| Everyone knows that you can dress up a table, or a | | | | color scheme. |
| room, for that matter, with fresh flowers in a lovely | | | | If you always keep fresh flowers in the house, you |
| vase. Of course, dried flowers are appropriate in the | | | | can use a large clear bowl for them, add some |
| colonial, country, or shabby chic home. And vibrant silk | | | | pebbles in the bottom, a piece of live seaweed, and a |
| flowers go anywhere at all. | | | | goldfish. But make sure you use the correct water and |
| Silk flowers have long been staples of vase | | | | feed it regularly. And change the flowers promptly |
| decorations, because they're not only very pretty, but | | | | when they are dying. Believe it or not, having |
| they also last for a long, long time with low | | | | something fresh in your vase, especially during the |
| maintenance. You can also get sprays that mimic | | | | winter months, serves as a reminder of spring, lifts |
| flower smells, and really good silk flowers look just like | | | | your spirits and keeps things smelling nice. But there |
| real ones. | | | | are lots of things that look attractive in a vase that are |
| But in your little country cottage, you can also use a | | | | not flowers. If fresh flowers aren't your thing, then try |
| hand crafted knitted flower in your vase for a stunning | | | | some other stuff that will add to the... decor of your |
| effect. They aren't difficult to make if you know how | | | | home. |
| to knit, purl, decrease your stitches, and read a pattern. | | | | Dried pasta or tall breadsticks are perfect for when |
| They are made using needles that are double | | | | you are serving an Italian dinner. Bunches of herbs are |
| pointed...use old knitting needles of varying heights as | | | | lovely and add a fresh spicy fragrance to your |
| the stems. | | | | arrangement. Dill, parsley, rosemary, and a few twigs |
| For that matter, if you don't know how to knit, just roll | | | | from the tree in your backyard will do nicely. Making |
| several colors of yarn into balls, and place them in a | | | | your house homey is easy with vases and a bit of |
| clear vase, for a creative way to carry through your | | | | creativity. |