Valentine’s Home Tour with House Plants – The Gifted Gabber

Thanks for visiting my updated Valentine’s Home Tour 2020! (This post is updated from my original 2017 post.) 

Well, where do you fall? Are you camp Valentine’s Day or anti-Valentine’s Day?

If you are reading this post, then perhaps you are as gung-ho for red and pink decorations and ooey gooey Valentine’s Day cards as I am. Don’t get me wrong. I know it is a holiday which feasts on millions of dollars of American consumers’ money every year. It’s a total commercial stab to the wallet.

Call me crazy. I love it anyway.

A few years ago, I shared our first post on Valentine’s Decorations Ideas.  This year, I decided to update this (originally) 2017 post to share a Valentine’s home tour 2020 which highlights more plants.

Granted, I didn’t buy any new decorations this year, and I’m quite proud of that for myself since the Target Dollar Spot sucks me in like quicksand. Actually, I did succumb to a pom pom garland. But that was totally before I made my New Year’s pledge to not spend as much money in the Dollar Spot this year. Total truth.

This year, the big twist is that I tried to repurpose things or use things I already have – such as my plants. Many of the decorations I bought several years ago and have reused again and again – the red tinsel hearts, the pink tinsel on the dining table, the heart picks – were all finds at The Dollar Tree. After paying $1 for a package of red heart picks and another $1 for a package of pink heart picks four years ago, I have used these picks every Valentine’s Day since! 

Valentine’s Day Plants as Decoration

All three of these plants are new residents of our home – having just been purchased the first week of January. My husband was in such shock that my other snake plant managed to see 2017, I decided to bring home two new snake plants friends for it. 

The Hubs thought I had lost my mind. He used to say that our home is hospice for plants. A few months ago, he edited his statement to say that our house is actually not hospice for plants because that would indicate the plants were in declining health when they arrived. 

I showed him! 2017 basically became the year of the plant in our home. And this has been a plant home ever since! 

Using Kids’ Artwork as Valentine’s Decorations

Without a doubt, my favorite set of decorations this year had to be the artwork my two-year-old and four-year-old made. There is so much beauty in the imperfections of little kid art! I sketched out the tree trunk and branches and heart for Little One’s tree. Scooter Britches wanted to shape her own heart, and she did a pretty good job, I think. They both used red paint to add fingerprint blooms on the tree. The idea came from Easy Pleasy Crafts.

My beloved snake plant with a Dollar Tree heart pick and one of the new garlands dressed up the china hutch in our breakfast nook. 

More Plants in the Valentine’s Home Tour

One other area of the kitchen with some Valentine plant love is this three-tiered tray atop our peninsula. The tray is filled with heart-shaped cookie cutters and other Valentine’s baking supplies. The succulent is nestled inside an XOXO bowl that I bought at Walgreens on a post-Valentine’s Day clearance the year before. The bowl is part of a set of three.  Seriously, the three bowls cost me $2 total! 

 

Next, a half-moon table just off the kitchen holds another XOXO bowl with a String of Pearls plant on a brass tray. 

Living Room Decor in the Valentine’s Home Tour

The living room got a few touches of Valentine’s Day, starting with the mantle. On the far right side of the mantle is my Christmas Cactus – a gift from my mom in December. When blooming, the blooms are a beautiful hot pink/reddish color which works well with the hot pink Valentine’s decor you see in this Valentine’s home tour. 

The I Love You print was a free download from a fellow blogger’s site several years ago. Admittedly, I have forgotten which blogger it was. I wish I could remember so I could link to her post for you. If it ever comes back to me, I will update the post with the link. 

These gold picks are actually part of my Christmas/New Year’s decor. I added those Dollar Tree picks to the vase to add some Valentine’s fun to the mix. The vase is from Target. And the brass LOVE sign is a find from my favorite vintage store in the area. 

 

My snake plant from Lowe’s moves around between two spots, depending on the time of day and the light. Here, the same snake plant from the china hutch adds a presence to the bookcase in the living room. I repurposed a greeting card I received last February from one of the influencing companies here in Arkansas.

No doubt, these little fabric hearts that I found at my favorite local crafts vendor are perfect for a little festive punch.

Finally, my beloved black and white vase – a find from Target Dollar Spot – made its appearance for a third Valentine’s season. This snake plant stands king in our living room, flaking one side of the TV. 

Well, that is it for the Valentine’s Home Tour 2020! Hopefully, you will feel inspired to add a few doses of pink and red to your place over the next few weeks! Bring those plants to the spotlight with some pops of holiday decor! 

Be sure to catch my other Valentine’s posts: A Galentine’s Party for Little Girls, Sweetheart Surprise Fruit Smoothie, Wine and Chocolate Party, and Love Bug Juice Boxes. 

 

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