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{RED & GOLD HOLIDAY PORCH}

Anyone else out there drag their feet about putting Christmas trees away? Just me? I can live with that. :) I NEVER get excited about putting away my Christmas trees and not because it’s work to put them away. I mean.. I don’t love that part either, but the main reason I dread taking them down is because I just love having the lights up as long as possible! I never get tired of Christmas tree lights. Especially when it’s still winter and gets dark outside so early in the evening.

Years ago when I was sad to take my porch trees down I decided I just wouldn’t. Trees are winter and it’s still winter! I turned my Christmas porch into a Valentine’s Day porch (trees included) and loved it and have never looked back. Good-bye Christmas porch! You were good to us this year.

{pink medley tulip wreath/pink & white tulip wreath/topiary balls}

I’ve been rounding up things to use for my Valentine porch including the cute tulip wreaths I bought a couple of weeks ago.

{valentine’s large heart banner/small heart banner }

I also bought new banners this year because the banners I have are faded/torn from using them the past few years.

For Christmas I had a beautiful holiday garden mix in this concrete round bowl planter from Amazon.

I went on a search for what might work in my planter instead and decided to try these artificial topiary balls. They come in a set of 2 and each set is separate like this until you attach them. Smart because they will be so much easier to store this way!

I love the look! I ended up only using half of one for this planter.. it just tucked down right inside.

Then I decided to put one together and see how it would look with my fluted outdoor planters. SO good! I’m going to use these in the spring! I set one on my Valentine’s Day porch and didn’t love just one on the right side. It looked best with 2 (one on each side of my door) and then I didn’t have room for my lanterns. I decided to just wait to use my artificial topiary balls in the spring because I want to use my lanterns for another couple of months, but I’m sharing them now in case you are looking for porch decor ideas! They are a beautiful no maintenance solution that will work year round.

{red plaid rug/home with heart door mat/fluted outdoor planters/pink peonies here, here, here/gold lanterns/

flameless candles/pink & white tulip wreath/valentine’s large heart banner/small heart banner}

Valentine’s Day Porch! With Christmas trees included.

I’m a happy girl. :)

I tried the pink medley tulip wreath on my front door too and loved both options!

{pink & white tulip wreath}

I liked the pink and red wreath better up close but ended up choosing the pink & white tulip wreath because the white tulips worked well with the white flocked trees when I looked at my porch as a whole.

Like everyone else I make a lot of decisions each day that aren’t very fun. Which tulip wreath to use for the front door is the kind of decision I want more of in my life. Ha. ;)

I traded my gold starts for hearts and my poinsettias for pink peonies and I was set! So easy. (Thinking I’ll switch out these peonies I’m using for these cute peonies on Amazon! They are less expensive and then I can bring my PB peonies back inside.)

The best part? I get to enjoy the lights a little bit longer. :)

So many cute things are coming out for Valentine’s Day so I linked lots of favorites below! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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NORDSTROM V-DAY

MY FAVORITE HEART BOWLS

1-love glass bottle   2-heart candle   3- queen of hearts pajamas

4- valentine juice glass   5-greeting cards   6-heart dog sweater   7-heart felt garland

1- tulle midi skirt   2-puff sleeve dress   3- vaisselle canapé plate

4- marble cheese board   5-glass cake stand

6-cylinder vase   7-glass serving stand   8- wine glasses

1- xo throw   2- heart serving platter

3- love heart towels   4- satin short pajama set   5-be mine slippers

6- red/pink heart plates   7- xoxo garland

1- heart cut out colander   2-heart shaped pillow   3-heart candle

4- peony bundle  5- marble cheeseboard   6-heart blanket

1- candy heart sweatshirt   2- lover tee   3- kisses crop pullover

4- fuzzy heart sweater   5- oversized graphic sweatshirt   6- black jumpsuit

7- red love sweater   8- heart mesh long sleeve

9- pink mini dress   10- heart tumbler   11- be mine slippers