Floral Fabric is Back in Décor and Furnishing
Irrespective of the weather or season, the floral patterns have always been a popular choice for sprucing up the interior of the home. Incorporating floral décor to your home give it a cool and fresh look. If you have a bit of knowledge about the right mix of contemporary and modern designs, and proper colour coordination, you can give your space a more effervescent and chic look, which ultimately gives a more natural feel to any room. Earlier, floral patterns were most popular for the living room, but now they have been widely used in bedrooms and even bathrooms & kitchens. Here, we have mentioned a few tips on how to include floral patterns in your home.
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Charm a space with cheery
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High headboard of a bed can also be designed with a drift of pastel Florals. Along with the floral headboard, smaller-scale dots can match the blooms on the pillows as well. To give an antique feeling and tangible softness to the backdrop, you can place hazy and washed azure color looking pillows.
Floral Carpets and Rugs
For your flooring, use floral rugs and carpets in disparate sizes and patterns to bring color to your space. Based on the colors of your mats, you can find complementing color accents to add to your room. These other accents could be vases, wall arts, lamps, throws, and more, and they can also have different patterns. Give a contemporary look to your room with large, chunky floral printed rugs. To ensure a good arrangement, you can play with colour swatches.
Botanical Motif in Kitchen and Bathroom
Floral motifs basically come in three categories- small, medium and large. It is good to add larger floral motif wall tiles in smaller bathroom to make it look bigger. One can add fresh flowers in plain white bathroom accessories and large window for natural lighting to create a “spa-like” feel. You can use floral motif wall and floor tiles in your bathroom and kitchen. These come in a variety of colours and
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The fire place or a dining table or a console is a terrific place to set a vase of flowers. What is special about placing real flowers at home instead of artificial ones is that they can be changed for each season. Fresh flowers rejuvenate senses and provide a relaxed & cheerful atmosphere. For some homes, long-lasting house plants may be a better choice than placing cut flowers. You can also add floral paintings and designs to give the interior a charming natural touch. Embellish your staircase with floral wallpapers that come in different combinations, designs and colours. But make sure don’t overdo anything otherwise you’ll end up feeling suffocating. Always stay simple and minimal with your design for creating an inviting
To begin, the flowers represent the racism and prejudice that lies within the tight community of Maycomb, Alabama. One instance of the flowers being used as symbolism is when Camellias
Chrysanthemums was painted in the middle years of Renoir’s career. It is a vibrant portrayal of a vase of chrysanthemums in a vase on a table, with a simple, yet poignant background. Although in today in France, chrysanthemums may symbolize bereavement and death 4, Renoir’s depiction is of a flourishing plant, teeming with life and activity. Renoir employs a cooler palate in this work; Blue greens and cool reds are used to create shadows, depth, and contrast to the painting which help to engage the viewer. The flowers sit comfortably in a vase on what appears to be a patterned white table cloth draped loosely over a small circular table. This painting is an excellent example of Renoir’s artistic style; His favor o...
Everyone knows that every story has two sides, but the tricky part is figuring out which side to believe. In the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keys, Charlie Gordon, a 37-year-old man with a mental handicap, has an operation performed on him to artificially increase his intelligence. Before and after the operation, there were drastic changes in the lives of Charlie and all those around him. While the operation caused many twists and turns for Charlie and his peers, the pros far outweighed the cons.
In the early 16th century the Netherlands experienced what was called “tulip mania” this was the beginning of the nations love for flora and foliage (Taylor 13). The result of this impressive flower invasion was a society that took a historical turn from which the results still remain today. Flower merchants, botanists and floral still life artists, were occupations that were an accurate reflection of the Netherlands demands (Brown). An interesting example of a life that was effected by, and devoted to the archiving of the flower craze was Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) the 17th century Dutch flower painter. Rachel Ruyschs’ career straddled the 17th and 18th century, and her stunningly accurate floral pieces reflect the maturing, yet evolving art of floral still life painting (“Rachel Ruysch: Bibliography”). Ruyschs’ Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Tabletop (1716) is an excellent example of a painting that appropriately represents the genre of art that was created solely through specific societal events.
In “The Flowers,” by Alice Walker, the flowers are used throughout the story to symbolize the beauty and naivety of childhood. In the beginning of the story the author shows the main character Myop walking down a path along the fence of her farm. Myop sees “an armful of strange blue flowers with velvety ridges…” The flowers are bright and colorful, reminding the reader of an innocent type of beauty often associated with them. This suggests the flowers were inserted in the story by Walker to reveal how young and innocent Myop appears to be. Later in the story, after Myop had discovered the dead body of a man who seemed to have been hung “Myop laid down her flowers,”. As Myop put down the flowers she was also putting down the last of her innocence.
The main symbolic image that the flowers provide is that of life; in the first chapter of the novel Offred says “…flowers: these are not to be dismissed. I am alive.” Many of the flowers Offred encounters are in or around the house where she lives; it can be suggested that this array of floral life is a substitute for the lack of human life, birth and social interaction. The entire idea of anything growing can be seen as a substitute for a child growing. The Commander’s house contains many pictures; as they are visual images, “flowers are still allowed.” Later, when Serena is “snipping off the seed pods with a pair of shears… aiming, positioning the blades… The fruiting body,” it seems that all life is being eradicated, even that of the flowers.
Flowers of different colors not only paint a picture of contrast but the underlying meanings of the difference displays “the mesh of good and evil” in the truth of human nature. The
The rooms where the action of a story takes place are also very important. Some the rooms used in the book are bedrooms, the dining room, the parlor, and the enclosed garden patio. The first room we see inside of this old house is the garden patio. This room is interesting because the smell from the patio is always associated with the title character. Felipe looks for her in this garden; he smells the patio plants in her hair. Symbolically, the garden can be associated with the mind, with the unconscious, or it may give you clues to your own inner state. The plants, flowers, and fruit found in the garden may also enhance t...
The role of gardens play a much more important role in Japan than here in the United States. This is due primarily to the fact the Japanese garden embodies native values, cultural beliefs and religious principles. Perhaps this is why there is no one prototype for the Japanese garden, just as there is no one native philosophy or aesthetic. In this way, similar to other forms of Japanese art, landscape design is constantly evolving due to exposure to outside influences, mainly Chinese, that effect not only changing aesthetic tastes but also the values of patrons. In observing a Japanese garden, it is important to remember that the line between the garden and the landscape that surrounds it is not separate. Instead, the two are forever merged, serving as the total embodiment of the one another. Every aspect of the landscape is in itself a garden. Also when observing the garden, the visitor is not supposed to distinguish the garden from its architecture. Gardens in Japan incorporate both natural and artificial elements, therefor uniting nature and architecture into one entity. Japanese gardens also express the ultimate connection between humankind and nature, for these gardens are not only decorative, but are a clear expression of Japanese culture.
This concept can also be explored in “The Tuft of Flowers”. Notice how the narrator “looked” and listened” for the mower. He seeks communication with him but is met with silence and is left “- alone”. The use of the hyphen acts as a caesura to create emphasis on the word.
The fluffy soft multi-colored, quilt sits on top of the huge four-poster oak bed, an endless rainbow of color. The quilt contains yellows as bright as the sun, transition to a shadowed maize color of a dried corn field. Browns ranging from bark of an oak tree, to melted chocolate on a new white shirt.
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Roses are present in the garden, as they are “the only flowers that impress people” (Mansfield 2581). Mrs. Sheridan orders so many lilies that Laura think it must be a mistake, saying “nobody ever ordered so many” (Mansfield 2584). Satterfield says, “the flower imagery throughout the story serves to keep the reader reminded of the delicacy of Laura’s world. The flowers are splendid, beautiful, and-what is not stated- short-lived.” He goes on to say that Laura “can see only the beauty and not the dying of the flower, and she cannot see that, in many ways, she is very much like a flower herself.” The delicate life of the Sheridan’s is one that must come to an end. It is beautiful like the flowers, but also like the flowers, it will eventually die. As Darrohn puts it, “the Sheridans operate under the illusion that their easy life is natural… rather than produced through others’ labor.” This idea too can be illustrated by the flowers in the story. The roses that fill the gardens are the work of the gardeners who have “been up since dawn” (Mansfield 2581). It seems to Laura that “hundreds, yes, literally hundreds [of roses] had come out in a single night… as though visited by archangels” (Mansfield 2581). The reader can see through the flowers that the Sheridans have a rose-colored view of how their lifestyle
Planning, planting and taking care of my gardens can be a full-time job, but it is a loving habit that I look forward to visiting daily. I try to plant a new perennial each season, this type of flower returns every year and it often multiplies. I usually split these plants year after year and have many varieties without having to spend a lot of money to get your gardens growing. I like to include annuals too; these do not return yearly but it adds beauty and variety to my great collection of flowers.
A mixture of endearingly vibrant colours, makes this modern, multi functional living room come to life in an instant. The colours of choice used impose a delightful air of trendy sophistication. Cotton white walls and dark wood floors acts as a blank canvas allowing colour to be introduced by its furnishings and accessories.