Over the weekend we stopped in on a friend and saw their front door nicely framed with a pair of oversized concrete planters and giant bird of paradise. What had been a sort of empty front deck suddenly feels filled in and tropical.
Framing the Front Door with Plants
We thought it was a really nice improvement and really helped frame the entrance to the house. Plus the green of the giant bird of paradise (not to be confused with a banana plant) looks great with the blue door and the lighter green house. According to feng shui, you should never have a spiky plant near the door, so if you want to frame your door, make sure to use plants with rounded leaves (no cactus! or spiky grass!).
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would love to know where the concrete planters came from!
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what an adorable house! love the porch light!
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So the roses on either side of my front door are a bad idea, feng shui-wise? Or do thorns not count as spiky? What does having spiky plants outside your front door lead to? My bougainvillea (also thorny) is right next to the roses. ;-)
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