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After ringing in the New Year it was time to decorate for Valentine’s Day. For most of my life I haven’t much cared for Valentine’s Day, but I have been charmed by the adorable vintage valentines I find at antique malls and now our living room becomes a place bursting with hearts!

Overall view of the living room, which valentines hanging from a desert landscape painting.

A cut out paper decoration of a cherub with a bow and quiver of arrows, holding a heart and sitting on a larger heart.

Close-up of a decoration sitting on top of the TV, which features a heart made of flowers and two cherubs below holding it.

View of the dining room. In the center of the table sits a pop up of a gazebo with a couple inside. Sitting above the window are several heart shape chocolate boxes. To the right is a room divider with various chocolate boxes and figurines.

Colonel Whiskers, our fluffy grey cat, stands next to a heart shaped tunnel reading "Tunnel of Love"

A paper valentine decoration, featuring an image of a heart made of flowers and two cherubs flying around it.

A room divider faces the hallway and features vintage valentines hang by small clothes pins on a string.

Close-up of a ceramic figurine of a 18th century couple dancing.

View of various decorations on a shelf, a vintage romance comic, a red ceramic bird, and various vintage valentines.

View of part of the living room. Hanging on the wall is a large lighted sign advertising Kodak film. Hanging above it are various pink, red, and white hearts. Below the sign is a red coconut chair, a table with decorations on it, and a white and blue 60s chair.

Close-up of a chocolate box, printed on it is a couple looking through a stereopticon.

View of the room divider which holds various heart shaped chocolate boxes and paper valentines.

A vintage valentine of a bear driving a yellow car reads "You AUTO be my Valentine!"

A couple sits in a gazebo as part of a paper pop up centerpiece on the dining room table.

View of the TV, which has Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown on it, and to the left a built in bookcase with vintage cameras, heart shaped chocolate boxes, and valentines on it.

Ceramic figurine of a woman in a pink dress, behind her a heart shaped chocolate box.

Overall view of the fireplace, which features a shadow box hanging on the brick, which has vintage valentines and vintage cameras sitting in it, hanging below is a decoration of a cherub.

A ceramic vase shaped like a heart has an arrow through it, and gold letters reads "To My Valentine"

View of the dining room.

Arrangement on a small table in the living room, featuring a piece of wrapping paper with hearts on it framed, a diecut image of a boy and a girl holding a large heart, a square plate with a cupid silhouette in red, and various paper valentines scattered around.

View of various decorations on a shelf, a pink heart shaped chocolate box, a red ceramic bird, and various vintage valentines.

View of a table in between our two sofas, on it is a lamp with a black abstract ceramic shape, heart shaped chocolate boxes, and valentines.

Houdini, our little black cat, sits next to a heart shaped tunnel reading "Tunnel of Love"

Close-up of a paper carriage with two white horses in front.

View of the top of the TV, which has a ceramic planter in the shape of a tiger, a vintage camera, and ceramic pink birds.

Close-up of a heart shaped chocolate box that has a lace pattern on it and an image of a dove.

View of part of the living room. Hanging on the wall is a large lighted sign advertising Kodak film. Hanging above it are various pink, red, and white hearts. Below the sign is a red coconut chair, a table with decorations on it, and a white and blue 60s chair.

Close-up of a souvenir photo folder from the Moulin Rouge in Hollywood, and a vintage valentine of a can-can dancer.

Close-up of a valentine of a cowboy bear, and behind him a gold and pink heart shaped chocolate box.

A pair of vintage cameras on the right, on the left a vintage valentine of a little blonde girl in a blue dress holding a camera and it reads "You click with me, Valentine!"

In decorating for Valentine’s Day I reuse a lot of tricks I use for Halloween and Christmas, such as the “clothes line” treatment for cards, and using plate stands, which for Valentine’s Day hold vintage heart shaped chocolate boxes. I also reuse the ceiling Command Hooks, to hang vintage die-cut decorations as well as these adorable lace style hearts I picked up at Target that were part of a DIY valentine card kit.

You will also spy the latest addition to our living room decor, the massive Kodak lighted sign. When we took out the air conditioner last year we knew we would need to put something on it, but procrastinated because we knew our decor for various holidays would fill the space well enough. Even though we had time, we brainstormed ideas, including large prints of photos we had taken (like the Joshua Tree prints in the hallway), vintage signs, or a painting collection. Then over the weekend we decided to go antiquing, on the hunt for more Valentine’s Day items, and stumbled across this sign. It fits perfectly in the space and connects with Patrick’s camera collection well. While you can’t tell in the photos, the center swirl part spins!

Stay tuned for a closer look at my Valentine’s Day card collection when I share scans of a handful of cards! In the meantime you can check out previous years here!

In decorating I realized our home spends half of the year decorated for the holidays! September through early November is Halloween, then the second Halloween is packed away it’s in with Christmas, with the last week of the year sometimes being decorated for New Year’s Eve, and then January through February it looks like this! Sometimes I decorate for the Fourth of July, it really just depends on the mood I’m in around the start of June. Do you go all out for various holidays?

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  1. Thank you for showing all your valentines. I saw many I remember giving to classmates many years ago. I don’t decorate for Valentine’s Day much. I have a few items on display this time of year. Mostly I’m interested in eating a few good chocolates lol.

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