I always try and embrace the current season via my home decor styling and mentally, spring is the most important for me! After months of dark and gloomy winter days and a brief period of the house feeling bare after the Christmas decorations have come down, I want to celebrate the start of spring and I actively set out to create that ‘spring feeling’ via a few small additions to my interior.

Embracing spring in your decor can be easy and budget-friendly. Here are three things that I do to bring the joy of spring into my home.

1) Buy ‘indoor pots’ and plant spring bulbs

While most of my flowerpots in the garden are general terracotta pots from the garden centre, I do have a range of ‘indoor pots’ that I have collected over the years to display blooming spring bulbs. These pots are a bit more ‘special’ than the pots I use outdoors. Vintage terracotta pots have more of an aged and rustic look than the smooth, modern versions, and I’ve picked many up over the years at garden sales and antique fairs. I’m also very partial to a wavy-edged terracotta pot, and you can buy these via Straw London or via the Sarah Raven website. If you have a fireplace, a vintage mantel vase is great for spring planting. I tend to buy most of mine on eBay - just search ‘vintage mantel planter vase’ and you should get some good results back!

potted spring bulbs — *A vintage pot that I sourced at an antique garden sale.*

I’ll then head to the garden centres from early February onwards to source spring bulbs to plant indoors. My favourite types of spring bulbs to buy and plant inside include Muscari (both in blue and white), tête-à-têtes (which are tiny daffodils) and hyacinths. I’ll add a bit of grit in the base of the pot for drainage, then I will plant the bulbs in some loose soil and place them in a warm sunny spot (a windowsill works well) until they have opened, then move them to be on display in the house.

potted hyacinths — *My hyacinths this year in a pot by Straw London.*

vintage mantel vase — *Vintage mantel planters are great for planting small Tête-à-têtes in.*

If you don’t want to plant bulbs, then some bud vases full of cheap supermarket daffodils or tulips dotted around your home (add them to your bedside table or in your bathroom to give these spaces a spring lift) work equally well!

hellebores in a vase — *Hellebores cut from my garden in this wall-mounted vase.*

2) Add something yellow

I never used to be a person who navigated towards yellow in my home decor, but over the years I’ve learnt just how much joy something yellow can bring to an interior design scheme. A piece of furniture painted yellow can instantly lift a room, and I am particularly a fan of pairing something yellow with blue. Yellow screams spring, so this is a good time of year to get out the paintbrush or add a piece of yellow accent furniture.

bathroom storage idea — *This yellow ladder shelf is from* *Dunelm*.

yellow front door — I *painted my front door yellow* *for a joyful spring welcome!*

India yellow farrow ball — *I painted this pine dresser in India Yellow by Farrow & Ball.*

For something less committal, a yellow spring door wreath works well to brighten your home for the season!

handmade spring wreath — *A homemade* *spring wreath* *that I made use Mimosa flower.*

3) Bring In Floral Patterns

While florals for spring might not be groundbreaking, they sure do work to brighten and refresh your home for the warmer months ahead. I like to switch up the heavier textiles and soft furnishings that I’ve had over winter for lighter, floral print fabrics. This doesn't need to be expensive - the high street is full of budget-friendly floral cushions, bedding and tablecloths from March onwards.

liberty rug — *This floral rug is from the new Ruggable x Liberty collection.*

cheap floral bedding — *This bedding is great value from La Redoute.*

4) Spring scent

You’ll get a boost of perfumed home scent if you planted display hyacinths, but otherwise, it’s still chilly and dark enough in the evenings in early spring to be lighting scented candles. Swap out woody winter tones of musk, fig and umber for lighter notes of blossom, freesia, and tomato leaf.