Key Takeaways:
- Faux wreaths offer timeless, adaptable decor appropriate for nearly any space or style.
- Adding natural elements or seasonal decor can enhance nearly any basic faux wreath.
- Routine cleaning and proper storage will help maintain your faux wreath for years to come.
Introduction
Faux wreaths have become a staple décor accent for the modern home while simultaneously offering effortless beauty, versatility, and practicality through all seasons and style adjustments. Modern faux wreaths are constructed from realistic greenery, flowers, and textures; they’re aesthetically pleasing, allowing homeowners to change up a space in just seconds.
Thoughtful placement and a few custom touches will allow faux wreaths to enliven an area or celebrate seasonal change over time. If you’re seeking to enrich your decor, consider Christmas wreaths at Antique Farmhouse, an affordable way to add stylish decor in an everyday item.
Compared to natural wreaths, most faux wreaths require little upkeep and may require minimal effort to clean. This makes faux wreaths a great decorating investment for your space with the enticing observation that many faux wreaths can be styled time and again.
Choosing a Faux Wreath
Choosing a faux wreath that works well with your space starts with quality, scale and style considerations. Select wreaths made with quality materials that resemble a natural leaf, flower, or seasonal element realistically. This is important because we want your decor to be more elegant and less artificial. Pre-establish your measurements prior to purchasing a wreath to ensure it works with a given wall, mantel, or door size. Lastly, choose wreaths that work with seasonal decor or/and removable accents so you can customize throughout the year. While it is beautiful, are you open to using some varied shapes like asymmetrical or oval sized wreaths for another visual twist? Adding an interesting shape can create a stunning focal point in social spaces full of minimal styling and décor.
Adding a Real Touch of Authenticity
Adding in a real touch of authenticity will revive even the cheapest faux wreath. Natural greens will create an instant appeal for that authentic touch with wreaths made with eucalyptus, rosemary sprigs, or berry limbs. Simply insert the greens straight into the faux limbs in your wreath, and make sure to anchor with florist wire or a dab of hot glue.
Furthermore, regularly changing out new greens every few weeks is an easy way to revive your arrangement, as well as bring a refreshing scent of nature into your space. This is a great idea if you feel your decor is special around holidays or occasions.
Generally, there is another choice for changing out real elements to reflect the season and suit your wreath, such as magnet leaves for summer or pine spring all winter, so the whites or other greens can change your decor space. For examples on how to combine the faux and real and create DIY types for your wreath, I would strongly encourage that you visit and use the resource site House Beautiful to get things fired up!
Seasonal Choices for Styling
The seasonal choices of faux wreaths will offer easy, and no mess seasonal changes! For spring, peel on pastel blossoms small faux butterflies or floral ribbons to create the feel of renewal and fresh beginnings that spring offers. For the summer, enjoy the feel zest with sheet lemon and faux citrus added with a few.
As fall sets in, replace in gold leaves, acorns, little pumpkins or plaid bows, bringing the warmth and color of autumn in your home. In winter and celebration, illuminate with fairy lights, snow-laden pinecones, and faux holly to make an inviting entryway or mantle piece.
Changing and adding accents on the wreath based on the season goes a long way in freshening your space and celebrating special holidays or moments with family or loved ones. Also, for year-round ideas, consider searching for other seasonal styling ideas using Martha Stewart’s current collection of wreaths.
Design Ideas for Using a Wreath in Your Home
The beauty of faux wreaths is bound by your front door. Consider placing a large wreath on the living room mantle for an impactful, stylish statement or hanging a smaller wreath or two on the interior French doors for a stylish entertaining space. Attach smaller wreaths to the back of dining room chairs and they suddenly become a sophisticated dinner party.
Incorporate a wreath into a gallery wall to add another sculptural layer of texture and depth. In a small space, experiment with hanging a single wreath inside a window or over a headboard for added color and charm in a forgotten corner.
Consider layering wreaths of varying size and style, or hanging vertically, to maximize the appeal of faux wreaths in the home, if this is more your style.
DIY Ideas for Customizing Your Faux Wreath
The true beauty of faux wreaths lies in their ability to be modified. For a more upscale addition to the wreath try adding large bows or ribbons made from velvet in deep colors; or simply stick with a rustic twine and burlap for more of a rustic farmhouse effect.
There’s even room to thread in battery-operated fairy lights to imbue a subtle light in the evening; remember to opt for warm white lights for winter, and colorful lights of a celebration or occasion. Attach handmade ornaments, cut-out letters, or other memorabilia items you want for additional charm, making each wreath uniquely your family’s wreath of memories or family treasures.
If you have children, consider letting them decorate or create their small paper ornaments or painted wood shapes, then tuck them into the faux wreath and change them out as they grow. Not only is this meaningful holiday décor, but likely creates family tradition, as well.
Maintenance and Storage Tips
Maintaining your faux wreath is simple, but it is important to consider for longevity. Dust or vacuum the wreath lightly every few weeks, especially if it is in a high traffic area. And to reduce fading from direct sunlight, keep wreaths out of direct sunlight as much as possible to extend use in any space. Avoid exposure to moisture that could ruin the structural integrity and adhesives.
When you get home, store wreaths flat in a sturdy box or hang inside a garment storage bag in a dry closet. Use tissues or soft, light cardboard to keep the wreaths in shape, and protect fragile embellishments from flattening or breaking down, and ultimately preserve the wreaths for future use. These storage tips will allow your wreaths to look marvelous for many seasons.
Conclusion
Keeping your faux wreath somewhat relevant to color and design can provide infinite changes to every room for every occasion, melding practicality with the charm a holiday or seasonal change brings. Try to walk the line of overly expensive, high-quality materials with natural touches, and use the faux wreath seasonally throughout the year as its own component in any space.
With a little care and deliberate styling, there are many easy ways to bring faux wreaths into your space and bring a bright spirit, beyond the holiday season.
Tommy Hardy, an alumnus of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, has been a go-to figure in residential upkeep and innovation for over 18 years. His career commenced in a leading home appliance manufacturing company, where he mastered the intricacies of household systems. Joining our platform in 2020, Tommy quickly became a reader favorite for his practical and easy-to-follow guides. He took the helm of our DIY section in 2019, consistently delivering content that empowers homeowners. Beyond his professional pursuits, Tommy is a passionate gardener and enjoys woodworking, skills enhancing his hands-on approach to home care.
