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Ideas in Flowers |
For the dining table, go for something intimate and intriguing. Put a single, short stem in a bud vase or individual mini-vase and set one at each place setting. What a neat way to give every guest a fragrant present to take home.
Did you know that, in general, white and pale flowers are particularly strongly scented? Think oriental lilies, tuberose, tazetta and narcissi. Freesia are an exception to this - darker red and pink varieties have the strongest scent.
Use fresh flower stems for napkin rings at your next summer party. Simply fold the stem around the napkin, then knot it, and snip off the excess length.
Create a great first impression in your foyer or hallway with a serene hand-tied bouquet in a glass cube vase or a tall vase with a few spectacular long stems of lilies, bamboo, ginger or heliconias.
Any task is more enjoyable when the environs are calm and invigorating. So make an executive decision and decorate your workplace with luxurious flowers. Fill a coffee cup with some stems and apply it as a paperweight, or fill a pair of vases with flowers and use them as bookends. Or simply Create a lustrous feel by putting a few colorful stems of flowers on your desk.
Clay pots can be used for more than just potting flowers. They can be turned into chimes, or pot people, or candle holders. And the domestically inclined can even use them for baking.
For dinner parties, low bowls of flowers make most sense - if you're planning on conversing with your guests! If you use a clear vase, you can hide the stems (and dirty water) by wrapping the inside of the glass with a leaf.
Flowers are great for improving ambiance and can be used to create some remarkable decorative effects - especially when used in lieu of traditional home dcor items. Instead of curtains, why not try a row of simple vases holding your favourite flower stems? Or, for art, how about hanging a vase of flowers instead of a watercolor? Now you get the picture. Don't just limit yourself to the living room... have some fun!
Any line of work is more enjoyable when the environs are cheerful and beautiful. So make an executive decision to decorate your workplace with inspiring flowers. Fill a coffee cup with a few stems and use it as a paperweight, or fill two matching vases with flowers and use them as bookends. Even just placing a few colourful stems around your workstation will add irresistable cheer.
Flowers in the kitchen? Basil and parsley are not the only things that can liven up your culinary workspace. A few well-placed tulips or a vase of freesia can help spice things up, too.
According to Feng Shui, a white vase filled with fresh red or pink flowers and placed on the bedside table will bring more romance into your life.
In the TV room or lounge, fill an empty fireplace with a big vase of flowers. Arrange a variety of containers with fresh cut stems across your mantlepiece.
Reward yourself with a bouquet of fresh flowers! Surely you can think of a reason - be it all those things you've accomplished or those temptations you resist, treat yourself once in a while.
A wonderful way of displaying flowers when they no longer look good in your vase is to cut off individual flower heads and float them in a low-rimmed container of water. For a lovely dinner party centrepiece, you could add some floating candles as well.
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