10 Must-Have Decorating Essentials For All Seasons
Keep your room decor stylish and uncluttered with these basic accessories
Laura Gaskill
7 January 2019
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It’s easy to fill up on seasonal decor. Whether you’re starting from scratch or paring back, consider leaning on these 10 core decorating pieces that can transition effortlessly from season to season, and enjoy the breathing space.
1. Decorative bowl
Fill a decorative bowl with pine cones or nuts in the shell, ornaments around the holidays and fresh fruit at any time of the year. The most versatile bowls are wide and relatively shallow, and in white or another neutral hue.
2. Tall glass vase
Displaying freshly cut flowers or foliage is one of the quickest ways to help your decor reflect the seasons. A glass cylinder works equally well for bouquets of cut flowers and taller spring branches.
Fill a decorative bowl with pine cones or nuts in the shell, ornaments around the holidays and fresh fruit at any time of the year. The most versatile bowls are wide and relatively shallow, and in white or another neutral hue.
2. Tall glass vase
Displaying freshly cut flowers or foliage is one of the quickest ways to help your decor reflect the seasons. A glass cylinder works equally well for bouquets of cut flowers and taller spring branches.
3. Clear glass hurricanes
Hurricane candle holders are a smart investment of your decorating rupees, because they can be used indoors or out and can make a simple pillar candle look special. Leave them plain and simple or, for a seasonal touch, surround the bases of the candles with greenery in winter and sand in summer. You can even remove the candles entirely and fill the vessels with finds from nature, like pine cones or seashells.
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Hurricane candle holders are a smart investment of your decorating rupees, because they can be used indoors or out and can make a simple pillar candle look special. Leave them plain and simple or, for a seasonal touch, surround the bases of the candles with greenery in winter and sand in summer. You can even remove the candles entirely and fill the vessels with finds from nature, like pine cones or seashells.
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4. Wire basket
In winter, a wire basket can be used to corral colourful beach gear in summer and stacks of quilts or throws in fall. It can also be called into duty in the playroom to hold wooden blocks or picture books.
In winter, a wire basket can be used to corral colourful beach gear in summer and stacks of quilts or throws in fall. It can also be called into duty in the playroom to hold wooden blocks or picture books.
5. Neutral throw
A soft throw in cream, grey or beige is a welcome touch year-round and can easily be moved from the living room to the bedroom to the porch and back again. You’ll even want to reach for it in summer when the air conditioning gets a little too chilly, or when the spirit moves you to stargaze in the backyard.
A soft throw in cream, grey or beige is a welcome touch year-round and can easily be moved from the living room to the bedroom to the porch and back again. You’ll even want to reach for it in summer when the air conditioning gets a little too chilly, or when the spirit moves you to stargaze in the backyard.
6. Faux sheepskin
Whether you use it draped over the back of a chair, warming a bench or layered atop another rug on the floor, a faux sheepskin is ready to warm up any space you put it in.
7. Serving tray
A round or rectangular tray with handles can be used as a bar setup for a party, a mobile coffee or hot-cocoa station, or a platform for displaying books and favourite objects on the coffee table.
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Whether you use it draped over the back of a chair, warming a bench or layered atop another rug on the floor, a faux sheepskin is ready to warm up any space you put it in.
7. Serving tray
A round or rectangular tray with handles can be used as a bar setup for a party, a mobile coffee or hot-cocoa station, or a platform for displaying books and favourite objects on the coffee table.
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8. Upholstered bench
Does everyone need a bench? Probably not. But I think there’s a strong case for including one in your home: You can put it at the foot of your bed (of course) or even pull it up to the dining table when you need to squeeze in a few extra seats.
See this essential pairing of beds with benches
Does everyone need a bench? Probably not. But I think there’s a strong case for including one in your home: You can put it at the foot of your bed (of course) or even pull it up to the dining table when you need to squeeze in a few extra seats.
See this essential pairing of beds with benches
9. Sculptural bud vase
In addition to a tall glass vase (see number two), it’s worth adding a few small, sculptural bud vases to your flower-arranging setup. These little vessels can be tucked in just about anywhere, and look just as good empty as filled.
In addition to a tall glass vase (see number two), it’s worth adding a few small, sculptural bud vases to your flower-arranging setup. These little vessels can be tucked in just about anywhere, and look just as good empty as filled.
10. String lights
String lights are magical mood-makers. Pick up a strand or two of indoor-outdoor string lights, and you’ll always have somewhere to put them: Above the dining table for a cosy dinner party, draped over a full-length mirror in the bedroom or illuminating the patio on a warm summer evening.
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What are your decorating essentials? Please tell us in the Comments below.
String lights are magical mood-makers. Pick up a strand or two of indoor-outdoor string lights, and you’ll always have somewhere to put them: Above the dining table for a cosy dinner party, draped over a full-length mirror in the bedroom or illuminating the patio on a warm summer evening.
Read more:
Eye-catching Ideas for Adding Seasonal Decor to Your Home
Tell us:
What are your decorating essentials? Please tell us in the Comments below.
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I enjoyed the photos here but, I really love my minimalist lifestyle. The main reason I say this is that a lot of the things I have seen here and see in other places are just things made in China type decor where everyone has the same things. I think that if you are a true minimalist, you will focus on the less is more idea. By that, for me anyways, it means that the things I have around me, in my home and in my space mean something. Some examples are books because I love to read! I have them to read and I collect some and also they are my decor in every way. A few pieces of furniture that someone has made me or a few pieces I have really saved for and were made locally by a company that uses reclaimed wood. I even have a pantry created from a hall closet we took doors off of where the food I love and use daily can be stored in baskets and on shelves and becomes decor. And yes, I'm also a little weird about neatness but I am also a true believer that if you can not read it, eat it or drink it or use it every day at home, you probably don't need it. Having said that, some things are ok if you truly love them. Examples... handmade pottery, plants, photos, art that is thoughtfully collected and even your clothing can be displayed artfully. Keeping the things that you love around you creating a unique picture of your uncluttered life to me is more than important than having things that everyone else has.
Who would put a tray on the floor? That is just crazy. Everyone going by this room in my life would be picking it up and putting it on a table. It would be a fun experiment to try.