Prepare Your Roses for Long-Lasting Display cont.
How To Make Over A Room In An Afternoon cont.
Then place the stems of your roses into the bowl
without letting the flowers touch the water. While the
stems are underwater, take your shears and cut about
1/4 inch off the bottom of each, and then leave the
roses in the bowl until the water has returned to room
temperature.
While you're waiting, you can fill your vase with warm
water, adding your preservatives and a couple drops
of bleach. When the water in your bowl has cooled,
you're ready to place your roses in the vase, and
they'll last an amazingly long time.
In fact, they'll often last so long that the water will begin
to get cloudy in the vase. When that happens, take the
roses out, refill the vase with hot water, add a couple
drops of bleach, and immediately put the roses back in
the vase.
When the roses themselves begin to wilt, you can
revitalize them and have them last even longer by
going through the same process as you did when they
were first cut, although you'll just be cutting about 1/8
inch off the bottom of the stems this time. You only
need to soak the stems about an hour, and then you
can put your roses into the vase again and enjoy them
for several more days.
It takes a little effort, but if you take the time to cut and
prepare them right, your roses can give you much
more enjoyment than you ever thought possible.
Jeanette Fisher teaches five ways to decorate your
home with the designer's look for less. Find out how to
save money decorating your home at
www.designpsych.com
without letting the flowers touch the water. While the
stems are underwater, take your shears and cut about
1/4 inch off the bottom of each, and then leave the
roses in the bowl until the water has returned to room
temperature.
While you're waiting, you can fill your vase with warm
water, adding your preservatives and a couple drops
of bleach. When the water in your bowl has cooled,
you're ready to place your roses in the vase, and
they'll last an amazingly long time.
In fact, they'll often last so long that the water will begin
to get cloudy in the vase. When that happens, take the
roses out, refill the vase with hot water, add a couple
drops of bleach, and immediately put the roses back in
the vase.
When the roses themselves begin to wilt, you can
revitalize them and have them last even longer by
going through the same process as you did when they
were first cut, although you'll just be cutting about 1/8
inch off the bottom of the stems this time. You only
need to soak the stems about an hour, and then you
can put your roses into the vase again and enjoy them
for several more days.
It takes a little effort, but if you take the time to cut and
prepare them right, your roses can give you much
more enjoyment than you ever thought possible.
Jeanette Fisher teaches five ways to decorate your
home with the designer's look for less. Find out how to
save money decorating your home at
www.designpsych.com
Step 3.
Stand in the middle of your clean empty room and figure
out where the focal point is. It may be a large picture
window or a fireplace. It may even be an architectural
detail (if you’re so lucky). If you do not see an obvious
focal point, you may need to introduce one into the
space. Go back into your hallway of stuff and find a
picture that you love or a mirror or another piece of wall
art that you can place in the room to draw your eye and
create your new focal point. This step is important
because it will act as the guide for your furniture
placement.
Step 4.
You are now going to build your room around the focal
point you are using. If you are redoing a living room,
you will want to place your seating area in a position
where you can view the focal point easily. If you are
doing a bedroom, then usually your bed should be
placed directly below this feature. In some cases the
headboard of the bed is the focal point of a room so this
step can be skipped but in this case, remember to place
the bed in the center of a wall wherever possible.
Always keep ‘function’ in mind when arranging your
main pieces of furniture and don’t block of traffic areas
(unless you like bumping into the sofa).
Step 5.
With your main furniture pieces in place you can now
add any supplemental pieces. Bring in side tables, end
tables, coffee tables, floor lamps, bookcases or other
secondary furniture. When you place these pieces you’ll
want to keep in mind how they will be used. For
example, the end tables should be close enough to the
chairs that some one can put down a drink easily.
Lighting should be placed in the areas of the room that
lack daylight from windows or areas where reading or
writing is likely to take place. Just think ‘function’.
Step 6.
Now the fun really begins. Start moving your
accessories, table lamps, throws and pillows into the
room but be very careful picking which things to bring
back in and which things to pack away or get rid of. If an
object is the wrong color for the room or has a
completely different style to it, don’t bring it back, place
it to the side (you can always find a spot for it in another
room or store it away). Find suitable places for these
items as you bring them in but don’t overdo it. This is
called editing (you can do it, I know you can).
Note: There should be a number of items left out when
you’re done with this procedure.
Step. 7
Take ten minutes for a coffee break…..you deserve it
and you’re almost done.
Step. 8
Walk back into the room. Use the space. Try out the
new seating arrangement or go lie down on the bed.
Pretend you are going about your regular activities in
that room. How does it feel? Do all the furnishings and
accessories serve their intended purpose? Do you feel
comfortable? Is the picture on the wall crooked? If all
looks and feels good then you have successfully
redesigned your room. Congratulations!
Note: Usually at this point you will notice one area or
spot in the room that seems dull or uninteresting and
you should be able to decide what type of item or at
least what color of item you might put there.
Step 9.
Pat yourself on the back. You’ve done a great job. And
there is no better way to celebrate a successful room
redesign then with a trip to your favorite home décor
store to hunt for that one new item that will complete the
room. Reward yourself with a great new find and enjoy
your new room.
See, now that wasn’t very hard, was it?
Kristin Wooding "A Real Decor Warrior", offering
affordable redesign and home staging solutions that fit.
Why not stop by for a visit?
www.room4improvement.ca
Stand in the middle of your clean empty room and figure
out where the focal point is. It may be a large picture
window or a fireplace. It may even be an architectural
detail (if you’re so lucky). If you do not see an obvious
focal point, you may need to introduce one into the
space. Go back into your hallway of stuff and find a
picture that you love or a mirror or another piece of wall
art that you can place in the room to draw your eye and
create your new focal point. This step is important
because it will act as the guide for your furniture
placement.
Step 4.
You are now going to build your room around the focal
point you are using. If you are redoing a living room,
you will want to place your seating area in a position
where you can view the focal point easily. If you are
doing a bedroom, then usually your bed should be
placed directly below this feature. In some cases the
headboard of the bed is the focal point of a room so this
step can be skipped but in this case, remember to place
the bed in the center of a wall wherever possible.
Always keep ‘function’ in mind when arranging your
main pieces of furniture and don’t block of traffic areas
(unless you like bumping into the sofa).
Step 5.
With your main furniture pieces in place you can now
add any supplemental pieces. Bring in side tables, end
tables, coffee tables, floor lamps, bookcases or other
secondary furniture. When you place these pieces you’ll
want to keep in mind how they will be used. For
example, the end tables should be close enough to the
chairs that some one can put down a drink easily.
Lighting should be placed in the areas of the room that
lack daylight from windows or areas where reading or
writing is likely to take place. Just think ‘function’.
Step 6.
Now the fun really begins. Start moving your
accessories, table lamps, throws and pillows into the
room but be very careful picking which things to bring
back in and which things to pack away or get rid of. If an
object is the wrong color for the room or has a
completely different style to it, don’t bring it back, place
it to the side (you can always find a spot for it in another
room or store it away). Find suitable places for these
items as you bring them in but don’t overdo it. This is
called editing (you can do it, I know you can).
Note: There should be a number of items left out when
you’re done with this procedure.
Step. 7
Take ten minutes for a coffee break…..you deserve it
and you’re almost done.
Step. 8
Walk back into the room. Use the space. Try out the
new seating arrangement or go lie down on the bed.
Pretend you are going about your regular activities in
that room. How does it feel? Do all the furnishings and
accessories serve their intended purpose? Do you feel
comfortable? Is the picture on the wall crooked? If all
looks and feels good then you have successfully
redesigned your room. Congratulations!
Note: Usually at this point you will notice one area or
spot in the room that seems dull or uninteresting and
you should be able to decide what type of item or at
least what color of item you might put there.
Step 9.
Pat yourself on the back. You’ve done a great job. And
there is no better way to celebrate a successful room
redesign then with a trip to your favorite home décor
store to hunt for that one new item that will complete the
room. Reward yourself with a great new find and enjoy
your new room.
See, now that wasn’t very hard, was it?
Kristin Wooding "A Real Decor Warrior", offering
affordable redesign and home staging solutions that fit.
Why not stop by for a visit?
www.room4improvement.ca
