MARCH INTO SPRING

March is roaring in like a lion here with a two day winter storm and the local meteorologist predicting  up to a foot of snow. Hopefully a snow day for the kids and teachers tomorrow. This is no surprise here in Minnesota for typically we have one last blizzard in March, commonly around the weekend of the girls state basketball tournament. I know this because my husband has coached girls  high school basketball for 35+ years and my daughter played basketball and now my two granddaughters are playing basketball. And every year around this time we get THE BASKETBALL BLIZZARD...well, that's what I call it anyway!

But even though I KNOW this is going to happen every March, I begin celebrating SPRING by bringing it INSIDE my home. Spring brings to my mind all that is fresh, airy, light, bright, new, and alive! I like to turn my home into the embodiment of SPRING by bringing in things that will touch ALL the senses. So this Spring I  began my march into Spring by purchasing some tulips.  It's nice to be able to bring spring color in to brighten the house with beautiful flowers.

Did you notice the wire basket they're in? There is a glass container inside the wire basket to hold the water. I purchased this online at Katie's Rose Cottage. I'm sure you've seen this online shop before. If not, you can go there here.  They have amazing farmhouse and French decor.

They included this cute little tag:  Spring birds!

Here are a few more things I'll do to have a Spring Home before the outdoors is ready.

I bring in the SCENTS OF SPRING into my home with a new Spring fragrance. I found Colonial Candle's fragrance, SPRING AWAKENING. This scent promises to invigorate with fresh apple, grapefruit, and sun dried cotton. I'm looking forward to  awakening  my senses!

I'll throw open the windows ( yes, even just a little bit if there is still snow on the ground ) for another invigorating scent of CRISP FRESH AIR!  Throwing open the windows enriches at least FOUR of my senses as I SMELL the fresh air, FEEL the cool breeze on my face, HEAR the birds chirping outside, and SEE the curtains billowing gently in the breeze.

found on Pinterest

 Spring taste is lighter fare than the hardier, heavy winter foods. Vegetables, early strawberries, rhubarb, asparagus, arugula, radishes and more are some of the tastes of Spring. So I begin to make lighter foods, trips to the Farmer's Market, and use the produce of others before the gardening can begin. Different foods can highlight the beginning of Spring. It's fun to highlight the season with fresh new Spring foods!

found on my Pinterest board, YUMMY

In Spring I begin to de-clutter and the Spring Cleaning begins. Spring cleaning brings order and freshens my home. Here's one little thing I'm going to do this month. My husband and I are book lovers but we have way too many piling up here and there around the house, spilling out of their designated "home". So every day we'll take 15 minutes to sort through the books in one room ( yes, they're scattered throughout the house by now ) and sort them. We'll  give away some to our church library or the Salvation Army OR put them back  in their "home" in the little office space we have.
Maybe I'll create some new shelves in our little office space  like the one pictured here. It's simple, small, and  uncluttered. I found this on Pinterest, of course.

And finally I'll add a few Spring light and airy colored pillows to brighten the mood of our home.I found some new ones on Etsy here that are colorful and happy! They literally shout "HAPPINESS"!

By bringing a bit of SPRING into our home in early March we move ahead of winter. We're always ready for Spring before it  actually arrives so MARCHING INTO SPRING inside our home gets us there sooner. We don't have to wait for the weather outside to catch up. How about YOU? Are you ready to MARCH INTO SPRING inside your home?

I'm joining  the following parties: Rose Chintz Cottage 
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