Now that winter is here in earnest I’m sure you’ve already brought in your potted plants. Perhaps you retrieved your palm trees, ferns, ivy’s and the like from Old Man Winters grip. Now is the perfect time to create a charming indoor garden room. Gather some of your favorite outdoor sculptures, birdbaths, and wrought iron trellises to bring in as well. You love them in your outdoor “rooms”, so you’ll love them just as much in your new indoor garden rooms. Mix your plants in with these garden elements in new ways. Use the birdbath to hold magazines, a wire birdcage to hold a large candle or a potted orchid. Your stone garden bench can be brought in and used as a coffee table. Add floral patterned tablecloths on your tables and botanical prints on the walls. Vases filled with fresh flowers go a long way in chasing away the winter blues too.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
The Color of Flowers!
It’s only natural to get the urge to bring color into your home during the winter months. Just like we all need sunshine to be healthy and happy, we all need color! Color has the power to change our mood, affect our emotions and even our health. Natures’ gift of flowers is one perfectly beautiful way to give yourself a much needed dose of color.
Blue: The pale blue of hydrangeas or the deep blue of an iris can calm worries and anxiousness and also cools. Blue represents peace and openness.
Pink: Whether you think of delicate pink rosebuds for pink peonies in full bloom the color coveys youth, innocence and joy.
Purple: Purple flowers like delphinium, violets and alliums represent royalty, dignity, pride and success.
Red: The color red creates energy. Red roses represent desire, passion, strength and passionate love.
Yellow: Yellow symbolizes happiness and friendship. Think of sunny daffodils and you’ll know why you’re smiling.
Green: Nature itself bursts with green in every shade. It compliments all the other colors and represents health, freshness, optimism and good fortune.
