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The dried flower cloud we can’t wait to recreate
Create a pampas cloud for your wall
With pampas grass still the current king of foliage, this extravaganza certainly floats our boat. Part floral display, part wall art installation, it ticks a lot of boxes and could elevate any room of the house. We’d love one in the hallway, living room, bedroom, nursery… okay, everywhere.
We spied it on Justin of @design_at_nineteen’s Insta grid and had to find out more. He used a kit from Pampas & Bloom, but he put his own spin on it to make this unique arrangement.
The kit includes giant natural palms, king spear palm, natural and bleached palms, natural palm spears, hydrangeas, pampas, miscanthus, lunaria, bunny tails and amaranthus, and everything needed to cut and secure the grasses.
What to do:
1. The kit contains floral foam, but if you’re using your own collection of grasses, you can try an alternative such as rolled chicken wire.
2. Keep one side of the foam or wire on a flat surface – this will be the side attached to the wall.
3. Push in the larger palms around the outside to frame the arrangement
4. Trim your hydrangea stems and place somewhere in the middle.
5. Add the pampas and miscanthus to fill the gaps; work clockwise so the colours are evenly spread.
6. Add lunaria and bunny tails as accents, either in groups or as separate stems.
7. Add amaranthus at the bottom so it hangs vertically.
8. Use the twine to hang on an existing hook or use a command strip to stick to the wall in your desired spot.