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Add Color & Texture To Your Home With Plants & Flowers by Bonnie P Carrier
Plants & Flowers are a beautiful accessory to add to your home decorating. Live potted green plants also help clean the air, and who can resist fresh flowers, they just seem to lift your spirits.
Plants add color and texture to a room, so if you only want to add one thing use a plant or a gorgeous flower arrangement
Sometimes however the lighting in a room is not plant friendly or maybe you travel a lot and are unable to properly care for them, then what do you do? In this case consider using an artificial, they are made so life like today that it’s really hard to tell that their not real.
The benefits are they can be put in places live ones can’t like the corner of a room, on top of a bookcase or hutch, and best of all the maintenance is minimal, the occasional wipe with a damp cloth and no watering. How perfect is that?
We all love fresh flowers, but let’s face it sometimes they can be expensive and they don’t last forever. However, don’t hesitate to use fresh flowers for a special occasion (even everyday is possible) as nothing replaces their wonderful scent and beautiful form.
A perfect solution to this is to use silk flowers. As with the artificial green foliage above they are made so well today most of the time it’s really hard to tell they are not real.
Another important benefit to using silk is the cost, buy them once and with a little care they will last for many year.
Cleaning is also easy, an occasional wipe with a damp cloth is really all that’s needed.
About The Author: Bonnie P. Carrier is the creator of Savvy Home Decorating - The Information Center. She is the mother to two grown daughters and a very spoiled Blue Merle Sheltie named Toby. www.savvy-home-decorating.com
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