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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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I am seething to get going on a million projects here–I really want to redo our upstairs bathroom, which will entail a complete cosmetic overhaul: paint, mirror, light fixtures, shower curtain and rod…… I would LOVE to win something to help with this!!
I love plants as well–great job on your living room:)
Thanks to you and Lowe’s Rhoda for offering this Giveaway!!
Paint for my Master Bedroom! That would cheer me up in anticipation of spring!
Love and Hugs,
Karena
Art by Karena
Hardware for my kitchen counters!
Plants add so much to a home. I’m planning on repainting after the 1st of the year to freshen it up so a Lowe’s gift card would be a welcome gift!
I would purchase satin nickel cabinet knobs and pulls for my kitchen cabinets and drawers. Wishful thinking prompted me to throw away the old ones, and I received many raised eyebrows from guests over the holidays! Those screw holes look like a screw up! Ha!
I would refresh my kitchen and living room with a new bright and cheery paint color. Would love to win the gift card!
your plants look great! every spring i get jonesing for some, and we got a yucca…which my kitten is ripping apart piece by piece. i’d love to replace it with something else (and cross my fingers she doesn’t pluck it!)
I need knobs and pulls for my bathroom and closet. This gift card would certainly help!! Happy New Year!!
Love winter here in Arizona. The days are warm…but not too warm. This is when we do outdoor projects. I’ve got a storage shed that is just itching to be painted. I can see it from my kitchen, so that would make my kitchen so much more happy.
New paint for my kitchen. Just finished the living room and it makes the kitchen look dingy.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I want to add some wainscoting to brighten up my family room. The house seems naked when all the christmas decor comes down.
Would love to see our kitchen sparkle with a new paint color. Also need some new curtain rods in the bedroom -ours look like they’re right out of a Tim Burton movie!
Thanks Rhoda and Lowe’s!
My living room is in desperate need of paint, so that is on the agenda for the New Year! I really should add a plant or two, but indoor plants and I don’t get along. Outdoors I am good, indoors and it all falls apart. Maybe I will try a small plant again and see.
Getting started on the nursery! Painting, decorating, new closet stuff, etc….baby due in May! Thanks for the chance to win!
Paint paint paint!! That’s the easiest way to add some pizazz to a room!
Paint…….time to update my bedroom 🙂
Great giveaway
Happy New Year
Rhoda,
My paper whites always get too leggy, so this year as I was googling planting paper whites, I found a site that suggested “pickling” your paper whites. You add alcohol to the water you use to keep them watered and it stunts their growth. There is an exact formula to use but look up “pickling paper whites” and it will tell you what to do. Probably too late for your current flowers but good to keep in mind for future forcings.
I am a HUGE plant lover. I have a sunroom with skylights that I call my “Winter Garden”. How I would LOVE to add some new plants out there. You should see my blooming amaryllis, paperwhites, and hyacinths!
We will be replacing a kitchen floor, so any help will be appreciated!
To keep your paperwhites from getting leggy, just add a shot of gin! Yes, the booze, lol.
See this link:http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2011-01/home/marys-farm-paperwhites
I’m determined I’m going to finish my basement coastal kitchenette this new year. A Lowes card would really help!!
The main thing I do is clean, declutter & organize. I try to use what I have by rearranging things to freshen things up this time of yr.