Associated Painters Inc ABOUT NEWS BLOGS MY ACCOUNT CONTACT June 3, 2020 438 Views 57 favs Chase Away Winter Blues With Flowers AUTHOR: ADMINISTRATOR When winter days are dark and dreary, you can still find ways to have a colorful and cheerful home. The beauty of flowers and live plants can chase away the winter blahs and add cheeriness to your home. Here are just a few ways to add a fresh and bright look to your home with flowers. Use Bouquets of Cut Flowers Unless you live in a mild climate and have winter flowers, chances are your flower garden is asleep for the winter, but there is another option. You can purchase beautiful cut flowers. Florist shops, grocery stores and farmer's markets all carry a variety of cut flowers. Every room in your home will perk up with a bouquet of flowers. Choose a vase to fit your decor and you add style as well as color. Place a small bouquet on a bedroom dresser or on a shelf in the bathroom. A colorful bouquet is the perfect focal point on a dining room table. A fresh bouquet of cheerful flowers on a kitchen table or counter will brighten your mood and help you ward off the winter doldrums. Use Floral Wall Art If fresh flowers are not an option for you, you can still add color and beauty to your home with floral wall art. Picture frames displaying floral paintings and art prints can be a wonderful way to brighten your home. An over-sized floral print or canvas hung on a wall would make a stunning focal point for a living room. If you are into photography, you can make enlargements of your own photos and display them in picture frames for a great decorating touch. When spring and summer flowers are in bloom don't forget to take a few photos of your favorites to frame for your wall art. You can create beautiful wall decorations using your own photographs that can be change periodically for a new fresh look. Use Live Flowers and Plants For a touch of spring in your home, nothing beats live plants and flowers for adding cheeriness to an otherwise dreary winter. You don't need to have bright light coming through your windows. In fact, there are many houseplants that don't like bright light and do just fine in low-light settings. Houseplants with low-light requirements, such as ferns, are perfect to grow indoors. If you have plants that need more light, they can be placed close to a window for the indirect light that comes through your window in the winter. Spring bulbs can be fun to force into bloom while there is still snow on the ground. You can trick bulbs like daffodils and tulips into thinking it is time to bloom. Bulbs are dormant during the winter and you can duplicate that cold environment by placing them in the refrigerator. Place a pot of springtime bulbs in the refrigerator in October and keep them there for three or four months. When you take them out and they warm a bit they will think it is spring and time to bloom. You will have a pot of beautiful springtime flowers to cheer you in the middle of the dreary winter. An amaryllis is a bulb that is designed to bloom indoors and it is a beautiful choice for bringing nature and color into your home during the winter. Comments There haven't been any comments on this post yet. Be the first one! Post a Comment You are not currently logged in. Please either login, register, or you can post as a guest user with the form below. POST COMMENT BACK TO NEWS FEATURED ARTICLE 962 VIEWS 20 FAVS Change Your Image With Cool Safety Glasses View Entry LATEST NEWS ARTICLES 11 May 20 / 26 FAVS Car Paint Chip Repair Will Make Your Car Look Brand New 11 April 20 / 32 FAVS Cabinet Door Hinges - Make Sure to Match Them With the Dcor of Your Space 01 April 20 / 8 FAVS Building Sustainable Community Centers 17 March 20 / 116 FAVS Bedroom Furniture - Creating An Oasis Of Relaxation POPULAR BLOG ENTRIES Posted By Administrator A Kitchen Painting Job is much more than painting the Walls Posted By Administrator A Healthy Carpet Equals a Healthy Home - Less Volatile Organic Compounds Register as a Contributor Register as a contributor and publish your own content on our website. Restrictions apply. Click for details. Learn More SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER Get the latest updates, offers, and messages by signing up for our free newsletter! SIGN UP TODAY Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Accessibility Statement | Browse Copyright © 2021 - www.associatedpaintersinc.com. All Rights Reserved.