Taking the Garden Style Into the Family Room
Making your family room a comfortable place for your family to gather is the goal of most room designs. One way to create such a room that works for everyone in the family is to center your decorating theme on the garden. You can use vintage or even new garden accessories to create a lovely space for you and your family to enjoy.
Functional Art
If you or someone in your family loves to garden, then this theme is a natural. It can be a great way to display a vintage tool collection whether it is smaller hand tools or larger farming accessories. You can create a stool from an old tractor seat, and there are any number of tractor parts that make attractive vases and accessories. There are many parts of big, old farm machinery that can be made into interesting displays either on a tabletop or on the wall. By displaying these collections, you will enjoy seeing them every day and they make an interesting statement as well.
Floral Accents
You can carry out your garden theme by adding flowers to your space. Whether it is with a fresh bouquet perched in a watering can or a picket fence planter holding pots of your favorite flowers, adding flowers to your family room can bring it to life. You may also decide that you family room would be the perfect place to plant a little, indoor flower garden for your whole family to enjoy. Another great way to bring flowers into your family room is by framing flower seed packets and displaying them on the wall in a grouping. Choose matching frames for the seed packets, and then arrange them on the wall in a large display. The packets are colorful and they make an eye-catching display.
Sundials and Weathervanes
Another great accessory that you can add to your room is a sundial. While the sun is not actually shining inside, a sundial makes the perfect little accent table. You can also display a weathervane as a coffee table centerpiece, and you can hang a garden trellis on your family room wall and tuck photos into it for a fun, photo board display. Then you can add a colorful welcome mat by the hearth, and your family room will be cozier than ever.
Mailboxes
Another great decorating element that you can use in your family room is a mailbox. You can mount a single one on the wall for keys and papers as they make their way in and out of the home, or you can mount several of them as cubbies to organize each member of the family. Either way you choose to use them, they make great organizers for the entire family, and they add a cute garden touch to the room.
Extra Seating
Another great addition to your family room is any garden element that can add extra seating to your room. For example, you can mount a garden swing in your family room ceiling, or you can add a cushion to an old oak barrel to make a footstool or extra seating. All of these elements help bring a little bit of the garden into your home.
Functional Art
If you or someone in your family loves to garden, then this theme is a natural. It can be a great way to display a vintage tool collection whether it is smaller hand tools or larger farming accessories. You can create a stool from an old tractor seat, and there are any number of tractor parts that make attractive vases and accessories. There are many parts of big, old farm machinery that can be made into interesting displays either on a tabletop or on the wall. By displaying these collections, you will enjoy seeing them every day and they make an interesting statement as well.
Floral Accents
You can carry out your garden theme by adding flowers to your space. Whether it is with a fresh bouquet perched in a watering can or a picket fence planter holding pots of your favorite flowers, adding flowers to your family room can bring it to life. You may also decide that you family room would be the perfect place to plant a little, indoor flower garden for your whole family to enjoy. Another great way to bring flowers into your family room is by framing flower seed packets and displaying them on the wall in a grouping. Choose matching frames for the seed packets, and then arrange them on the wall in a large display. The packets are colorful and they make an eye-catching display.
Sundials and Weathervanes
Another great accessory that you can add to your room is a sundial. While the sun is not actually shining inside, a sundial makes the perfect little accent table. You can also display a weathervane as a coffee table centerpiece, and you can hang a garden trellis on your family room wall and tuck photos into it for a fun, photo board display. Then you can add a colorful welcome mat by the hearth, and your family room will be cozier than ever.
Mailboxes
Another great decorating element that you can use in your family room is a mailbox. You can mount a single one on the wall for keys and papers as they make their way in and out of the home, or you can mount several of them as cubbies to organize each member of the family. Either way you choose to use them, they make great organizers for the entire family, and they add a cute garden touch to the room.
Extra Seating
Another great addition to your family room is any garden element that can add extra seating to your room. For example, you can mount a garden swing in your family room ceiling, or you can add a cushion to an old oak barrel to make a footstool or extra seating. All of these elements help bring a little bit of the garden into your home.
