Whatever your home decor style is, flower arrangements can enhance it. There are various kinds of arrangements that can suit your interior decor, be it country, tropical, contemporary, english or oriental.
Let's look at how to match flower arrangements to your home interior design.
Contemporary
Contemporary design focuses on light and space. This is a good point to remember. To create contemporary design in your home, always emphasize on these two factors.
Balance between natural colours and bright colours are usually associated with this design. And, the shapes in a contemporary design is defined.
Flower arrangements to match this design is the easiest to work with. Apart from flowers, plants can be used to enhance the design, too.
English
English design accents are like printed floral fabrics and wooden flooring and furniture. When you enter an English-styled room, you can feel a sense of romance.
Which is why romantic flowers are suitable for this design. Flowers like roses, hydrangeas, gardenias, tulips are suitable for this design. On the other hand, I think greeneries or plants are not suitable.
Country
Decorating a country-styled home with flowers is rather easy. Country homes must be associated with wooden furniture and earthen colours.
For country homes, dried flowers wreaths and arrangements are best. In the kitchen, you can also decorate with fresh sunflowers or dried vegetables.
Arrangements in wicker baskets are also suitable for country style. The guide to decorating a country home is to use flower arrangement with 'fresh from the garden' look.
With that, you could not go wrong.
Tropical
Tropical inspired homes are very famous in the Asian region. Exotic wood and teak furniture are elements of a tropical home. Not much colours are involved and usually the home has an outdoor feeling and very airy.
To match this style, use tropical flowers like orchids, proteas, heliconias and birds of paradise. These flowers will certainly complete your tropical home with elegance.
Using plants and greeneries also help. Oil palm trees and ferns are good choices.
Oriental
Oriental homes are either Japanese or Chinese inspired. Japanese home accents are like tatami mats and bamboo sliding doors. Ikebana arrangements is most suitable for Japanese style homes.
For Chinese styled homes, there are usually heavy carvings in the furniture. Rosewood is most commonly used in their furniture. Bonsai plants will complete your Chinese styled homes.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Chinese Floral Prints
Finding suitable decorative art work for your wall can be a challenging task. There are just so many different styles of art you can choose from. Should you pick prints of scenery, portraits, or botanical art? How about vintage posters? Or maybe you should just try abstract art - even then, there are so many different styles of abstract art. Which should you choose? With such a wide variety of art to choose from, turning your house into a dream home can be a very time consuming process.
Have you ever considered having Asian styled art in your home, specifically Chinese floral prints? Chinese floral prints don't stand out so much and also lend an elegant and oriental charm to your home. An abstract picture of a lotus floating on a pond or perhaps a beautiful painting of a bamboo forest certainly is an interesting and pleasant addition to your decorative collection.
Most Chinese floral prints are pastel colored, so they won't make a bold and unsightly statement in your house. Pictures of Asian flowers also promote a sense of calm and relaxation when looked upon, and will be nice to look at as you relax on your sofa after a long day's work. Be brave to experiment. Your home doesn't have to be Asian themed before you can display Asian art. Chinese floral prints will match very well in decorative styles ranging from modern minimalist to the traditional classic. A little creativity and imagination can go a long way in blending Chinese floral prints into almost any kind of environment.
Asian flowers carry different symbolic meanings. For example, peach flowers blossoming in spring represent beauty in women. Lotus and orchid represent elegance and high virtues. Lilac represents modesty, which is one of the highest virtues valued by the Chinese. Having a little knowledge of the paintings will definitely give you something to talk about with your visitors. Impress your guests as you share your knowledge of the art work.
Accompany your Chinese floral prints with similarly themed decorative elements. Pick a few Asian antiques from your favorite art and craft shop and place them close to the art piece. This helps to create interest and balance, as well as help tell a story. Choice items you can use are small statues, candles, flowers, or wood carvings. Don't forget to bring attention to the art prints with the use of creative lighting.
Have you ever considered having Asian styled art in your home, specifically Chinese floral prints? Chinese floral prints don't stand out so much and also lend an elegant and oriental charm to your home. An abstract picture of a lotus floating on a pond or perhaps a beautiful painting of a bamboo forest certainly is an interesting and pleasant addition to your decorative collection.
Most Chinese floral prints are pastel colored, so they won't make a bold and unsightly statement in your house. Pictures of Asian flowers also promote a sense of calm and relaxation when looked upon, and will be nice to look at as you relax on your sofa after a long day's work. Be brave to experiment. Your home doesn't have to be Asian themed before you can display Asian art. Chinese floral prints will match very well in decorative styles ranging from modern minimalist to the traditional classic. A little creativity and imagination can go a long way in blending Chinese floral prints into almost any kind of environment.
Asian flowers carry different symbolic meanings. For example, peach flowers blossoming in spring represent beauty in women. Lotus and orchid represent elegance and high virtues. Lilac represents modesty, which is one of the highest virtues valued by the Chinese. Having a little knowledge of the paintings will definitely give you something to talk about with your visitors. Impress your guests as you share your knowledge of the art work.
Accompany your Chinese floral prints with similarly themed decorative elements. Pick a few Asian antiques from your favorite art and craft shop and place them close to the art piece. This helps to create interest and balance, as well as help tell a story. Choice items you can use are small statues, candles, flowers, or wood carvings. Don't forget to bring attention to the art prints with the use of creative lighting.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Elegant Pew Wedding Floral Decorations
Brides, who choose church or chapel wedding, face dilemma of decorating pews whether to choose a traditional style or to go for a modern way of pew decorations. The traditional wedding pew decoration idea is a simple white bow at the end of the pews. But with creativity personal flair can be added to the common pew bow. Traditional bows can also be updated without losing its familiarity. Flowers are great way to modernize the wedding pew decorations. Wedding pew decorations can be simple and elegant or modern or creative depending on the taste of the bride and the groom.
Some innovative ideas to update traditional pew decorations:
1. Entire bouquet of the same flower or flowers of the same color can be attached to the pew bow hangers to give a very classic and a crisp look.
2. Smaller bouquets can be tied into the pews with satin ribbon for a garden look. Greenery is also an inexpensive way of liven up pew decorations.
3. Containers of flower petals can be attached to the end of each pew to be used by the couple exits ceremony for a special twist. This is especially beautiful at outdoor weddings.
4. Draping fabric over the pew is also one of the ways to change the look of the wedding and adds up that extra volume to the special day.
5. Florist ready wedding pew bows are one of the best church or chapel wedding pew decorations, as they can be utilized in different ways.
6. If floral decorations are to be used, hardy flowers should be used because sensitive flowers are lovely but will wither off quickly and will not last longer.
7. Instead of floral arrangement, fabric bows of different hues can be used in hand rails, church signs, doors, fences of gates, or cake tables, marking routes to reception and etc.
8. Tying balloons to the aisle ends of the pews will form a dramatic covering for a magical walk down the aisle.
9. Potted plants placed on the floor at the end of the pew rows will enrich the scene with natural beauty. It will add up the effect if green foliage and large flowering plants are used.
10. A tulle swag connecting all of the aisle pews creates a lined aisle for the passage of the bride and the groom. For more detailed decorations, balloons and flowers can be fastened.
11. For a more stunning look helium balloon arches can also be considered.
12. Pew wedding decoration adds a touch of elegance and excitement, as they lead the way to the ceremony.
Some innovative ideas to update traditional pew decorations:
1. Entire bouquet of the same flower or flowers of the same color can be attached to the pew bow hangers to give a very classic and a crisp look.
2. Smaller bouquets can be tied into the pews with satin ribbon for a garden look. Greenery is also an inexpensive way of liven up pew decorations.
3. Containers of flower petals can be attached to the end of each pew to be used by the couple exits ceremony for a special twist. This is especially beautiful at outdoor weddings.
4. Draping fabric over the pew is also one of the ways to change the look of the wedding and adds up that extra volume to the special day.
5. Florist ready wedding pew bows are one of the best church or chapel wedding pew decorations, as they can be utilized in different ways.
6. If floral decorations are to be used, hardy flowers should be used because sensitive flowers are lovely but will wither off quickly and will not last longer.
7. Instead of floral arrangement, fabric bows of different hues can be used in hand rails, church signs, doors, fences of gates, or cake tables, marking routes to reception and etc.
8. Tying balloons to the aisle ends of the pews will form a dramatic covering for a magical walk down the aisle.
9. Potted plants placed on the floor at the end of the pew rows will enrich the scene with natural beauty. It will add up the effect if green foliage and large flowering plants are used.
10. A tulle swag connecting all of the aisle pews creates a lined aisle for the passage of the bride and the groom. For more detailed decorations, balloons and flowers can be fastened.
11. For a more stunning look helium balloon arches can also be considered.
12. Pew wedding decoration adds a touch of elegance and excitement, as they lead the way to the ceremony.
Flower Decorations For Ultimate Christmas Party
Christmas party is the time to enjoy and socialize and when it happens in your home, you get to flaunt your creative skills too. Flower decorations at Christmas can be such area wherein you can invest your innovative ideas. Christmas decorations without flowers seem incomplete and dull. Even dry flowers can add to the vivacity of your surroundings if placed skillfully. So, let's try out something new in flower decoration ideas.
You can buy bunches of flowers in any color you want. But, get flowers that suit the color of the walls of your home. There are numerous options such as ivory white, red, yellow, blue lilacs, pink roses and others. If your house include white walls, then colorful flowers can add that special charm to them. Unique flower arrangements are made so as to be hung on the walls. Either you will get them ready made or you can choose the flowers to be included, bring them home and arrange them in your own style.
Place fresh flowers in vases and place them at different corners of your home. Do not forget to add water to them so as to keep them fresh all day long. Placing a floral centerpiece at your table with candles amidst will make the dining place all the more cozy. Dried flowers placed in order and little twinkling lights at the entrance of your house would surely catch everybody attention.
Wonder why flowers are such an important part of Christmas decorations? Well, they find their mention in the nativity story itself. It is believed that the child Christ received flowers as gift from the three wise men and the priest, who visited him on the auspicious night. They were white in color. Since then the tradition of using white flowers (which are anyway the symbol of purity) in flower decorations is followed by Christmas. With these exciting flower decoration ideas, you too can make the interiors as well as exteriors of your home look beautiful.
You can buy bunches of flowers in any color you want. But, get flowers that suit the color of the walls of your home. There are numerous options such as ivory white, red, yellow, blue lilacs, pink roses and others. If your house include white walls, then colorful flowers can add that special charm to them. Unique flower arrangements are made so as to be hung on the walls. Either you will get them ready made or you can choose the flowers to be included, bring them home and arrange them in your own style.
Place fresh flowers in vases and place them at different corners of your home. Do not forget to add water to them so as to keep them fresh all day long. Placing a floral centerpiece at your table with candles amidst will make the dining place all the more cozy. Dried flowers placed in order and little twinkling lights at the entrance of your house would surely catch everybody attention.
Wonder why flowers are such an important part of Christmas decorations? Well, they find their mention in the nativity story itself. It is believed that the child Christ received flowers as gift from the three wise men and the priest, who visited him on the auspicious night. They were white in color. Since then the tradition of using white flowers (which are anyway the symbol of purity) in flower decorations is followed by Christmas. With these exciting flower decoration ideas, you too can make the interiors as well as exteriors of your home look beautiful.
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