Spring is officially in the country! Enjoy those warm spring days in your apartment already. We can already go outside without our coats and hear the birds singing. Isn’t it great!
Of course, we are not always so lucky with our Belgian climate, but we won’t let that bother us. On the contrary: with our DIY tips and tricks, you can already enjoy spring to the fullest and be ready for the oh-so-wonderful summer to come.
Spring Days: And then there was light
The days are getting longer again and that means, above all, more sunshine! More light! And so we come to our first tip: take advantage of it! Leave your curtains open and be awakened by those wonderfully warm rays of sun on your face. Nothing like a natural alarm clock. Spring brings breathtaking colors, let them shine into your home and it brightens up your day instantly. Experience spring with this warmth throughout your apartment and get up feeling good. Even if it’s still a bit cold in the morning, you won’t feel a thing inside.
How to bring outside in? Craft!
You feel energized and brimming with energy? You just finished a spring cleaning? You’re already in the spring spirit but it’s still just too cold to go outside? No problem. The tricks to enjoying those first spring days already start in your living room. Let’s make your apartment even prettier!
Origami decoration
For these original spring creations, you’re guaranteed to already have everything you need. A few leaves of paper and scissors, right? Choose the figure that appeals to you the most. Be it butterflies, kittens, hearts or birds, anything goes! Make about five or ten of them. Are you really motivated? Go for 50! It will give a great result, but above all: have fun, put on a nice music and sing along loudly! Isn’t your inspiration right away? Choose and follow the steps here for your figure. Folded enough? Choose a nice spot for your new wall decoration and stick your folds in a dynamic movement. Prefer a garland on the ceiling? Can be done perfectly! Let your creativity run wild. Are Easter jitters starting to bubble up alongside the spring jitters? Perfect, nothing like spring themed crafts. Make your Easter eggs taste even better this year with fun DIY egg cups! Bet your family will be surprised at the Sunday Easter brunch? The great thing about Easter decorating is that you can never have enough colors. The ideal activity with kids! Got the hang of it? Super! We just keep on folding. So, what’s next? Flowers are always nice, but they wilt so quickly. The solution? Flowers out of paper! Spring flowers are the crafts of spring. Choose a color, number and size. Place them in a cute vase and done! It’s simple, looks great and stays like new forever. Perfect for the busy mom who loves flowers. Want to be all in with the trend color of 2022?
Macramé plant pendant
Still prefer a real plant? With all that sunlight from the first days of spring, there is no better place for plants than in front of the window. Make it easy on yourself with a homemade macramé plant pendant. All you need is your favorite jar, a plant, some string and scissors. Cut four pieces of string of the same length. Lay them parallel to each other, fold them in half and tie a knot in them so that you get a small loop (you can then hang this from the ceiling, from a hook on the wall or from a latch). From the eight pieces of rope hanging down, take two ropes each and make four knots the same distance from the top. Now from two tied ropes, take one rope each and tie them together. This way you create a kind of diamond. Do this four times at the same height. See if your pot fits in, tie the ropes together at the bottom in a big knot, et voilà!
Spring Days: Nail-string art
Are you handy and feel like going big? Go out for nails, a ball of fun colored wool and – if you run out of room on the wall – a wooden board. Sketch on the wall or on the board in print letters your favorite word or a sunny quote, hammer in a nail every five inches and totally let yourself go with that ball of wool. No pattern to follow, no mathematical calculation, just go with your creative feeling! A few weekends filled with the fun crafting, a new fresh and bright apartment and a thorough spring cleaning. Immediately throw out some old furniture and redecorate your apartment to the latest trends of 2022. So, your spring is off to an excellent start!