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Flowers bring every room to life and make it look more spring alike. So if you are interested in decorating with flowers your homes and interiors take a look at some suggestions about how to decorate your house with fresh flowers and how to take advantage of flowery bouquets for a long time.

If you take some steps you will be able to prolong life of fresh flowers in vases with some tips:

1. PLANT STEMS

First of all, cut each stem with clippers at a certain angle and split the end of the stem into two parts so as the flower could absorb water more freely.

2. STEMS AND LEAVES

Remove all leaves below the water surface, if you don’t cut leaves off they will roten and contaminate water which will go brown and make your flowers droop.

3. ASPIRIN AND FLOWERS

Add two tablets of aspirin to the vase with water, that will make flowers fresh and vivid longer. If you want to get water clear and not muddy there is a possibility to add to it one tablespoon of bleach.

You can read some more tips concerning several types of flowers.

ROSES

All destroyed leaves and rose petals should be removed and thorns cut off. Plant stems need to be divided into halves or crushed. Unfortunately roses droop quite fast but you can prolong their life by cruching stems almost to the top.

TULIPS

To prevent tulip stems from bending you should wrap it tightly with wet newspaper and put them to water of about 5cm deep for 1 hour. Then, prick every single stem just below the flower so as the air could easily get to them.

LILIES

You should cut of the stamen so they didn’t make flower petals or your clothes dirty. Cut the stems at angles and put them into the deep water.

Remember the article about room colors that have a great impact on our life I posted a couple days ago? There is more information about the way colors influence our mood.

BLUE

Blue is a color that calms us down, makes sleep more relaxing and efficient. It boosts sensitivity and facilitates social contacts. Blue inspires, improves imagination, triggers creativity while dark blue develops intuition.
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Light shades of blue are especially pleasant in our surrounding, it soothes emotions so that choice of color is perfect for children’s rooms and bedrooms. Although blue is a cold color making it warmer is very simple, all you have to do is to add some beige, white and all pastel colors.

BROWN

This colors provides with feelings of stability and security but is is often associated with shutting away from relatives, friends, hiding emotions. Brown rooms make people feel protected from the whole world.
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Brown is easy in use as all shades of wood can be joined together, they don’t clash. Rooms in natural shades “accept” even the brightest colors which complement the palette. According to recent trends, browns should be accompanied with bright, modern colors such as turquoise, pink or purple.

GREEN

Green has always been known for its soothing and calming features. Looking at green around you relieves stress, has healing properties. It always brings calmness, laziness and comfort.
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Surround yourself with green and you’ll achieve peace, harmony and energy balance. For rooms in which we relax and get some rest, greens should be warm with yellow shades whereas in hospitals it is better to use cold greens that are mixed with blue. Cold greens at home should be ’seasoned’ with any hot color e.g. red, bright pink or orange.

WHITE

White colors bring calmness, relaxation, improve mood. It is a perfect antidote to emotional traumas, fears or despair. White ensures clear thinking and help beginning from scratch. It is associated with hygiene and sterility.
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Surrounding yourself with white only may cause some worries and fears but if other colors are added to it such combination suits as a base to many metamorphoses. It is an ideal beginning for room decorating as it gives countless possibilities.

RED

It has always been associated with life and motivation. With agression too. Red color is a strong impulse, it triggers positive thinking and fuels anger. Apart from that it improves self-confidence and prevents from sadness, depression and melancholy.

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Red doubles the emotions, so it is very likely that a depressed person will be in despair, a positive thinker will be mobilized to some work. It is good for rooms we have to be active or alert e.g. kitchens, play rooms, halls, but not children’s bedrooms. Red combined with white and black brings some coldness to the room.

YELLOW

It’s a cheerful color that we usually like. It is connected with intellect and expressing thoughts. It helps in decision making, gives illusion that everything is going to be allright, enhances good organisation.
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It gives lots of energy, lightens the interiors. It is the best color for places where we learn, but yellow needs to be bright as brownish yellow is associated with ugliness. It gives the optical illusion that the room is large.

PINK

Pink soothes and calms emotions, gives warmness and a feeling of support. It tones down agression and makes people feel liked and cared for. You won’t feel loneliness in pink interiors, it is associated with disinterested love and innosence.
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It has a posititve influence but in order to avoid Barbie’s house effect it should be used with other colors. Pink matched with white, beige, brown, blue makes classical, natural decoration. If you match pink with chocolate brown, turqoise, cold green you will create an extravagant and fashionable decor.

ORANGE

Orange is a positive color that stimulates intellectual activity, it works like an antidepressant, brings back the lust for life and evokes positive feelings.
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It improves the appettite and functioning of your digestive system that is why it is so often used in restauants. In general, it gives comfort and warmness to the decoration.

Ideas for table decorations :

Do you want to celebrate your wedding anniversary, St. Valentine’s Day or birthday? Maybe you need some refreshment in your relashionship? Dress up your table for the dinner with cute, easy to made and elegant pieces. There are several tips that will make your table change into the lover’s quiet corner. Your partner will surely appreciate all the effort put into the decoration.

1. Use colorful tablecloths and add napkins in a contrasting color.

2. Fill the bowl with water and put some candles into it. You can also add little flowers or flower petals that match the colors of your dining room.

3. Light a candle, they will create homey and romantic atmosphere. With a little bit of creativity you can make the whole decoration based on candles. It s good to add some seasonal decorations such as cones, painted eggs (for Easter), apples or oranges, rowan-berries or even christmas baubles. Nicely arranged around the candles can look really well. The simplest decoration made from huge candles and round stones is a wonderful choice for classy interiors

4. Put flowers to your vase and notice the difference in atmosphere in your home. Slow down for a moment, add a flavor to your life. This will make your relashionship flourish.