SquidQuest: Winter Home Decorating Ideas

Are you willing to share your best decorating ideas for winter?

Mothra Stewart, Squidooville's resident home, garden, and decorating Diva is looking for winter home decorating ideas to feature in her upcoming book, Lots of Good Stuff About Decorating Your Home In The Winter, and she needs your help.

Mothra's problem is that she has a signed contract which includes the book's title, but she's running short of ideas. In other words, she only has some winter home decorating ideas, not lots of them.

If you can send her a nifty new winter home decorating idea by way of a brand NEW lens, before midnight (EST) Monday January 23, 2012, Mothra will send you 200 SquidPoints and she'll feature the best of the bunch on a new Best of Squidoo MonsterBoard for all the world to see.

Read on to learn how to complete this fun SquidQuest and to find some ideas to help you create a terrific home decorating ideas lens.

Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/morgaine/4204250658/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Important!

The Winter Home Decorating Ideas SquidQuest was only sent to our most inspired lensmasters and lensmasters with top lenses in the Home & Garden category.

Ideas to help you create a super winter home decorating idea lens

Focus on one thing!

Here's a few ideas to help you choose a great winter home decorating topic for your new lens:

Decorate only one room:
Think winter kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, dining room, living room, foyer, den, laundry room, porch, or any other room in your home.

Choose a single winter decorating idea theme:
Ideas might include: winter colors like winter white or ice blue; Winter things like, snowflakes, penguins, polar bears, or Winter Babies figurines; Winter sports such as skiing, ice skating, or hockey; or any other winter theme that someone might choose to decorate with.

Choose a single home furnishing item
Think warm fluffy pillows or throws to warm up a cold night, thicker curtains to keep the cold winter drafts away, fun winter inspired accessories for the kitchen or den to brighten a drab winter day, or any other furnishing item with a winterized twist.

BEST IDEA: Use a combination of ideas to create an even more tightly focused lens.
Idea titles might include: Penguin Pillows for your Den, Winter White Salt and Pepper Shakers for your Kitchen, or Hockey Themed Bedding.

Use your imagination to come up with a winter home decorating idea that you LOVE.

SquidQuest Instructions

Read carefully

Follow these instructions to help Mothra complete her new book, and also gain +200 SquidPoints for yourself:
  • 1Create a NEW Winter home decorating idea lens before midnight (EST) January 23, 2012.
  • 2Submit the link to your NEW winter home decorating idea lens using the Quest Tab on your Dashboard.

Here's a few examples of Home Decorating Idea Lenses

For your viewing pleasure!

Notice how each of these lenses has a special theme.

Great home decorating lenses will be about specific decorating ideas such as using leaves or covered wagons to decorate your home, or they might be about decorating a specific room, like the bedroom, or kitchen. Others might include ideas about a single theme such as Gothic, or decorating with picture frames.

Use your imagination and be creative but also remember to be specific and focus your lens on only one form of winter decorating idea. Tightly focused lenses tend to be more successful.
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Countdown to Quest's End

Quest's End: January 24, 2012

Share your winter home decorating ideas here!

You can also leave your questions or comments about this SquidQuest

Sharing the link to your new winter home decorating idea lens here won't count as completion of this SquidQuest. You need to do that using the Quest Tab on your dashboard but this is a great first place to show off your fabulous decorating skills!

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  • daisybeam Jan 24, 2012 @ 5:17 am | delete
    Finally mine is -
    Pine Cone Crafts for Winter Home Decor
  • bloomingrose Jan 24, 2012 @ 1:48 am | delete
    Finally got mine done too. Since I don't know much about home decorating this was a rough one - but I do know about being a pet owner and so I published: http://www.squidoo.com/a-cozy-home-in-the-winter-for-your-pet-home-decorating-for-the-pet-owner
    a lens on how to live in the same house with critters.
  • Comfortdoc Jan 23, 2012 @ 9:31 pm | delete
    Finally got mine done. I've been working on updating my own bathroom after looking at Easy Winter Bathroom Update http://www.squidoo.com/winter-bathroom-update
  • JoyfulReviewer Jan 23, 2012 @ 8:01 pm | delete
    This was a fun quest. My new lens is at http://www.squidoo.com/kitchen-snowman-decor .
  • MJSchrader Jan 23, 2012 @ 7:33 pm | delete
    I have been thinking about how to redo my living room on a tight budget so my lens is Living Room Winter Makeover
  • Comfortdoc Jan 23, 2012 @ 6:58 pm | delete
    One thing that I've noticed about the quests is that the timer runs on the lensmaster's time zone, but the quest expires on East Coast time, so it always looks like I have 3 more hours that I really do. Guess I just have to remember my countdown at PST is wrong.
  • goo2eyes Jan 23, 2012 @ 2:38 pm | delete
    i beat the deadline and i hope this lens is good enough. i have done it in 3 hrs. http://www.squidoo.com/cozy-in-winter
  • homebuddy Jan 23, 2012 @ 5:24 am | delete
    Mine is about chic winter-inspired wall decor. Think White Christmas - frosted mirrors, snowy white sculptures. Frosted / White Wall Decor
  • SereneSea Jan 23, 2012 @ 3:10 am | delete
    I love winter home decor and pine cones. Here is my Winter Home decorating lens -
    Fall, Autumn Leaves and PineCone Decorating for Winter Homes
  • gonzalezdenise Jan 22, 2012 @ 9:28 am | delete
    Very excellent lens.
  • LaraineRose Jan 20, 2012 @ 5:18 am | delete
    I've been trying for the past 1/2 hour to submit my lens to the Quest Tab on my dashboard. Is anyone else having a problem?
  • LaraineRose Jan 20, 2012 @ 4:34 am | delete
    I have the answer to all of your decorating problems .. winter .. and all seasons.
    Picture Perfect - Decorating With Photographs
  • Showpup Jan 17, 2012 @ 2:16 pm | delete
    Love when a quest helps you think outside the box to other ideas for lenses.
  • joycetmann Jan 16, 2012 @ 3:06 pm | delete
    Neat! This gave me some super ideas for winter decorating!
  • Petalpushersdesigns Jan 16, 2012 @ 1:50 pm | delete
    Nice lens!! Winter wreaths are an excellent way to welcome your guests during the winter months!! :)
  • iPadGeek Jan 14, 2012 @ 11:06 am | delete
    Nice! Just submitted a lens specially created in response to this quest :)
    Squidoo Rocks!
  • carcamping Jan 14, 2012 @ 12:58 am | delete
    I chose to decorate your home with spring photography! http://www.squidoo.com/workshop/brighten-your-winter-decorate-with-spring-photography
  • smithsam Jan 12, 2012 @ 9:37 am | delete
    Online Promo Code Presents Following post please review: http://www.squidoo.com/modcloth-promo-code
  • gleken Jan 12, 2012 @ 5:37 am | delete
    Sound like it could be interesting.I must get started
  • relish_interiors Jan 11, 2012 @ 1:54 am | delete
    Check out the lens I just posted on 10 ways to warm up your home in the winter, maybe there are some ideas there for you.
  • ---Chazz Jan 10, 2012 @ 7:36 pm | delete
    Winters here are cold so I've decided to focus on energy efficient winter decorating Victorian style. http://www.squidoo.com/energy-efficient-winter-decorating-victorian-style
  • carcamping Jan 10, 2012 @ 10:19 am | delete
    Hmmmm, I have some good ideas for this one. Good lens!
  • lestroischenes Jan 9, 2012 @ 4:35 am | delete
    I love to decorate the house with fresh, perfumed flowers so I have chosen to explore the role of bulbs to brighten up the home in winter. http://www.squidoo.com/decorate-your-winter-home-with-winter-bulbs-and-flowers
  • leeleon Jan 9, 2012 @ 2:29 am | delete
    nice lens
  • DebMartin Jan 8, 2012 @ 8:09 pm | delete
    I can get into this one!
  • jsr54 Jan 7, 2012 @ 4:11 pm | delete
    Vintage sled displayed on the front porch.
  • ClassyGals Jan 7, 2012 @ 3:01 pm | delete
    Pine Cones for Rustic Home Decor
  • Donnette Jan 7, 2012 @ 7:03 am | delete
    Great Quest!
  • Traceeshobbies Jan 6, 2012 @ 6:25 pm | delete
    I can't decide whjch ideas to use!
  • iPadGeek Jan 6, 2012 @ 9:58 am | delete
    Great quest :) Will surely think of a unique idea for this one. Squidoo rocks!
  • Ingrid_A Jan 5, 2012 @ 11:50 pm | delete
    Squidoo always has fun ideas for quests and I'm going to enjoy this one! Thanks for the invite!!
  • wordstock Jan 5, 2012 @ 10:15 pm | delete
    People always laugh at me when I complain about winter. I guess it means different things to different people.What's nice about this quest is that we are in the process of redoing our child's room so not only did I get to create a lens, it gave me the opportunity to do all the research. http://www.squidoo.com/tween-bedroom-decor
  • girlfriendfactory Jan 5, 2012 @ 8:19 pm | delete
    I'm so confused. Somewhere I reported that I accidentally sent in my National Pie Day lens for this quest and could I get the quest reinstated and now I see I have just received the points for the quest that I shouldn't get because I'm still working on that lens. I've just made a mess of this quest. I'm sorry. :( I'm not sure who to contact about this.
  • Titia Jan 7, 2012 @ 6:46 pm | delete
    You should send a message to Bonnie and ask her what to do.
  • girlfriendfactory Jan 13, 2012 @ 6:42 pm | delete
    Thank you~ I will do that because I finally have the real one done!
    http://www.squidoo.com/romantic-winter-bedroom
  • canoz Jan 3, 2012 @ 6:31 pm | delete
    Oh I can't wait to do this... have an idea of something I've been wanting to do for a long time!
  • servantoftheLord Jan 3, 2012 @ 5:43 pm | delete
    Looking forward to participating in this one! Lots of possibilities!
  • Titia Jan 3, 2012 @ 5:43 pm | delete
    Winter decorations??? I like to keep the winter as far away as possible from the inside of my home LOL
  • favored1 Jan 3, 2012 @ 5:19 pm | delete
    Will enter this in the quest. Just finished it. http://www.squidoo.com/white-linens
  • StacyBirch Jan 3, 2012 @ 4:15 pm | delete
    Great.
  • veryirie Jan 3, 2012 @ 3:10 pm | delete
    Hoping to complete this fun challenge. Thanks for the opportunity! :)
  • srioschavez Jan 3, 2012 @ 2:05 pm | delete
    fun
  • miaponzo Jan 3, 2012 @ 1:39 pm | delete
    Oooo this sounds like fun!!!!! :)
  • KitandCaboodle Jan 3, 2012 @ 12:56 pm | delete
    Sounds fun, and I know that I need to work on my home decorating myself. I feel a new project coming on!
  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Jan 3, 2012 @ 11:56 am | delete
    I love this quest. Count me in!
  • Cercis Jan 3, 2012 @ 11:51 am | delete
    Interesting Quest idea....have to reaaly think about this one because I am no decorator :+(
  • JoyfulReviewer Jan 3, 2012 @ 11:18 am | delete
    Interesting quest idea ... looks like a lotta fun.
  • Heather426 Jan 3, 2012 @ 11:13 am | delete
    I like to use pops of red in the Wintertime. So cheery on dreary days:)

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