Red, Rustic & Reclaimed for Valentine’s Day!

Are you ready to pack up the Christmas decor and get ready to decorate for Valentine’s Day? Here are a few ideas to help you get started!

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Red, Rustic & Reclaimed for Christmas

Instead of completely changing out your holiday decor, I would like to show you how to transition displays from Christmas to Valentine’s Day.  Reusing the same display for various holidays can help you save time, money and storage space.

A few weeks before Christmas one year, I participated in a blogger Challenge and came up with the display pictured above.  It was a fun challenge and if you are interested in reading more about it, the details are here:

I tried to talk myself into leaving it like is for Valentine’s Day since it has so much red in it.  I even tried to convince myself that the jingle bells could be passed off as “love chimes” or something!  But I finally came to my senses and decided to do a quick refresh or “tweak”.

How to Wax the Barn Wood

The base of the display is a piece of reclaimed barn wood.  The instructions on how to wax the barnwood are below.  The barnwood came from a crib that used to stand on my family’s farm.  I have several posts about the farm but one of my favorites is this one. 

Before

I brought a few pieces of barn wood to Florida.  This particular piece was perfect to use as the base for my project.  It is about 30 inches long.  At first, I thought it might be too long, but once I started staging it, it was the perfect size!

I decided to use Annie Sloan Dark Wax.  I had already cleaned the board with a cleaner safe to use on old wood.  I was a bit aghast as to how dirty the board was.  I really should have cleaned it before I brought it to Florida!

Close up before

Technique

Apply a small amount of wax to a clean, soft cloth.  Rub onto the wood.  Let dry and then buff a bit more. The wax will help protect the barn wood.

Close Up After

Transitioning from Christmas to Valentine’s Day

The first step was to remove the Christmas berry rings, jingle bells and the snowman pick from the three spindles.

The second step was to find some Valentine’s Day ribbon, a heart accent and some red wire.  The ribbon came from the Dollar Tree.  Each spool has 9 ft of ribbon.  I was able to make three small bows and have enough left over to make a small banner from one spool of ribbon.  I used the red wire to tie the heart accent in the center of the bow.  The red wire is an Oasis Floral product called bullion wire.  It is easy to work with and can be used in a number of ways to add interest to your creations.

Next, I tied the ribbons onto the spindles.  A very quick, inexpensive way to turn them into a Valentine’s Day decoration!

How to make the Banner

The ribbon from the Dollar Tree was the same width as the middle part of the red ribbon.  I used Velcro to stick the two ribbons together to make the small banner.  The banner looked good as part of the spindle display or tucked into the corner of the electric candle display.

Quick Seasonal Change for the Electric Candle

 

I simply changed the candle ring, replaced the jingle bells with a few small red flowers and added the rustic Love sign.  The banner is tucked into the side of the bowl.

Valentine’s Day Display in the Cabinet

The display works in the cabinet as well as on top of the wicker coffee table.  Since the cabinet area is longer, I can add a few more Valentine’s Day touches such as the vintage Valentine man on wheels.  I am not sure how old he is, but his wheels still work and his head bobbles!  I showed how I decorated this area for Christmas in this post.