How to Bring Spring into Your Home: 3 DIY Secrets
Learn how to bring spring inside with three decorating secrets and inspiration from 25 bloggers and their beautiful eclectic home tours.
Well hello there! With Spring just around the corner, I’m super excited to be participating in a Spring Tour of Homes blog hop hosted by Monica Wants It. I’m starting off today’s tours with our eclectic global dining and living rooms and easy seasonal decorating tips for how to bring Spring into your home.
If you missed any of yesterday’s home tours, scroll down to see the links and enjoy!

The Secrets to Spring Decorating
If you are unfamiliar with our home, we are military living overseas in Japan. Our house is a traditional Japanese home so you’ll see some unique architectural elements and interesting details.
Since winter was all about hygge with cozy layers, lots of textiles, and full vignettes, I decided to go with a more minimal approach to Spring decor. Well, at least as minimal as I can stand. Ha!

Spring decorating secret: You don’t have to spend any money for a spring refresh!
- Repurpose items in your house and swap accessories and textiles from other rooms.

By mixing and matching pillows from our bedrooms, I was able to bring in a pop of floral and other matching pillows into our living room. I also grouped most of my faux plants into small vignettes and brought in a couple of large house plants for more green and spring home decor.


- Create something new with items you already have.
Keeping with the less is more theme, I made a Nordic DIY flower garland for our fireplace mantel. My winter mantel is now almost bare with just a couple of large prints. That’s what I consider minimal.
- Display faux or real stems in pretty containers.
I had some fun styling our bar cart with a few faux stems in Japanese pottery, an orange buddha, and faux air plant for Spring decorations. Our peace lily (that gets out of hand often!) is sitting in a champagne bucket with fairy lights so it’s really a cheery-festive corner at night! Plants seriously make everything better.


My daughter brought me home some flowers to cheer me up after a long day so I had to include them in our spring home tour! I clipped some stems from a bush outside and stuck a couple of feathers to fill it in.


Spring decorating secret: Green works just as well as traditional pastel colors like pink, yellow, and orange for a seasonal update.
- Don’t be afraid to use darker colors for seasonal decor. Small pops of deeper hues against neutral backgrounds with minimal decor can still read as light and airy. Completely appropriate for Spring!



Our home is truly a reflection of our travels around Asia and living in Japan. There is a story behind every vignette and shelf in our home. I can’t wait to see how it all translates into an American house when we move back.
Spring decorating secret: Surround yourself with things that make you happy!
- Using travel souvenirs, family photos, and a fun accessory that you just fell in love with, is just as important as decorating with beautiful store bought decor.


From our living room, you can see right into the Japanese dining room. My Spring floral arrangement from last week’s tablescape is still the focal point but I added my DIY two-toned painted taper candles.

My husband gave me a couple of handcrafted Japanese teacups for our anniversary last month so I included them into my “shelfies” as little planters.


There’s a touch of Easter in our dining room with a global-inspired Easter tree. I’ll be sharing the DIY next week with A Very Global Easter Series that Casa Watkins Living and I are teaming up together for.



And that wraps up our Spring dining and living rooms! I hope you enjoyed seeing our Japanese home and found inspiration with the decorating secrets. Find 20 more spring decorating ideas with a free printable checklist at The Best Spring Ideas.
I’m just dying to check out the other beautiful Spring homes and decorating ideas. Let’s head on over to my talented and sweet friend Iris from Iris Nacole. I just know you are going to fall in love with her beautiful style.
2018 Spring Tour of Homes
Happy spring friend!

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It all looks great Kathy! Perfectly springy
Thank you!!
Kathy, how amazing to be living in Japan and have the opportunity to experience that culture. I love that your home reflects all your travels and the things that you love and bring you joy. I think a lot of people stress about how to display items from their adventures in life and you do it so well! And I love how you tuck little plants here and there!
What a sweet compliment Lisa. Thank you so much. I just adore finding treasures out here.
Looks beautiful Kathy! I always adore how you incorporate plants and florals into your spaces- feels so lively and warm.
Thanks Monica!!
Kathy, what a beautiful global spring home! I love the secrets you shared, and agree with everything! Plants do make a home better, don’t they?
They do!! Thanks so much.
Kathy, you are a master at making a house a home. Seriously, I am so drawn to all of your spaces. Everything is so beautifully styled and inviting. I love it!
Thank you so much Iris! xoxo
Such pretty spring touches added to your collections. So miss living overseas.
Thank you! I know we are going to miss it too when we leave.
love all of your little plant touches, and really love how you use art i n your home.
Thanks Cassie! We do love art. I love seeing it in your home too. xoxo
So pretty. Love the fireplace mantal..
Thank you Mary!
love the idea of hanging eggs from branches. Beautiful tour.
Thanks Mila!!
beautiful!
Thank you.
Kathy your home always looks like the seasons have just kissed it, and you’ve pulled it off again! Looks fab, and spring has definitely sprung.
Aw! You’re so sweet. Thanks Ariel.
As always I just adore your spaces cutie! Thanks for the tour!
Thank you so much Ursula.
Kathy, you have such a fun and beautiful home! We lived in Bangkok for several years and did quite a bit of traveling around Asia (including Japan-love, love, love Kyoto!). The things that I purchased while we were there have so much more meaning than anything else in my home. Enjoy your time!
Thanks so much Robin! We just fell in love with Kyoto too!
I love your delicate spring touch, Kathy! Just lovely!!
Thank you so much Jessica!
Wow! Living in Japan must be amazing! I absolutely loved your tour and your style.
Thank you so much Laura! It has really been the best experience.
Hi Kathy. I really liked your spring home decorating ideas. It’s a totally amazing tour. Overall lovely Decoration. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much Sarah!
So adorable Kathy!!! Big fan of your creativity.
Thank you Sara!