Incorporating Ferns into Your Décor
When incorporating plants and other greenery into your home, there are two ways to go about the process. You can find some beautiful greenery, bring it home, and rearrange your furniture layout so that your plant has adequate room and a natural resting place. A different way to approach the process is to ensure your home is designed as you like it, choose areas to add plants or trees, and then shop for something that would fit the areas you have designated. Either way, if you do not have a huge amount of room but you want an adequate amount of greenery, using ferns is a good choice. Ferns are great in tight spaces because their leaves are quite narrow and grow into whatever area that you please. You can find a great selection of ferns, both real and silk. A great benefit of live ferns is that they are hardy and will do well in a variety of settings. Silk plants need no maintenance at all, and will stay the same size, so there is no need to worry about them growing too large. Ferns work better as “background” plants than centerpieces, but still add a nice touch. Using a flower display in tandem with a few ferns can have a very attractive effect.
Tips for Seasonal Décor
As you prepare to decorate your house for different seasons, keep a few things in mind to make your life a little easier. Choose a few spaces that you will decorate seasonally, and use year-round decorations for other areas in the house. This way, clean-up needs and clutter are both cut down. For example, put up a couple shelves in a prominent place and adorn them with seasonal decorations, or set up a calendar area that showcases monthly décor. Many moms with little kids who don’t want a lot of little decor pieces can choose to have a stuffed animal that changes clothes with each season or month. The next big tip is the power of reusing. Sometimes what may be considered as a very season-specific decoration can be adjusted to fit other seasons as well. One of the best examples is exchanging your wreath from one season to another by removing the flowers and replacing them with new flowers appropriate for that season.
Avoiding Clutter as You Decorate
Though there are lots of ways to decorate a home, the “cluttered” look doesn’t quite work anywhere. Though “less is more” doesn’t always have to be the rule when decorating, “as much as is humanly possible” hardly ever looks nice. Have you ever been in a room that is so overstuffed with décor that it is awkward to move around? You may have had the experience of walking into someone’s garage and seeing that it is so full of decorative materials that there is not enough room for anything else (like an automobile). Though form is important, remember that function comes first. Kitchen counter space, for instance, most often needs to be used for cooking, and decorative pieces should be kept at a minimum. Bedrooms, by contrast, are a great place to add flourishes and accents, since it is mainly a room for resting and for storing personal times. A good rule of thumb is if you need to move a decorative piece out of the way more than twice a week, it probably should be thrown out or exchanged for a more functional item.
Decorating with Silk Orchids
There are over 30,000 types of orchids, and almost four times as many orchid hybrids. Similarly, orchids take up a lion’s share of the silk flower market. One of the defining features of an orchid is the semi-symmetrical patterns of leaves. The actual flower is also semi-symmetrical, and most have more than one color, combined in beautiful, sharply contrasting designs. Because they are so eye-catching but delicate, they should be the “star” of any flower arrangements they are placed in. A couple of ways to arrange them include draping them over the sides of a basket or gathering them towards the middle and adorning them with tiny flowers or well-chosen greenery. Orchids most commonly employ two to three strong, bright colors, creating a striking contrast.