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My last challenge of the year with Lowes as a Lowes Creative blogger, was making my house shine and sparkle for the New Year. There are many ways to interpret that and I browsed in my local Lowes and immediately spotted some pretty plants, some of them even marked on clearance. I’ve long been a lover of real live plants and have always had something live and green in my spaces ever since I can remember.
Real plants add so much life to a room and I love having them around. From what I hear, they all add oxygen to the air too. This pretty plant came from Lowes, as did the white ceramic planter.
With my brightly painted front door, I added this little plant on the ledge. It’s in some sort of lightweight rocks and all I do is add water to this clear container and the plant grows and thrives. My kind of plant!
Over by the fireplace, I added a cornplant. I had one of these in my old house and it got huge, so now it’s living on my parent’s back porch. This one should get big eventually too and I can move it around the room. I’ll put it in a ceramic planter too. My paperwhites are leaning in this pic, those things always get too tall and next time I’m planting them in a tall cylinder to keep them upright.
But even thought they get a little gangly, I still love the look of real paperwhites blooming this time of year. We eagerly wait for spring and this just gives a little boost of sunshine inside the house on a cold winter’s day.
On an end table in the living room, this potted white ceramic planter of ivy is a reminder of spring as well.
This live plant on the coffee table, in a planter I found at a yardsale in one of my fave shades of blue, is so vibrant and green and a much needed pick up this time of year.
When all the Christmas décor is put away for another season, my real plants will be the stars and remind me that Spring is not too far away. I love watching them grow and how much life and vitality they add to a room is priceless.
If you think your room is looking pretty blah after Christmas, head out to Lowes and check out their houseplant section for lots of inspiration for the New Year. You’ll love bringing home a plant or two yourself!
Thanks to Lowes for letting me write about what inspires me for the New Year. Plants do it for me, how about you? I got rid of almost all of my fake plants a few years ago and haven’t looked back. I don’t think I’ll ever do that again….bring home the fakes.
Live ones are so much better!
I have so enjoyed being a part of Lowes Creative Ideas Creators and Influencers this year! Here’s to a fun year in 2013. Â
For some end of the year excitement and to make some reader really happy, Lowes is giving away a $75 giftcard to ONE of you this week!Â
What a way to start the New Year, right?!Â
All you have to do is leave a comment below, telling me what you would do to add some sparkle and cheer to your home in January from Lowes?Â
Note:Â Lowes provided a giftcard for this project.Â
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Your rooms have so much light and the
live plants look so happy! I’d love a
gift card from Lowes. I’m one who
loves plants and have tried to get them
incorporated into my home.. but, I would
so love to get a new ceiling fan for my
living room.. the gift card would come
in handy!
Thank you so much for the giveaway
and Happy New Year to you.
Sandy
My go to at Lowes, especially in the bleak winter months in the Northeast is PAINT! I will be repainting my master bedroom and am trying to decide on a color. Something cheery to lighten up an otherwise dark room. That will be my sparkle and shine for the New Year.
Happy New Year!
What I love after Christmas after all the sparkle and cheer is a simple white orchid. It soothes and grounds me after all the Christmas chaos.
Love all your plants….they really add so much to a room, don’t they!
I would love a Lowes gift card to get to work on a few projects that I have in mind for the new year….paint would be a good start.
I love your plants…but I can’t have plants because my cats will eat them! I’d use a gift card to organize!!
I really need to paint the outside of my home.
You’d find me in the Christmas clearance section at Lowe’s as you can never have too many glittery Christmas decorations and lights!
I would shop their lighting section, they have the most wonderful selection of kitchendining chandeliers and pendants!
Cabinets :& paint. Thanks
I’m like a girl in a candy shop when I go to Lowes! There are so many things I would pick up but with a gift card I would definitely check out their clearance section for rugs and maybe some needed organizing things! It’s always a must for January’s to do list.
Rhoda – I love your plants. They do add so much life to a room. If I had a chance I would buy a cabinet to finish out my laundry room. I started this project one year ago this week, and then our lives pretty much went on hold while my husband was unemployed for 6 months and dealing with health issues. I went back to work after 14 years as an at-home mom. It’s been a crazy year for sure – and finishing out my laundry room would should add some sparkle to my life right now. This time of year is so “blah”, isn’t it? I cannot wait for spring!
I have to say, Rhoda, that you have definitly been an inspiration for me – watching you handle your situation with such grace. I have felt like my life has fallen apart – definitly not the life I’ve known for so long, and I have been inspired by your fortitude and now your gratitude for your new home. I find myself smiling when I read your blog – happy for you and what you’ve accomplished this year.
~Marcy
I like the idea of adding some green plants especially in the middle of bleak winter.
I would look at the rugs.
I love Lowes! If I won the gift card, I would use it on a lamp to brighten up the winter days. As for plants, I inherited my mom’s when my parents moved into a retirement community. Her Christmas cactus is blooming right now. What a beautiful spot of color it adds.
Thanks for the chance to win.
So much has changed in my life and I would use the giftcard for some needed little improvements in my home.
Lowes has so many great outdoor lighting selections, and our 1960s-era outdoor lights make me sad. I would choose something in a “classic cottage” style. (And you’re right about indoor plants–I have quite a few and I love them!)
Some repairs that need to be done after Hurricane Sandy and the big wind storm we had last week.
Rhoda, your plants inspire me to add a bit of “life” into the desolate winter months that we experience.
If I won the gift card I would use it to replace some of the outdated light fixtures in my house!
Great giveaway – definitely would use to get organized for 2013 !
Funny enough I was never into having live plants in my home until about three months ago. I have finally come to appreciate what they bring to a room. Instant coziness and a touch of real life in a room.
With the gift card I would buy small greenery for every room of the house
It’s amazing how uplifting greenery is! I would get more ivy’s for sure. Maybe throw in a fern or two for our bathrooms.