Go green for spring

<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />And continuing with thoughts of spring decorating.... <br /><br />When you enter my house the dining table is in full view from the entry.   In a desperation move while babysitting my 3 granddaughters, I  stuck some fake lavender in a glass jar and thought that I could get away with it.<br /><br /> I was called out on that move by a family member who was a little horrified I had fake flowers.  I admit they were not good fakes.  I defensively pointed out I had beautiful fresh, pink tulips on my kitchen table, but I was caught.  Time to make amends.<br /><div><br /></div><h4><b>Something green </b></h4><br />Nothing denotes spring like new growth, green and/or plants.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh634mRsNnnW8ZpuK3nYSw48Wuv8VQxMeSs40JfCCaV-XWqRhjiKHSHdrPOIq9YzSsla7LFChyHDenRRhaQ1s32sM2Rbjw-p0sYd0CV7Hxir87jWDFWxGBdt4t7r4_fNXbUT9FdgErqneUD/s1600/fern+in+candlelantern+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="ferns , lantern, spring decor, centrepiece" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh634mRsNnnW8ZpuK3nYSw48Wuv8VQxMeSs40JfCCaV-XWqRhjiKHSHdrPOIq9YzSsla7LFChyHDenRRhaQ1s32sM2Rbjw-p0sYd0CV7Hxir87jWDFWxGBdt4t7r4_fNXbUT9FdgErqneUD/s1600/fern+in+candlelantern+.jpg" title="Designing Home: Spring centrepiece for dining table" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Lately I've been seeing live plants in lanterns.  I like the look and feel, but my place is not a lantern kind of home.  I already tried the plainest one I could find, and moved it all over the downstairs rooms to no avail.  It went back to Pier 1. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1Dw-eVP5hEHYNWQIQ1NBtiydGCGZMLAV32lMrBEjhUF3g_f8ucVt4LNvw6EkCQGgsy_TLaYmIELvJIhtKLm55G5VM1YqsOdbOmNCBG3pYbPrk5KDObR_vB2Da9vlpmqwefIleAyEawmo/s1600/plants+in+lanterns+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1Dw-eVP5hEHYNWQIQ1NBtiydGCGZMLAV32lMrBEjhUF3g_f8ucVt4LNvw6EkCQGgsy_TLaYmIELvJIhtKLm55G5VM1YqsOdbOmNCBG3pYbPrk5KDObR_vB2Da9vlpmqwefIleAyEawmo/s1600/plants+in+lanterns+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="glass lanterns, ferns, centrepiece, dining table" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1Dw-eVP5hEHYNWQIQ1NBtiydGCGZMLAV32lMrBEjhUF3g_f8ucVt4LNvw6EkCQGgsy_TLaYmIELvJIhtKLm55G5VM1YqsOdbOmNCBG3pYbPrk5KDObR_vB2Da9vlpmqwefIleAyEawmo/s1600/plants+in+lanterns+.jpg" title="Designing Home: Spring centrepiece for dining table" width="287" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love repetition as a design statement so it's little wonder I'm attracted to these ferns. Lanterns just won't do, but repetition is possible. </div><div><br /></div><h4>Keeping it simple</h4><br />So I decided to keep my dining table decor simple  by choosing three green things massed together in a small trough planter.  I'm talking ferns, real ones.<br /><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-42VXXwLzN-9ENC21Y5lbxgVV4oK7ypZxD_GwxLNSc-iPOlkd7uJs8g1nzrVQKQEJ5_7Npbs9TjLm-gN3e05jhNjy9jRraBm2yzpYiwCWXnQ7YAX7-8iXrp_qsWmpgJoTKasGIhU6ia8/s1600/preparing+planter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="boston ferns, trough, centrepiece, dining table" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-42VXXwLzN-9ENC21Y5lbxgVV4oK7ypZxD_GwxLNSc-iPOlkd7uJs8g1nzrVQKQEJ5_7Npbs9TjLm-gN3e05jhNjy9jRraBm2yzpYiwCWXnQ7YAX7-8iXrp_qsWmpgJoTKasGIhU6ia8/s1600/preparing+planter.JPG" title="Designing Home: Spring centrepiece for dining table" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1Dw-eVP5hEHYNWQIQ1NBtiydGCGZMLAV32lMrBEjhUF3g_f8ucVt4LNvw6EkCQGgsy_TLaYmIELvJIhtKLm55G5VM1YqsOdbOmNCBG3pYbPrk5KDObR_vB2Da9vlpmqwefIleAyEawmo/s1600/plants+in+lanterns+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">I'</span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Three small  Boston ferns, and one trough planter that is very wabi sabi (lots of cracks and rough textures to play with the ferns).  I tried them in the planter before coming home with the lot.  The candles and silver leaf bird were leftovers from Christmas.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbSnOwB-EgaY9dkjAdx-ZcpFgk8ThCJbMldezOdKWigxgulb3_nFFOJOaqVQiYHbqjh2OofktQYcE59gTX2H4Df2mLkSio_80tbsQz8cv4kepMEK60K69n4hPU7yOlp3yxcB0DebWIZ1C/s1600/arrange+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="silver leaf bird, candles, boston ferns, trough planter, dining table, centrepiece" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbSnOwB-EgaY9dkjAdx-ZcpFgk8ThCJbMldezOdKWigxgulb3_nFFOJOaqVQiYHbqjh2OofktQYcE59gTX2H4Df2mLkSio_80tbsQz8cv4kepMEK60K69n4hPU7yOlp3yxcB0DebWIZ1C/s1600/arrange+1.JPG" title="Designing Home: Spring centrepiece for dining table" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> Tried the green candles, a no go for me.  I wish the bird was a little smaller, but that's what I have!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6-MRVHaZSUbT3LGZOPCWKrqItr62Gis3S8feyynd4SQRvyQGPzik35yRFCGGdE1QvDb0_CDIf-rra32laIz7M-Aou8E2_TyLNo8ItRYQ0DmPm1-A3_kJBBeOOOY0k6Klyha3bAJMQ0ff/s1600/arrange+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="candlesticks, silver leaf bird, trough planter, boston ferns, centrepiece" border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6-MRVHaZSUbT3LGZOPCWKrqItr62Gis3S8feyynd4SQRvyQGPzik35yRFCGGdE1QvDb0_CDIf-rra32laIz7M-Aou8E2_TyLNo8ItRYQ0DmPm1-A3_kJBBeOOOY0k6Klyha3bAJMQ0ff/s1600/arrange+2.JPG" title="Designing Home: Spring centrepiece for dining table" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Still playing with the arrangement.  This will go on for weeks every time I pass the table.  Some day soon I'm sure the lot will end up  corralled in a gray or white tray. Things always do on this table.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdU50nY6H7e47L-1puN-66EuQCrQY3PmAExkOS9P6pJ1AU4Xv2mkznVfQYaxzKfqbOJ3TNTAyzSfETlCXHZynePs0XfteCzK4FvqfEKz9gGVVlJFj-aTPyIjUGrJbFwRENwrH4NxCJcre/s1600/fall+plants.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="coffee table vignette, fern, copper bird planter, green tray" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdU50nY6H7e47L-1puN-66EuQCrQY3PmAExkOS9P6pJ1AU4Xv2mkznVfQYaxzKfqbOJ3TNTAyzSfETlCXHZynePs0XfteCzK4FvqfEKz9gGVVlJFj-aTPyIjUGrJbFwRENwrH4NxCJcre/s1600/fall+plants.JPG" title="Designing Home: Spring centrepiece for dining table" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Remember this pic from a my friend Gail's house I featured in this <a href="http://designinghome.blogspot.ca/2014/11/at-home-finishing-touches-for.html">post</a>?   I envy her the copper bird planter.  A planter and a bird all in one - my idea of perfect.<br /><br /><h4>Lots of options </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now I just have to keep these greedy, moisture seeking things alive with constant watering and misting.  I can see me carting them off to my summer house  for babysitting.  I'm  sure they will see lots of moves in the coming year- ledge in bathroom, kitchen table, window ledge in kitchen, laundry room counter or shelf.  The possibilities are endless.  That's a lot of decorating punch for less than $40. 00 and they improve my air quality! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Are plants part of your decor plan? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Go green for spring

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