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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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I am a lowes lover, for sure. I’d love to replace the last dingy ceiling fan in my office with a shiny new one. Or maybe add some bright under cabinet lighting in my dim kitchen.
Or possibly get some Christmas storage to neaten up my off season storage in my new laundry room. So many possibilities!
We just finished up replacing some flooring (via Lowes!) and painting the entire inside. I would use it for some updated decor for the walls.
Last year I put together a guest room (in my daughter’s old bedroom) using greens, rusts, golds, etc. I desperately need to paint the walls which are still done in a blue faux finish. Sounds lovely, right?
I love Lowes! I would buy some paint so I can start
my guest bedroom makeover!
I love Lowes – I am getting ready to buy a new dishwasher there and would definitely use a gift card to add to it!
Rhoda,
Just love all your ideas! They so much inspire me that I can’t read them at bedtime or I can’t sleep! LOL
A Lowes gift card just might inspire my sweet hubby to get rid of our Master FLESH COLORED sink! That would so brighten my world!
Trim paint to freshen up my kitchen and or maybe some type of window treatment for the kitchen…..I spend a lot of time in that kitchen so something new and fresh would be great.
Would love to replace some flooring.
I absolutely love your house and blog. I read faithfully…. what you have done with that house is a.ma.zing. You only live about 6 hours from me. If you need blog material, my cookie cutter house could use some help. 🙂 Just let me know…
Love Lowes too. Would love to replace some flooring.
I’d love to redo our bathroom with some paint and stenciling supplies from Lowe’s.
I would love to update our bedrooms. The rest of the house has nice laminate flooring, but the bedrooms still have carpet. Would love to get rid of the carpet and match these floors with the rest! Love the plants and must say greenery inside the home does make things more cheery in our house. We have a tree and multiple green plants including an orchid and aloe plants!
I would paint my dining room and my kitchen cabinets!
I too am a live plant person. Every January after the tree is out and decor put away I feel the need for fresh greens. Houseplants fill that need nicely. Sadly I am running out of space, but one can always fit something else in.
So houseplants or it is time to redo the living room mantle.
I would purchase a few plants maybe even a flowering one. I love Spring and this Winter has been so cold and harsh I miss the greenery. Hope I win this one thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
I could really use a new front door from Lowe’s.
So many comments! I love Lowe’s selection of bamboo shades. I hung them in my kitchen. They are lined and everything so I’d like to hang them in my living room too. I think it would really warm up the space.
My husband and I have date night at Lowes! The employees all know us and I don’t think their sat night would be the same without seeing us dream and designing. Our next purchase will be replacement doors for the exterior of our home. That way we feel great before we even open the door! Ty for the chance to win!
We’ve spent so much money at Lowe’s this year so it would be fun to shop for plants, new pots, or just anything that I could accessorize with…just tired of buying all the necessities.
Rhoda, just love your blog, so happy for you in your “new” beautiful home and always a joy seeing your family. Best to you in 2013.
I would buy a light fixture. I have a new Lowe’s about a mile from my house and am there all the time.