Reuse Christmas Decor To Create The Most Stylish Valentine's Day Pieces

Why does February feel so long when it's the shortest month? With spring still a distant dream, filling your home with happiness-inspiring details is a great distraction from short, chilly days. Instead of dutifully packing away your Christmas decorations after the festive season, extend it by adapting a few Yuletide trimmings into adorable Valentine's Day decor. Globe ornaments, fairy lights, snowflakes, and even Christmas trees transform charmingly into accessories fit for Valentine's month. 

These two holidays share more than a chilly time of year. The colors and glitz of Christmas are hardly a stretch when borrowing them to celebrate February 14th. Shiny or metallic finishes set against red and white ornaments make an easy transition into Valentine's decorations when they're complemented with iconic hearts, lipstick kiss prints, and envelopes. You can focus on small accents to tuck into nooks around the house, or go all out with a Valentine's Day porchscape that saves you the time, trouble, and even money from trading out full sets of holiday decor.

Take red disco ball ornaments from a floral accent like this Ashland 29" Red Disco Ball Stem from Michaels and convert them into a pair of cheerful cherries. Slip a couple off their stems, and connect them with a bent section of green floral wire; fit the wire into the holes where the stems were, and secure the spots with glue. It should look like a cherry stem connecting two berries. Top the peak in the wire with a faux leaf, and use them as quirky additions to fun tablescape ideas. You can also attach names to the leaf with letter stickers for table place markers that double as keepsakes.

As you're unwinding tinsel and unhooking candy canes from an evergreen garland, leave the greenery up. If your swag is wearing a string of lights, keep those up, too. Give it a dose of February spirit with bows, heart-shaped baubles, and ball ornaments in reds, pinks, and white.

Wreaths for holidays other than Christmas aren't exactly revolutionary, but Christmassy materials getting a Valentine's reboot is. Give an evergreen wreath an upgrade akin to the evergreen garland treatment. Bring pine cones out of retirement as a Christmas staple and make them colorful Valentine's wreath-making material. Gather up enough pine and/or spruce cones to cover a wreath form. Divide them into four equal amounts; spray paint one portion each in red, pink, and white, and leave one natural. Intermix colors and textures as you attach the cones to the form. Finish off the wreath with smattering of gold, silver, or holographic glitter on the cones.

Why go subtle when the skies outside are gray? Keep your holiday tree up an extra month by tricking it out with heart-shaped everything. To turn your Tannenbaum into a Valentine's tree, lights are a must, and don't skimp on the ribbons and glitter. Faux roses, silvery accents, doilies, and lace also help make a Valentine's tree shine. If you have tinsel in a seasonal color left over, make this part of your look, as well. For a homespun touch, DIY a budget-friendly Valentine's Day garland to drape around the branches.

Porches decked out to rival parade floats are a refreshing way to brighten up a winter-shrouded home. Evergreen garlands and wreaths need not come down. Instead, top them with weather-proof embellishments like heart-shaped plates and bowls in cherry-red plastic that attract attention but not moisture. Hung with ribbon and surrounded by glittery orbs and tinsel, a greenery garland doesn't look out of place at all.