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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 would love some bamboo blinds. And maybe some paint!
Lowe’s is such an inspiring place! We’ve already had a lot of fun at Lowe’s picking out paint chips to find the perfect colors to give sparkle and cheer to some great thrift store chairs and a kid table, so we would probably use a gift certificate to get the paint, and get started revamping those finds.
I would love to win the giftcard and I would spend it on some outdoor evergreens to go in my front yard. We tore up our flowerbeds and haven’t done anything to fix them, but we want to plant some easy-to-care-for plants this spring!
I would like to add new paint colors and fresh plants to my very small entry hall. My house faces south and this time of year the sun shines in and I just love it.
I’m not sure if the gift card would go toward a new light fixture to replace the 20+year-old one over my kitchen table, or if it would go toward new counter tops, or if it would go toward new door knobs! We need some updates around here!
If I were to win: I would paint, paint, paint! I want to try new color combinations in our living room, bath room and two of our bedrooms. This gift would help tremendously. Thanks so much for the chance!
I would love some new lighting from Lowe’s
Adding plants to a room adds so much without the clutter of trinkets around everywhere. I love how they added to your living room. Having the house closed up for the winter also needs some extra oxygen….adding in plants from Lowes would help!
I would like to add a Lowes patio set to add to my garden. I really enjoy their garden center!
I would look for an area rug for our master bedroom or a fresh new color of paint for our hall. Love all you do, Rhoda! Thanks for this giveaway.
I would use the gift card to help my hubby get some more things marked off of his “honey do” list! Poor guy has a list a mile long, thanks to me and all of the blogs I read, haha! 😉
Great looking plants! We would like to do some organizing in the new year.
I would repaint my master bedroom – it’s currently a shade of blue that reminds me of 1970’s blue eyeshadow and I hate it. It needs a serious update!
Almost finished stocking my workshop. Would like to add a Kreg jig! Just got the PC compressor and nail gun kit for Christmas. Lots of wood in my future.
I would brighten up the Ne Year in my kitchen with some pendant lights!
i always go to lowes at the end of the season and buy what they are discounting down and I love it but i dont really get my first picks- i would use the 75 dollars and get the plants and decorations I really want this time
I would love to freshen up my laundry room with some new paint!
Paint!
Love your “live” additions and the life and texture they add to your already beautiful room. I’d use a gift card to update light fixtures.
The walls are stark white in many parts of the house. My husband and I are thinking of putting a bit of color around.
We are also planning on changing out the shades and also the carpeting. We are adding life to our home.