There is a kind of magic generated when you have flowers around your home. It’s a simple but powerful thing. It’s comes through the way the perfume of flowers on your bedside table meets your nose before your eyes have opened in the morning. Or the way a well-placed vase gives you that jolt of pleasure when you see it unexpectedly. Or how a beautiful arrangement brings life to your kitchen and feeds your soul.
Bring some of this magic into these spaces around your home by making the most of the spring blooms available at the Sydney Flower Markets at the moment:
Pic credit: Flowers in jars, courtesy of Rock My Wedding and Grandiflora Sydney
Welcome guests with fresh flowers
- Whether your style is fun and quirky or elegant and understated, let people see it as soon as they walk through the door with a floral arrangement that catches the eye. Multiple vases of the same style on an entry console or credenza provide a striking repeat effect the makes an immediate impression. Fill all the vases with roses for an elegant look, kangaroo paw for a native display or multicoloured gerberas if you like something more fun.
- Welcome people to your home with an extra-large vase of flowers on the floor. This kind of arrangement works well with large blooms like sunflowers, waratahs or banksias or plants with large sculptural leaves. You can weigh down the vase or steady it with ornamental stones.
Blooms in the Bedroom
- A beautiful bunch of flowers on your bedside table feeds your soul morning and night. Make sure you use gently perfumed blooms that match your bedroom interior rather than overwhelm the space.
- Create a floral bedhead by constructing a wall of blooms hanging from a sculptural branch attached to the wall. This boho chic idea does take a little time to pull together but is worth the effort for a special occasion or just sheer wow factor! Use flowers or green foliage that will hold up to this kind of treatment.
Feed the soul with flowers in the kitchen
- Displaying flowers in the kitchen allows you to use plenty of quirky and interesting items to show off your blooms. Glasses and jars can be recycled into vases. Place a single bloom in each vessel, but have many of them along the bench, table or window sill. This works well with gerberas, roses and gardenias.
- Leave your more elegant vases for other areas of the house and use your serving jugs to display flowers on the bench top. This adds a casual element to your kitchen display.
- Don’t be afraid to use flowers when you present food. Edible blooms like violets, geraniums, nasturtiums and lavender will obviously work well, but even some display flowers can look great on a fruit platter or plate of brownies. To be on the safe side, make sure the flower isn’t poisonous to humans before you serve!
- As the days get longer capture that sense of spring by pulling together a crazy vase! There are no rules, just choose the blooms you love! This looks works well with cottage style blooms or native wildflowers.
Bathroom plants
- In the bathroom, you can feel free to choose blooms with a strong scent. However, make sure you they will stand up to the humidity of the room. Freesias and gardenias are good options.
- Indoor plants are also perfect in this space. They purify the air and provide a calming pop of green in the bathroom. Whether you choose to put big pot on the floor, mount a stand in a corner or rest a decorative container on the vanity, there are many indoor plants that will suit your bathroom space.
Colour therapy for your Home Office
- Give yourself a productivity boost by incorporating flowers into your home office. Choose spring blooms in blue to encourage productivity or yellow to facilitate creativity.
Decorate different spaces around your home with spring blooms from the Sydney Flower Markets. 250-318 Parramatta Road, Homebush West. Open 5am-11am, Monday – Saturday.
For more inspiration for information about flowers, head to the Sydney Markets’ Flower Blog, here.
