Showcase Your Pretty Things Wth Flowers

An early 19th century German sugar bowl doubles as a vase for early spring flowers.

 

My kitchen and dining room cabinets are filled with mismatched but lovely pieces of tableware and pottery. I like to free them from their dusty hide-aways and use them to hold small arrangements that can brighten bookshelves, bathroom nooks, and other usually unnoticed crevices around the house. I have become so fond of several that I have had a hard time rotating in new creations. I can help you create one of  these mini-masterpieces in your own special container, or guide you in choosing one from my collection.

Flowers Make a Room Pop With Color

Vibrant poppies and contrasting foliage, collected in a contemporary grey Vera Wang vase, are the perfect counterpoint to a formal room with light grey walls and trim.

The smallest amount of color can change the entire tone of a room. This arrangement was designed for the sitting room of a late 18th century center hall colonial, which had been redecorated in tones of grey and furnished with period pieces. The introduction of the modernist Vera Wang vase and the startlingly orange oversized blossoms provided a focal point of just the right intensity.

Customized Condolences

One of a kind for a dear family member.

I designed this little living arrangement for a dear friend who wanted something unique for her sister-in-law, whose mother, always the life of the party at family holiday events, had passed away. My friend chose the Chinese ceramic bowl from my large assortment and asked for a collection of house plants, punctuated with a baby orchid, that her sister-in-law could enjoy at her office for weeks to come.