5 Ideas for Seasonal Décor
Of all the seasonal delights winter brings to mind—cozy nights by the fire, a steaming cup of hot cocoa, joyful gatherings with family and friends around the dinner table—the desire to adorn your home with festive decorations is chief among them.
Front Entry
Your front entry says a lot about your home. Using seasonal accents can help to tie the décor of your home’s exterior and interior together. Hang a wreath on the front door for a natural, organic centerpiece. Baskets will help accent any greenery you choose to display, either on their own or filled with seasonal goodies. Add more plant life to up the organic feel of your front entry. Though winter isn’t known for blossoming flowers like its springtime counterpart, greenery can help deliver the same organic atmosphere to your front entry. Adding a few plants may be just the finishing touch you’re looking for to make your home as welcoming as possible.
go For COmfort
A comfortably decorated house can help make the most of long winter days and nights at home and will establish a welcoming ambience for your guests this holiday season. Winter is the perfect time of year to incorporate candlelight. Use candles as centerpieces at your dinner table or as accent pieces near reading nooks and in the bathroom. Experiment with thicker fabrics for your rugs, blankets, and pillows in common areas. Make the living room your decorative focal point for guests to gather ‘round and celebrate the holidays together. Decorate around the hearth and on the mantle to make the fireplace a natural centerpiece.
Use Color
Although a neutral color palette and winter go hand-in-hand, that doesn’t mean your seasonal décor should be devoid of color. Spice up your holiday decorations with splashes of color to liven up your spaces while maintaining your wintry vibe. Try some colorful throw pillows and blankets in the living room, multi-colored pots and planters, and vibrant decorations on your shelves and around the kitchen table.
Indoor Plants
Decorating with plants this winter doesn’t have to be limited to just your front entry. Use greenery, boughs, and garland to give your interior an organic, wintry touch. Use garland on your stairs by wrapping it around your banister or weaving it through the posts, then intertwine a string of lights in the greenery for a magical finishing touch. If you have indoor planters, add some seasonal touches like pinecones and candle jars nearby. Let the fresh, piney smells fill your home and voila! You’ll be well on your way to curating your own winter wonderland.
Small touches
When decorating for the seasons, little accents throughout the house help tie the seasonal theme together. Decorate with homemade snowballs, snowflakes, twigs, ornaments, and vases to create the right combination of winter items throughout your home. These pieces work well in small places such as side tables, on the countertop underneath cabinets, on decorative shelving in a guest room or bathroom, or on the kitchen table. Sprinkle in seasonal scents such as pine and cinnamon to top off your decorations.
When decorating for the seasons, little accents throughout the house help tie the seasonal theme together. Decorate with homemade snowballs
snowflakes, twigs, ornaments, and vases to create the right combination of winter items throughout your home. These pieces work well in small places such as side tables, on the countertop underneath cabinets, on decorative shelving in a guest room or bathroom, or on the kitchen table. Sprinkle in seasonal scents such as pine and cinnamon to top off your decorations.
These are just some of the ways you can stay busy at home with DIY projects this winter. Not only will these projects refresh the spaces in your home, they can also increase its value, which can be beneficial when it comes time to sell.
Year-End Home Maintenance
The end of the year is the perfect time to give the various systems in your home a checkup. Here are a few home-maintenance tasks to tackle before the new year.
❱All appliances have a shelf life. Give your home appliances a thorough examination to identify any repairs or replacements that need to be made. VACUUM YOUR REFRIGERATOR AND FREEZER COILS, inspect your dryer vents, and empty your dishwasher drain.
❱CHECK YOUR ROOF to identify areas where a leak could spring. Unstable roofing material such as weak shingles or loose metal sheets can be a recipe for disaster.
❱CLEAN OUT THE DRAINS in your sinks, bathtub, and shower to avoid buildup and potential water damage.
❱KEEP YOUR GUTTERS CLEAR OF DEBRIS. If you are expecting freezing temperatures this winter, routine cleanings will help prevent ice from accumulating and damaging your roof.
❱Depending on your local climate, you may need to WRAP YOUR EXTERIOR PIPES AND HOSES or disconnect them and bring them inside to prevent them from freezing.
Home Price Guide
Here are the average three-bedroom home sale prices in some of the neighborhoods served by Windermere. Data from March 1, 2021 to August 31, 2021.
Apache Junction
Chandler
Cave Creek
Glendale
Gold Canyon
Goodyear
$389,000
$447,000
$711,000
$369,000
$527,000
$419,000
Fountain Hills
Mesa
New River
Paradise Valley
Peoria
Phoenix
$660,000
$411,000
$531,000
$2,253,000
$420,000
$416,000
Scottsdale
Sun Lakes
Surprise
Tempe
Tortilla Flat
$846,000
$498,000
$388,000
$439,000
$855,000
Alameda
Alamo
Albany
Alpine
Anaheim
Antioch
Bakersfield
Baldwin Park
Beaumont
Berkeley
Big Bear
Big Bear Lake
Blackhawk
Brea
Brentwood
Burbank
Calabasas
Cardiff by the Sea
Carlsbad
Carmel Valley
Carson
Castro Valley
Cathedral City
Chino
Chino Hills
Chula Vista
Clayton
Cloverdale
Concord
Corona
Coronado
Costa Mesa
Covina
Dana Point
Danville
Davis
Del Mar
Desert Hot Springs
Diamond Bar
Discovery Bay
Dublin
El Cajon
El Cerrito
El Sobrante
Encinitas
Escondido
Fairfield
Fallbrook
Folsom
$1,433,000
$2,021,000
$1,545,000
$808,000
$737,000
$554,000
$239,000
$607,000
$444,000
$1,573,000
$536,000
$687,000
$1,750,000
$863,000
$743,000
$1,157,000
$1,724,000
$1,992,000
$1,226,000
$1,426,000
$671,000
$1,141,000
$464,000
$611,000
$857,000
$698,000
$991,000
$690,000
$785,000
$645,000
$2,166,000
$1,163,000
$705,000
$2,001,000
$1,621,000
$740,000
$2,683,000
$339,000
$869,000
$853,000
$1,265,000
$691,000
$1,325,000
$787,000
$1,640,000
$727,000
$564,000
$749,000
$652,000
Fort Bragg
Fresno
Fullerton
Gilroy
Granite Bay
Hacienda Heights
Hayward
Hollywood
Huntington Beach
Imperial Beach
Indian Wells
Indio
Irvine
La Canada Flintridge
La Jolla
La Mesa
La Quinta
La Verne
Lafayette
Laguna Beach
Laguna Niguel
Lake Arrowhead
Lake Elsinore
Lakeside
Livermore
Lodi
Long Beach
Loomis
Malibu
Manteca
Martinez
Merced
Modesto
Monterey
Moraga
Moreno Valley
Morgan Hill
Murrieta
Napa
National City
Northridge
Novato
Oakland
Oakley
Oceanside
Ontario
Orinda
Palm Desert
Palm Springs
$613,000
$374,000
$847,000
$938,000
$956,000
$714,000
$878,000
$1,045,000
$1,214,000
$753,000
$1,126,000
$470,000
$1,130,000
$1,711,000
$2,498,000
$777,000
$741,000
$798,000
$1,660,000
$2,946,000
$1,169,000
$563,000
$473,000
$705,000
$1,029,000
$502,000
$940,000
$786,000
$4,000,000
$531,000
$838,000
$328,000
$425,000
$1,256,000
$1,489,000
$441,000
$1,152,000
$564,000
$1,098,000
$603,000
$830,000
$763,000
$1,179,000
$621,000
$766,000
$530,000
$1,735,000
$728,000
$989,000
Palo Alto
Pasadena
Paso Robles
Piedmont
Pinole
Pleasant Hill
Pleasanton
Pomona
Poway
Rancho Bernardo
Rancho Cordova
Rancho Cucamonga
Rancho Mirage
Rancho Santa Fe
Redding
Redlands
Richmond
Riverside
Rocklin
Roseville
Rowland Heights
San Bernardino
San Clemente
San Diego
San Dimas
San Fernando
San Francisco
San Jose
San Leandro
San Lorenzo
San Mateo
San Ramon
Sacramento
Salinas
Santa Clara
Santa Rosa
Santee
Solana Beach
Sonoma
Spring Valley
Stockton
Temecula
Tustin
Vacaville
Vista
Walnut
Walnut Creek
Whittier
Yucca Valley
$3,212,000
$1,163,000
$637,000
$2,679,000
$759,000
$1,004,000
$1,400,000
$552,000
$923,000
$935,000
$466,000
$686,000
$923,000
$2,500,000
$356,000
$597,000
$750,000
$565,000
$603,000
$575,000
$695,000
$399,000
$1,431,000
$932,000
$762,000
$728,000
$1,526,000
$1,245,000
$916,000
$869,000
$1,473,000
$1,350,000
$790,000
$629,000
$1,576,000
$695,000
$674,000
$1,974,000
$867,000
$639,000
$415,000
$740,000
$923,000
$541,000
$734,000
$870,000
$1,304,000
$728,000
$376,000
Arvada
Aurora
Boulder
Castle Pines
Castle Rock
Centennial
Cherry Hills Village
$584,000
$471,000
$1,243,000
$790,000
$562,000
$568,000
$2,650,000
Denver
Englewood
Evergreen
Fort Collins
Golden
Greenwood Village
Highlands Ranch
$634,000
$536,000
$857,000
$812,000
$817,000
$1,570,000
$590,000
Lakewood
Littleton
Lone Tree
Parker
Thornton
Westminster
Windsor
$572,000
$591,000
$1,092,000
$578,000
$481,000
$517,000
$495,000
Big Island
Hilo
Kohala Coast
Kona
Puna
$455,000
$1,048,000
$1,096,000
$330,000
Maui
Haiku
Kahului
Kihei
Lahaina
Wailea/Makena
Wailuku
$1,305,000
$802,000
$1,543,000
$1,622,000
$3,982,000
$805,000
Boise
Caldwell
Coeur d’Alene
Eagle
Grangeville
$597,000
$412,000
$567,000
$967,000
$289,000
Hayden
Lewiston
Meridian
Moscow
Nampa
$584,000
$332,000
$567,000
$374,000
$453,000
Post Falls
$476,000
Sun Valley
Hailey
Ketchum
$670,000
$1,869,000
Bozeman
Hamilton
Helena
Missoula
Whitefish
$777,000
$377,000
$416,000
$476,000
$909,000
Boulder City
Henderson
Las Vegas
North Las Vegas
$482,000
$442,000
$375,000
$334,000
Ashland
Astoria
Beaverton/
Sunset Corridor
Bend
Canby
Cannon Beach
Cascade Locks
Clatskanie
Corvallis
Cottage Grove
Creswell
Dallas
Eagle Point
Eugene
Florence
Gearhart
Gleneden Beach
Grants Pass
Gresham
$569,000
$460,000
$587,000
$667,000
$483,000
$909,000
$389,000
$381,000
$469,000
$361,000
$421,000
$443,000
$403,000
$432,000
$435,000
$606,000
$970,000
$407,000
$449,000
Happy Valley
Hermiston
Hillsboro
Hood River
Jacksonville
Klamath Falls
Lake Oswego
Lebanon
Lincoln City
McMinnville
Medford
Milton-Freewater
Molalla
Monmouth
Newberg
Newport/Seal Rock
$574,000
$291,000
$483,000
$692,000
$620,000
$261,000
$892,000
$354,000
$370,000
$438,000
$382,000
$214,000
$450,000
$426,000
$472,000
$482,000
Portland
North
Northeast
Southeast
West
$528,000
$545,000
$499,000
$697,000
Prineville
Redmond
Rogue River
St. Helens
Salem
Sandy
Scappoose
Springfield
Sunriver
The Dalles
Tigard
Tualatin
Vida
Warrenton
Wilsonville
$411,000
$494,000
$419,000
$378,000
$398,000
$505,000
$457,000
$394,000
$730,000
$373,000
$531,000
$564,000
$259,000
$464,000
$554,000
Bountiful
Coalville
Layton
$456,000
$457,000
$430,000
Midvale
Orem
Park City
$576,000
$431,000
$1,641,000
Provo
Salt Lake City
West Valley City
$455,000
$610,000
$470,000
Aberdeen
Allyn
Anacortes
Arlington
Auburn
Bainbridge Island
Belfair
Bellevue
Bellingham
Bingen/White Salm.
Birch Bay/Blaine
Bonney Lake
Bothell
Bremerton
Brinnon
Burien
Camano Island
Camas
Cathlamet
Centralia
Chelan
Chewelah
Clarkston
Cle Elum
Colville
Deer Park
DuPont
Edmonds
Ellensburg
Entiat
Enumclaw
Ephrata
Everett
Federal Way
Ferndale
Gig Harbor
Goldendale
Granite Falls
Issaquah
Kelso
$261,000
$509,000
$744,000
$590,000
$566,000
$1,282,000
$476,000
$1,453,000
$642,000
$692,000
$587,000
$523,000
$813,000
$459,000
$261,000
$688,000
$747,000
$607,000
$383,000
$385,000
$820,000
$266,000
$283,000
$804,000
$232,000
$440,000
$483,000
$831,000
$466,000
$471,000
$563,000
$296,000
$619,000
$529,000
$562,000
$740,000
$332,000
$501,000
$1,123,000
$356,000
Kenmore
Kent
Kettle Falls
Kingston
Kirkland
Lake Forest Park
Lake Stevens
Lake Tapps
Lakewood
Leavenworth
Liberty Lake
Long Beach
Longview
Lopez Island
Lynden
Lynnwood
Maple Valley
Marysville
Mazama
Mercer Island
Mill Creek
Monroe
Moses Lake
Mount Vernon
MountLake Terrace
Mukilteo
Newcastle
Normandy Park
Northport
Ocean Shores
Olympia
Omak/Okanogan
Orcas Island
Packwood
Port Angeles
Port Ludlow
Port Orchard
Port Townsend
Poulsbo
Prosser
$907,000
$568,000
$297,000
$664,000
$1,244,000
$898,000
$621,000
$740,000
$469,000
$728,000
$548,000
$413,000
$371,000
$1,066,000
$533,000
$706,000
$685,000
$525,000
$707,000
$2,368,000
$856,000
$648,000
$297,000
$534,000
$674,000
$826,000
$985,000
$1,003,000
$412,000
$406,000
$514,000
$318,000
$1,365,000
$500,000
$452,000
$773,000
$503,000
$581,000
$626,000
$348,000
Pullman
Puyallup
Quincy
Redmond
Renton
Republic
Sammamish
$368,000
$489,000
$296,000
$1,178,000
$723,000
$250,000
$1,281,000
Seattle
North
Northwest
West
Downtown/Central
Southeast
$1,029,000
$1,099,000
$898,000
$1,363,000
$835,000
Sedro Woolley
Sequim
Shelton
Shoreline
Silverdale
Snohomish
Spokane
Spokane Valley
Stanwood
Stevenson
Sumner
Tacoma
Tri-Cities
Twisp
University Place
Vancouver
Vashon
Walla Walla
Wenatchee
Westport
Whidbey Island
Winthrop
Woodinville
Yakima
Yelm
$482,000
$613,000
$403,000
$803,000
$566,000
$763,000
$372,000
$389,000
$607,000
$572,000
$516,000
$482,000
$389,000
$542,000
$607,000
$495,000
$1,038,000
$363,000
$481,000
$356,000
$652,000
$942,000
$1,037,000
$351,000
$420,000
