June 28, 2026, 5:23 am | Read time: 4 minutes
There are people who eagerly await the first opportunity to adjust their home to the season. As soon as Christmas is over, the first Easter bunnies are ready to go. Then come summer shells, autumn wreaths, Halloween pumpkins, and finally the Advent decorations again. An endless cycle of boxes, artificial flowers, and decorative objects. myHOMEBOOK editor Mareike Schmidt doesn’t have much use for it.
I used to find the idea of decorating the home to match the season charming. Today, I find the constant change more of a burden. While nature outside already shows which season it is, I increasingly wonder why my living room also needs to change its outfit every few months.
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When Did Decorating Become a Constant Task?
What bothers me most about seasonal decoration is the expectation to constantly change something. Just when you’ve gotten used to a room, it’s time to rearrange, replace, and redecorate. For me, a home is not a shop window or a backdrop for the next occasion. I want to create spaces that look beautiful permanently, not just for a few weeks.
Every year, getting the same boxes from the basement, dusting off decorations, setting them up, and then putting them away shortly after feels more like an additional task than a pleasure. The idea of constantly adjusting my home to the calendar has lost its appeal for me.
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My Personal Nemesis: Easter Decorations
I could never really get into Easter decorations. Colorful plastic eggs, bunny figures with ribbons, artificial chicks, or branches full of ornaments rarely evoke spring feelings in me. Instead, many of these arrangements seem overloaded and often a bit too kitschy.
Classic Easter decoration for many is a bunny here, an egg there, plus other decorations in pastel colors–and suddenly spring mood is supposed to arise. But that doesn’t happen for me.
Perhaps it’s because spring doesn’t need artificial staging. While other seasons often arrive subtly, spring shows itself naturally. The first blossoms appear, the light changes, the days get longer, and everything starts to green. These changes feel much more atmospheric to me than any vase with branches adorned with colorful plastic eggs.
A simple bouquet of fresh branches or the first tulips on the dining table bring me much more joy and are the only decorations I allow in my home in spring.
Autumn Wreaths and Dyed Leaves
I feel similarly about many autumn decorations. As soon as the first leaves fall, wreaths of artificial foliage, decorative pumpkins, and orange-brown arrangements appear everywhere. Yet autumn already provides enough atmosphere. The colors outside are spectacular enough. I don’t need artificially dyed leaves on the dining table to recognize that it’s October. Often, I feel that seasonal decoration tries to create a mood that is already present. The result doesn’t feel cozier but rather like an overly obvious repetition of what nature already does much more beautifully.
Prefer Timeless Spaces Over Seasonal Decoration
Over the years, I’ve learned that I feel most comfortable in spaces that aren’t dependent on a particular season. Natural materials, good textiles, beautiful lights, and selected furniture work just as well in January as they do in August. They don’t need seasonal additions to remain relevant. Instead of buying new decorative items every quarter, I prefer to invest in things that can stay permanently and bring me joy in every season. This not only feels calmer but often also more high-quality. My home should feel like me, not like the current decoration calendar.
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The Only Exception
However, if there’s one form of seasonal decoration I understand, it’s Christmas decorations.
Perhaps it’s because they are more than just decoration. Christmas truly changes the atmosphere of a room. String lights bring brightness to the darkest time of the year, candles provide warmth, and a Christmas tree creates a special mood that can hardly be artificially replicated. While Easter bunnies or autumn wreaths often seem like interchangeable accessories to me, Christmas decorations have an emotional level. They are associated with memories, rituals, and shared moments.
Less Decoration, More Home
Perhaps my aversion to seasonal decoration is ultimately not a critique of decoration itself. It’s more about the feeling of constantly needing to change something. I don’t want to stage a new living concept four times a year. I want spaces that look good all year round. Spaces that don’t rely on Easter bunnies, autumn wreaths, or other kitschy decorations to be beautiful.