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Flowers and plants have been known to cheer people up, improve the atmosphere of your home, and even remove toxins from the environment. Even if you don’t like plants, there’s no reason for you to not want to add flowers to your decor – we’re humans, and being close to nature puts our mind at ease. With services like same-day delivery flowers and online stores at your disposal, there really is no excuse for you to ignore their potential as part of your home decor – even if you did think it wasn’t worth the hassle of getting new flowers every few days for your home.
Flowers aren’t just the ideal decor option for a cheerful home though – they can fit into any number of both modern and old decor, and even themes like bright and cheerful as well as peaceful and tranquil. If you want to incorporate flowers into your home but be creative about it, you’ve come to the right place.
In this article, we have creative tips and design options for all your floral decoration, and even some suggestions for how to keep your flowers fresh at the end.
Floral Decoration Tips
- Hanging Basket
This trick is for anyone who not only wants to do something new with their space but also has a small apartment with limited room to decorate. One of the best ways to save space is to avoid taking up any extra room on the floor or on surfaces when you’re decorating, so you can invest in baskets and ornaments that hang from the ceiling.
You can find decorative baskets and hanging ornaments online or in any furniture store, and then fill it up with fresh flowers of your choice. Things like roses can even make your space smell amazing.
Make sure not to use too many hanging flower baskets in your space, and not to use loud colours. They will both make the space look stuffy and small, and can make the ceiling look lower than it is. Aik for muted shades that go with the paint on the walls.
- Wall Ornaments
Another way to add flowers to your decor without taking up any floor space or occupying common surfaces is to stick them to the wall. You can either simply glue them to the wall directly, or put them on a string and then hang those all around the place.
You can add other elements to this design, like twigs, leaves, and even stones and pebbles that might look pretty with the rocks, or tie the strings with flowers in ribbons.
Make sure your walls are free of insects, and that the flowers aren’t wet. You should also be careful about damaging the wall paint, which is why it’s better to just use string instead of glue for this decoration method. Not only will your flowers look amazing when they’re fresh, but they’ll also steal the show when they eventually dry up.
In this decoration method, you won’t be able to mist the flowers to keep them fresh, and it also won’t be possible to decorate all of your walls. You can either put the flowers vertically on a single section or place them horizontally over the walls close to the ceiling.
- Floating Flowers
This one’s for scented candle and essential oil enthusiasts – you can get a shallow pitcher of water made of glass or metal, and then leave flowers floating in there without the stem. For added effect, add floating scented candles and essential oils to the mix, and you have the perfect decoration piece (complete with beautiful flowers) to place on your bedside table or anywhere else you light scented candles.
You should be careful while lighting the scented candle, and always take proper precautions when lighting them.
- Creative Vases
Who says you need a vase to keep all your flowers in? You can also keep your flowers in small teacups, baskets, tin cans, and even old glasses. Some people even like to DIY their own pots and vases with the help of clay or cardboard, but we suggest using everyday items that can hold water to ensure the longevity of your floral arrangements when you use DIY vases.
Most everyday items can function better than vases for certain home decor themes, in fact. A tin can with the right flowers would be a great addition to a room with autumn and earth hues, and a glass of water with one flower or three and some leaves on the stem can look amazing with a more sophisticated and elegant interior.
- Glass Pressed Flowers
Glass pressed and framed flowers can last a long time, and they take up less space than a flower vase would. You can hang them up like a picture, or you can set them against a wall on a table for a cool look. If you use glass to press it on both sides and then put the flower in the centre of a table, it can be viewed from both sides and would look really cool.
Interesting floral ornaments like this can be easily found on Etsy, or you can make them yourself with the help of some simple YouTube tutorials.
How to Keep Flowers Fresh
Adding fresh flowers to your decor is a lot of work, mainly because flowers can wilt quickly and need to be replaced often. If you want to save yourself a lot of work, you can follow some simple steps to make sure your flowers last longer in the water. Here are some steps you can follow:
- Always cut the stems of the flowers diagonally. This gives them more surface area to absorb the water, which helps the flowers stay fresh for longer.
- Don’t forget to change the water and thoroughly clean your vases when you change the flowers. By doing this, you will be preventing any bacteria left over from the old flowers from getting into the vase and making your new ones wilt faster than they otherwise would.
- Make sure to cut any and all leaves that would not be visible. They only absorb water that coild go directly to your blooms and lessen their life in your vases.
- You can make your flowers last longer with the help of flower preservatives.
