Book Review: Decorate with Flowers by Holly Becker and Leslie Shewring

The book Decorate With Flowers is just blooming* with gorgeous flower arrangements, color palettes, styling, and just good old eye candy.  If this book can't get you excited for spring, I don't know what will!

Decorate author Holly Becker teams up with stylist Leslie Shewring to offer practical know-how and colorful inspiration for decorating the home with florals.  Blending their love of botanicals with their progress on decorating ideas for a range of styles, such as vintage, eclectic, and modern.  With creative DIY flower and container projects peppered throughout, this book offers fresh ideas to inspire flower enthusiasts to style their homes and create beautiful bouquets like an expert. - Description from Chronicle Books

My dog Sammy's nose makes a cameo in a few of these shots.

The entire book is beautifully styled and provided me with inspiration for the flowers at our wedding, which I'll be posting about soon!

Decorate With Flowers is available on Amazon.com.

I received this book as a sample

Wonderful Friday - Weekend Inspiration

Read that book

Enjoy the light

take in the view

enjoy every minute of the longest days

Enjoy the weekend!


1. High Gloss, 2. Lonny, 3. Sweet Home Style, 4. Smitten, 5. Architectural Digest

Spring bliss

The weather has been so wishy-washy. Teasing us with a 70 degree day, and then bringing us back down by dropping to 50 overnight! But, the leaves are finally on the trees, and the days are longer - so it's safe to say Spring is here.

I love the longer days...so beautiful
via KML Design

Domino Mag

...and fresh flowers. The first image is flowers in tea tins. I do this, but my tea tins aren't water tight so I put a juice glass with water inside the tea tin and just put the flowers in the glass. The second image is a cute idea: use some glass bottles (they don't have to match), wrap some jute or hemp around them - and you get a lovely handpicked, country centerpiece.
via Country Living

....weekends in the country....
via NiKreations

Love the lanterns hanging from the trees!
via Scandinavian Chic

Meals outside..
When I was a kid, we out outside every evening in the summer. We didn't have a patio, so we just set up chairs and a table right out in the yard

2 images above via Rue Magazine

The ultimate---poolside...
via Design Interior

How do you enjoy spring?