FASHION/STYLE:Give your house a fresh flowery look

Flowers are treasures for decorative purposes. It has become a culture for people to decorate homes with flora. Having fresh and beautiful flowers in an orderly house is worth spending money on.

Saturday, August 22, 2009
LINDA MBABAZI

Flowers are treasures for decorative purposes. It has become a culture for people to decorate homes with flora. Having fresh and beautiful flowers in an orderly house is worth spending money on.

One of the common challenges people encounter when disposing their artistic skills to transform their houses into admirable homes, is choosing the best flowers.

Whatever the theme is, what matters most is your disposition and artistic skills to transform your house into a more stylish and modern home.

Like other accessories, flowers should be decorated not for the sake of it, but appropriately to match the occasion.

Decorating your house can be fun, creative and very exciting, but it can also be very tiresome and expensive. However, one way to save your money is to incorporate nature into your house.

Beautiful flowers can show off your house like icing on a cake, but an untidy and plain house does the opposite.

Have you ever imagined sleeping in a bedroom with roses and scented candles, enjoying the fresh colourful flowers and atmosphere in your room? The thought is tempting and refreshing!

The new trend in bedroom decoration is a brilliant idea to adopt. You can design a fantasy bedroom by including sparkling decorations, nice bright colour paints on the wall and beautiful flowers to bring nature to your bedroom.

There are a few areas you can focus your attention on.
"When you have house guests for an extended stay, flowers say you care. They add a touch of elegance to every room,” Anita Ingabire says.

However, Teddy Umutesi, who claims to be obsessed with flowers, confesses that her decorations depend on how much time she has.

"Usually, I arrange lots of little clusters of tea-light holders along the length of the table, and fill some with flowers and others with candles,” she said.

Plan in advance

Proper decoration is as the result of careful planning. Visiting decoration sites for tips will help you develop a plan for your house decoration.

Think long-term

Avoid planting only for now. Ask about mature sizes of flowers before you buy. Find out about the other characteristics of the flowers you buy.

For example, are they evergreen, when do they flower…etc? It helps you to be aware in advance so that you can substitute to another type of suitable flowers, or plants.

We have all used flowers in our homes before. Bright coloured bouquets make a beautiful and aromatic centrepiece.

Match the flowers with other treasures of nature and make your home beautiful.

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