Calling All Grandparents! Hygge for Spring!

Calling all grandparents! Are your grandchildren visiting for spring break? It's a good time to embrace the principles of hygge!*

I always think of hygge as a winter time occupation. Something the Danish people came up with to get through those dark, cold winter months up north. But it's a year-long philosophy and to me, it's about embracing whatever season you're in. And in doing my research for this blog, I've come to realize it's what we're all told to do time and time again--live in the moment. Enjoy "the NOW." 

Actually when you see the list of hygge suggestions for spring, you'll realize that you've been observing most of the items in the list for a long time. Things like spring cleaning, planting flowers in your garden, getting outside more, and so on. My mother was a whirling dervish in the spring, throwing open those windows, cleaning house, and putting away our winter clothes. I'm betting we all continue those traditions. But I've culled the internet and found a few more spring time things to add to our lists.

Components of Hygge for Spring

​Here are a few I was able to find. I'll post some of the websites that I visited about hygge for spring. There are some great ones. Here are a few spring components that I found:

• Fresh flowers for vases inside your home.
• Spring time still has a nip in the air, so you'll still need throws. But lighten up those throws. Change out from the heavy woolen ones you used for winter.
• Spring cleaning and decluttering.
• Candles, candles, candles. Light is still a big part of hygge in the spring too. Add some candles around the house, but maybe change the scent.
• Along those same lines, twinkling lights--inside the house and outside on the patio.
• And speaking of patios, now is the time to refurbish the patio.
• Open the windows and let in the fresh air!
• Hygge is all about coziness, so continue that feeling in the spring inside your house and out on the patio.
• Add fresh components to your decor--lighter colors, new pillows, a new lamp.
• Go on a picnic!
• Freshen up those flower beds 
• How about a spring tea!

You get the idea! Go forth and add some components of hygge to your spring!

Who wouldn't be inspired to add a bouquet of fresh flowers to your home when confronted by such a beautiful display.

Buy a new welcome flag for your front door. I did!

Change out those afghans and throws out on the patio to something lighter. I found these at a big box discount store for $5! They are perfect--inside the house or out.

Add those new throws on the patio. (Sorry. You can see we are still in the process of cleaning our patios.)

Add bouquets of fresh flowers to several rooms in your house. It will cheer you and welcome visitors.

Continue to light candles throughout your home. Warm lighting is a big part of hygge.

Add some twinkling lights to your home, and not just outside. My sister adds these lights inside her home.

Clean, refurbish, and bring in the spring. Look at these gorgeous pillows my sister added to her garden room.

Spring is a great time for a tea party with the grandchildren.

Picnics are a big part of spring hygge. Even if you have to bundle up like my great nieces and nephews are doing here.

​Spring is almost here! Hope this week's blog has inspired you to get ready for it. I know when I visited some of the websites posted here, I was inspired. And you can't walk into most big box grocery stores without being confronted with bedding plants and beautiful flowers in the floral section. Grab a bouquet for your house--it will really lift your spirits and get you out of the winter doldrums! 

Great spring hygge websites and blogs:

​lifegoalsmag.com/hygge-for-spring/

​www.hyggelife.com/blogs/news/springtime-hygge

​montanahappy.com/31-spring-hygge-ideas-to-rejuvenate-your-soul/

​“We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives.” – Gary Zukav

Welcome SPRING!

*Definition of hygge (pronounced hue-guh)-A Danish word used to describe the feeling of coziness whether alone or with friends, that one tries to create and capture. Components include decor to embrace this feeling, as well as foods and anything that will enhance relationships with friends and family.