Okay, so maybe it’s just me… but I LOVE decorating for each holiday. And when I say decorate, I mean I like every room to have a little touch of whatever season is approaching. Call me crazy, but I hold a strong belief that interior design is the backdrop to your childrens memories. And I have a two year old. So, if for no other selfish reason, I want her to look back on her youth as a festive, well decorated time, where everything was smiles, Cherrios, and pumpkins on her play kitchen.
Okay, so maybe she won’t remember everything like that. But still.
So, with that being said, as October loomed near, and Halloween decorations started appearing in neighbors yards, I knew it was time to dig through the chaos in our basement and find our own home’s seasonal spirit. The pumpkins lights were hung to frame the back window. Ghosts and goblins found their way to side tables and countertops. The stacked pumpkin lighted treat (found at a garage sale for $5–SCORE!) was set up and lit. Window clings were placed with my daughters help. (Yeah, go ahead and imagine how great those DON’T look.) Fall festive candles adorn my dresser. Pretty much every room had been touched by our spooky decor. So, why, as we were brushing our teeth before bedtime tonight, did my two year point at the mirror and say “Mommy, No Ween!” (Translation: There’s no Halloween here, Mom. What the heck!)
Busted.
Yes, Hillary Hansen, you’ve failed at seasonal decorating 101 in the room that gets visited the most.
Of course, then, as my daughter slept, I found myself rummaging through the leftover decorations and wandering around my house to see what I could “borrow.”
The result? Well, she’s still too young for bloody toilet water or fingers/other appendages hanging out of the tank, so those items got stored again. But I did borrow some spiderwebbing from an end table (that stuff really stretches, you’d be surprised) and a baby pumpkin I had amidst our dining room table centerpiece. I grabbed some leaves from our back yard, two of the bat window clings and BAM. Done.
I know, I know… Martha Stewart isn’t going to come busting my door down to see this in person. And Freshome is certainly not going to do a write up on my creativity. But that’s not the point.
Now when my daughter wakes up, she will be pleasantly surprised at her mom’s ingenuity. (Really she probably won’t even remember she even mentioned anything at all. But whatever.) She unknowingly made a good point. The bathroom is the first and last room you see each day. It should be just as festive as the rest of the house.
My thoughts? Include yours in your decorations this and every season to come. Your kids and you will appreciate it.
Hillary Hansen is a featured writer and marketing muskateer for UniqueVanities.com. In her spare time, she folds laundry, chases her child around, and laughs at the term “spare time.”