Decorating your island for spring

[GnarlyGarden]

I’m looking forward to getting the cherry blossom set because I didn’t have the game in time for that last year. I started late May. My flowers are out of control. I don’t know what my decorating plans are, but I will definitely be culling flowers. (Anyone need some? I have everything.)

 

[-Lumi-]

I am so excited for spring! I love the snow but I'm also ready for it to melt and for all the pretty colours and butterflies to come back. On my island to get ready for spring I'll be doing the following:

-Changing my town flag! It's currently a snowman, lol. I'll find something more spring like! Probably a cherry blossom tree. I have a pretty multicoloured flower border along my paths that I think will look even nicer with the grass

-Changing the colour of my villagers hyacinth lamps! I like putting some kind of light source outside my villagers houses. I went with blue hyacinth lamps for winter (although I had the mid sized festive trees during Christmas) but once spring comes I'll make them pink and/or purple!

-I'll take down my ice sculptures. This one is tricky, I'm not really sure what to trade them for? In the fall I had those like... Acorn Christmas Tree things, then the spooky stack of pumpkins, then the mid sized festive trees, and now the bear ice sculptures. Maybe if I can find the Cherry Blossom Branches DIY I'll make some of those!

-Cherry blossom piles!! I love these and I am going to craft so many. I'll put them everywhere. In villager yards, sporadically along my paths, up in my little naturey section.

-I'll craft more of the cherry blossom lanterns too! I'll put those up in my naturey cliff top section, too.

-I'll switch out my bushes when it's necessary - I like having the seasonal bushes so that they bloom!

-I'll swap out most of my cedar trees for the... regular trees? I forget the name, lol. But I had a bunch of cedar trees planted for Christmas and now I'll put out the regular ones so that I'll get to see the pink cherry blossoms! I might plant some more peach trees around my island too.

-I have a little "campfire" area in my town that I'll swap out for another picnic set, I think.

I'm also going to cross my fingers and hope we get a pretty spring themed Arch at some point because I have no idea what I'm going to replace my ice arches with D:

 

[JKDOS]

Less than a couple of weeks for snow melt actually. I tore down my entire island this week and currently working on reconstructing it. I needed to a new town for 2021, and thinking of going back to a more open and natural look with little-to-no fencing or paths.

I don't do much seasonal decorating outside of Christmas and maybe Halloween. I try to find something that works and try to leave it that way.

 

[Moritz]

My island is called spring so by default any decoration I place is a spring decoration.

I win this round.

 

[Lullaboid]

I'm not sure exactly what I'll do yet, but adding some flower furniture and the green kids' tent seems likely.

I also stubbornly leave my cherry blossom decor up year round, so it's about to match a lot better.

 

[nightglow]

I haven't played the game since December because my video gaming focus has shifted to Pokémon; I bred a team of Pokémon for a playthrough of Pokémon Pearl so I can catch a Glameow, since I'm planning to eventually replay HeartGold in the future and wanted Glameow as a team member for that. As such, and because Winter is my second favorite season in real life and in game, when I get back into New Horizons, I'll still be in Winter and won't be rushing to Spring.

I'm not particularly excited about Spring though, regardless of when it arrives for me in game, because I don't really know what to decorate with. My island achieved the 5 star rating back in Autumn thanks to all of the jack-o-lanterns I had set up, and when Winter rolled around, I replaced those with stuff like Three-Tiered Snowpersons, Illuminated Deer, and some Tree's Bounty items. Maybe it's just my own biased preference for Autumn and Winter, but it seems like Spring doesn't really have festivities and items associated with it that I feel would look nice to decorate with and I have no idea what I'm go to replace the Three-Tiered Snowpersons with.

I propose new Spring items, garden statues like those cement geese that people use to have around dressed up lol!
But seriously, having a little cement turtle by a pond would be pretty cute.
I do like the cherry blossom stuff, but if that isn't your thing and you don't like the bamboo stuff (which feels more like year round) or Bunny Day stuff then spring could be not too exciting.
I am just excited the snow is leaving.

Maybe we will get lucky with the March update and get some flower/garden arches/decor in the Nook app.

 

[lemoncrossing]

Spring is actually my least favorite season but lately I’ve been really into the pastel pink color scheme, so I think I’m gonna go all out decorating this year! I’m planning on taking full advantage of the cherry blossom set and replacing my brown leaf piles with the cherry blossom petal ones. Most of my flowers are white, yellow, and orange at the moment... I might add some pink into the mix, just to get that nice “spring” color scheme. I’ve got a lot of non-fruit trees scattered around my island right now so I’m ready for cherry blossom season... it’s always special to me because my real-life birthday has always coincided with the window of time where the cherry blossoms float around in-game!

 

[birdlaw]

My island is ‘Japanese-themed’ (or it tries to be) so I’m fully ready for Cherry blossom season. Going to plant a lot more hardwood trees so I can enjoy the blossoms, and I’m going to craft plenty of everything that I didn’t get a chance to craft last year when I’d just started and didn’t know what I wanted my island to be - plenty of blossom viewing lanterns and things.

I’m re-doing a large chunk of my island at the moment - I have an idea in my head that what I’m doing will turn out like Himeji Castle BUT... this is optimistic. I imagine it will look like some customised stalls behind a zen wall. Which is exactly what it will be.

 

[moonlights]

I'm really looking forward to spring. I'm yet to experience Bunny Day/cherry blossom season for myself, so I'm also excited to obtain some DIYs I'm missing. at the moment, the cherry blossom items are some of my fav items in game and so once the season rolls around I'll definitely be decorating my island with lots of pieces from the set! and maybee we'll see some new items??

 

[Pyoopi]

Well, I'd be going into fall which is okay. I've been really enjoying summer and I don't know if I should linger in the season longer. However if I were going into spring, I like the greenery but don't care much for the cherry blossoms (though I chopped down all the normal trees). Also, I treat my island as one season; so I don't do major decorating overhauls, lol.

 

[Serabee]

I'll be using some festivale stuff for sure for spring- rainbow customized festivale stalls with flowers! A flower garden to stroll through! Streets lined with rainbow festivale garlands! Flower furniture!

...Did I mention the flowers? Lol, I don't expect to use much bamboo stuff (I'm not overly fond of bamboo stuff, personally- it always looks like a traditional Japanese theme to me, which is not my personal preference for my island) but I'll be using lots of plants and the flower furniture to set up a little flower market. I did one last spring, but it'll be even nicer this year!

Though, I'm not going to lie, I'm really gonna miss winter and the snow! I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think Woodland looks gorgeous in the snow. But, at least I'll still have snow outside. I live in Minnesota so we've got... two or three months left of snow

 

[JemAC]

I'm currently re decorating my island to try and get it to a design I'm happy with, though it seems to be becoming a very long process. I don't have many winter themed areas so I haven't really had to change much to make it more suited to spring, most of the decorations I'd used I got rid off soon after New Year. The main part I'm changing really is the flowers, getting rid of a lot of the dark ones and adding in some more vibrant ones, I'll probably also add some more mushroom furniture to my island and then probably keep my island the same throughout the spring/summer/fall months.

 

[Foreverfox]

I have really wanted to get into decorating for each season/holiday. I just find it hard because it seems like soooo much effort to get all of the seasonal DIYs and items/accessories. All to barely have it looking pulled together by the time the soliday is over. Now, I suppose that season decorating would last longer than holiday-specific decorating, but it's still a lot.

Personally, I will probably try to decorate for spring more than I tried for fall or winter, because it can transition into summer in a lot of respects.

 

[DarkSlayer1331]

I have really wanted to get into decorating for each season/holiday. I just find it hard because it seems like soooo much effort to get all of the seasonal DIYs and items/accessories. All to barely have it looking pulled together by the time the soliday is over. Now, I suppose that season decorating would last longer than holiday-specific decorating, but it's still a lot.

Personally, I will probably try to decorate for spring more than I tried for fall or winter, because it can transition into summer in a lot of respects.

Yeah, season decorating definitely lasts longer. I started doing fall decorating in September, and a lot of the stuff stayed the same right up until December. And I was doing Halloween stuff throughout all of October, so that was okay too. It's all very much worth it for me in terms of doing all that work. Plus it gives me something to do all the time! That's why I do something most people would probably say is unthinkable. I sell the seasonal decor so I have to re-make it all (the DIY stuff only) the next time around. Except for some things because of how difficult it can be to get the supplies in time, like for the Festive stuff and Mush series. Even the Ice stuff can be difficult because you only get so many large snowflakes at a time.

I'm excited to have a pumpkin patch starting in mid-September so I can get right into crafting the Halloween stuff and getting it out as soon as October hits. And shaking trees for the acorns and pine cones... all that stuff! But I'm probably like that because autumn is my favorite season, and Halloween is my favorite holiday. xD

 

[JasonAldeanMG]

I am so excited for the snow the disappear. Snow in real and in AC is too much! I'm over it. I need to find another path to use instead my current one that fits with snow.