artificial flowers

I kind of connect artificial flowers with cemeteries and old people that find it difficult to visit graves of deceased...but what do you think of them? Can they effectively being used in a domestic environment ?
I've seen great examples of artificial plants in a corner of the room ant they looked fantastic.

 

I have had dried grass displays but found that they tend to get a bit dusty and there isn't a quick easy way to clean them up!!

Val

 

I had a dried flower and grass arrangement in my last house for years, as an ornament.

Then we decided we hated it and decided to add it to the bonfire we were having. As I went to place it on, it was ablaze before it even landed in the fire. Too readily flammable to have indoors as an ornament for my liking.

 

To me there is nothing that looks sadder than bunches of faded weather worn artificial flowers on a grave.....but that's just my opinion....i understand folks can't always get to cemeterys but planting bulbs or perrenials would be a better choice....as for them in the house....i once heard an 'old wives tale' about them being unlucky...so ofcourse i had to latch on....so all the ones i had i got rid of....

 

Artificial flowers are the most tacky thing ever , i would prefer to go to the cemetery without flower rathen then a sad bunch of plastic , overall i do like dry flower .

 

No

 

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No what ?

 

If you mean plastic artifical flowers then absolutely no - however, some of the silk ones are really rather good.

Having got heartly sick of people knocking over the small vase of fresh flowers I used to have in my office, I bought a couple of small bunches of silk ones from Hobbycraft, along with a silk cyclamen 'plant' (which I stuck in a pot with some brown polymer clay for 'dirt'). Result? No more spills or frantic drying of papers over the radiator and twice I've been asked how I manage to keep my 'cyclamen' in bloom! When they get a bit dusty, a quick swish in some warm soapy water usually does the trick!

 

that's right, the plastic flowers look a bit spooky. Silk petals are much better.

 

I've got faux balls on hanging brackets on my back wall

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