Ask Your Neighbors Not to Water Your Plants While You're Away Part 2: Beautifully Bold

The effortless upkeep of silk botanicals allows you to pursue the bold, artistic looks normally reserved for master gardeners. A bland design was darkening a driveway, making what should be the grand entrance beg for attention. We replaced it with a striking blue glazed outdoor pot that demands outstanding treatment with a wild collective of tall grasses. Bright cascades of succulents and vividly yellow million belled petunias make engaging accessories in the composition.  

Ask Your Neighbors Not to Water the Plants While You're Away...

It's summertime and living should be easy, especially when you are going away on vacation! But who is going to water the plants? Preserve your peace of mind and your outdoor pots by investing in high quality, botanically correct silk arrangements. Enjoy your travels knowing your porch is looking fresh.

Lovely in Lavender

Shelby chose lavender to be the feature color in her timeless Summer wedding scene, embellished with silver throughout.
  

Candelabrum enrobed in regal Italian ruscus framed the church altar and unity candle flowers.

Shelby's bridesmaids carried clutch bouquets of hydrangeas and dusty miller tied with lavender satin ribbon. 

Her bridal bouquet included pale lavender peeking through garden roses and calla lilies.
  

Shelby's mom wore a styled wristlette of sweetheart roses, mini calla lilies and freesia. 

The reception at Embassy Suites Omaha- La Vista sparkled with silver mercury votives for ambient candle light.

Quirky Spaces Can Function

  

This little corner sits between the kitchen and living room and begged to be finished and functional. Our requirements were linen storage and light. 

A tall linen chest that supports a slick based lamp was placed to conceal vents and provide the necessary storage. When the space calls for larger gatherings, more comfortable pull-up seating is readily available.  

Coming in for a Soft Landing

Our homeowners wanted to turn the area near their kitchen door into a comfortable spot for day-to-day comings and goings.

The right bench was the perfect solution for style as well as function.

Blushing Bridal Flowers

Emma selected a light champagne hue for her wedding held at the Fountains Ballroom in Glenwood, Iowa. Soft colored blooms with a bit of edgy color  to create contrast were combined for her bridal bouquet.

Patio pots of annuals escorted our bride down the aisle. They were later used at mom's pool and the bride and groom's front porch of their new home together; a great way to create lasting memories of their wedding day.

Weighted urns with the right blooms were chosen for a very windy outdoor venue, there are many behind the scenes considerations when planning an outdoor wedding with Midwestern weather conditions.

Emma made her guests feel a part of nature at this venue with a touch of glamour. The look was accomplished with silver urns of  graceful manzanita branches and mercury bowls, embracing the gentle pallette of stock and hydrangeas.

Scarcely Filled Wall Gets Function and Style

The homeowners knew something was needed in this space with under scaled art, but had functioning issues that needed to be addressed as well.  This was a "drop zone" coming in from the garage that shared space with the kitchen. We needed a surface on which to set mail, keys, etc. and it needed to be beautiful to look at.

"Contemporary and not an image" was the request for art. Our job was to coordinate finishes and scale it accordingly. This mixed metals composition did the trick.
The buffet was brought in to house a few drop zone essentials and a place for extra lighting. We framed the entire wall's composition by picking a lamp with a contemporary curve that speaks to the art but completes the whole frame.
A large scaled ceramic tray with silver fruits reveals the simple clean line message the clients wanted for their existing space.