Show the Real You: Interior Decorating with Silk Flowers.

You’ve made the decision that it’s time to give your room a new look. While you aren’t interested at this time in painting or buying new or reupholstering your old furniture, you can see the benefit of making a change. Mix up the room by rearranging the furniture. Bring something out of a back bedroom into the living room. See if your can come up with new uses for old things.

But, even the most creative “re-user” craves a bit of freshness when decorating an interior space. Buying silk flowers and arranging them to fit your personality and the theme of your home is a great way to achieve a new look without breaking the bank.

Purchase only arrangements and flowers that are made well. They are put together well, and seem sturdy. Pieces aren’t loose or falling off. Colors are realistic and not over the top or, on the other hand, too subdued or washed out. Simply stated, the flowers or arrangements look just right. They appear completely realistic. While your guests probably realize that you didn’t pick fresh Stargazer Lilies straight out of your garden in the dead of winter, they will appreciate how natural and real they look.

Decorating your home with silk flowers and silk flower arrangements bring a bit of the outdoors inside. This is especially helpful if your green thumb tends to be more yellow or brownish rather than a bright, grassy green. If whatever you touch tends to turn from living to brown and crispy pretty quick, using silks is a great way to continue to enjoy the natural beauty of flowers without worrying about killing them.

While loads of us would love to have an extensive, beautiful cutting garden from which we could bring in armloads of blossoms every day, the truth of the matter is that we do not. Perhaps work takes precedence, or maybe you live in an urban area with little to no green space to call your own. You might have pressing family concerns - a bunch of little ones running around, or an older parent who requires your care and attention.

With priorities such as these, it’s no wonder you don’t have time to spend kneeling in your garden. Maybe, like so many people, you once had a beautiful garden, but some of the responsibilities mentioned above have put your outdoor plans on an indefinite hold. If so, then decorating with silk flowers may just be enough to put your garden lust on hold for a bit. Go ahead and get some silk versions of the plants and flowers you would normally enjoy growing in the great outdoors and bring them inside, instead. Or, if you prefer, get some that would not normally grow in your area. You can enjoy some plants this way that no one would see in your dream garden, if you had it.

Decorating your home with silk flowers and arrangements is a good idea. You can bring the beauty of the outdoors in, and surround yourself with the glories of nature.

by Leigh LaCava - August 2010

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Leigh LaCava is a frequent contributor to www.freshsilkflowers.com

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