Use orchids when staging a home
When I'm staging a home for sale I love to use live orchids. The blooms last at least 30 days, (usually enough time to get the house sold!) and add simple, large structural interest without being fussy. Here is an orchid arrangement in the dining room of my new listing at 107 Buckeye Lane, Sunset Creek in Chapel Hill.
Today I took a drive through beautiful country side to my orchid supplier and orchid babysitter in Chatham County, Orchids by Hanks Chapel.
They sell many orchid hybrids and species and will arrange them for you in one of their containers or you can bring your own. The best part for me is that for a small monthly fee I can bring them back when the blooms are gone for orchid pampering until they come into bloom again.
I like having the same plant for years but always seem to buy new ones when I am there. They also do rentals and arrangements and rentals of live orchids for weddings and special events.
Orchids by Hanks Chapel is really a family business. Rital Baldwin, her son Jeff and wife Agustina are full of helpful information and Augustina is especially good at arrangements and suggesting good orchid combinations.
Jeff and Augustina's have been bringing their baby Otto to the greenhouses since he was born and now at about a year and a half he's running around trying to help with the business too.
Rita is also an artist and has just remodled her barn for her studio. It's a wonderful place to display her art of mostly Chatham County, NC country scenes.
Rita's work will be on display in her studio the first two weekends in December as part of the Chatham Artists
Chatham County is beautiful. Let me know if you would like me to help you find just the right country scene for you.
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