Three weeks before Valentine’s Day might not strike you as the time to deck your home with festive décor — but for one Scarborough resident, any time is the right time.

Natasha Scotland, the architect behind the decorations at 1242 Kingston Rd., near Victoria Park Ave., told the Star that it doesn’t matter the time of year, she sets up lavish displays outside her home to celebrate various events.

“I do Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Christmas in July,” Scotland said.

She also has decorations for the fall season, which include scarecrow and turkey decorations.

The lawn setups began in 2001, after the birth of Scotland’s son.

“That’s when I started getting into decorating big time,” she said. “It was fun, you know, he was so excited. Then I had a daughter, and it just continued from there.”

Her most elaborate displays are during Halloween and Christmas.

“Halloween is my biggest,” Scotland said. “I have an organ that plays, zombie guys that dance. It’s pretty noisy, thank God I have nice neighbours.”

Scotland acknowledged that cords from the lighting setups often intrude on her neighbour’s property at 1240 Kingston Rd.

“My strings usually end up going into his lawn. And he’s OK with it. He’s like ‘That’s OK!,’ ” Scotland said.

Neighbours along the street contacted by the Star said they either enjoyed the displays or didn’t have a problem with them.

Local councillor Gary Crawford (Ward 36, Scarborough Southwest) said he drives by the property “fairly regularly” and he’s unaware of anyone lodging complaints about the decorations.

“I think they’re great,” he said. “I don’t think they obstruct any kind of sight lines and safety lines. It brings a bit of spirit to the community.”

Last Christmas, Scotland’s arrangement included a large “Santa House.” Inside the house was a life-sized Santa, who carried a bowl of candy canes. “The kids would run up and go inside, because you could walk right in it, and they’d get their candy canes,” she said.

The candy canes are stockpiled, and will reappear alongside Santa when Scotland sets up her Christmas in July display.

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As for the reason for the summertime festivities, Scotland says there’s “just something about Santa in a hula skirt.”

New inflatables are added to her collection annually, and there’s a different setup every year.

“It has to be different, it has to be something you haven’t seen,” Scotland said.

Scotland’s basement is bursting with the inflatable decorations, which she gets from the U.S. and China.

“You can barely get there to do laundry,” she said.

The interior of 1242 Kingston Rd. is much like the lawn. In the living room sits a Christmas tree that is never dismantled, regardless of the season. Like the front lawn, decorations on the Christmas tree also change seasonally, and it is now also decked out for Valentine’s Day.

As a child, Scotland said, she hated the feeling of taking down the decorations at the end of the Christmas season.

“Why does it have to go away, just because Christmas is over? Why not do it in the other seasons?”

Scotland’s life is “surrounded” by the decorations, she said.

“It takes me a long time to set up Halloween and Christmas,” she said. “I’m glad I don’t have a job! I don’t know how I would fit it all in.”

When the weather is poor, Scotland drapes tarps over the inflatable characters to keep sleet and snow out of the motors.

“They say they’re OK for the weather, but I’ve had so many that the wind blows them off, and the snow gets into the motor and it dies and I’m like ‘damn, don’t have that inflatable anymore.’ ”

With files from Alexandra Jones