Summer Decor with Flowers

Welcome! Today I thought I'd share some photos of our public spaces bedecked with flowers! I love growing flowers in my garden and I love having flowers inside the house, particularly those which don't grow well in my hot, humid mostly shaded summer garden. There's also puppy challenges to consider when I'm planting any kind of flowers or shrubs.

  

I was thrilled to receive these flowers from my daughter in vivid shades of orange, pink and chartreuse! A piece of thin striped vinyl material is wrapped inside the vase. Not only does it hide the stems, it creates interest all its own.

Can you believe these were the same flowers ten days later? Without the roses, the hydrangeas and carnations take center stage. The arrangement now has a distinctly pastel feel. (And they lasted another week after these photos were taken!)

   

The corner window in the kitchen faces west and receives very little shade. I tend to keep the styling simple with faux greenery and/or flowers. Although in the spring I did go all out decorating this sunny corner in A Bit of Spring Decor!

One of our best decisions when we renovated our kitchen was to add two hutch-style cabinets with glass doors that are lit in their interiors. One holds our everyday dinnerware and this one displays (some of) my collection of vintage stemware. Instead of more stemware, I use the bottom shelf for seasonal vignettes.

    

This vignette is currently on display and features cute rabbits and lilacs — faux because they won't grow in Georgia. How I miss their scents!

   

On the day I found the vintage creamer and sugar covered in cute bunnies I also quickly bought the cast iron bud vase with a glass insert. I love the rabbit's verdigris finish! Both are backed by shallow soup bowls in our everyday pattern. Their trellis design seemed made for a bunny garden vignette.

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In the other corner sits a pensive rabbit that's been caught munching on a cabbage. More flowers spill out of the pot. I've used this piece on several tables including A Quick and Easy Blooming Tablescape.

I recently shared my first table of the summer — A Summer of Colors — and couldn't resist including additional photos of the gorgeous flowers I used as a centerpiece. I adored the variety of petal shapes and colors! Those flowers also lasted about two weeks in the dining room.

  

  

I have shown you the fireplace mantel styled with different seasonal decor, mostly pumpkins or winter holiday greenery. But in the spring and summer only simple flowers flank the numbered print of an egret done in 1988.  Unfortunately I can't decipher the artist's signature.

  

Because the mantel is taller than me and its hand-cut stone is uneven, I only use faux flowers or sturdy decorative items on it. For the summer I placed peonies in white and two shades of pink in the antique cache pots.

   

       

Lastly I couldn't wait to share these carved wooden tulips that Greg brought me from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The leaves are delicate, the flower heads sturdy.

I hope you've enjoyed my use of flowers for summer decor and are inspired to bring flowers into your home!