6K reactions · 17 shares | Even though it’s the season of real blooms & foliage, some spaces & people call for a little faux stem once in a while. Worried they will look fake? I got you! Some people like all real foliage, some like all faux, & I fall somewhere in the middle. I think there is room for both! Some rooms in our home are used less or don’t have great light so I turn to faux stems & plants to use the power of nature to make my spaces cozy. There are so many ways you can help make your faux greens look more real & as I put some stems out in the house today I rounded up some of my top tips to make stems look real for you today. I also found some awesome stems that start at $4 that I used here today & rounded those up for you as well. You can comment SHOP for the stems & more sources from this post to be sent to your DM’s. How to make your faux stems look real all summer long: Use high quality stems that look more realistic on their own. Compare the faux stem you are considering purchasing to photos of what that foliage looks like in the wild to see how realistic the coloring, size, & texture are when it’s in nature. Fill your [clear] vase with water like you would with real florals Mix the real greens with the faux greens in your space. Trim your stems to fit your vase & vary the heights of the stems to make the arrangement look realistic. Fluff up florals & leaves if they are bent or folded. Give some of the stems a curve so they are not perfectly straight as they would not be all perfectly straight in nature. Make the stems unique by clipping some leaves or flowers off so they don’t have all equal amounts of leaves and flowers. Use at least 2 or more stem varieties in your arrangement. Bend & shape the stems to give an organic shape. Keep your stems clean & dusted. Fluff, fluff, fluff…. & keep fluffing. Bonus: when using a faux tree, plant, or other foliage that’s in a solid pot, consider using real dirt or moss to top off the pot to make it look more real. Let me know below: are you an all real greens gal? All faux? Or somewhere in the middle? Comment SHOP below to receive a DM with the link to this post on my LTK ⬇ https://liketk.it/5eJc2 | Liz Marie - Cozy Cottage Style | Facebook
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