Not everything in our home has to be ‘company ready’ every day. Not every season needs to be a full-blown decorating production. Not every surface needs to be bedecked with a dazzling vignette or a statement arrangement. Sometimes, there is a season when our homes can just feel comforting, simple, cheerful, welcoming. For me, that season is now. By ‘now’, I mean early winter. …
Early Winter
Winter Living Room
Stop me if you’ve heard me say this before. Decorating for winter is the best! No rules, no guidelines. A veritable decorating free-for-all! You can leave Christmas up – lots of people do, and I totally get it. Or you can turn your home into a winter wonderland with lots of whites, creams, wood tones,…
Early Winter 2023
This transition time from Christmas to winter is a decorating challenge to many. After all the exuberance of Christmas, settling back into the routine, the everyday isn’t so appealing. But if you flip it over, there is something unique about the window of time between Christmas and Easter. Whether you live in an area where winter temperatures hover…
Taking a break…
Hello, and thank you for stopping by. Red Shutter Cottage is taking a little break. I am writing this in October 2020 and hope to be back in 2021 with new posts about cottage style, why I love thrift shopping, and my (very tiny) obsession with roosters! Together, Sailor and I are facing some big…
Early Winter Living Room
It seems that a lot of people struggle with decorating their home at this time of the year… this transitional time between Christmas and springtime. I call this time Early Winter, and firmly believe it is a season unto itself. And in many ways, this Early Winter season is a great opportunity. Here is a…
