 Bromeliad. Photo by Diane M. Lilly, 2021. We’ve all been there…You take down all the festive holiday and winter decor and you’re left looking at a cold empty chasm whose soul left the building! This year I tried—in vain—to decorate and make things look nice, but I needed more. I needed my space to feel alive. I needed something organic and living (besides my cats) in my “living” room. I don’t know why I never bothered to get a lot of houseplants before. I like plants. I like poking at them and watching them grow. I do have a few of them already—they have become sad and neglected, but still alive (well, mostly!). Sure I kill a few here and there, but overall we have a symbiotic relationship. This year—of all years—I decided I had to make a major change. This year I wanted to buy some beautiful houseplants and become a proud plant mom. (Yeah, that sounds weird even to me!)
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 My finished redesigned dining room. Photo by Diane M. Lilly, 2021. For too many years, my family has been living paycheck to paycheck. My husband and I were busy raising children and dealing with mundane day-to-day “stuff”. The years flew by and we “collected” furniture that was cheap, hand-me-down, and functional. Nothing was precious because we had three growing boys—and I’m the only female in a house full of males. (Seriously—even the cats are male!) I always meant to “pretty the place up”, but it just never happened, either due to time constraints or because the money just was not there for extra niceties. Recently, however, our situation has changed somewhat. Our three boys are grown (our youngest is in high school) and we are a smidgen better off financially.  Photo by Diane M. Lilly, 2020. If you spend enough time in your home (like many have been lately, with current events), the decor starts to feel a little stale, doesn’t it? My solution to this problem is to liven up the space by lighting it up in the warm glow of LED and fairy lights. These two simple decor items can be a cheap, quick, and creative way to enhance the feel of the space—and it doesn’t cost much at all. The wide variety of LED and fairy lights on the market provides many options for brightening your decor. So today’s blog is simply about sharing a little LED inspo for your interior decor.
So, let’s start with fairy strands… Bio…what?! Merriam-Webster defines biophilia as “a hypothetical human tendency to interact or be closely associated with other forms of life in nature : a desire or tendency to commune with nature”.  Photo by Diane M. Lilly, 2019. I’m sitting on a secluded beach…Colonies of seagrass are swaying and rustling behind me in the ocean breeze. Golden grey sand fills the spaces between my toes. The deserted rocky beach is littered with weathered pieces of driftwood, seashells lying about haphazardly, and small pebbles worn smooth by the relentless actions of the tide. The ocean--its rolling waves reaching out to greet me--stretches out endlessly before me, only stopping when it meets the horizon with its watercolors of peach, pink, and yellow morphing one into another as the morning sun wakes from its slumber. That’s not where I am at the moment—just in case you were wondering—but that’s where I’d like to be! If I can’t be there in person, maybe I can be there in spirit—through a little design magic. This vision of perfection inspired me to create a design concept of an interior that mirrors the colors and ambiance of such a sweet spot of solitude.  Non-product images from Pixabay. How do you define Bohemian? As it turns out, this is quite a versatile style! Bohemian means lots of plants, rattan, wicker, and texture. Boho can be fun and vivid or neutral and calming. But at the heart of it, Boho is about celebrating natural elements, bringing nature's textures indoors.  Non-product images from Pixabay.  Photo by Diane M. Lilly, 2020. Faux florals can be a creative way to add a bit of nature to your decor without worrying about maintaining or replacing real flowers. And the faux florals on the market today are nothing like the tacky plastic-looking things I remember when I was a kid! The one drawback to faux florals is that they must be dusted occasionally, just like anything else in your home. So here are five tips for caring for your faux floral decor.
Such is the rush to get into holiday mode that many of us take down the Halloween decorations to replace them with Christmas decor, skipping over Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is not just about Pilgrims, food, and shopping…Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful for what you have and share that bounty and thankfulness with friends and family. There is enough time to embrace the Christmas season during December and part of January. So why rush into Christmas before the Thanksgiving turkey even goes into the oven?! I love sitting down to a delicious Thanksgiving meal, surrounded by the people I love and beautiful Autumn decorations! |
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