Abigail Ahern
I’m skipping the pool this morning which I’m feeling a little bad about except its related to breakfast or lack there of. Running out of almond milk last night meant I couldn’t put together my bircher muesli which I am obsessed with. The thought of being wet and coming back to only a banana is not good, so no swim. To much information about the minutia of my life? Probably, I apologise. Lets talk botanicals my new favourite word!
We have been blown away with the reaction to our faux botanicals not only are they flying out the door to our customers but other retailers from around the globe are buying into them. Not to mention the press attention we’ve received from the LA Times, Lonny, Daily Mail, Red Magazine, Sunday Times, its been pretty incredible. Funny because rewind to this time a year ago, and I can remember very clearly having a conversation with Gem about should we or shouldn’t we take the risk. I guess that is the thing with risks right once you’ve taken the plunge you actually start wondering what the big deal was.
Anyways back to botanicals. My dream project would be being commissioned to work on a nursery, sexing it up a tad like Terrain at Stylers do you guys know of it its one of coolest nurseries around, ever! It annoys me to think how dull they are over here (except Petersham of course) but the rest stuck in the dark ages I feel, but there you go,maybe one day I will get to overhaul one!
So four key reasons why botanicals are so hot in the home is…
- They instantly freshen up a space.
- They can be used like works of art.
- You can put them practically anywhere.
- They add instant character and charm!
I’ve gone a little crazy over cactus and single stems, from small little foliage stems to great big jungle-esq ones I have them everywhere, you just need to look at my Instagram feed to see that. I like nothing better than the challenge of taking something that people snootingly turn their noises up at and making it cool!
Dark paint – check, faux flowers – check, botanicals check check! Wonder what I should tackle next.
Happy Tuesday!
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