2 Tips for Easy Winter Decorating, 2024 Room Makeover Goals + Antique with Me!

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@SheHoldsDearly 8 ай бұрын

Happy New Year, my dears! I'm so excited to focus on home renovations this year. I give you a peak into what's on my list in this video and share my top 2 tips for putting the Christmas decor away. Spoiler alert- its not as hard as you think!

@Wren402 8 ай бұрын

The first day of winter is Dec. 21, and the twelfth day of Christmas is Jan. 5. I don’t take Christmas down until Jan. 6, and I leave winter seasonal decor at least through January. It seems silly to decorate for spring in the middle of winter.

@marydumois4242 8 ай бұрын

And Christmas is until the Epiphany Jan 6th. There seems to be a rush to get through Christmas when Christmas is a RELIGIOUS SEASON , not just one day. Especially among KZbinrs and decorators it’s absolutely ridiculous.

@jacquelinesheedy88 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! ❤️🎄So many people think the twelve days of Christmas is during Advent, but the first day of Christmas is Dec. 25th and you’re right it continues through the fifth until the Epiphany on Jan 6th. That is when we celebrate the visitation of the three Wisemen. It’s sad that most of the world does not understand that.

@cynthiafisher9907 8 ай бұрын

@@marydumois4242This is not a tradition for much of the US.

@Wren402 8 ай бұрын

@@jacquelinesheedy88 That’s right. Traditionally, before Santa got so popular, gifts were exchanged on Twelfth Night, which is Jan. 5, to honor the Epiphany.

@roylenekornovich9410 8 ай бұрын

True, it traditionally stays up until January 6, Twelfth Night 🎄

@cinder8290 8 ай бұрын

I enjoy watching how you style a room. I hope you get that beautiful sofa.

@lisagorman2480 8 ай бұрын

What color are you painting the vanity? I have a similar project in my own home.

@SheHoldsDearly 6 ай бұрын

Ended up not painting it - just refinishing it!

@greenfaerie2039 8 ай бұрын

Happy New Year! Wonderful tips :)) I've kept the hardcore Christmas up till Epiphany on Jan 6th the past few years and LOVE IT. The calm stillness during the 12 Holy Nights is in such contrast to the hustle and bustle leading up to Christmas. Perfect time to sit back and appreciate the season.

@patriciamoran9143 8 ай бұрын

Being Catholic, our tradition was always to put up Christmas decorations on the last Sunday of Advent, or in my husband's family, on Christmas Eve. Then it was all left up through Epiphany. But, I've read that in medieval Europe, Advent was the forty days before Christmas, when people were quietly preparing inwardly by fasting and praying just as during Lent to prepare for Easter. Christmas began at 4:00 pm on Christmas Eve, and the excitement continued through Epiphany, but the Christmas season continued for forty days to Candlemas, aka Groundhog Day, being the halfway point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. It makes sense that the decorations were kept up to brighten the dark interiors and keep the air smelling fresh during those days when weather was cold and damp

@marydumois4242 8 ай бұрын

Fellow Catholic here. I’m so grateful that we have Advent to prepare for the coming of our Saviour and don’t rush through the Christmas Season. Happy Feast of the Epiphany! We also chalk our doorway for the Feast which I love!!!

@patriciamoran9143 8 ай бұрын

@@marydumois4242 I love that, too. I feel that our traditions run deep for many reasons. But just because we are told to do these things. They add richness to our lives

@heidigresh2743 8 ай бұрын

This practice of the Christmas season lasting until February 2 exists in Orthodox Christian tradition still to this day and did not end in the Middle Ages. February 2 is Candlemas with the blessing of candles and Jesus enters into the Temple. Eastern Christianity has kept this tradition.

@patriciamoran9143 8 ай бұрын

@@heidigresh2743 I Believe that Eastern Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on January 7. I wonder if they celebrate Candlemas when Catholics do

@heidigresh2743 8 ай бұрын

@@patriciamoran9143 several churches celebrate nativity on Dec 25. Most of Eastern Europe have Nativity today. It depends on the calendar Gregorian or Julian. The eastern churches could be different from each other by 13 days. Candlemas may be Feb. 2 or Feb 25. We begin to align calendars for the spring lent for Pascha which is May 5 this year. Confusing but Christ is the timeless one. It’s man made time and calendars but Christ has no beginning or end.

@tslilbearshoppe9870 8 ай бұрын

Happy New Year. Why does everyone want to abolish Winter? I love winter I love the hats, scarves, coats, boots, cold weather, snow I love it all. The stores have Spring stuff out already and it is really annoying. Valentines' day and easter in Dec got on my nerves too. We need winter and the cold temps to kill the germs. It is a beautiful time of year, and no one appreciates it, and it makes me so sad. Even my own husband gets down when it gets dark early, I love it because that's when I do most of my crocheting lol...Maybe it's because I am an artist and the winter colors of steel blue skies, dead leaves rust, bare trees grey makes me just as happy as all of the colors of Spring idk I just appreciate all of the seasons. Just a winter rant to start off the new year and I am here to give three cheers for Winter, hip hip hooray! hip hip horray! hip hip horray! Have a wonderful 2024 and I wish everyone a healthy and happy one as well!

@daphblue 8 ай бұрын

We need more people like you!

@tresawilkins7159 8 ай бұрын

I appreciate your enthusiasm! Hip, hip, hooray for you!

@eastcoastartist 8 ай бұрын

I love what you said about keeping Christmas up for a little this year. We had such a lovely Christmas that we aren’t ready for it to be over.

@heatherannekennedy9368 8 ай бұрын

Such a fun video - I love this quiet time of year - between Christmas and spring - it's just a great time to work on projects and home editing ... and gear up for the spring garden! I would love to antique shop with you - you have such a great eye! So many gorgeous things! Love your plans for the upstairs bathroom - can't wait to see the end results! Happiest New Year to you Sarah!

@jamielynne-magney2574 8 ай бұрын

There isn’t a “fifth season”. I live in a region with four distinct season (love) so I I decorate seasonally. I change throws, pillows, even drapery to change the feeling tone, and bring in touches for a specific holiday.

@thepennycrafters7616 8 ай бұрын

I dont know if i would say its a fifth season, Christmas is a holiday within the winter season. And winter should be highlighted all season long just like the other three. Beautiful greens, wintry browns, colorful berries and winter birds . Im so excited people are finally getting on board with this ! Cozy fireplaces, layers of pillows and blankets, hot tea bar, game night, puzzles, reading. Whats not to love!

@dandare2586 8 ай бұрын

Mrs Dan Dare here. I'm from the UK. I was wondering if other people from the UK agree that it is less typical to decorate seasonally than it appears to be in the US? I love watching home decor & styling channels, but honestly, I don't feel I need to specifically decorate for any season except Christmas. This isn't to say my home never changes, though. I'm forever shopping from my home and moving stuff about.

@tinyp70 8 ай бұрын

I'm from the Netherlands and agree with you. I think it goes for the most of Europe

@dandare2586 8 ай бұрын

@@CloudWatcher500 Thank you for your response 😊

@dandare2586 8 ай бұрын

@@tinyp70 That's really interesting. Thank you for that 😊

@barbarathomas2471 8 ай бұрын

Many Christians keep Christmas decorations up until the Epiphany, Jan 6, 2024.

@karenstairs8273 8 ай бұрын

I've been doing a winter theme after Christmas for many many years. I live in an 1880 apartment and using period nods to winter makes me happy. My mantle takes center stage. Winter prints of my chestnut tree full of snow on the branches, my garden in deep snow are framed. My Grandchildren shoveling (Printed in B&W) will be added this winter.

@eileenheinkel2374 8 ай бұрын

Love this! Just before watching this I talked to my husband about leaving up the candles we have in our windows. They match the theme of our 1850s home. I thought about leaving up our winter things that don't speak Christmas; after watching this I am definitely going to do that. Trees come down this week after church Wednesday night. Can't wait to see that you do this year.

@chrissyt6959 8 ай бұрын

I agree with you!! I have enjoyed my decorations this year and they were simple and more natural, and I truly have enjoyed them.

@marymachado3732 8 ай бұрын

That was a beautiful antique store, hope you show us more stores, and sure hope you find your mirror

@SarahsOctoberHome 8 ай бұрын

Sarah, this video was peaceful.🤍🕯️

@DeannaMoyers 8 ай бұрын

I take down the things that scream Christmas right after the holiday....even the day after if I can but I leave up the winter pieces....keeping a lot of the undecorated pine trees, some green pine wreaths and snowy decor. I've kept my celluloid reindeer collection out with my bottle brush trees on the mantle ..will keep them out for a month or so. I like to start Valentines Day with some heart shaped pieces and roses about mid January thru mid Feb and then I'll start putting out more touches of green foliage. Since Easter is early this year, I'll be bringing out the bunnies a little sooner.

@robinbirdj743 8 ай бұрын

Please don’t paint the vanity! Please! Your bathroom needs the warmth. If you DO paint (eventually), please for the sake of the wood and anyone who gets that piece later (and it will outlive us all), coat it quickly with shellac, 2 coats in 45 min. It’ll be dry in 2 hrs. The shellac gets into the wood grain and not the paint, making the paint much much easier to strip later. Shellac acts as a primer so that’s all you’ll need.

@lindaburris1968 8 ай бұрын

It is winter where I live through March. Last year the lake was still frozen May 1st. I enjoy the winter whites and softness. By March I am feeling the itch to change though. Good luck on your search.

@emileekadell7266 8 ай бұрын

Also the Epiphany ended on January 6th. Celebrate the Maji visiting baby Jesus! ❤

@georgiacinq-mars1899 8 ай бұрын

Ohhh, I can’t wait till you start the bathroom. I love my bathroom but the vanity needs updating and the tub needs attention. Thanks for the video.

@3pocketsfull863 8 ай бұрын

Im so intrigued by all the northern hemisphere traditions around Christmas. Our decorations go up when i cant put the kods off any longer and come down the day after christmas or sooner if i can get away with it. Its summer holidays and everyone will be in the pool for the next month so decorations just seem like clutter.

@PandoraSummer-d9v 8 ай бұрын

Epiphany is Jan 6. America is more than "after "Christmas" sales and there are millions of Americans who celebrate Christmas pass the 1st of the year, and that is fantastic.

@ginacrusco234 8 ай бұрын

Enjoyable video! I love the lamps. Just to clarify, alabaster is much like white marble, but is actually either gypsum or calcite.

@fashionkiller5052 8 ай бұрын

Goodmorning, Please do another valentines decoration video this year ❤

@sharongruener6078 8 ай бұрын

Happy and blessed New Year. Thanks for the tips. Looking forward to your new plans. Blessings.

@johnnacrist8715 8 ай бұрын

Looking forward to your projects! I’m looking forward to a few of my own. Happy New Year 🙏🏼

@LexiDacy 8 ай бұрын

The video I’ve been waiting for!!! 🥰🙏

@bernadette1510 8 ай бұрын

I love your videos, so peaceful and inspirational! May I make a suggestion, instead of painting the bathroom vanity would you consider putting a nice white or quartzite too/ counter on it?

@irmayorke9075 8 ай бұрын

Love the antique shop you go to i seen so many great items.

@JShow78 8 ай бұрын

I have a laundry room that is tucked off a hallway that leads to the down stairs bathroom, I have found the perfect wallpaper for that room but my dilemma is there’s an exposed fuse box. I think I found an antique mirror that will hide the fuse box while maintaining easy access, do you think that it’s ok to cover it up?

@SheHoldsDearly 8 ай бұрын

Yes, I think that's a good solution!

@J_acke 8 ай бұрын

Loved the video Sarah, & and shopping at the antique store! Looking forward to seeing all the changes, and rooms come together, in your home and others! Happy New Year!

@J_acke 8 ай бұрын

Also, congratulations on 100,000 viewers!!! 😊

@kathy5216 8 ай бұрын

Thought you would buy the alabaster lamps

@janejdough2230 8 ай бұрын

Thank you

@anitabarker3125 8 ай бұрын

❤the tips on winter decorating. I do what you suggested. I also love the sofa you purchased. The way it is made looks wonderful. Edwardian is a new style name for me.Happy 2024. God’s blessings and joy for the year.😊

@debrademedici864 8 ай бұрын

You have some excitement in the new year with your renovations!!! I love it when you take us along antiquing !!! I see things I would buy !!! I decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving and when New Year’s Eve comes around I’m ready to take it all down . But that’s me and we all do it differently!!! Thanks for the video !!!

@robinbirdj743 8 ай бұрын

Our “weird 5th season” isn’t after Christmas (WINTER), it’s Christmas. I keep up the tree and lights and all red & w except “Merry Christmas.” I like the metallic tree and a little glam for winter. Add in some more icy blue and aqua if you don’t do red. ❤

@susandenniscook9271 8 ай бұрын

I love alabaster lamps too. Nice find for that pair. Alabaster and marble, however are two different stones. Marble is calcium or carbon, while Alabaster is a form of gypsum (calcium sulfate dehydrate).

@terrychancellor4593 8 ай бұрын

So many things in that shop I would want!!! LOL!! For several years now I've kept Christmas decor up until at least Epiphany, the true end of the Christmas season. It partially came from the fact that my son-in-law is Hispanic and they do most of their gifts on Kings Day, January 6 commemorating the gifts the Magi brought the Christ child. I love that! Even then it is a slow process simply reversing the order it went up and over days. I never decorate all in one day nor remove all in one day. I switch out for more wintery items until February when I bring in arrangements with deep red flowers and lots of candles, signaling the approach of Valentines.

@Kreinhardtfam 8 ай бұрын

I have never before, but this year, I left my nativity figurines out when I put away the rest of my Christmas items. I just removed the red candles and fresh greenery(that wasn't so fresh anymore). I just don't feel ready to completely let go of the reason for all seasons just yet. And of course my natural looking bottle brush trees stayed out under cloches and in a terrarium. But I couldn't handle the excess of the rest of my Christmas items.

@marlawegrzyn6991 8 ай бұрын

So I change out my red flowers for roses for Valentine’s Day. Roses look so pretty with winter decor/ greenery.

@MarilynDean-i5b 8 ай бұрын

Have a blessed New Year to you and yours. I too leave up the more winter look and take down Christmas on the Epiphany Jan 6th.

@tonim846 8 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness! Spotted the silver wall-mounted planter in the footage ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@karenbrunton6529 8 ай бұрын

I love transferware and have wanted to collect more. Then I read you should test pieces for lead. 😮 What do you think? I wonder how common it is for pieces to be a problem this way?

@aliciasharpe803 8 ай бұрын

Love the advice on editing Christmas decor for a more cozy, winter look!

@toniwadsworth7577 8 ай бұрын

I bought two identical Italian marble lamps today ! I could not believe a found a matching pair. So, when you passed up the two marble lamps I was a little sad. Mine have black shades on them which I’m not sure if I like. The black shades look ok but I don’t think that they’ll give enough light. Are you sure you don’t want to go back for the marble lamps ? 😊

@cynthiafisher9907 8 ай бұрын

I think you should try them out as-is and see what you think. They sound beautiful!

@toniwadsworth7577 8 ай бұрын

@@cynthiafisher9907 I tried them. I bought these to go into a small bedroom which has touches of navy blue. The black shades clash with the navy blue. I think the black shades could work in a larger room with the right colors. I want some bell shaped shades for these lamps. Do you know a good resource for lamp shades?

@cynthiafisher9907 8 ай бұрын

@@toniwadsworth7577 Sorry, I don’t know a good resource for good quality lampshades.

@carlapalaniuk3677 8 ай бұрын

I hope you vedio how you refinish the clawfoot tub I have one that needs to be done as well

@audreyhargett3094 8 ай бұрын

Yay! I've missed you! Happy New Year 🎉

@deborahbender5333 8 ай бұрын

Blessings and Happy New Year..🎉 🙂

@J_acke 8 ай бұрын

Congratulations Roe!

@J_acke 8 ай бұрын

Congratulations Roe!!! Loved the video & antique shopping, Sarah! Looking forward to seeing changes in your home, and others. Happy New Year everyone!! And, congratulations again on 100,000 viewers, woweeeee😂

@RolLynnRoWeilbaecher 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I was so excited!