After months of putting up and taking down to put up more holiday decorations, I am always ready for a blank wall in January. There is something so calming about putting away Christmas decorations and having an empty house for a few weeks. While some people avoid neutral colors in their homes, I keep returning to a more neutral look. January is when we all sit on the couch and just exhale. It’s been a busy month of entertaining and keeping the holiday traditions alive, but now we rest. Having a clean home with a neutral color palette can be so calming. As much as the decorations around the house bring me joy in December, I also get joy coming home without any clutter. The lack of clutter lasts about two weeks before I start swapping out pillows again for Valentine’s Day, but having a good foundation of neutrals makes swapping out decor extra easy. In February, pops of pink and grey start coming up around the house.

Leading up to my birthday, I realized I had held on to many things that I purchased in my twenties and didn’t fit my life or style anymore. I’ve been slowly going through my house and putting items in a bag to pass on to friends and coworkers to give them a new home. Stuff that has been collecting dust and taking up space is now out of the house and brought joy to my friends. Once a week, I have a bag of items in my trunk and I let my coworkers “shop from my trunk” and it’s become a fun game we do. I think one of the reasons we hold onto items is because they have sentimental value or we know how much we spent on an item. Some of the coffee cups I never reach for now were once my favorite ones but now they just clutter up the cabinet. Now that I give them to friends, I can see the joy it brings them and it makes giving them away a little bit easier.

Here are some of my favorite neutral home items that will be making their way back this month as I put away the Christmas decorations to make room for neutrals!

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wooden cake stand // dish towels // candle // wreath // teddy pillows // basket // blanket // wooden tray // white vase // wicker vase

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