Ah. Push it. Push it real good.
I hope you all got that Salt-N-Peppa reference. Good times. And now on to our guest bedroom’s recent mini makeover. Check our our lovely new Wallflowers (courtesy of LaDiff) in all of their 3D glory (btw, have you entered the giveaway yet?).
Aren’t they so fresh and so clean in white? We love the gentle shadows that they cast on the wall and the playful texture that they add to a room that’s already full of fun patterns and prints (although I believe they’d be equally amazing on the white wall of an all-white room, like white on white sculpture).
As soon as we got them home we ripped them out of their boxes all Christmas-morning style and started playing with them. The white flowers are actually magnetic, so it’s no surprise that they ended up on our fridge (so pretty!)…
…and even on our hallway’s air intake vent (it’s so nature-meets-machine):
But how do the magnetic flowers stay in place on a regular old wall if they’re magnetic? Why push pins of course! You just hammer them into place on your wall…
… and the flower is drawn to the pin and stays up like magic:
Planning our pattern was no sweat. We just laid the flowers down on a high-contrast surface (the brown back of our guest bedroom’s patterned quilt) and messed around with them until we found an amorphous blob of blooms that tickled our fancy:
Then we slowly transferred them over to the wall (working our way up from the bottom and studying their relationship with each other as we went). We also found that placing a small piece of paper to mark where the already hung wallflowers used to be really helped us keep the whole picture in mind (and study the proportions that we wanted to duplicate on the wall).
As we went we did decide to slightly alter our layout since we didn’t want our gaggle of flora to be higher than the mirror that’s centered in the room. So we made it a bit thicker and less pokie (that’s a technical term) at the top.
Before we knew it, our bloom blob was really working for us. One of the most fun things was switching the sizes around until we adored everything about our little art installation and didn’t want to change a thing (thanks to the magnetic feature you can trade the flowers around tirelessly and even spin them to face any direction with ease).
So what do you guys think? Are you chomping at the bit to win some of your own? At $37 they’re a total steal even if you don’t snag them on the house (cheaper than most art + frame pairings). Would you choose the white flowers or the black ones – or even those fun stainless dragonflies? Where would you hang yours (framing a doorway? snaking up a staircase? in a nursery? the ceiling above your bed?). The possibilities are endless…
And speaking of Wallflowers in a nursery, check out Dooce’s new nursery with none other than the very same white blooms. It’s a small world (with lots of fabulous wall accessories, apparently).
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UPDATE: After we posted our little burst of blooms, a few people sweetly mentioned that they liked the original layout on the bed a bit more than the wall blob… and we actually agreed. A few minutes of switching things around (and eliminating three blooms, which are now on the fridge) produced our newer pokier shape (that isn’t too tall thanks to the removal of those three flowers). Score.
Gotta love those Wallflowers for allowing such a quick a presto change-o. Thanks for the comments one and all- and good luck on the giveaway!
Casey says
Hey guys,
Where did you get the glass “dome lid” that is covering your potted plant on the dresser? I’ve beee looking for somehting like that!
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Casey,
That was a $4 garage sale find. I know that doesn’t really help but maybe you can find something similar at a plant store or nursery. Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Jeannine @ Small and Chic says
Hey Youngsters, perhaps you already heard from La Diff about this, but I was in the store yesterday (buying a ghost chair!) and chatted with the staff about these Umbra flowers, which I wound up adding to my order. They said that after you posted about the flowers, they shipped tons of them all over the country!
I think what you’ve done for small and/or local businesses is great.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks! We’re just as thrilled as you are to hear that they did so well after our little giveaway. We definitely have made it a point to work with as many local people as we can to help our readers score some great swag while giving Richmond-based businesses a little boost while we’re at it! And of course we love to spotlight the little guys, so from etsy sellers to start-ups we’re all about supporting small business.
xo,
s (& j)
Steph says
The ‘pokier’ version looks great! I love the idea of doing it on a white-on-white wall, I’m really loving texture and patterns at the moment :)
Mary Kibbey says
LOVE LOVE those oh so adorable flowers. I have to have them!
owldeedoo says
So many things to *HeARt*!
the Salt n Pepper reference! the organization! the colors! the same Ikea bookshelf (we got for FREE!) but are having the same base-trim issue with. the same flower wall decor i got for Christmas from the new hubby which i have not yet opened (I know, what’s my deal??)…as soon as I saw this post about how they were MAGNETIC tho, I ran and opened them. Sadly, mine (Target, by Umbra) are not magnetic. :( However, a craft or art store might have the perfect magnet size…
Surely somewhere on your blog there is a post about what color walls you have in your kitchen. Our house color inspiration came from Martha’s lovely bowls, and your wall color looks very similar to the chips we have hanging about in the kitchen, waiting for their chance to shine! Curious which one you went with and how much you love it.
Love the blog!
I also am very curious to know how you get your husband to comply with all this organization. Do tell! Pah-Leeease!!!
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Owldeedoo,
I’m happy to say that my hubby is a very organized guy. He was an account manager when I met him (a super organized position) and he was raised with three sisters so I think that attributes to his propensity to keep things in order (and not throw dirty socks on the floor). Every guy is different I guess! As for the color of our kitchen, it’s Glidden’s Gentle Tide (which they no longer make but you can get them to look up the formula and whip up a gallon for you at the paint desk). Here’s a post with all the other paint colors in our house for you: https://www.younghouselove.com/2010/02/our-homes-recently-expanded-color-palette/
xo,
s
Jessica says
I fell in love with these when I saw them on your website but when I received them in the mail I noticed that mine did not come with a magnet, just the push pins. Did they recently change the style of the wallflowers?
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Jessica,
Yes, sadly we heard a rumor that they changed them (we even mentioned that in our office post about ’em). So sad! Here’s hoping they still work for you though!
xo,
s
Misty says
Im actually thinking of these for my gallery picture wall in my dining area. Do you think it work wellsort of free formed around them?
Also, Ive never seen them inm person, but looking to order them. Do I understand correctly that now they are adhered to a push pin that you just stick the entire flower into the wall? That seems even easier to me than the magnetic way, no? And, I know each house is different, but how dusty do yours get?
Thanks Guys!
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Misty,
We’ve seen them used around a gallery picture wall and they look great! As for how they’re made now, we haven’t seen them in person but it sounds like you do push the whole thing into the wall. And when it comes to dust, we haven’t had that issue at all (probably because dust mostly collects on our floors in the form of dust bunnies and fur balls thanks to Burger, so things on the walls don’t get much at all). Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Misty says
Thanks Sherry!
Im sure you are used to this, but…It’s funny because when I was looking to purchase them on Ebay (wicked good prices!), the pictures they used in some of the descriptions were yours…And it showed very little of your space, but I could still tell it was yours! Do you think that means I have a YHL addiction??? “Hi, my name is Misty. And I’m a recovering YHL addict.” “Hi Misty”
Also, my 9 year old son is crazy about Burger’s blog. Jake is so stinking cute and asks to check and read Burger’s blog daily! But he wants me to ask how Hamburger got his name? We really couldnt find the backstory on it…
YoungHouseLove says
Way before John and I got a dog we thought it would be the funniest pooch name someday. And when we saw Burger he was only about 2lbs and curled up just like a burger patty. Plus his belly was spotted like a cow, so it was meant to be!
xo,
s
Kimberly says
I just read this post, and I’m also looking at my email & I thought you two would really enjoy this website. http://www.totsy.com , you have to be a member. I thought you might really enjoy it. If I had facebook I’d invite you, but I don’t. I hope you enjoy it though!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks!
xo,
s
Kiara says
I found these little guys at Bed Bath and Beyond, 1 box of 25 for $20 :) I got Blak and put them on my Tiffany Blue wall :) my room is Tiffany blue, black and a drop of orange so I painted 8 of them orange and threw them in the mix :) love them!
Anne says
Hi,
I just saw this posting. I visited the website you referenced…but they do not sell the flowers any longer.
Would you happen to know another source?
Thank you!
Anne
YoungHouseLove says
Maybe try amazon.com or google “wallflowers by Umbra” to see what comes up?
xo,
s
Anne says
Thank you so much for the inspiration!! I made some 3D-Flowers out of wihte and black paper. I like them so much! They are hanging in my bedroom and I love it…!
Greetings from Berlin, Germany
YoungHouseLove says
Love that!
xo
s
Anne says
I’ve made some out of paper…(because it is complicated to buy an ship them to Germany…). I glued them to my wall and it looks so great! Thanks for the inspiration!!!
YoungHouseLove says
Love that!
xo
s
Vic says
Hi I just love these! I’m redoing my daughters bedroom and would love to have these in there!! Where did you find them!?
YoungHouseLove says
We got them from a store here in Richmond called LaDiff but the maker is Umbra if that helps :)
xo
s
marjo says
were can i find these flowers would love to have some
YoungHouseLove says
They used to sell them on amazon.com – maybe check there?
xo
s