A house decorated for LOVE

I got the Valentine's day decorations out of the garage at the end of January.  As I started unpacking everything and laying stuff out on the table I was picturing where I had everything last year.  I couldn't remember anything.  It was weird.  I didn't have a single memory of anything.  I was starting to get a little worried about my early onset dementia when I checked the pictures from last year.  That's when I remembered that I didn't decorate last year because I was still too tired from moving and doing Christmas within a month of each other. 

 

So, this is our second Valentines Day in this house, but the first with decorations.  It was really fun putting everything out this year.

 

We got a new Snoopy flag for the front yard.  After our neighbors complimented me for always making the front yard look so cheerful and decorated for various holidays I feel like I have a certain standard to uphold.

 

A spinner hanging by the walkway to the front door.

 

This is hanging by the front door on the outside.

 

The inside of the front door.

 

Mirror in the entry way

 

It's really hard to take pictures of clings on a mirror.

 

Entry way table

 

Coat closet door

 

Entry way bench

 

Dining room 

 

Chandelier in dining room

 

 Left server in dining room

Right server in dining room.  I bought the little pink Love at Target for $1 at the beginning of January.  I felt ridiculous doing it.

Dining room table

 

Valentine tree

I bought two boxes of this garland when I was in Chicago in..........wait for this.........November of..........you might want to sit down...........2003.  I have never opened them.  I intended on using them for Christmas but they have been in a box of our Christmas stuff for 10 years.  And I'm serious.  I have never even taken the tape off the box.  When we put our Christmas stuff up this year I took them out of the box and added them to the Valentine's Day box.

I still don't know what to do with it, even for this holiday, so I took one of them and wrapped it around the base of the tree.  Any ideas for next year?  There is 10 feet of garland in each box.

 

The entry way from the hallway to the kitchen.  It says LOVE.

 

The pantry door.

The kitchen island.  There is candy from Halloween, Elliott's birthday and Christmas stockings in the candy dishes.

 

Kitchen cabinets

 

Kitchen table

 

Close up of the tablecloth

Chandelier above the kitchen table.  The only thing I did last year for decorations was to wrap this garland around this light the night before the 14th.

 

Entertainment center in family room

 

Fireplace mantel

And that's it! 

 

We'll probably leave everything up until the 21st or 22nd and then have no decorations for a week.  But come March 1st we are going all out with shamrocks, leprechauns, rainbows and gold coins.