Floral decor arrangements to cheer up your home

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep light. Refreshing, welcoming and versatile, they bring alive home spaces, inside and outside, and add that aesthetic appeal. An essential decor element, especially during the festive season, the fragrant and aromatic smell of flowers augments positivity. It’s said that where flowers bloom, so does hope. As we move towards a brighter and safer world post pandemic, it makes even more sense to have flowers as decorating tools and give our homes a dash of colour and character. Four floral couturiers pick up what will be in trend this time around.Meghaa Modi | Founder, FlowerBox, BangaloreYou can expect an eclectic melange of traditional oil lanterns and diyas along with designer lighting such as hanging LED and paper lamps. Traditional flowers such as marigold and rajnigandha can never go out of style, but European flowers are also getting their fair share of attention, as they go well with modern lighting. So, traditional meets contemporary is more the flavour. You can create a look with orange marigolds and bright red and fuchsia flowers combined with tropical foliage; use strings of marigold along with anthurium, mokara orchids, proteas and palm leaves. Another look, which oozes elegance with a blue and fuchsia theme, can be put together combining blue hydrangea, fuchsia painted gypsophila and exquisite crockery. Try combining fresh blossoms with natural dry flowers for a boho chic look.Bhavna Mordani | Founder, House of Homes, Mumbai Diwali is a festival of new beginnings and light over darkness. We have sailed through a difficult period during the pandemic and as we allow the sunshine of hope into our lives, the trend this season will be an extensive use of bright and bold colours such as yellow and oranges, and all sorts of flowers such as anthuriums, oriental lilies, birds of paradise, disbuds and orchids. I will suggest use of glitter on flowers such as anthuriums, spidermums, hydrangeas, and lilies to give the floral decor a shimmering festive look. As a tip to decorate flowers this Diwali, use LED candles and fairy lights around your decor to elevate the entire look of the set up.Nazneen Jehangir | Founder, Libellule, Mumbai Now more than ever we need to reconnect with the outdoors and bring nature into our lives after nearly two brutal years of four walls for most of us. It’s a time to renew and what better way to celebrate than with a beautiful bounty of flowers and plants. One of the biggest colour trends of the year is yellow and this works well for Diwali as marigolds are abundant and also symbolise positive emotions and energy. We associate the flowers’ fiery yellow, orange and red hues with the warmth of the sun, happi- ness, and optimism. If used as a monotone en mass without any flowers, it can create an interesting installation, which celebrates con- temporary India using a traditional material. Fusion is always interesting; you could use a mix of metals such as brass and silver or a mix of florals by using Indian jasmine with more Western peonies or hydrangeas.Anushka Shah | Founder, Flower Lab, Mumbai Dried flowers are subtle and understated yet gorgeous and eye-catching and work well with both modern and Indian aesthetics. Most importantly, you don’t have to worry about changing them everyday through the Diwali week as they last for months. These versatile arrangements work well with a day Pooja to a night card party. The fact that you don’t have to water them and they don’t need sunlight saves so much time when you’re busy with other Diwali preparations. You can create a neutral colour palette with florals for a decor setting to bring that bohemian flair. It’s a new aesthetic and a good change from using regular marigolds.Published By: Vishakha SharmaPublished On: Oct 23, 2021 02:24 IST--- ENDS ---

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Floral decor arrangements to cheer up your home

Give way to your imagination and experiment with floral decor arrangements to give your home a dressed-up look.

Meghaa Modi | Founder, FlowerBox, Bangalore

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