Flower Boxes and Flowers
Flowers are the ultimate ornaments to any occasion, place, or room. They have been widely used ever since ancient times. They can make any boring room to life with their radiant beauty and elegance. They can give a new look and feel to anything and place. No wonder, flowers are never outdated as ornaments, stylish finds, and decorative embellishments.
In home, flowers have numerous uses. They could be used as centerpieces. All you have to do is to place them in nice vases, either on transparent glass or china ware vases. Any simple or elegant vase would also do. These flowers can also be placed in bathrooms, dining tables, and more.
Another way how to use these flowers is to place them in flower boxes. A flower box need not have to be extravagant and design, either simple or lavish, the flowers that are placed in them will give justice to it. The flowers that should be placed in a flower box needs to be flowers seen all year round. They should never be seasonal; otherwise, your flower box will look empty and bare if those flowers withered and die. You could go for flowers or plants like roses, vines, and herbs. White roses would be perfect for any window flower box.
Flower boxes, on the other hand, have different styles and material. Make sure that when you choose your plants they mix well when them. For instance, if you use a dark material for your box, you may go for booming plants with light colored flowers, such as white, pink and yellow. Another example would be to use dark colored vines like purple vines in a white-colored flowerbox.
Materials for flower boxes also vary. You can have flower boxes made in wood, bronze, PVC, and fiber glasses. For wood flower boxes, you should go with materials that are durable and will not easily rot, such as red wood and cedar. For bronze materials, go for those that have mix aluminum in them. This will make your flower boxes more durable and less maintained. PVC flower boxes are of good choose too. You can play with their colors as long as they match your houses’ architectural design. The most versatile and flexible materials are fiber glasses where their shape and colored could be customized.
Flower boxes with great combination of flowers placed in them are great accent pieces.
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