Hey there, sweetness,
Let's begin right at the start of doing up your dining room with a book review.
Yes, it's time for another Book Monday.
If you want to do something right here, right now
to give your house a gorgeous injection of loveliness
on a very small budget
then this book is a GREAT place to start.
Let's take a closer look, shall we?
{Is an owl wise?! Err......YES!}
Are you looking for some jaw-dropping
but achievable flower displays in your house?
Then this is the book for you:
At Home With Flowers by Jane Packer,
with photography by Catherine Gratwicke,
published by Ryland Peters & Small.
with photography by Catherine Gratwicke,
published by Ryland Peters & Small.
It is a collection of the flowers florist-to-the-stars-Jane loves most.
The book covers all the basics you'd expect
about choosing and caring for your flowers,
including plenty that can be grown in your own garden.
{If you want more ideas about growing your own flowers,
the very lovely Belinda at Wild Acre has started
a fantastic and utterly addictive series
over at her blog every Friday
teaching us all how to grow our own cut flowers.}
We're then taken on a tour of every room in the house,
including the garden, hall and bathroom,
and given ways to make them luscious-looking
with beautiful flower ideas.
with beautiful flower ideas.
There are so many ideas here.
I've been thoroughly inspired to play around with shop-bought bunches
and adding my own foliage to create fantastic displays.
and adding my own foliage to create fantastic displays.
As well as to think outside the vase-box about which containers I use.
At Home With Flowers is BULGING with ideas that are so simple,
you'll wonder you haven't thought of them yourself.
One of the points that Jane Packer makes is that
you really don't need to use many flowers to make
a huge impact.
Look at this page, for example:
All white flowers in a collection of white vases
are lined up in front of a mirror,
giving the wow factor on a pretty low budget.
Look again....there are only ten flowers used.
{though I might not have chosen orchids to make a low-budget statement.}
But the impression created is of much, much more.
The displays all have a lack of formality,
highlighted by the relaxed interiors
used to feature them.
Each image has an explanation alongside to help extrapolate
from Jane's enormous floral experience
to bring a bit of flower magic into your own home.
Yep, this book is a keeper.
Speaking of keeping gorgeous things,
The winner of the Emma Bridgewater mugs giveaway
{chosen by Random Number Generator...}
is.....
The winner of the Emma Bridgewater mugs giveaway
{chosen by Random Number Generator...}
is.....
Deborah at With All My Heart.
Congratulations, gorgeous.
An email is winging its way to you right now.....
Congratulations, gorgeous.
An email is winging its way to you right now.....
Now then.
Who has a fireplace that needs a huge makeover?
Oh, yes.
Ahem......
that'd be me.
Ahem......
that'd be me.
Swing by later in the week and see what I did.....
And who fancies another link party?
Me, me, meeeee!
Coming up very soon.....
And who fancies another link party?
Me, me, meeeee!
Coming up very soon.....
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