in
my last post, i shared the process of
cleaning up and decorating a garden house
(more than a shed, but not quite a greenhouse)
that was lovingly built in the backyard of a house i rented in Seattle.
[the owner is my sweet friend Todd Waddell, a VERY talented garden & visual designer
after the two day, no cost garden house makeover project was done,
i took the
third day to do a few exterior improvements
(also shown
in my last post)
and then i just PLAYED, taking hundreds of photos.
i gathered up some props from the yard and my studio,
which all combined with my basic white dinnerware and clear glassware
to create several different tablescapes for spring.
some the images you see in my new banner and other graphics
were all shot inside that greenhouse on a cold, cloudy winter Seattle day...
the natural light in this space was AH-mazing!
i hope you find decorating & entertaining inspiration in these
three very different table settings with Spring-fresh style:
in
this previous post, i shared my idea for using stemless wine glasses as miniature 'domes'.
this pink tablescape for spring shows one version of them:
miniature pink ranuculus blossoms inside a mini terra cotta pot, under a glass dome,
which is set off by vintage Coke bottles holding pink roses
and vintage linens with a pink border.
revelation: the roses are fakes. GOOD ones. so are the ranuculus.
it was about 38 degrees when i shot these photos,
but you'd never know it from the flowers!
then i switched things up, and shot it this way:
moss [scavenged from the yard] fills up terra cotta pots of various sizes,
including miniature pots under the glass 'domes' -
one dome fits over the tiniest pot, another dome sits up IN a small pot.
a tiny leaf on a twig and the sprouts of a bulb add interest to each.
[those bulbs with the green sprouts? onions.]
a quick switchup, and i had this setting:
clear glass, white ceramic pieces, white tulips, and some wood eggs [found at a thrift shop]
create a simple, farm-fresh look - that can also be very contemporary.
the wood eggs sit on top of antique cut glass salt cellars, under the stemless wineglass 'domes'.
then it was time for some 'garden' photos -
and amazingly, the sun came out just as i was shooting them!
those fabulous white tulips show up a lot in my photos. pretty, huh?
they're fake.
i pulled them out of floral wreaths that i found on a clearance rack at Restoration Hardware Outlet.
the leaves sprouting up out of terra cotta pots?
fake!
being a visual stylist is like being the biggest liar on the planet sometimes -
we have to create spring in winter, Christmas during a summer heat wave, and summer in the snow,
and make it as realistic as possible!
when i find products that work as well as these tulips do, i use them. often.
a few shots of of some collections... staged on a miniature chair.
it was a really fun day for me,
enjoying the fruits of my labor and a space that was all my own to work in.
and do you know what happened the NEXT day?
yeah. it snowed.
gotta' love Seattle!
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