Want to bring eternal spring into your home? Start with flowers — on wallpaper, china, and fabric. Best of all, once in place, these blooms need no care other than your enjoyment!

Floral Wallpaper

Rhododendrons in violet and turquoise against a background of chocolate brown play up the retro appeal of this Osborne & Little wallpaper.















Wallpaper Picks

An oversize accordion photo album showcases pretty wallpaper picks: 1 Secondhand Rose, 2 Brunschwig & Fils, 3 Thibaut, 4 Pierre Frey, 5 Seabrook, 6 Ethan Allen, 7 Osborne & Little, 8 Secondhand Rose, 9 Designers Guild, 10 Colefax and Fowler, 11 Seabrook, 12 Farrow & Ball, 13 Anna French, 14 Secondhand Rose.













Mismatched China

Like flowers in a country bouquet, all blooms go together. Take this notion to the table for an enchanting effect (clockwise from top right): 1 Botanic Garden soup tureen, Portmeirion; 2 & 3 Gien France Clématites sugar bowl and creamer, Baccarat; 4 Pensées sugar bowl, Bernardaud; 5 Cashmere flatware in Fuchsia, Sabre; 6 Eden dinner plate, Portmeirion; 7 Big pink floral napkins, Kerry Cassill; 8 Accoutrements by Anna Griffin stackable tea set, Lenox; 9 Roses cake pedestal, John Derian; 10 Red Rose tray, Fringe; 11 Pensées saucer, Bernardaud; 12 A stack of three Flower of the Month teacups, Spode; 13 Eden mug, Portmeirion; 14 American Wildflowers Collection Morning Glory dinner plate, Herend.









Rock Art

Artist Margaret Oomen takes stones washed smooth by the sea and cloaks them in fabric remnants that she then embellishes with embroidery and crochet. The result: little works of wonder that double as paperweights.













Birdhouses

A plain wall really sings with a collection of fabric-covered birds and their houses made by artist Tamar Mogendorff, from $145 each. Floral fabrics from (clockwise from top left): 1 Amy Butler, 2 Pierre Frey, 3 Calico Corners, 4 Manuel Canovas, 5 Jane Churchill, 6 Jennifer Paganelli for FreeSpirit, 7 Denyse Schmidt, 8 Joann Fabric and Craft Stores, 9 Cowtan & Tout.













Millinery Flowers

This bud's for you. Muslin-and-velvet millinery flowers from Tinsel Trading cost as little as $5, but they make anything they're attached to look like a million bucks.