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hi it's Lindsay Diane from
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dianecor.com In this video we're going
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to talk about how to decorate your home
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to make it feel festive for the holidays
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without cluttering it So we are
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specifically talking about holidays
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outside of Christmas So Easter St
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Patrick's Day Valentine's Day Fourth of
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July Memorial Day Thanksgiving all of
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these holidays that we want to decorate
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for and feel a little bit festive during
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that 2 weeks or so surrounding that
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holiday but you don't want to go so
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overboard that your house is just
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cluttered and distracting Never mind the
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fact that we probably already have
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seasonal decor out as well So I'm going
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to share with you how to layer in
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holiday decor so that you have a festive
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feeling in your home to celebrate the
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holiday without making it feel cluttered
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and overwhelming Let's get started The
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first tip is that you want to swap out
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your decor not add to it So if you
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already have items out for seasonal
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decor swap items don't add For instance
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if you have a beautiful decorative bowl
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that's by your entryway and you have an
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Easter themed bowl swap those two things
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out Don't find a new place to put the
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Easter bowl Instead take away the one
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that's usually there Put your Easter
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instead Similarly with wreaths If you
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have a spring wreath up but Easter's
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coming up and you want to be festive for
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Easter just swap the wreath out Don't
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worry about trying to mount that wreath
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to your pantry door or your back door or
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maybe on your mantle Instead of worrying
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about finding a new location for that
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second wreath just swap them out So do
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this all over your home Other things
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that you can swap out are table runners
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candles candy dishes cookie jars
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vases soap dispensers Lots of these
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things come themed for holidays and
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they're easy swaps to make to make your
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home feel festive without you adding
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additional decor to it and making it
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feel cluttered Tip number two is to
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choose only one symbol of the season and
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one accent color So a symbol of the
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season if we're using Easter as the
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example that's bunnies or eggs or
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carrots or baskets All of those things
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are symbols of that holiday and you want
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to choose only one of them to feature in
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your home Colors we know are pastel
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colors yellows purples uh light pale
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blues greens Choose one of them to
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accent in your home You don't want to go
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overboard and have a thousand different
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colorful eggs everywhere It's going to
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be one seem a little bit kitty It's not
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the most elegant look I'm not saying
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that you necessarily have to go all
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neutrals but what I would say is try to
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stick to one color So you could have
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some really beautiful painted eggs that
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are in blue tones or green tones but I
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wouldn't try to adopt every single color
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of the holiday in your decor because
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it's going to create a visual clutter
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that is a little bit distracting So
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while you may only have you know a half
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a dozen little eggs all of those little
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colors are visually distracting
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especially if your overall scheme is
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neutral as it is It's just a lot of
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visual clutter Your eyes are bouncing
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around because they're seeing all these
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colors and they're grabbing your
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attention So consider one color and one
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symbol of the season only Tip number
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three is to use functional decor So
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instead of having a ton of little
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figurines and uh you know decorative
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accessories that don't really do
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anything instead focus on the things
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that are functional So like we said with
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the swaps things like table runners or
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dishcloths trays jars vases
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uh trivets I know you know for
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Thanksgiving they have lots of little
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trivets that come in like pumpkin shapes
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and leaf shapes Same thing with like um
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cutting boards and serving trays Lots of
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times they come in different shapes for
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the season They may be shaped like a
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bunny or an oak leaf or a flag or
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something like that Go for things that
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are functional that you're going to be
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able to use and that will help decrease
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the amount of little decorative
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accessories that you have around the
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house You're still getting that festive
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feeling because you're seeing that
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symbol of the season or you're seeing
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those colors and it's still sprinkled
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into your decor but you don't have so
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many little knick-knack sort of things
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all over the place that will create
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clutter on your countertops or on your
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mantle or on other tabletop spaces in
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your home And last but not least stick
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to decorating the hightra areas in your
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home So think about your entryway your
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kitchen your living room Those are the
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most hightraic areas Also a guest
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bathroom is another great place to
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decorate for the holidays You can swap
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out your hand towels that may be themed
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for the holidays You can swap out your
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soap dispensers and things like that
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your vase or a little candle that you
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may have in there that may have some
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sort of Eastering or Easter um you know
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applique on it That's a great way to
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decorate for the holiday Make your home
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feel festive without cluttering it
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Sticking to those hightraic areas will
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one limit the amount of decor that you
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need to purchase but also it won't be so
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overwhelming One putting it up and
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taking it down You know the whole idea
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is that you're going to be in these
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spaces most often so you'll get to
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experience it You know yes you could put
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it in your bedroom Yes you could put it
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in your home office or your kids' rooms
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but you know how often one are you
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really in those spaces And two all of
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those people are going to enjoy them in
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these common areas as well So it's not
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as if leaving out the bedrooms or
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leaving out some of these other you know
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a family room or a den or a home office
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or a patio Leaving those places out does
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not mean that you don't get to
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experience that festive feeling because
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you are putting those in the hightraic
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areas that you know you're going to be
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in That's it for this video I hope you
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found it helpful Please don't forget to
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