Flowers From Around The World: The English Rose
By Ana Zuravliova
Across the globe, flowers have played a leading role within interior design. Whether it is in the form of a large floral display on the entryway console table, or floral fabrics used for soft furnishings, the addition of flowers within the home is a great way to reconnect with nature. In today’s blog, we will be looking at one of the most famous flowers in the world, the celebrated English Rose!
What is the English Rose?
There are over 150 species of roses, and for hundreds of years they’ve been important to people around the world. Symbolising love, purity and sincerity, roses are as beautiful in small cottages and city apartments as they are grand country manors. Weddings, Valentine’s days and nervous first dates are where we often associate roses, but you can enjoy the power of this flawless flower in the home all the year round, and on any occasion. Acknowledging its eternal beauty, the rose is the national flower of England (plus the USA and the Maldives). Keen to learn how you can harness the power of the English Rose in your interior design? Read on…
Floral home decoration ideas
There are many fun ways to use roses as part of an interior décor. Roses are one of the most popular flowers across the world as they come in a variety of colours, shapes, styles, and species, opening a bouquet of opportunity for the stylish decorator. For example, the English Rose offers large blooms and rich colours – it is a wonderful addition to any home.
Easy ways of adding this regal rose into the home is through floral arrangements, be they real or faux, soft furnishings, or simply adding the colours to elevate the style of the space. Here are some easy steps!
Rose pattern furnishings
Soft furnishings are one of the most impactful ways to implement rose prints into the home. You can go as bold and daring as you would like by selecting from a wide range of blinds, curtains, and accessories.
For going large on the rose prints, the use of Roman blinds and curtains is an ideal starting point. This is due to the large swathes of fabric used, increasing the surface space taken up by a rose print.
However, if the addition of rose print curtains or Roman blinds isn’t something that appeals to you, then smaller pockets of this gorgeous flower can be added into the home by using cushions and matching lamp shades. Both will help keep the décor of the room coherent when matched together, without being too dominating within the space.
Colours of the rose
When it comes to employing roses into the home, using floral prints isn’t the only way. Simply using the colours that these roses come in will be enough to recreate the charming delicacy of these flowers. As the traditional English Rose comes in a variety of colourways, its essence can complement a range of interior schemes. To mirror the soft curves of the petals, curtains are some of the best options, but flat blinds and accessories are equally useful!
Pinks
Pink is the best known and most popular colour of the traditional English Rose. Tending to be more on the delicate, softer side of the colour spectrum, these paler shades will add a warming touch to the space without being overbearing. Using pink accessories such as lamp shades and cushions are a great starting point for injecting an essence of the traditional English rose into the home.
White
White is another popular colour choice when it comes to English Roses – after all, it is the emblem of Yorkshire! Signifying purity, white roses are a great addition to the home for creating a soft, fresh ambiance within the space. Implementing white into the home is a great way of recreating the delicate purity that white traditional English roses signify. Applying white to the home’s decor can be done through a variety of ways, from block colours to patterns in varying furnishings and window covering.
Reds
In keeping with the Lancaster Rose, red is the most common colour of any rose. Signifying love, red roses are a wonderful addition to the home as they will emit this emotion throughout the home. Red not only represents love and care, but it also adds warmth and depth to a space. Combining red with pinks and whites will add the full English Rose effect into the home, without the use of floral prints.
Yellow
Yellow roses represent friendship and joy making them not only the perfect gift for friends, but the ideal decor decision for spaces where you entertain. Yellow is well known for its comforting and warm energy and its ability to help people unwind. As a result, consider adding yellow to your living room or conservatory either through window furnishings or soft plush yellow cushions!
Rest of the UK
The four nations of the UK are equally rich in history and their flowers are just as beautiful as the English Rose. From the glorious pinky purple of the iconic Scottish Thistle, to the buttery yellow of the Welsh Daffodil or soft green shade of the shamrock shared by both Northern Ireland and the neighbouring Republic of Ireland, the flowers of the UK and Éire offer a wealth of beauty to choose from.
Each shade will bring elegance and sophistication to your home and can be introduced in the ways outlined above. For a truly fabulous floral décor, combine the flower power of these plants with Rose patterned Roman blinds, thistle purple and shamrock green accented accessories, and real daffodils. Few decors could be so magical.
Floral patterns are a fun way of injecting the look of flowers into the home, however the use of the right block colours can also recreate the delicate essence of any given flower. Finding the right shade for your castle can feel somewhat daunting but don’t despair – you can order up to eight free samples from the website to find the perfect floral pattern or shade for your home to blossom!
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