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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
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Id love to repaint our living room.
We’re planning to install new lighting in our kitchen.
I LOVE indoor plants and was just mentioning to my sister how I would like to add some large plants next to my fireplace. Thanks to you and Lowes for the giveaway!!
LIGHTING – I would purchase the most efficient light bulbs for all of our lights/lamps and knowing that this would be financially wise but also begin going ‘green’ in our home….thank you, Love & Blessings
I will repaint kitchen to brighten up.
I’m planning on freshening up the laundry room and my office with paint.
I love green plants in my home also.
i would definitely get some new lighting fixtures for my bathroom
Hi and Merry Christmas,
To add sparkle. Definitely plants. I’ve moved so often in the past four years that most of them have died so I’m slowly starting to replace them or try out new ones. Up here in SW Ontario (London) they are a reminder that spring is coming and it will be green again.
Take care,
Cathy
Gosh Rhonda… after seeing your beautiful new renovated home… I’d like to redo mine completely *grin* Not likely that will happen :o(
I love the idea of the live plants as well. I have a few smaller ones, a couple of Christmas Cactus’ and some violets. My house faces the wrong directions though, and my window lighting is not good enough for plants… they’re all struggling. Our previous home was wonderful for violets and mine thrived there at all times. This is disappointing! Happy New Year…
I would like to add some beautiful crown molding to my rooms this year. That would put a “crown of sparkle” ala downton abbey, ha, to my bedrooms. A Lowes giftcard would surely help with the purchase of compressor to use with the nailers I purchased at Lowes as a Christmas present for my husband.
Gosh, I would use it for a new overhead light in my dark kitchen–a nice giveaway, thank you
I would paint my bedroom walls
I would paint my guest bathroom.
As you mentioned, Lowes has some GREAT deals in the clearance spot for plants.
I’m never sure what will do well, in certain places outside, so this is a good way to experiment and not spend a lot of $!
Just love your new house!
I’m excited to see more.
I would repaint the living room and entry way in my home.
I would love to buy the materials to make this next holiday season http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/idea-library/projects/vinyl-luminaries
We need to redo our bathroom…a gift card would be terrific towards that. Thanks & Happy New Year!
I’d love to get some new plants for the house!
I would like to lighten up my kitchen, probably start with painting the cabinets and switching out a cabinet door or two with glass. It’s a galley kitchen so small and dark and I want it to light and bright!