!

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      admin

      Thanks Amy! It was the only thing I found in my house that seemed to work – so up it went!

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  3. Salma Avatar
    Salma

    We don’t celebrate valentine z day but ur post made me to decorate. Im gonna do this time i guess.

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  4. Mistle Avatar
    Mistle

    I do not really decorate for the smaller holidays. I do love all of the pieces you have chosen to decorate with! The KISS method works perfectly for the holidays that do not require as much decorations.

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      admin

      Truthfully I didn’t begin decorating for the smaller holidays either until my oldest son was old enough to begin to know they existed. He was so excited about it I figured why not!

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  5. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    You are so so creative! I love the idea of K.I.S.S. and I have heard it before but never knew that the US Navy came up with that term haha. Anyway, your decor looks awesome. Thanks for the inspiration.

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      admin

      Aww, thank you! I didn’t know that either until I looked it up – so funny!

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  6. Erin Haugerud Avatar
    Erin Haugerud

    Great and easy decor!!

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  7. Leah Avatar
    Leah

    Great tips! Love your decor it’s classy and not over the top!

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  8. Bailey Avatar
    Bailey

    These are gorgeous ideas! Absolutely love this.

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      admin

      Thank you Bailey!

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  9. Marie Avatar
    Marie

    I like the idea of keeping things small for holidays like this. We have some window clings I let the kids put up and a few pink/red accents around the house. I really love the beautiful colors in that painting.

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      admin

      My kids love window clings too, I let them do them in their rooms (their favorite space to decorate). My husbands grandparents commissioned that painting, it a favorite for sure!

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