CANDY WASHINGTON

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Can Artificial Flowers Be As Good As The Real Thing?

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Hi lovelies,

Nothing quite says ‘I love you’ like handing someone a bunch of flowers. But is it important if they are real or not? As much as natural flowers may seem like the better option at first, ultimately artificial flowers can be just as romantic a gesture.

To compare the two, you have to ask yourself where the romance in the act actually stems from. Is it the smell of the flowers? Is it the beautiful colours they come in? Is it the fact that they were grown in the ground, watered for a number of weeks or months then handpicked, stuffed in a plant bag, and wrapped in a bow? All these things are nice on the face of it, but they’re not the reason why a person is happy to receive a fresh bunch of flowers or artificial flowers. What matters, in the end, is the thought that goes into the act, the fact that you’ve been considerate towards your better half and gone out of your way to buy them a beautiful gift to make them happy. 

However, this is not to say that artificial flowers are no good! There are some incredible and beautiful artificial flower providers that create pieces that look just as good as the real thing. There are some great advantages that are associated with this. Firstly, it means your loved one has a gift that will last forever, rather than something that will die within a week. Not only this, but artificial flowers are so easy to maintain, and so they don’t require care from the person in question. Just like outdoor performance fabric, you want to do everything in your power to ensure your garden looks incredible with minimal effort.

Choosing artificial flowers with care to make sure they look as good as the real thing 
As is the case with most things in life, you will have good quality products and you will have poor quality products. This is why you need to take the time to assess your options carefully so that you can choose the perfect artificial flowers for your home.

The first thing you should do is look at the material that is used to create the flowers. Silk is a good option if you want to opt for something that is luxurious and has a realistic vibe to it. 

Aside from this, we would recommend that you take the time to read reviews that have been left by people who have purchased flowers from the company in question before. This is a great way to find out how realistic the flowers look. Moreover, a lot of customers tend to post their own photographs, which can be very helpful when making your decision on what to buy.

You can even use artificial flowers to brighten up a space like a large warehouse
Most people who look into buying artificial flowers only intend to get one or two, which is understandable if you’re sprucing up a garden. But for those who have their eyes on bigger projects, a bulk purchase may be necessary. Brightening up a large warehouse is one of those cases.

Often seen as dusty, cold storage areas, warehouses can also be used for a variety of events from beer festivals to business exhibitions, as well as day-to-day working practice. Yet even when hosting large numbers of visitors at events such as these, these buildings still tend to maintain that spacious sense of emptiness. This is where artificial hanging baskets can help. Nothing is better placed to liven up a dull room than the sight of green leaves, red geraniums, pink fuchsia, and a range of other flowers and greenery. 

Hanging from every entrance and suspended at every stall, these artificial hanging basket flowers can bring a sense of plant and flower life to the room whatever it’s being used for. Not only that, but the familiar and comforting image that reams of drooping ivy and a series of burgundy blooms can provide enables visitors to relax, calming the entire atmosphere of the building. 

And once all of these flower benefits have been realized, the convenience of opting to buy silk artificial flowers over their natural plant counterparts is that they can be used again, and again, and again. All the building’s owner needs to do is store them in a locker room and wait for the next exhibition, festival or workday to start, shipping each plant’s accessories basket away with the rest of the furniture.

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