I’m in the mood for some florals in the apartment Sally and I share. Actually, I’m in the mood to complete re-decorate, recover, and rearrange everything in our apartment but flowers seem like a more economical solution to switching things up. I loooove, love, love fresh flowers. But here is the thing – I have a hard time keeping plants and flowers alive. Orchids are suppose to last longer than 3 weeks, right? And it just seems wasteful to keep buying orchids and other flowers when they barely get any face time with me (re: I’m never home) and their chances of making it are slim to none.
Well my office and I were having a discussion about faux florals yesterday… And even though they have kind of a bad reputation, I want to bring them back in style because they will work with my current lifestyle. There is NO shame in having a realistic faux phalaenopsis orchid in a pretty pot (I want this one) sitting in my living room. And bedroom. The pros: they don’t die, bugs don’t come to visit them, visitors will see them and assume you have your shit together. The cons: the realistic ones are not exactly cheap, if people get real close to them they will know you’re faking it, and obviously at the end of the day it’s a faux floral and not the real deal.
So if anyone has a great source for great faux orchids, please hit me up.
Joss & Main just listed a beautiful selection of faux floral arrangements by Jane Seymour. My favorites are the magnolias
I have some faux's around….a- they look spectacular b- no one can tell c- easy peasy…go for it….I think they make such beautiful flowers nowadays..there are no longer your grandma's silk flowers.
Orchids are difficult anyway! My sister has a fake and it is actually lovely. Good luck!
Check out "preserved flowers." I purchased a preserved rose the other day from Patina Green, an amazing little shop in McKinney, and it is beautiful. It is a real rose, so it looks the part. And the best thing is that is does not wilt. I'm looking into some preserved orchids after reading your post. Good luck!
Lovely florals!
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