Warm Up Your Love Nest with Cheerful Valentine’s Day Decor

Jan 30th 2024

Valentine’s Day is a day to show the people we love how much we care. We do this in many ways: With silly Valentine cards and boxes of candy, through romantic gestures and dinners out.

In anticipation of this warm-hearted holiday, many people fill their homes with Valentine’s Day decorations. You might be surprised at the wide variety of decorations available to warm up your home’s decor.

Begin outdoors with a wooden house sign or a bright Valentines Day garden flag. Switch out your Christmas wreath with a valentines wreath and hang red, white or pink lights.

Your interior spaces can get just as much Valentine’s Day love, with bouquets of artificial flowers, wall signs and window decorations.

Below are some of our favorite Valentine’s Day decor suggestions.

Valentine Gnomes

Gnomes are adorable little fellows who have charmed their way into many hearts. Valentine gnomes are both a decorative and giftable way to display your affection. Set one on a tabletop or mantel with mini lights or Valentine garland to highlight the seasonal theme. Introduce a new figure to your favorite collector and let them know there’s “gnome one” you’d rather have as a valentine.

12 inch pair I Heart U Gnome Valentine's Day figures

11.5 inch lighted gnome I Heart U Valentine's Day gnome

Signs of Love

You can find signs of love all around - especially when you introduce one into your decor. A valentine themed porch sign, wall sign or lighted sign will send a message of love to all who visit. Because February nights are still long and dark, hang some lighted valentine window silhouettes for a cheerier exterior. They’re easy to use and lay flat to store.

17 inch lighted white and red LoVe with heart window silhouette

Light Up Your Life

If you miss your cheerful Christmas lights, Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to add a soft, romantic glow with string lights. Twine pink light strands around a mirror, along a buffet or dining table. Arrange versatile white or pink microlights among other valentine decor on a bookshelf or mantel. Don’t overlook novelty lights. These artful little lights, shaped like hearts, roses and other valentine motifs are a great way to infuse your own personal style into your decor.

10 count pink rose flower LED string lights

Share the Love Outdoors

Inflatable outdoor decorations are popular at Christmas, but they’re catching on for lots of other occasions, too! That’s partly because they’re so easy to set up. They’re also an eye-catching way to enhance your lawn on February days that can still be dreary. While you’re outdoors, switch out your house flag or garden flag with one that’s in tune with the season.

5 foot inflatable lighted Valentine's Day rotating heart

Wreaths and Garland

Changing up your home decor can be as simple as hanging a wreath. A fun valentine wreath in bright colors can add a punch of color over a fireplace, sofa or console table, or on an otherwise bare wall. Accent your wreath with complimentary valentine garland featuring sweet hearts and shimmery glitter that adds a bit of playfulness and fun to your decor.

22 inch red heart shaped glittered wreath

6 foot glittered hearts and berries garland

Perk Up Your Decor

Valentines Day colors of pink and red can go a long way to perk up your winter decor. Color psychologists say pink is a calming color, associated with tenderness, hope and optimism. Red is powerful, the color of confidence, love, passion and romance.

In parts of the country where bleak winter weather endures, decorating for Valentine’s Day is a sure way to add warmth to your home and ward off the continued winter chill.

Browse Christmas Central to find a new valentine gnome, valentine wreath and other pretty decorations to brighten a long, cold February!

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