{"id":467,"date":"2014-05-31T21:58:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T21:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flowersforthepeopleaustin.com\/?p=467"},"modified":"2017-05-01T15:01:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T15:01:34","slug":"creative-urges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flowersforthepeopleblog.com\/creative-urges\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of creative urges"},"content":{"rendered":"

I stayed up wayyyyy too late surfing the internet and reading posts from some of my favorite bloggers.\u00a0 But it does my heart good to read about those who repaint a room several times because the color just wasn\u2019t right, or upcycle pieces of furniture and then rearrange the whole house just to make the “new” piece work, or use unusual household items to create artistic spaces. \u00a0 Ahhh\u2026.so good to know that I\u2019m not alone.\u00a0 I’ve been there.\u00a0 And when creative urges take over…I get lost in them.\u00a0 No dishes get done, the laundry piles up, and my project has most likely taken over the whole house.\u00a0 But I love it.\u00a0 I love the power of the project.\u00a0 I love styling my own house, decorating with florals, reworking my spaces and changing up the furniture.\u00a0\u00a0 Rearrange it, paint it , slipcover it.\u00a0 Then style it up, add fresh flowers, and sit back and say “yes…that looks perfect” (for now anyway).
\nTherefore, it only seems fitting to begin blogging more about me and my house.\u00a0 My furniture and my flowers.\u00a0 And the magnificent power of creative urges.\u00a0 May they inspire you too.\"Lori_florallab125-(ZF-8285-00831-1-125)\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is my slipcovered couch.\u00a0 Did I mention I purchased it an estate save YEARS ago.\u00a0 It’s from 1915.\u00a0 Stuffed with horse hair.\u00a0 I upholstered it with a creamy fabric…which only got dingy looking.\u00a0 So I had it slipcovered with a natural looking unbleached denim.\u00a0 Curtains are from Anthropologie.\u00a0\u00a0 Large jug vase from World Market.\u00a0 And see that book on the coffee table…Bringing Nature Home.\u00a0 Talk about beautiful floral styling in the home.\u00a0 A lovely inspirational book.<\/p>\n

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Here I snazzed up the reading corner with this lovely vase arrangement.\u00a0 All the florals came from my garden.\u00a0 I had this green chair in the bedroom, but it was time for a change, so brought it out to the living room. Looks inviting, doesn’t it.<\/p>\n

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So since I moved the green chair into the living room…time to work with a new color in the bedroom.\u00a0 I used this beautiful linen tablecloth (from the Super Sale room in Anthropologie) as a bed spread. Adds a nice pop of color.<\/p>\n

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The only problem is…now I don’t like that green dresser in there with the red tablecloth-bedspread.\u00a0 Hum.\u00a0 Needs a white dresser.\u00a0 No problem.\u00a0 I’m currently in the process of painting one white.\u00a0 So will need to do some rearranging soon.\u00a0 Will keep you posted!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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