How to Choose the Right Flowers for Each Room of Your Home

Flowers make the perfect interior decoration.

There's nothing better for adding a touch of colour and a dash of fragrance to your favourite room than a carefully selected and well-designed bouquet from flowersbypost.com.

But where should you place them?

Have you got a spot in your kitchen that needs filling? Are you looking for something eye-catching to delight your visitors as soon as they step through the door?

Different rooms require different flowers and making the right choice may be more important than you think.

That's why our team have created a handy guide to help you pick the perfect plants.

Let's take a look.

The Importance of the Right Flowers

If you've spent years designing your home and have got it just right, it can be a big risk to add and take away accessories, including flowers.

Too big and your room may feel small, too small and the flowers will go unnoticed.

The same colour as your wall and the flowers won't stand out, a contrasting colour and your colour scheme may be thrown out the window.

Flowers are packed with symbolism and features that lends certain types to certain rooms and making sure you get the perfect kind for you is vital.

Hallway Flowers

When selling a home, a potential buyer takes seven second to make their mind up, and you will bet your friends and family will do the same when entering your home.

A hallway is often the first place that people enter when coming into your home, so what you need is large flowers that really stand out.

You need flowers that will stay bright and beautiful for the longest time possible in your hallway, so some electric blue orchids or purple orchids will be ideal for making a bold statement and immediately grabbing the attention of all your visitors.

Living Room Flowers

A living room is where most people spend their relaxation time after work.

Lounging on the sofa with a good book or enjoying your favourite TV series, a living room is an important place in a house.

This room needs to be comfortable and feel fresh, so adding houseplants such as the stephanotis or the dark pink phalaenopsis are perfect for adding a touch of nature to this room.

Houseplants have been proven to reduce pollutants that reside in the air, so placing these in the room you spend a lot of time in is ideal.

Not only that, but at the end of the day, everyone wants a bit of time to wind down, and this is often spent in the living room. House plants are widely known to reduce anxiety and stress, making them the perfect choice.

Kitchen Flowers

Onto the kitchen now, and when you think of a kitchen, it has a very different feel to a living room.

A kitchen is where a lot of action takes place that leads to a lot of smells and increases in humidity and heat.

What you need is a flower that can add a touch of colour and a nice smell to soften the aroma of cooked food.

Orchids and roses are perfect for this as they can cope well with the humidity and give off a lovely fragrance.

If your kitchen is lucky enough to have a dining area with a table, then there's no better place in a home to place a beautiful, large bouquet, such as these rainbow carnations or these heaven scent freesias.

Bathroom Flowers

Bathrooms are similar to kitchens, but are often on a much smaller scale, and your choice of flowers needs to reflect this.

There are many beautiful flowers and plants such as white phalaenopsis or a yellow roses which can add a stunning dash of colour to your bathroom in a subtle way.

And the best thing about these plants is that they're so small they can fit on a shelf, or even the side of your sink or bath.

If you have enough space, a house plant is also a great option for a bathroom, and the monstera oblique makes a great choice for a plant that doesn't take up lots of room but leaves a great visual effect.

Garden Flowers

If you have a garden with a lovely seating area, or you want to decorate with some cut flowers, then there are also plenty of options available.

What's great about your garden is that you have so much space to work with, meaning you can really go all out and experiment with flowers of different colours and sizes.

Why not try adding a natural feel with one of our basket/pot arrangements, or embrace the sunshine with these delightful yellow carnations and freesias.

Cut flowers are a great way of adding to the nature already in your garden and can add a stunning effect to your outside space.

And a Few Added Extras

Now, we've covered most of your home already, but there are other places in which flowers can have a huge effect, and here's three of them.

The Best Flowers for Church Ceremonies

As I mentioned earlier, flowers are packed with symbolism, and are right at home in a church.

Whether opting for traditional wedding flowers such as pure white roses and peonies, or yellow carnations for a christening to symbolise joy and new beginnings, there are lots of great flowers to decorate a church with for all celebrations and events.

What you must remember is the symbolism attached to flowers and sticking to colours that represent divinity and purity such as white and pastels such as yellow and light blue make a great choice.

Flowers to Use in a Caravan

Of course, some people have a home outside of home, in the form of a caravan.

If you love nothing better than setting off exploring with a caravan or camper van, then this doesn't mean you have to miss out on some of these beautiful flowers.

What you need are some flowers that don't take up much room and are long-lasting and capable of lasting long journeys.

This makes flowers such as our zamioculcus ideal as it is tough and doesn't take up too much room.

Depending on your holiday, there are also other flowers which may suit perfectly.

Going away for a romantic weekend?

Then a bouquet of red roses is a must-have!

Find the flowers that suit your trip and add a touch of colour to your caravan for your next holiday.

The Best Flowers for Office Space

When you think of office space, you may picture dull coloured walls and furniture.

While some offices do now like to break the mould and splash some colour on the walls, it certainly doesn't apply for all, meaning that this job may have to be done by some lovely cut flowers instead.

If this is the case, don't be afraid to go bold.

Colours such as red, blue and green are proven to provide a boost to workers in many different areas such as productivity and calmness, which makes bouquets such as our firebird freesias ideal to give staff a little boost.

Another great addition to an office are house plants, so adding one from our house plant range can also make a huge difference to a worker's mood and the feel of the whole building.

Flowersbypost.com

Of course, every home, and every person inside a home, is different.

Some people like cream walls, some people like bright pink.

What matters is that your plants fit your style and your room, and if you stick to these hints and tips as a guideline to keeping your flowers and plants in line with your home, you're sure to see some great effects.

If you want to know more about our products, or simply want a chat about the best flowers for you, get in touch with our team today.

We look forward to hearing from you.