Dear fellow creative stagers and interior designers. I am sharing photos of a few of my favorite floral arrangements which I have used in my home staging and interior design jobs. So many times I've had clients say they don't want any of that "fake stuff'. Generally all I need to do is point out that real flowers have to be changed at least weekly to get my client to relent Although they may be dubious at first, the inevitable reaction when they see the arrangement is "Oh ... well this is nice ... are those real?!"
A tasteful floral arrangement is such a simple way to add a touch of class. I am posting this in the hopes that anyone who comments will include a photo along with it of a favorite floral arrangement you have created. Please share your lovely and creative arrangements. I'd love to see what others have done.
I do have a few tips:
1. Use the highest quality stems you can find. Silk rather than plastic. Dried or "permanent botanicals" are great too, but they aren't as colorful.
2. Just as in your accessory arrangement, odd numbers of stems work best.
3. Use colors that are complementary to your entire color palette. It looks weird if you have autumn colors in the furnishings and then have bright pink flowers on the table.
4. Consider your arrangement from all sides as you put it together. I usually start with the largest flowers first, and then fill in with the smaller ones and then greenery last. I turn the arrangement the entire time I am making it so it stays balanced all the way around.
5. Try asymmetrical arrangements. They add a real sculptural feel.
6. Using a mass of a single type of flower is dramatic and very classy. So is a single stem in a lovely vase.
7. Using "real" elements such as moss, bark, or stones in base of the arrangement adds to the illusion that the flowers are real.
8. If I create an arrangement that I especially like, I tape it together at the bottom so I can re-use it in a later staging.
All floral arrangements created by Pangaea, of Pangaea Interior Design.
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