Christ-Centered Easter Decor: 5 Ways to Make the Savior the Focal Point of Your Holy Week

The first time I heard the words “Easter shopping” said with the intention of buying a bunch of presents, I knew we were headed down the wrong track. It suddenly felt like Easter was becoming a pastel version of Christmas. Candy, outfits, baskets, maybe a little something extra for everyone. Somewhere along the way, Holy Week was getting crowded out.

I love joy. I love celebration. I love Easter morning. But I began to feel uneasy about how easily the most important week in the Christian calendar was being rushed past in favor of consumption. For me, the problem was not bunnies or egg hunts. It was distraction. Holy Week asks us to slow down, sit with discomfort, and reckon with suffering before we arrive at joy. When we skip that, the Resurrection loses its weight.

Over the years, my wife and I have tried, imperfectly, to let our home become a sacred space during Holy Week. Not a museum. Not a sermon. Just a place where Jesus is not pushed to the background. Where what we look at, talk about, and live with quietly points us back to Him.

How to Make Easter More Christ-Centered in Your Home

For me, making Easter more Christ-centered starts and ends with Jesus. Everything in the lead-up should focus on Him. Everything on Easter morning should be squarely focused on Him. And then we try to live inside that hope until the next Easter, or until the next time I am hurt and need healing again.

Why Symbolism Matters

During Holy Week I am fairly literal when it comes to faith and art. Jesus chose to keep His scars. That mattered to Him. That matters to me. Holy Week is not tidy. There was nothing good about Good Friday in the moment, and nothing holy about Holy Saturday while it was happening. Those days only become good and holy because Christ rose from the dead.

That is why symbols matter. Not as decoration, but as reminders. The empty tomb is not abstract. The cross is not sanitized. Lilies are not just pretty. They are defiant. They say life comes out of death. Redemption comes out of devastation.

That same truth applies to us. The lowest moments of our lives do not become good by pretending they were not painful. They become good because Jesus resurrects what was broken.

Christ-Centered Easter Decor, Room by Room

The Living Room: Where Healing Happens

If there is one place I want Easter to speak loudly, it is the living space. In my experience, that is where most fights start and where most healing happens too. It is where ugly moments either harden us or soften us.

During this Holy Week, I will intentionally rotate artwork in our living room. Early in the week, I may introduce Progression, Jesus walking into Gethsemane. Closer to Good Friday, I bring in Crucifixion or Descent, an homage to Michelangelo’s Pietà. These images are unresolved. They are meant to be.

On Easter morning, everything changes. Alive. Resurrection. Sometimes Mary. Light fills the room. My wife usually has baskets out for the kids, but the foreground belongs to the risen Christ. The house feels ethereal. Earned.

When I created Resurrection, I used black and white film. That had never been done before for a depiction of the resurrected Jesus. I used to go into my studio late at night when everyone was gone. I had long conversations with God in my head and heart. I kept peeling back layers in myself and in the image. Less distraction. Less noise. Just Jesus.

I printed it huge and took it home to my wife. At first she looked at me like I was crazy. But the longer it sat there, the more it worked on her. People physically touch this image when it is displayed. When there is glass over it, fingerprints collect around His hand.

That tells me something important. People are not looking for decoration. They are looking for hope.

The Dining Table: Where Faith Gets Language

Around our table during Holy Week, I try to ask questions instead of making statements. One question I often ask my kids is this: Tell me about a hard moment in your life that created a scar you now prize, the way Jesus prizes His.

That kind of conversation does not happen by accident. It happens when the week slows down and the story of Easter is present in the room.

DIY That Actually Matters

The only DIY projects worth doing during Holy Week are the ones that create ownership and conversation. I love when people make my art theirs. I have seen families build their own frames, turning a piece into something deeply personal. Mysha from @RemingtonAvenue built a beautiful frame for her family, and it changed how they lived with the image.

That kind of work does not just fill time. It forms memory.

Buying Decor vs. Changing the Conversation

There is a difference between buying decor and changing the conversation in your home. I have noticed that when families invest in a large canvas, and parents explain to their kids that it was a financial sacrifice, something shifts. There is a heightened sense of priority. The art is not disposable. It matters.

You do not need my art to do this. Easter decor is not about being physically attracted. It is about being emotionally changed. It is about hope.

Making This Easter Your Most Meaningful Yet

If my kids remember one thing about Easter in our home, I hope it is this. That my wife and I understood life leaves scars. And that even wounds that feel devastating in the moment can become the very places where experience, compassion, and hope grow. That is the meaning of redemption.

I want their lives to be quests for redemption in Jesus Christ.