Easter Home Decor on a Budget!

I have mentioned it before, I love a seasonal theme / celebration.  I find bringing in Easter home decor on a budget really cheers up our living space and something which the whole family enjoy seeing.  Easter to me is perfect, as it’s like Christmas without all the stress of purchasing numerous presents and doesn’t lead to a dent in your bank account! A long weekend of eating and drinking, seeing family and hopefully a few brighter spring days is a winner in my eyes.In Germany Easter decorating is quite common and so when we moved back to the UK we continued with this new tradition.  I have put together this post to hopefully give you some inspiration on how to decorate a corner or two with Easter/ spring decorations on a budget.  I have a love for Spring florals, pastels and that new fresh start that Spring brings.  I love bringing in little seasonal touches to the home both for us adults and for the kids. We don’t have much of a budget for adding these touches as there are always other more important things to pay for. Looking at social media images of amazingly sleek home decor images can easily make you look around and think your own home is looking dull or tired.  This post will helpfully show you that you can bring in  some really lovely corners of your home but without a high price tag.

Sourcing Seasonal Pieces

With the budget in mind, each season I tend to purchase an item or two so my seasonal bits grow year on year.  I then pop them away in the sideboard/ garage and look forward to seeing them a year later.  Here are a few ways that I stick to an Easter home decor budget.

•  I utilise things in the home that we already have and move them about accordingly.  A plant that sits in the kitchen window normally gets put with a few seasonal items on a table or a cake stand or basket.  A glass bowl gets filled with eggs.
• I look around in the sales at the end of the season and pop a little bargain away for the following year. My rabbit trinket plate was reduced down to a few pounds in John Lewis and my hare reduced in Sainsbury’s store.

• I utilise the kids easter baskets / buckets to theme a corner.  I also use them to house any Easter craft bits to keep them tidier.
• I make full use of the cheapest yet glorious blooms and pop jam jars, kilner jars, jugs, coffee pots and fill them with daffodils, tulips and hyacinths. Bringing the outside in, immediately adds that beautiful touch to a room.

• Using nature is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to style a room.  Some sprigs of pussy willow at this time of year or a branch with some brightly coloured eggs and or lights like this £1 floral fairy lights I picked up from Poundland. This particular branch was collected from a nearby wood and spray-painted yellow.  I could have bought a decorating tree but this was a saving I was happy to make.  I then popped it into a vase with some tissue paper to hold it in place.
• I find the Easter holidays the holidays where they craft the most as they have the time indoors that bit more and we usually have less family commitments.  Use any cheerful spring paintings and pop them up on the wall using some Easter themed ribbon and pegs. These can be found in shops such as Hobbycraft or Poundland.
• I always like a fun seasonal area for the kids.  This fake grass mat has evolved over the past few years from the mat to having a white picket fence and then the addition of bunnies, geese and lambs. The kids love to see it come out from the garage and  play with it at the dining table. I’m sure it won’t look like this by tomorrow, once Flo gets her hands on it!
• You can also use any light boxes or peg boards to display messages on, simple and effective. Most people have one of these now but if you don’t, they are pretty cheap to pick up.
• Every year I try and make something handmade or aim to learn a new skill such as felting.  Being able to knit, crochet and craft can really bring in some beautiful decor pieces and help you stick to a very low budget with it.

That’s it. It may not seem much, but it’s not Christmas, so no need to go crazy with decorating.  The kids will also add to the Easter decor with their own creations in the first week of the holidays. I would love to see or hear from you if you have brought in some Easter home decor on a budget into your home.  I always love gathering new inspiration and ideas on how to add more corners to the home.