How to Deck Out Your Home for Every Season, Straight From a Pro

When you've finally finished putting away your holiday decor for the year, it's totally normal for your home to seem a bit barren. If you're someone who loves the pops of color and life that the holidays bring to your home, you should consider decorating for all four seasons.

No one said decorating was reserved only for Christmastime—there are so many other seasons and special celebrations to decorate for throughout the year.

Just ask Steffy Degreff, a content creator who quite literally wrote the book on year-round seasonal decorating, titled A Home for Every Season.

With an audience of more than one million followers on her social channels, Degreff is often sharing ways to make every season feel special. We caught up with this queen of seasonal decorating to glean some inspiration for you.

Meet the Expert

Steffy Degreff is a content creator who loves decorating for every season, not just around the holidays. She is the author of A Home for Every Season, which shares tips for year-round seasonal decorating.

Winter: Post Christmas Decorating

Immediately following Christmas, Degreff suggests leaning into both hygge-inspired and Valentine's Day decor.

"I am not a fan of pastels or pinks, but I like to have little pops of red and even neutral Valentine's Day decor that's a bit more woodsy and cozy," she says.

The heart-shaped woodland garland that Steffy hangs in her kitchen (pictured above) is the perfect example of Scandinavian-meets-Valentine's decor. She details how to make it in A Home for Every Season.

If saying goodbye to Christmas is hard for you, this look is the perfect transitional style. You can even feel free to leave up some of your Christmas decor, such as your red hand towels and pine garland.

Spring: Bring On Signs of Life

As nature starts to reawaken come March, Degreff's home follows suit. She loves filling her home with vases of flowers in the spring, and overall, making it feel bright and vibrant inside.

If you love decorating with pastels, Spring is your time to shine. However, there are other ways to lean into a spring look without going all pale pink or lavender.

For starters, don't overlook St. Patrick's Day for a chance to bring in playful touches of gold and green.

"I love to put out green candy, and I have shamrock mugs that I'll hang up for just the week of St. Patrick's Day," she says. "I pretty much go right into spring after that, and I like to pull out a lot of colors. I try to be really colorful and quirky in my decor in the spring."

Summer: A Palate Cleanser

After three seasons of heavy decorating, Degreff likes to give her home a light and airy feeling in the summer with linen throw pillows and lots of plants.

It's the one season where she also pairs back quite a bit on color and opts for creamy neutrals.

"I don't use that much color in the summer because I feel like the way I dress is very colorful and spring is so colorful," she says. "When summer comes, I kind of like a mental break from so much color."

She also adds that keeping your home more minimal in the summer is a great option if you tend to have friends and family over more often during this slower season.

"We live right by the beach, so I host a lot more in the summer," she says. "My home base is not that large, so it's nice having more space for people to come in and out."

Fall: Back to Vibrancy

According to Degreff, September 1st is the first unofficial day of fall. By just taking a look inside her home, you would never guess that the temps are still lingering in the 80s.

Pumpkins fill empty corners, cozy flannel blankets drape across her couch, and orange leaf garlands frame the windows.

Once Halloween gets even closer, you'll notice throw pillows with jack-o-lanterns and ghosts, plus paper bats and witches' hats, start to appear.

"There are two different types of fall people—those who love the harvest and classic fall themes, and those who love Halloween," Degreff says. "I would say I lean more towards the classic fall look, but I don't like just to ignore Halloween."

Degreff usually adds some orange lights, little ghosts, and a bit more of a festive feeling just for the week of Halloween.

I extend the greatest season of the year by a few weeks—and really, it isn't hurting anyone. Except for myself, maybe, from overheating in flannels in 80°F weather.

Fall is Degreff's favorite season, plus her favorite color also happens to be orange, so extending this season by a few weeks brings her joy.

When figuring out what year-round decorating looks like for you, consider your favorite season. Don't ever be afraid to start decorating "too early" for that one.

As Degreff writes in A Home For Every Season, "I extend the greatest season of the year by a few weeks—and really, it isn't hurting anyone. Except for myself, maybe, from overheating in flannels in 80°F weather."

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