I caught your attention didn't I! I wrote this for a magazine but it wasn't published so I thought I would share it with you.(Still am having trouble putting pictures with my blogs) How do do it???
The clerk in the grocery store was feeling rather down as she wrapped my sunny daffodils.
"It is sure bleak after the glitz and glitter of the holidays. I just bought some red tulips, to cheer me up. "I love red"
, "Yah, but, look at the space you've rediscovered . Clutter is gone." I replied.
"But boring," she said.
I went on my way thinking how to solve the problem.
"How could you add appeal without breaking the budget?"
When I stage a property, homeowners ask the same question.
Things that add to the appeal of the home can include , the freshly painted front door, the neatly trimmed boxwood hedge and the sparkling clean, clean kitchen and bath and the welcoming floral arrangement in the entry hall. Why worry about the home's appeal.
Nothing adds to a home's appeal like fresh flowers and houseplants. They add freshness and life.
Also, plants clean the indoor air of pollutants. Formaldehyde, benzene, and trichloroethyllene . As well living plants add oxygen and humidity which is good for the respiratory system, skin and sinuses.
There are many trends in designing floral arrangements Here are a few.
Simple, sculptural shapes add punch to a room.Four oldies but goodies, the spider plant, philodendron, wandering jew and chrysanthemum do the the best job. Cyclamen, weeping fig, cactus , drachenas, palm and black bamboo can be used effectively alone or in a bunch.
A clean, architectural, refined look Exotic orchids are easy to grow, no dead heading or coddling. The lady look pale green Paphiopediums, intensely perfumed Cattleyas and cool loving Cymbidiums have a long lasting blooming period.
Tall from plants to pots. Framing the front door, either individual or grouped together ornamental grasses , spiral cedars and several tea leaf plants in tall zinc containers . Calla lilies in clear, square vases.
But ,if you feel that these plants look great in the florists yet after months of your tender loving neglect. They shed and drop mites, try silk They have designed silks that are affordable yet with an addition of a clear floral spray looks good year after year.
Any tree, houseplant or flower can reproduced in silk. The quality of the blooms are amazing--- the colours, shapes and texture are true to life. Three trends are strong with the leading one being a natural look with twigs and grasses. The Asian influence is spare and architectural or the tight one flower arrangement of roses or a one flower look. Depending on your room scheme white on white or green on green is in. Look for coppery brown, sepia old world photographic look Popular again -anything in pink and burgundy.yet more muted or grayed. Magnolia leaves mixed with purple hydrangeas, grasses and twigs not massed but in a spare manner can make a corner bright. Anything with glass or beaded pears, apples, pomegranates placed in a burnished copper or pewter container looks like a Rembrandt still life.
Whether you have a green thumb or not creative folk have given us many choices. Take a dull rainy day and wander through any of our local green houses and be inspired-- itis amazing what is out there.
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