Decorating
Seasonal Decorating: Artful Ways to Display Fresh Flowers
From a posy in a jam jar to a sculptural bouquet, flowers add colour and life to any interior. Here’s how to big up your blooms
The end of winter means months of plentiful fresh flowers adding decorative shape and colour to your home. Celebrate their natural beauty with easy displays that involve little more effort than finding the secateurs (or removing the cellophane…)
Try big, romantic gestures
Indulge in the heavenly scent of twiggy blossoms cut in generous lengths that stretch up high. They look best spread out, so use several jars or jugs to range them along a table or sideboard.
Indulge in the heavenly scent of twiggy blossoms cut in generous lengths that stretch up high. They look best spread out, so use several jars or jugs to range them along a table or sideboard.
Display more stems
Supersize your vase and pack it with several bunches of tulips in a single shade for a solid mass of invigorating colour.
Supersize your vase and pack it with several bunches of tulips in a single shade for a solid mass of invigorating colour.
Use pale shades in vintage schemes
Dainty stems in faded shades look great in a well-established setting. Antique milk bottles are the perfect way to display the spoils of a country cottage garden.
Learn how to create a country-style flower display
Dainty stems in faded shades look great in a well-established setting. Antique milk bottles are the perfect way to display the spoils of a country cottage garden.
Learn how to create a country-style flower display
Go for grasses
Dare to forgo those pretty buds and blooms in favour of a big hit of green. This row of potted grasses looks fresh, vibrant and almost good enough to eat.
Dare to forgo those pretty buds and blooms in favour of a big hit of green. This row of potted grasses looks fresh, vibrant and almost good enough to eat.
Suspend a simple spray
If you can’t find the right vase, try something different. This hanging bowl houses a spray of coral carnations, transforming a grey, industrial scheme.
Learn how to display flowers like a pro
If you can’t find the right vase, try something different. This hanging bowl houses a spray of coral carnations, transforming a grey, industrial scheme.
Learn how to display flowers like a pro
Step back in time
Emphasise the timeless appeal of white hydrangeas with a backdrop of an aged mirror or antique print.
Emphasise the timeless appeal of white hydrangeas with a backdrop of an aged mirror or antique print.
Bring the outside in
Not technically flower arranging, but plant a carefully positioned window box with a plethora of bedding plants and you can enjoy the overflowing flowers from inside the house, too.
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How do you like to arrange flowers? Share photos of your favourite arrangements in the Comments below.
Not technically flower arranging, but plant a carefully positioned window box with a plethora of bedding plants and you can enjoy the overflowing flowers from inside the house, too.
TELL US...
How do you like to arrange flowers? Share photos of your favourite arrangements in the Comments below.
Position glass vessels of flowers in front of a wall painted in a beautiful shade to double the chromatic impact.