Bursting Blooms - Bringing Spring Indoors

March 03, 2025 4 min read

After a long winter, spring's arrival is a breath of fresh air with a burst of vibrant color. Can you think of a prettier way to celebrate the season than by bringing the beauty of blooming bulbs indoors? While we eagerly await the garden's awakening, let's embrace Bursting Blooms - Bringing Spring Indoors!

Welcome to Monday Morning Blooms!

Today, Pam, Mary and I are so excited to welcome back our friend Shannon of Belle Bleu Interiors. I will share all the links to everyone's spring flowers at the end of this post.

While we're still in cold temperatures, and (just between you and me, okay?) I'm getting over a really bad cold, but the joy of spring is not far away. We're all ready to add a touch of nature's magic to our home decor, nes't pas?

Because of said bad cold, I'm a little behind in all departments at home and at FrenchGardenHouse. So I'm sharing images from a spring photo shoot I had at FrenchGardenHouse for ads for my favorite magazines - Southern Home and Victoria. Kind of a 'multi-task' thing, I hope you don't mind!

{My Mr. FGH nurse would only let me out of bed for short bursts of time- so I did the photo shoot all together for you, and my magazines!}

I set up a table and collected French antiques from the shop to have their 'star' moment' with spring bulbs and some of my favorite spring flowers. The pink hyacinths in the glass bulb jars were bought 'as is' the lighter pink hyacinths in the antique crystal jar I was able to buy as a bouquet at the florist.

WHY SPRING BULBS ARE WONDERFUL

Early Spring Cheer: You'll beat the late winter blues by enjoying spring blooms weeks before they show up in your garden.

Aromatic Delights: They'll fill your home with the sweet scents of hyacinths, daffodils, and paperwhites.

Living Decor: Their natural beauty will transform any space in your home.

Easy and Rewarding: You can buy your bulbs already blooming, but forcing bulbs is easy even for beginners.

This large hotel kitchen antique French coffee server almost got filled with flowers, too, but in the end was just asked to stand tall and look pretty amidst all the flowers.

One of my favorite spring flowers {not a bulb} is the helleborous. I added some of our helleborous from the back garden to the larger floral arrangement with two kinds of ranunculus too. The colors are incredibly beautiful!

FAVORITE SPRING BULBS

Paperwhites: Known for their intoxicating fragrance and elegant white blooms, paperwhites are always a classic choice.
Hyacinths: Hyacinths have a strong, sweet scent and dense, vibrant blooms. They are available in a rainbow of colors from white to pink to blue and purple.
Daffodils: Cheerful and bright, daffodils bring a sunny disposition to every room.
Crocuses: These small but mighty bulbs add a splash of early spring color with their vibrant hues.
Tulips: Tulips offer a wide variety of colors and shapes and are always a stunning addition to your decor.

This antique French market basket looks wonderful with a pot filled with dark pink tulips, and a white helleborous plant. I line baskets with plastic first when using them for potted plants, works like a charm!

DECORATING WITH SPRING BULBS

Centerpieces: Arrange bulbs in decorative bowls or antique vases for stunning table centerpieces. Another favorite of mine is to march a few of the hyacinths in their glass bulb vases down the center of your table.
Window Displays: Create a colorful and cheery indoor garden by putting containers of bulbs on your windowsills.
Shelf Accents: Add pops of color to shelves and bookcases with small pots of blooming bulbs, or a small vase with a few daffodils, or hyacinths.
Gift Giving: Share the joy of spring by gifting small potted bulbs as part of a thoughtful hostess gift or birthday gift. I include a small potted bulb right inside a gift bag with perhaps a spring scented candle.

Along with potted bulbs and spring flowers, vegetables are my favorite way to add some fresh life to early springtime interior design. These beautiful large artichokes look like sculptures on the antique French scale, don't they?

Bring out the colors of spring! These antique Old Paris pieces love the company of spring bulbs, and other spring flowers. This is the season to bring spring's bulbs indoors, it's a simple and impactful way to infuse your home with the beauty and fragrance of the season. Get creative with your containers, and enjoy the blossoming beauty of spring, right in your own home.

Thank you so much for joining me today for some floral therapy! While I didn't set the traditional table with my spring blooms, little settings like this {or part of this scene} will be a lovely way to get some spring inside.