Hooked on Fresh Flowers at Home

by hookedonhouses on June 4, 2009

Welcome to Hooked on Fridays, a blog party I host at the end of each week to celebrate the things that make us happy! This week I’m hooked on having fresh flowers in my house. I used to save them for special occasions, but at the beginning of the year I made it one of my resolutions to have some around every day. Why save them for company?

When I was at Ikea earlier this year, I found some simple glass bottles for about three bucks each and thought they’d be perfect for my kitchen windowsill. They only require one flower each, so I’m able to buy the cheapest, $5 bunch at the grocery store each week to fill them with (and when our daisies bloom this summer, I’ll be able to get them straight from my yard!). The extras from the bunch go in little Ball jars and juice glasses that I scatter around the house.

It’s amazing how something so simple and inexpensive can add so much to the way the house feels. It’s just happier with flowers in it!

Now it’s your turn to tell us what you’re hooked on today! If you have something to share with us on your blog, then add your link below. Just please be sure to:

Add the permalink to the specific blog post, not your general blog address.
Include what you’re hooked on in parentheses after your blog name. Ex: The Red Cottage (antiques)
Link back to the party from your post so that your readers can come and see what everyone else is talking about today!
Visit as many of the other participants as possible and leave comments! That’s what a blog party is all about!
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(Also check out Fifi’s Fashionable Friday and Melissa’s Beautiful Life parties, happening today!)

Hooked on Fridays Participants

1. songbirdtiff (scrapbook paper wall art)
2. The Shabby Chic Cottage
3. Design Ties (Interview with Jamie Drake a giveaway!)
4. Mary Beth{What’s Blooming This Week}
5. Arleen @ Seasons for All at Home
6. TK – Working with a designer
7. Lindsay @ Likely Design (Antique Store Scores!!!)
8. Things That Inspire (Steel Windows and Doors)
9. Edwin- HouseAHolic (Photos of Detroit Urban Decay)
10. Beach Cottage Love (yellow door)
11. BHD (More than she dreamed)
12. Linda @ Lime in the Coconut(Brazilian escape)
13. Misti of Studio M Designs (Paula Deen’s House
14. Nan (Playful Decor)
15. Linda @ Restyled Home (apron sinks)
16. Fifi Flowers
17. Nancy Book’s I’m hooked on
18. PamperingBeki (newborn photography)
19. A Simple Walk (family field trips)
20. Kate @ Stolen Moments (tempura fried green beans)
21. WhisperWood Cottage (Beach Cottage Cabinet)
22. Daly Essentials(Dining Rooms)
23. Wayfaring Wanderer {Hk’d on Fresh Flowers too!}
24. Amy @ Finer Things (organic salad)
25. Rachael (fresh cut lilacs)
26. Maya (Wear or Wall?)
27. TheOldPostRoad (pretty rooms)
28. Olive Rue
29. Our Nifty Notebook (car seat safety)
30. Claudia @DipityRoad (Paris, black and white)

31. Maria (Our tropical family portraits)
32. sue-in-sydney {sprucing up my hallway}
33. It Feels Like Chaos (bee-free home)
34. KARA @ MADE 2 CREATE (Enchanting Outdoor Areas)
35. Alea @ Premeditated Leftovers (no/low sugar jam)
36. ~Really Rainey~ {Summertime afternoon naps}
37. Pretty Organizer- Online Decor Ideas
38. Diann @ The Thrifty Groove (free digital prints)
39. Susan Palmer Designs Blog (Imperial Range)
40. Jasmine @ The Suburban Sentiment (Beautiful Headboards)
41. The Inspired Room
42. Simply Sweet Home (flower beds)
43. Christy (Monogrammed Jewelry Giveaway)
44. susan (Your home, only better.)
45. mannequin(who lives there?)
46. Kristin
47. Alfazema (Hooked on Rain)
48. Emily@remodelingthislife ($15 Entryway Makeover)
49. Kimba (spray painting glass bottles)
50. Jamie (Twine)
51. Jenna @ Newlyweds
52. Ashley @ A Hasty Life (Breakfast)
53. Ashley (Summer Picnic’s)
54. Ashley @ AshleysBusy (Blue Front Door)
55. casaCARA (Miss Amelia’s Cottage)
56. LuLo Designs (Handpainted Furniture)
57. Tara @ Feels like home (a great birthday!)
58. Kelli @ SustainingCreativity (Produce Co-ops)
59. Robin~All Things Heart and Home (Summer Spread)
60. Heather (Pink!)

61. Bonnie M
62. Liz ~ It’s Great To Be Home (Make Custom Storage Unit From Salvaged Materials)
63. Ohio12 (Hooked on My Fashion Fiasco)
64. Liz@VioletPosy (Modern Furniture)
65. m @ tales from an oc cottage(vintage jewels)
66. TidyMom
67. ImagineCozy (Cozy Dining Room)
68. From the Right Bank to the Left Coast (Haymarket Hotel, London)
69. Tamara
70. TheCincyLife (Urban Condo Tour)
71. Puna – new bathroom tile
72. It’s Frugal Being Green (Costco Trip 6/3, including fresh flowers)
73. RML (Hooked on Little Black Dresses)
74. ilovemy5kids (Gladness)
75. Deann/Dea’s Strings
76. World of Mod Podge (end table re-do)
77. Flower Patch Farmgirl (Vintage Memo Board)
78. Jane F from Atticmag (My Friday Recipe – Thai Taste Coleslaw
79. Cass at That Old House (Getting YOUR Beach House Design Advice)
80. Carolina Mama (Paula Deen’s Y’all Come Inn House!)
81. Ramona @ ADayInTheLifeOfRamona {Beds of Flowers}
82. Cleaning the Dishwasher with Kool-Aid (Hooked on Cleaning)
83. Robyn (my daisies)
84. laura @ the shorehouse
85. janmary (my irish back garden)
86. Abbie (feeding my baby)
87. Becky @ Farmgirl Paints
88. Elaine Power

Tagged as: Blog Parties, Decorating, flowers, home

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songbirdtiff June 4, 2009 at 8:47 pm: Someday I will managed to visit an Ikea. We are 6 hours from the closest store (Dallas) and it’s difficult to get the hubby to rent a uhaul to drive to Dallas for the weekend.

songbirdtiff’s last blog post..Good Stuff
Arleen @ Seasons for All at Home June 4, 2009 at 8:49 pm: Hi Julia. Oh how I love fresh flowers! And what’s more charming than single stems in bottles and glasses? IKEA certainly does have good finds. I really need to get to a store one of these days. Happy Friday to you! ~Arleen
Mary Beth June 4, 2009 at 8:49 pm: I absolutely love this post! There is nothing like fresh flowers to perk up the day and your displays are lovely.

Mary Beth’s last blog post..Icebox Banana Cake with Chocolate Cream
DesignTies June 4, 2009 at 9:00 pm: Fresh flowers really brighten up a home And what a great way to display them — simple and pretty Not to mention the fact that you can spread one bouquet through your whole house by putting just one flower or two in each bottle!!

Kelly @ DesignTies

DesignTies’s last blog post..DesignTies welcomes “The King of Colour”, Jamie Drake
Things That Inspire June 4, 2009 at 9:13 pm: I once read that Oprah gives her friends a year of flowers – a fresh bouquet every week. That would be a great gift in my mind!

I buy fresh flowers from the grocery store every week (Whole Foods tends to have the best) – I don’t drink coffee, so I always tell my husband that my fresh flower addiction is much cheaper than a daily trip to Starbucks!

Things That Inspire’s last blog post..Steel Windows and Doors
Edwina- HouseAHolic June 4, 2009 at 9:19 pm: We have a shack over on Karragarra Island, near Brisbane, Aus (www.karradaway.com). One of the great traditions when we go over there is to walk the island picking colourful wild flowers and put them in glass jars all over the house. They grow in so many amazing colours there and brighten the house up amazingly.

Edwina- HouseAHolic’s last blog post..Hooked on Detroit Decay
Beach House Dreamer June 4, 2009 at 9:28 pm: The flower display looks very elegant, and I’m all for simple. Lovely. And thanks Julia for this great party!

Beach House Dreamer’s last blog post..More than she Dreamed
Misti England June 4, 2009 at 9:35 pm: Oh Julia-As much as I love fresh flowers in the house, I just can’t do it! I have four cats, and one just LOVES to eat flowers. She eats the real ones and my beautiful fake flower arrangements too! Those glass vases are perfect for your cut flowers. Really wish I could have the real deal in our house again. They used to be in every room, until I saw traces of them later on. Traces that you don’t want to see again. If you know what I mean…

Thanks for hosting your awesome Friday post!

~Misti

Misti England’s last blog post..I Confess My Love Of… (A new series)
Nan (Playful Decor) June 4, 2009 at 9:36 pm: Oh, beautiful flowers! I miss them! I can’t have flowers in the house because dear sweet kitty eats them.

Nan (Playful Decor)’s last blog post..The Color Purple, I Mean Turquoise!
Fifi Flowers June 4, 2009 at 9:37 pm: LOVE fresh flowers in the home!!!

Fifi Flowers’s last blog post..Importance of having a Fashionable Chest…
Linda@ Restyled Home June 4, 2009 at 9:39 pm: Funny you posted this…I just bought myself some flowers this week, and vowed that since no one else gets me any, I would treat myself to a few each week!!
Yours look so lovely in your kitchen windowsill!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Linda

Linda@ Restyled Home’s last blog post..A sink-ing feeling…
Nancy June 4, 2009 at 9:47 pm: I love fresh cut flowers too. I haven’t been able to have them in a few months because my youngest son tries to eat them rather than smell them. He’s nicknamed “Trouble” for a reason!

I blogged about some books that I really enjoyed this week… books that helped me get over my Twilight obsession.

Nancy’s last blog post..I found some cool stuff! Edited
PamperingBeki June 4, 2009 at 9:47 pm: Just adorable!!

I have to tell you too, that the store bought Starbucks Frappucinos have bottles that make AWESOME vases.

PamperingBeki’s last blog post..Holy wow.
Linda@Lime in the Coconut June 4, 2009 at 9:53 pm: Love the summeriness and simplicity of your flowers.
I’m with you…I usually have some flowers or palm fronds throughout the house. Soul soothing!

Linda@Lime in the Coconut’s last blog post..Tropical feast for the eyes…for the soul
ALVN of WhisperWood Cottage June 4, 2009 at 10:31 pm: The flowers are gorgeous! The single flower in a vase or jar is so simple and elegant!

ALVN of WhisperWood Cottage’s last blog post..Photo Contest Entry…”Time”
Daly Essentials June 4, 2009 at 10:32 pm: It’s amazing how fresh flowers can make a room feel so much better! I’m totally hooked on them too!

Daly Essentials’s last blog post..White chairs please!
Eileen June 4, 2009 at 10:34 pm: So pretty!
I love fresh flowers on my kitchen window sill too, right over the sink. I use old maple syrup bottles (shaped like maple leaves), sounds like they would hold a lot, but because the bottle neck is so small they only hold a stem or two, but I like that look. And the juice glasses are a great idea too!
Maya@Completely-Coastal June 4, 2009 at 11:10 pm: A very nice display. Love when I see it, but then never do it!

Maya@Completely-Coastal’s last blog post..Vintage Swimsuits -Wear or Wall?
Olive Rue June 4, 2009 at 11:39 pm: This is a beautiful, happy cheerful post, Julia. Love the photos. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Jenny June 4, 2009 at 11:43 pm: Your daisy display is so fun and cute!

Jenny’s last blog post..Picnic Table Talk: Alphabet
Claudia@DipityRoad June 4, 2009 at 11:51 pm: Yes! Flowers are such a delight!

I love bringing them to a friend or even just to myself. (ok, not too many friends bring me flowers, so why not myself huh:)

TTFN~~Claudia

Claudia@DipityRoad’s last blog post..Guest to Getaway
It Feels Like Chaos June 5, 2009 at 12:52 am: Beautiful! They do just seem to brighten the day!

It Feels Like Chaos’s last blog post..Bees!! Part 2
~Really Rainey~ June 5, 2009 at 1:18 am: Such a Summa-time post! I love it!
Rainey

~Really Rainey~’s last blog post..Foodie Friday & Hooked on Fridays 6/5/09
Pretty Organizer June 5, 2009 at 1:24 am: Yes, flowers make a house come alive. Here in the desert they also make it feel like a different planet! I’m so tired of seeing weeds, granite rocks and succulents that I long for a dainty looking flower. Love it!

Pretty Organizer’s last blog post..An Online Decor Inspiration Book
adrienne @ Susan Palmer Designs June 5, 2009 at 1:41 am: I love daisies! I really like simple arrangements of flowers, maybe it’s just me, but I think giant, overly complicated floral arrangements detract from the amazing beauty found in nature

adrienne @ Susan Palmer Designs’s last blog post..Imperial Range – The “True” Industrial / Commercial Style Residential Range
christy June 5, 2009 at 4:51 am: I love those vases and the flowers inside – so pretty. And so affordable – what a great idea. I use bud vases in my powder room, but I’m thinking I might put some in my family room today too!

Hope you have a great Friday Julia!

christy’s last blog post..A Lil’ Welsh Rarebit Giveaway
Susan June 5, 2009 at 5:44 am: I once worked w/a girl who brought fresh flowers to her office every single Monday. She said she was worth it! Love it!

Susan’s last blog post..A Non-Princess Pink Room
Jasmine June 5, 2009 at 5:52 am: How very true! They make for a wonderful greeting when you enter into a room, especially the fragrant ones.

Jasmine’s last blog post..Hooked on: Beautiful Headboards
mannequin June 5, 2009 at 6:08 am: Yes, yes! A house does seem much loved when adorned with flowers, doesn’t it?
This year I’ve planted a separate flower cutting garden for that purpose alone.

Happy weekend Julia and thanks for the sweet post!

mannequin’s last blog post..The gatekeepers house
Emily@remodelingthislife June 5, 2009 at 6:37 am: I love the simplicity of your floral displays! You’ve inspired me to switch out my flowers today and clean off my window sills above the kitchen sink

Emily@remodelingthislife’s last blog post..$15 Entryway Makeover
Jamie June 5, 2009 at 7:07 am: I love how pretty a simple jar looks in front of a window. It becomes even better with flowers straight from the yard! One of the best things about summer!

Jamie’s last blog post..Repurposing with twine in mind.
Jane @ Beach House June 5, 2009 at 8:11 am: Always fresh flowers yours are lovely. I’ll be out collecting fallen peony heads and petals to float in a glass bowl – if it EVER stops raining

Jane @ Beach House’s last blog post..Egg Chair (Leather)
Luanne June 5, 2009 at 8:22 am: So glad I found your blog! Love the fresh flower photos you posted today! I adore them although not the price and around here, they’re not that fresh in the local markets….boo! My peonies are about done blooming now. They remind me of my mother-in-law who passed away. We live in her home now and I left them right where she has them planted by her children. Luanne

Luanne’s last blog post..Fashionable Friday
Amanda @ Serenity Now June 5, 2009 at 8:43 am: OOooh, Julia! I really like those vases. I have to head up to Northern VA in a week or so to pick up a bridesmaids dress and we have an IKEA there. I might just have to stop in and have a look.

You have a lot of great link-ups today. Wonder what I’ll be doing while the girls are napping this afternoon? (Hint: it’s not ironing the pile of clean clothes)

Amanda @ Serenity Now’s last blog post..Doctor’s Note
Robin All Things Heart and Home June 5, 2009 at 8:47 am: I love the simplicity of the vases in the window…beautiful.
Robin All Things Heart and HOme

Robin All Things Heart and Home’s last blog post..Cooking With The Husband~A Go-To Burger
Heather June 5, 2009 at 8:51 am: Your photos are so pretty! I just cut some beautiful peonies from the yard yesterday, and they are prettily (is that a word?) sitting on my mantle!

Heather’s last blog post..Thinking Pink
Kelly R. June 5, 2009 at 9:06 am: Julia- Is this really the view out of your kitchen window? What a beautiful setting!
hookedonhouses June 5, 2009 at 9:14 am: Kelly R–
Yes, that’s my backyard. We have a wooded lot, which is really beautiful this time of year! -J
m June 5, 2009 at 9:16 am: That arrangement is just precious!

m ^..^

m’s last blog post..Before The Bedazzler…
ImagineCozy June 5, 2009 at 9:33 am: I just did a post on flowers in the house too! This time of year there are just so many beautiful ones to choose from. I love how you have the vases with one flower in each. It makes a statement.

Thank you for hosting the party each week. I love seeing what everyone else is hooked on.

ImagineCozy’s last blog post..Cozy Dining Room
Aunt Amelia June 5, 2009 at 9:41 am: Everyone, please enjoy your fresh flowers at home! We can’t have them in the house, because of allergies. -le sigh-

Aunt Amelia
TidyMom June 5, 2009 at 9:43 am: I need to do this! I never thought of buying a bunch and splitting them up! GENIUS!!

~TidyMom

TidyMom’s last blog post..Linky Love
FROM THE RIGHT BANK June 5, 2009 at 9:58 am: Fresh flowers are one of my must have’s. As you say, why save them for special occasions? There’s nothing like flowers to brighten up a room and your mood! I love the look of single stems in single vases/bottles. Have a fantastic weekend, Julia!

FROM THE RIGHT BANK’s last blog post..The Haymarket Hotel
DeAnna June 5, 2009 at 10:08 am: Love, Love, Love the daisies! Thanks for sharing.

DeAnna’s last blog post..Flashback Friday – Please Join Me!
Tamara June 5, 2009 at 10:23 am: I LOVE fresh flowers in the house. Especially when my daughters get them from their boyfriends I take really good care of them!

Tamara’s last blog post..Hooked on Communication
used cars sioux falls June 5, 2009 at 11:03 am: I’m waiting for my peonies to bloom so I can have lovely cut flowers at work!
RML June 5, 2009 at 11:15 am: Thank you for organising this wonderful blog party again- I am loving the peach and red roses a friend bought me during the week.

RML’s last blog post..Back to Black…
World of Mod Podge June 5, 2009 at 11:15 am: I do so LOVE fresh flowers. I need to spruce up Mod Podge command central.

World of Mod Podge’s last blog post..Cathie & Steve’s $1 store notebook "fixer-upper."
Jane F from Atticmag June 5, 2009 at 1:08 pm: Julia, thanks for the fun event. Aargh, I messed up my post and I’m on twice — sorry — feel free to whack one.
I love fresh flowers in the house and grow little white roses. Waiting just now for blooms! Nothing is like fresh flowers. Wish I could share those pics.

Jane F from Atticmag’s last blog post..Friday Recipe – Thai-Taste Coleslaw
Cass @ That Old House June 5, 2009 at 1:45 pm: A house just isn’t complete without fresh flowers. My grandmother used to skip lunch on her weekly NYC shopping trips in order to bring home flowers for her table. I have inherited that trait! Looks like you share it as well.
Cass

Cass @ That Old House’s last blog post..Hooked On — Getting YOUR beach house design advice!
Sue June 5, 2009 at 2:45 pm: I’m with you, I love fresh flowers in the house, great post!

Sue’s last blog post..Discounts for Dummies?
Diana@TheDevineHome June 5, 2009 at 2:46 pm: There’s nothing like fresh flowers to make a house feel alive! Love yours ;o)

Diana@TheDevineHome’s last blog post..Fire Fly Love
Carrie June 5, 2009 at 3:02 pm: I planted a whole bed of Zinnia’s this year just so I can use them for cut flowers this summer.

Carrie’s last blog post..The Art of Hanging Laundry
Jen - thethriftyhome.com June 5, 2009 at 5:25 pm: I never buy flowers because I thought they were too expensive. I {Heart} this idea!
Robyn June 5, 2009 at 6:01 pm: Well, I am going to have to head right on over to my Ikea- those vases are cute! ~ Robyn

Robyn’s last blog post..Fertilizer Friday!
Kathy :) June 5, 2009 at 6:01 pm: Just love fresh flowers…..

Have a nice week-end Julia

Kathy
The Summer Kitchen Girls June 5, 2009 at 6:29 pm: Yes….the past few months we’ve been gathering loads of vases in every room to put tulips…..and now peonies & roses – ain’t spring/summer grand?!!

The Summer Kitchen Girls’s last blog post..Ready…Aim….Shoot!
laura @ the shorehouse. June 5, 2009 at 7:01 pm: Better late than never…just got my Hooked on Flea Market post up. I started and stopped working on this post about 100 times today…Total blog A.D.D.!

I love your flowers! Thrifty AND beautiful.

laura @ the shorehouse.’s last blog post..Hooked on the OG Flea
JanMary, N Ireland June 6, 2009 at 2:37 am: You know, I need to do this more too – why wait for special occasions – every day is a gift we should celebrate!

Have a lovely weekend

JanMary, N Ireland’s last blog post..Show & Tell – two little birdies in my back garden
Becky @Farmgirl Paints June 6, 2009 at 2:22 pm: Love the idea. I wish I had a Trader Joe’s real close. They have beautiful flowers for cheap. I would definitely do better about putting some out if I did.

Becky @Farmgirl Paints’s last blog post..Change is Hard!
Vicki Archer June 7, 2009 at 3:13 am: Fresh flowers are an absolute must, when we can have them…they put me in the best mood and everyone else too i think, xv.

Vicki Archer’s last blog post..A rose is a rose…