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The Flower Wardrobe: A new way to live with flowers
For many years, I have been investing in my so-called capsule wardrobe. I love fashion and good-quality items, but I do not like the idea of endless consumerism. I want to choose, buy, and build with care. A jacket that I love so much and will wear for 10 years, combined with trousers that cost a lot but live up to their promise. A smaller selection of items I simply love and that are well made, that I can mix and match. I launched Silkhaus with a clear idea: to let people enjoy the beauty of flowers, without the wasteful cycle behind it. Flowers are stunning, I love them, but the heavy growing overseas, the fast and cooled transport, buying them and seeing them wilt away in a few days, and then the cycle starts again: this does not make sense to me anymore. Especially not when you have a beautiful alternative: crafted, impressive, colourful art flowers. The quality of these art flowers has improved so much that people often have to look twice, or three times. When we launched, I saw people sometimes struggling to make the “right” decisions: am I going for tulips? Or roses? Or hydrangeas? Because the flowers stay, and you do not have to throw them away, it feels like something very permanent, like a painting on the wall. Yes, the flowers are permanent, which makes them more sustainable, but the good news is: you can mix and match them endlessly. Like a capsule wardrobe, start building your own flower wardrobe. Choose stems you absolutely love. Mix and match. There are no rules, there is no right or wrong. Put one branch in a sculptural vase to create something arty; put 20 different colourful flowers together in a big vase when hosting a dinner to create joy; add three of the same flowers in a small vase on your nightstand. The possibilities are endless. A Flower Wardrobe is a carefully curated selection of flowers and branches you love. You can store the stems away for a while, to rediscover them in the next season. Just like with fashion, the joy is in rediscovering beautiful items you already have, and styling them in unexpected ways. That is how true personal style comes to life. Embrace your creative self, start building your own flower wardrobe, and enjoy a more sustainable way of decorating with flowers. Don't know where to start? Discover our top picks. You really cannot go wrong with these flowers!
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Bringing Character to a Small Living Space, with Designer Niklas Mellmann
Designer Niklas Mellmann talks about tips on giving character to small living spaces, why intelligent solutions are crucial, and how a home with personality can be created from just a few square meters.
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Jewelry designer Ann Perica on style, city and country life, and running an independent business
Jewellery designer Ann Perica talks about 70s aesthetics, her studio in Zurich, and the art of intuitively combining jewellery.
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A Modern Guide to Vases & Artificial Flowers
A vase is the canvas of your floral look. Whether you go for a minimalist style with one floral stem and a sculptural vase, or go a bit wilder with branches in a statement vase, getting confident with combining vases and florals is easy - and fun! Header images: Tanza Plant Chair by Chris Wolston. We see artificial flowers as play. Floral decor brings movement into a room that might otherwise seem quiet. It achieves something that few other decoration pieces can. A single stem in your favourite vase, placed just right. Others build through repetition - several of the same stems creating rhythm without feeling strict. And sometimes, mixing different stems shifts everything. A bit looser, more relaxed, slightly unexpected. We like floral looks that are not overly arranged, but sculptural, a little wild. When florals are too perfectly arranged, a room can quickly feel overdone, almost studied. There are no fixed rules here. It’s all about finding combinations that feel right to you. What vase do you choose - or, when you already have beautiful vases at home, what flowers work well with different forms, shapes, and materials? Different vases naturally lead to different styles. A slim, minimalist vase keeps things focused and calm, often working best with one or two stems. A heavier, more sculptural vase can stand on its own, even before adding florals, and pairs easily with fuller arrangements. Statement vases, with wider openings or bold shapes, invite more volume - branches, layers, a bit more freedom in how stems fall and move. And sometimes, it’s the smallest adjustments that change the whole look. Stems can be bent slightly to sit higher or lower in the vase, or to shift the overall shape of the arrangement. Even the height inside the vase can be played with, depending on how you want the florals to show up. In this article, we share the most exciting looks and vases with you – regardless of style or budget. SHOP Design and Art Vases Oblist.com Artemest.com Vanessa Mitrani Kelly Wearstler Sofia Lou Jabobsen Modern Vases 101Copenhagen Audo Iittala Guaxs Serax Budget Vases Hay Vase Zara Home Vincent van Duysen for Zara Home IDEAS From minimal to voluminous. Click on the image to go to the product. Photos from Pinterest.
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The Art of Table Setting and Sobremesa with Food Stylist Pilar
Pilar on table culture, sobremesa, and seasonal food styling – and how small gestures, colors, and textures naturally bring guests together.
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Leandra Nef on Colour at Home, Fashion as Attitude and an Eye for Emerging Talent
We talk to Leandra Nef about fashion as an attitude rather than a trend, about bold interior design decisions, the logic of red – and about why she writes.
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