I love getting out my Easter decorations! Now that I don't have kids at home, the decor is a little more subtle, but I still have fun putting it out. Here's what I did last year. This year the first step to bringing spring inside is changing all my slipcovers. The rust velvet in the dining room is replaced by green linen and a green and white table runner is added.

Next comes the Easter tree. When the kids were young, this tree was covered with small Easter themed ornaments. All those ornaments are in a box waiting to go to my daughter who has her first child. My tree now has beautiful hand painted eggs that I brought back from Salzburg, Austria. In the spring, they have entire stores that carry nothing but thousands of these hand painted eggs. I was in heaven! I wish I had gotten more, but I had to hand carry them back so I limited myself to what would fit in my carry-on bag without being crushed.

Next, I changed the red berry garland in the dining room fixture to clear crystal along with a wooden Easter garland.

Now for the entry. A bowl of candy and a tole platter of eggs for the table is enough. The top of the stairs gets my giant rabbit. It's vintage looking and 4' tall.