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Floral Prints, Patterns, & Accessories

wilma — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:38:17 GMT

Do you use floral prints, patterns, & accessories in your home decorating?

I tend to use them mostly as accent pieces. My DH does not want a house with lots of florals so I do my best to sneak in pieces I love here and there.

Here are a few of the florals in our house.

In our foyer

In the sunroom

In our third bedroom which we use as a reading room

In the hallway

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Oznell — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:45:39 GMT

Lovely touches you've introduced into your home, @wilma ! I have not many. I have two huge, oversized black and white photographs over the love seat, not unlike your photographs in mood. One is of two roses in closeup, and one of three daisies in close up. LIke yours, they are dramatic rather than fru-fru.

Let's see, I have a few pillows with stylized leaf motifs (if you consider that "floral".) And an old ceramic crouching rabbit box with an ivy motif... Oh, and a blue and white toile table runner with birds and flowers....

I love each of your floral elements.

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Chicagosuburbangirl — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:56:17 GMT

@wilma Your home looks lovely.

I love floral decor, but in recent years my Waverly dining room wallpaper was replaced by a grey beige paint and my bathroom floral wallpaper was changed to toile.

However, my mother left me all of her beautiful needlepoint and one fine day, when Michaels craft store has a frame sale, I want to place all of her floral themed needlework in a grouping on a bedroom wall.

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mspatmac — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:00:10 GMT

Beautifully done, the pictures are especially striking. I use fresh flowers as much as possible, used to pick them up all the time when I was running to the grocery store all the time. Not so much anymore. Thanks for sharing

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PINKdogWOOD — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:27:38 GMT

Very nice, all @wilma .

The accents in our home are subtle, printed drapes & colored pillows here and there, printed colorful quilts with pillows in the 3 bdrms. I do change out a few prs of drapes with the seasons, I enjoy this and for me it takes little time.

I love that you folks obviously enjoy plants in your artwork, I love all of them.

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wilma — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:30:22 GMT

@Chicagosuburbangirl wrote:
@wilma Your home looks lovely.

I love floral decor, but in recent years my Waverly dining room wallpaper was replaced by a grey beige paint and my bathroom floral wallpaper was changed to toile.

However, my mother left me all of her beautiful needlepoint and one fine day, when Michaels craft store has a frame sale, I want to place all of her floral themed needlework in a grouping on a bedroom wall.

@Chicagosuburbangirl

Framing your mom’s needlepoint sounds like a beautiful idea.

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wilma — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:32:32 GMT

@mspatmac wrote:
Beautifully done, the pictures are especially striking. I use fresh flowers as much as possible, used to pick them up all the time when I was running to the grocery store all the time. Not so much anymore. Thanks for sharing

@mspatmac

I love fresh flowers too, but unfortunately, most of them trigger my asthma. If I could I would have a vase of fresh flowers on my dining table all the time.

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Vivian — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:36:30 GMT

I have a lovely Irish porcelain lamp with floral decoration. It was a beautiful TSV on QVC years ago. When you come upstairs in my home, it's the first thing you see across the hallway, It's probably my favorite QVC purchase.

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SXMGirl — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:41:03 GMT

@wilma Your home looks lovely and you have beautiful florals. Since I lived in Sint Maarten for so many years, my home decor, as far as art work, is infused with local island and beach art. I enjoy looking at it and know where each place is located and the names of the local flowers. I also collect art as souvenirs when I travel, so I also have a good remembrance of those special places.

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ECBG — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 18:27:50 GMT

@wilma Lovely touches. I am wild over the floral pillow in the third bedroom!

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ECBG — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 18:48:13 GMT

I love the contrast in the texture of wood against the soft delicate texture of flowers .

This print is from a local artist. I found it at the Corner Kitchen in Biltmore Village

Basket from Wisteria vines.

Capodimonte flowers on grain chest 150+ years. To the right is a lens Victorians would fill with water and place a candle on the other side to intensify light for tating and other hand work.

Victorian print above side board in dining room.

Latex flowers look so much more real than silk. If you ever see any, you'll know. The candelabra is pewter and over 100 years old, depression wear glasses.

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queendiva — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:17:34 GMT

Much of my adult life has been spent as the wife of a man who had no sisters and as a single mother of boys. As you can imagine- not many florals to be found here, especially in the so-called public areas. Even though I live solo now, that has become my style.Just a touch of floral in most rooms

Even less floral in my clothing., but it's there.

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wilma — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 15:17:16 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
@wilma Lovely touches. I am wild over the floral pillow in the third bedroom!

@ECBG

I remember looking for pillows with blue in them for the 2 blue chairs in that room. This was many years ago. Got lucky when I found those. I really like them.

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wilma — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 15:21:01 GMT

@ECBG wrote:

Victorian print above side board in dining room.

@ECBG
Love your pieces! This one is my favorite. The dark floral print over the sideboard with the candles and dishes is very striking.

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jannabelle1 — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 23:50:22 GMT

@wilma, your florals are beautiful and subdued. I love florals too, but also limit them to a few accent pieces.

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ScarletDove — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:34:19 GMT

@ECBG Admiring your magnificent antique furniture....just beautiful!

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ECBG — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:41:49 GMT

@ScarletDove wrote:
@ECBG Admiring your magnificent antique furniture....just beautiful!

Thank you. Please let me know if you want to know what something is. I taught and wrote the curriculum for Interior Design in our state.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:46:16 GMT

Very lovely, it looks like you have been able to incorporate them with out going overboard. It is very tasteful and pretty!

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shoptilyadropagain — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:08:01 GMT

I've never been big on flowers period so, like yourself, I use florals sparingly in a few accent/decor pieces.

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ninjawife — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:08:58 GMT

My husband's hobby is photography. His floral photos are in our powder room.