I am always amazed at how different my kitchen looks when it is bare above the cabinets.  Simply adding some plants, stems, baskets, and vases can make such a difference in the coziness of the room.  I get a lot of compliments on the flowers that I have used recently so I thought I would share this post on decorating above kitchen cabinets and show you exactly what I used.

OK, here is everything I thought I was going to use with the exception of the one container that you will see on the cabinets above my fridge.  So with that exception, you can  see here that I used…

One red berry garland, six olive branch stems, 2 yellow daisy stems, 3 large red sun flower stems, a branch with pears (see below, how I made this), one purple and green leaf stem, two small red leaf stems, one ivy plant, curly twigs, one basket with grapes, and two silk cabbages.

When I thought I was finished I realized I had a few bare spots and added 3 whispy pine stems with red berries that I layered on top of the red berry garland and then I added 2 more daisy stems above the fridge with 2 red hibiscus stems.  I added these items a few days later.  Some times you need to come back with fresh eyes and reassess.

For some reason, I just love decorating with pears.  For this project, I didn’t have any pear stems so I decided to make one…

First I found a nice size twig and then I gathered some fake pears.  I poked a hole in the bottom of each pear with a protractor because it looked like it was the right size 🙂 and then I squeezed some hot glue into the hole and then applied it to branch where I wanted it.  I held it in place for about a minute for the glue to cool and harden.  I did this until I had added six pears.

I added the garland above the middle cabinet first and then added the three red sunflower stems on the side.  The three whispy pine stems I added a few days later.

Next I added three olive stems , bending them a little to hang over the side.  Then I added my lovely pear branch and gently intertwined it with the front olive branch.  I also added the stem with the purple and green leaves and two daisy stems in between the pears and olives and the red sunflowers.

Above shows an example of how I bent the daisy stem before adding it above the cupboards.  Sometimes people make the mistake of just tucking in stems and they just lay flat.   A lot of silk stems have wires in them so you can manipulate which way they go.

Above this small cabinet I just added the basket in the corner and then placed one cabbage in it and the large cabbage beside it.  Oh, and I added a small piece of clear Tupperware under the small purple cabbage to get it to set right . 🙂

Here I started again with three olive branches, gently cascading off one side of the cabinet. Then I poked in the two small red leaf stems on one side and then two yellow daisy stems on the other side.  I also stuck the curly twigs in behind the daisies so they could cascade out on to the decorative pot on the lower cabinet.  To finish it off I just added the ivy plant in the corner leaving a few of it’s stems hanging down above the fridge.

Well, needless to say, I completed this project in a few days.  I wasn’t thrilled with how it looked above these cabinets (picture above on the right) so I gave it a day or so and then added two more daisy stems and the two red hibiscus stems.  There, much better. 🙂

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THANKS JENNIFER:)