Spring has hit the home decor stores… while we are still watching and waiting as the snow melts here, the stores are beckoning with signs of spring.
Join me for a romp through my local TJMaxx/Home Goods recently to see what they are offering…the good the bad and the questionable!
Clearly spring was in the air with pastel colors everywhere - from dishes to bedding and pillows to lamps.
The dish department is offering the usual Easter and St. Patricks Day specific themes, but also some really pretty dishes which I had a very hard time keeping out of my cart.
My living and dining room are all decorated in spring colors so these are so very tempting.
I love these toile bunny plates! And I already own the bread plate version of the floral ones, soooooo….do I need some friends for them? These are especially pretty for spring, but certainly could be used any time of year!
Pretty dishes WITH scalloped edges??? Come on, a girl has only so much willpower!
I also loved these pink beaded scalloped dinner plates and coordinating salad plates, although the floral salad plates above would also be really pretty on the pink dinner plates. Mix-and-match dishes make the most interesting tablesettings!
Cookie jars seemed to be more theme-y and not at all my particular taste. Hard to tell if the rabbit is sinister or just mildly disapproving…
Anyway, we bake our cookies only a handful at a time so we can eat them warm from the oven every time, so a cookie jar is wholly unnecessary.
These scalloped round floral placemats could be a fun addition for casual dining.
Spring printed paper goods were stocked up too.
The bed and bath department was also devoted to pastels and florals. A whole array of comforters, shams, and coverlets in shades of pink, yellow, green, and blue offered a way to refresh the bed for the coming (hopefully SOON) spring weather.
Towels in florals and pastels followed suit.
And, of course, the seasonally inspired hand towels were embellished with rabbits and ducks…a little much for me personally, but I can see the potential charm. It’s just that pompoms and sequins don’t seem all that practical on something used to dry your hands.
Moving on to the seasonal/outdoor area, it was bursting with aisle upon aisle of decor. These fabulous outdoor faux boxwood spheres are something I’ve been itching to acquire for my front porch urns. They will last through any season and don’t require me to fetch water or remember to deadhead them!
Door decor ranged from rows of pretty floral wreaths to these unique velvet carrots and a bunny made from flower heads with grapevine ears. I confess, I was trying to figure out why anyone would want a number “8” for their door before I realized the 8 had ears…
Speaking off why…the garden statuary was plentiful as well. With 3’ costumed geese, a 2’ solar powered toadstool (since when do toadstools need to glow??), and a grass dog (??) that reminds me of a chia pet gone awry.
The outdoor pillows had also begun arriving, though I suspect there will be MANY more to choose from soon.
These cute ottomans in the furniture department would be a fun addition to add a little spring pizzazz to any room where the colors suit.
The lamp department is always a source of amazement and wonder. Sometimes in the vein of “I wonder what they were thinking??” They seem to still be churning out these feather lamps…if you have a cat DO NOT try this at home. And they had this peacock tabletop torchiere lamp, which I cannot imagine a use for in any normal home…
This dachshund lamp is a cute novelty lamp for a dachshund owner like my friend Linda - but I think the shade is a little oversized for the lamp. Lamp proportions are always tricky and I am always amazed at the mismatched pairings of lamps and shades. These teapot lamps are similarly dwarfed by their shades.
They were a new category of lamp to me - cordless lamps with rechargeable bulbs.
I imagine the charge they hold does not last more than a few hours, so I don’t know how practical they would be for everyday use, but they are a nice option for places where a cord is prohibitive, as long as you plan ahead for charging!
This cordless books lamp was adorable - in spring florals and green, and with a shade lined in the same print as the book base.
And they had several sizes of these William Morris pleated fabric lampshades in the classic Strawberry Thief pattern.
In the baking aisle, the seasonal cupcake papers and kits are always fun.
And if you don’t want to cook, there are myriad seasonally themed tins and bags and boxes of cookies and candy to celebrate the season whilst waiting for the weather to cooperate with the calendar!
Happy ALMOST spring!