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The Winner is: #32 Jane! Congrats, Jane, you have been emailed.
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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Oh, so many projects, so little time (and money!)! That gift card would surely be welcome in helping those many projects along! Thanks!
I love live plants but if I would win the gift card I would spend it on either paint or to help replace my living room floor. Your house looks lovely.
I practically live at Lowes! I need to replace some of my plants since a hard freeze snuck up on us and killed a lot of my specimen house plants that are outside in our courtyard.
Love your plant additions to your home and I love Lowes as well! It is the only home improvement store that we use! Right now, I am enjoying repurposing furniture so that is how I plan to spruce up my house for the new year. Oh and I think a little reorganizing is needed as well. Lowes has great supplies for both projects!
I have to pick out lights for my bathroom and Lowe’s is my next stop. With an extra $75 I can get a 4 light fixture.
Oh how I love Lowes ! I would either purchase a new kitchen sink faucet or an unfinished base cabinet to finish a project.
I would use it to paint my bedroom and give it an updated look. Thanks for the giveaway.
Your plants are looking good. I manage to kill every one that enters my house. Right now I’m working on new curtains and purchasing rods for them. Had to leave all my rods behind when I sold my house so starting from scratch again.
linda miller
south carolina
if I were the lucky winner, I would use a gift card in the storage and closet organization aisle. For Christmas, I asked for a project to turn our guest room closet into a crafting area. This gift card would certainly help my project along!
Thanks for the opportunity to win. Fingers crossed!
My house could use some updated light fixtures for added sparkle.
Maybe plants are exactly what is needed to make this house a home. Also, some new lampshades. They have beautiful ones @ Lowes.
I’m with you on fake plants…can’t stand them.
Again your home is beautiful, I never get tired of looking at your arrangement of things and look forward everyday to your post. Someday I hope to meet you in person, you are an inspiration to me.
I have grown house plants for 30 years. No fakes for me either. I would use a gift card for paint.
I would like to do some painting and add some new light fixtures.
Some new, updated light fixtures would definitely add some much needed sparkle! Thanks!
Either a new toilet or window coverings for my slider
add some window treatments and paint. i have a plant from my aunts funeral for 2 year and it is still alive i do not have good luck with live plants.
I actually love live indoor plants and need a few more. But I do need some more livingroom lighting and some shelves. Gee Rhoda your remodling has given lots of ideas and inspiration. 🙂
I have plans to fix up and decorate my laundry room.
Thank you for offering this giveaway….I’m hoping to redo our home office this year…..repaint, reorganize, better lighting….