And sometimes, in the case of faux and dried flowers, it's both. However, being home more often also means our houses are staying warmer for longer, which is dramatically shortening the lifespan of fresh flowers. "My home is very airtight, so I only get a few days out of fresh flowers," says Carrie O'Connor, a Tralee-based faux floral artist. You can now get hand-made, hand-painted, botanically correct flowers that look even better than the real thing because they are created to look as if they were cut at just the right stage of opening." Like fresh-cut blooms, dried arrangements add interest, life and texture to a room.

Source: Irish Independent March 07, 2021 02:26 UTC