I love spring blooms! But they are so short lived. I know it is still winter but I’m thinking ahead and longing for a few pretty blooms in my home. Since there wont’ be any blooming for awhile I’m using faux!
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I look for faux flowers that are so so real that you almost have to touch them to tell! Here are creative ways to use faux flowers. And yes, the tulips are faux!
A WORD ABOUT GREENS
I just want to quickly mention faux plants too! I love them and use them to decorate my home because I don’t have much a green thumb when it comes to indoor plants. Look for them following the guidelines for faux blooms.
Faux flowers are not like the ones you remember your mom and grandmother using!
Not at all!
But there is a secret to using faux flowers in your home. Make sure they are very, very, very authentic. I usually purchase my great fakes at local decor shops. Pottery Barn carries nice faux blooms too!
Yes, they are expensive but they last for years. Fabulous faux flowers, to me, are a marvelous investment!
I usually buy them on sale after the season and keep collecting every year! At the bottom of today’s post, you can see my favorite faux flower picks and many are on SALE!
I have a pretty impressive arsenal of fool-the-eye spring flowers.
Here are some ways to use spring blooms in your home!
CREATE A VIGNETTE
I think one of the prettiest ways to celebrate faux blooms is to make a vignette. And I used a combination of faux tulips with real flowers or greens.
I mixed almost dried real seeded eucalyptus with real looking faux tulips and the look was fresh and so pretty! It this wasn’t a post on faux flower I bet they would have passed for the real deal!
TUCK FAUX FLOWERS INTO DECOR
I like to tuck faux blooms into unexpected places in my home.
FIND THE PERFECT CONTAINER
My very favorite way to display faux flowers is in a wide, big urn.
I found this one several years ago at HomeGoods and knew it belonged here at StoneGable! I like to fill the urn up and let the blooms spread out and overflow!
FIND FAUX BLOOMS IN POTS
Who could resist a little bit of yellow daffodil sunshine? These are faux tete a tete daffodils in a little pot!
I think they are very realistic, faux dirt and all!
You will see them soon because I just can’t wait for spring!
If you can find something like these potted bulbs scoop them up. They really are a treat!
USE THEM IN A WREATH
One really pretty way to use faux flowers is to use them on a wreath.
You can find faux bloom for any season but since spring is the next season how about getting ahead by making a Spring wreath ready to hang on the front door! Here is a pretty, brambly Spring wreath using faux pussy willow…
See the BRAMBLY SPRING WREATH DIY HERE.
And here is another wreath filled with pretty tulips…
See the SPRING PARROT TULIP WREATH HERE.
ADD FAUX FLOWERS TO A NEST
The absolutely sweetest way to use not quite real flowers is to embellish a nest!
These pretty little cherry blossoms came from the cherry blossom trees we used to decorate the church for my daughter Jacqueline’s wedding to Jonathan!
I saved every single stem and used them to decorate something.
BEST TIP FOR LAST…
As you can see I am not opposed to using gorgeous faux spring flowers in winter… not one little bit.
Another tip to help them look more realistic is to use them sparingly! You do not want your home to look like a florist’s!
And one more tip! Fluff and futz (Lancaster Co. word) faux flowers. Bend the stems, snip off the ends of perfect leaves, open buds, etc to make them resemble their mother nature counterparts!
You can see some great tips for HOW TO MAKE FAUX FLOWERS LOOK REAL here.
I like an orchid on my bedroom dresser but after losing quite a few I bought a long faux stem of an orchid and cut it down to fit right inside the live plant. I kept the plant with the live leaves and the faux bloom after cutting off the dead stem. Because of the live plant it looks totally real.
Smart girl, Margo!
I too have a very nicely made artificial white orchid on my counter …used the stick and clips from (the real ones) a few thin brown willow twigs and some moss covers the plant. Most people think it’s real because I do have real ones too! Thank you for this post! I also want to thank you for your Sunday posts that are so very uplifting!
As I have reviewed some of the blogs I receive, I thank you for keeping to your subject matter and not adding politics into the mix. One reason I enjoy your blog so very much. Good day!!
Hi Mary! It’s all positive here!
I especially love your large urn filled with Spring blooms, and your Spring wreath with the Pussy Willow branches and the small nest with eggs. Hobby Lobby has some excellent realistic looking faux flowers. Yes, they are expensive, but worth the expense. Just watched you video on how to style a coffee table. Great ideas! Love your blog, and your beautiful home.
So glad you took the time to see the video.
Hello Yvonne – your blog is so inspiring and beautiful, I read every post (sorry that I don’t often leave a comment) Your ideas for using faux flowers are great, and I can’t wait until I get to Michael’s to pick up those truly realistic ones. Thanks for sharing!
Carol
Nova Scotia, Canada
You are welcome, Helen! Thanks for being a StoneGable reader!
Love this inspiring post. Quick question; how do you store your flowers? Do you find yourself cutting the stems or folding them back for other uses? Thanks.
Hi Lynette, great question. I keep my stems in a kitchen garbage can with a plastic bag over it. That way they stand upright and are covered to keep them clean. I would prefer to fold them back however if the stems too big I cut them. My goal is to have my faux blooms look real.
I thought if Yvonne can use faux flowers so can I! The money it has saved me and the pleasure. In recently celebrated my birthday and popped faux flowers around the room the result happy bright and I felt like I had received bouquets of flowers.thanks Yvonne your such a special lady
I’m so glad you are loving faux flowers too!
Great ideas, thank you! I love faux flowers and plants. Also, your wood floors are beautiful. What do you use to make them shine?
Thanks so much, Faux flowers can add so much to a home! The wood floors were finished that way. I just wash them with Bona floor cleaner.