rottiefan
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08-20-07 03:14 PM - Post#1517433
Do you use fake (silk) flowers and/or greenery in your house? Most of the critics on rate my space hate fake flowers and greenery. Not to mention they love the bare minimum in a room. Do you like and use fake flowers, how do you use them? Wreaths, arrangements, etc. I just made a wreath like I've seen in a French country boutique but now think it is too big for inside.:( It is a pretty big wreath with lots of hydraneas and greenery that sticks out, as opposed to flowers glued flat on a grape-vine wreath.
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nancyroo
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08-20-07 03:15 PM - Post#1517434
In response to rottiefan
no, I don't but I have very few decorations over all. I hate dusting!
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donnaliz67
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08-20-07 03:17 PM - Post#1517435
In response to nancyroo
I have to use fake plants - if I have real ones, I kill them!!
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MindySue
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08-20-07 03:26 PM - Post#1517436
In response to donnaliz67
I don't have any plants or flowers, real or fake, because I don't want the house too "girly".
But I think a small arrangement of fake flowers to brighten or highlight an area is ok.
DEAD/dried flowers are supposedly a "feng shui" no no, because all they symbolize is death. But I see lots of "modern" rooms decorated with large sticks in a big vase. I wonder what they symbolize.
I agree with Nancy, I wouldn't want to dust fake flowers.
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boysmom
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08-20-07 03:27 PM - Post#1517437
In response to donnaliz67
I have one plant which is pretty hardy. I try to grow herbs in the summer but this year only a little bit of basil made it. Usually I have a few plants on my windowsill in the sunny part of the year.
I have some dried flowers in the powder room that have been with me since before I was married.
No fake flowers, decorating is beyond me.
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Lucy F
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08-20-07 03:49 PM - Post#1517438
In response to boysmom
I have a planter box in my foyer area that currently has fake plants in it and I HATE them. But my DH is gonna rip it out one day soon so I'll cope.
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ChelleBelle
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08-20-07 04:40 PM - Post#1517439
In response to Lucy F
I do fake greenry (like ivy) around the top of my entertainment center, around a couple windows, and when we get the kitchen done it will be all around the top of my cabinets.  I like it...I think it gives a country feel which is what I love.
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LoriJack
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08-20-07 04:45 PM - Post#1517440
In response to ChelleBelle
I don't have any plants at all in my house. I am considering putting a large fake palm or something behind our headboard. It is at an angle in the room right now, and behind it is an empty space. I don't really want to use the fakes, but do I have a choice? Maybe some giant feathers or plumes or something.
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Patti H
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08-20-07 05:12 PM - Post#1517441
In response to LoriJack
I have the fake ones but some look really real? I can not grow indoor plants :shock:
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jestermann
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08-20-07 05:15 PM - Post#1517442
In response to Patti H
For the life of me, I can't keep plants alive. I have NO plants in the house..NONE! I only have fake ficcus tree, and a few little fake plants. I only have one big bouquet of fake flowers and that's for cardmaking and scrappin!! 
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Stephanie H
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08-20-07 05:19 PM - Post#1517443
In response to jestermann
PSA - while I don't use fake plants myself, I think it's 100% ok to use them as decor in your home, HOWEVER... please do NOT plant them in your flowerbed out front. :rofl:
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08-20-07 05:22 PM - Post#1517444
In response to Stephanie H
I have some real plants. The only fake ones I have come out in the fall - they are the little table arrangements I made for our fall wedding.
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FloridaScrapper
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08-20-07 05:58 PM - Post#1517445
In response to incognito_
well..we all know i have them..i just move them from room to room for rate my room pics :nyah: :duh:
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08-20-07 05:59 PM - Post#1517446
In response to FloridaScrapper
I use both and love my fake giant palm tree lol
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donnaliz67
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08-20-07 06:29 PM - Post#1517447
In response to Stephanie H
PSA - while I don't use fake plants myself, I think it's 100% ok to use them as decor in your home, HOWEVER... please do NOT plant them in your flowerbed out front. :rofl:
OMG my sister showed me a house in her neighborhood that had fake flowers in their flowerbeds - I almost died. It was SO obvious that they were fake!! It looked ridiculous.
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08-20-07 06:53 PM - Post#1517448
In response to donnaliz67
I love wreaths..dried and tastefully done artificial. I plan on getting a nice berry one when I have my At Home America party next week.
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Stephanie H
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08-20-07 06:57 PM - Post#1517449
In response to donnaliz67
OMG my sister showed me a house in her neighborhood that had fake flowers in their flowerbeds - I almost died. It was SO obvious that they were fake!! It looked ridiculous.
I saw it a lot in Alabama. :lol: Bunch'a rednecks out there! There's one house in my neighborhood now too. Brand new house...flowerbeds are filled with silk flowers. Who are they trying to kid?? :rofl:
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lesfitz
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08-20-07 08:34 PM - Post#1517450
In response to rottiefan
I have fake greenery and some flowers all over the place. I love the way it looks in my home and don't care if decorators don't. I also have real plants and flowers as well.
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08-20-07 08:37 PM - Post#1517451
In response to lesfitz
We have several real plants (one is a flower/plant that we've had for 11 years...that's a record for me!). We also have 2 artificial Ficus Trees...I love those!
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08-20-07 08:44 PM - Post#1517452
In response to NY Scrapper
I have fake arranegments in every room including the bathrooms. I love them & think they bring alot of color to the room very inexpesively. I have a wreath on my front door for every season & holiday & i have a wreath that hangs on my pantry door in the kitchen.
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