Decorating With Bees........ It's Very French!
This past summer season while sitting within the backyard, I started remembering how when I was younger, the clover plants were always included with bees. I cannot let you know how normally I was stung at the toes or feet because I loved to go barefoot. As I sat there I started looking for bees. I most effective counted five as a long way as I ought to see surrounding me. I knew there was a trouble because I even have see the numbers decrease over the last few years, however it actually disturbed and saddened me that I can be looking the extinction of a species.
This is my tribute to the bee, and being a design blog, it will of course focus on how to decorate your interiors with them. Enjoy, and I hope you get some ideas!!
L'abeille - The bee. This black lacquered sign became once published at the door of a French shop. Long a symbol of French royalty, the bee became the version for the fleur de lys.
Napoleon selected the bee as his private symbol.There are numerous theories of how this took place. One thrilling theory is whilst he overthrew the French authorities and took up residence in the Royal Palace at Tuileries, he refused to invest in new decor. However, he could not allow the curtains - with their embroidered fleur-de-lis, (the French Royal brand), to maintain to hold inside the windows of the palace. His answer turned into to have the rich and stylish velvet drapes turned the other way up. The inverted symbol of the overthrown monarchy appeared like a bee.
Interesting honeycomb patterned door.
There are beautiful bee inspired accessories in home decor stores that will add a touch of "french" to your home.
A gorgeous antique embroidered piece with the bee symbol next to a crown. (perhaps from the court of Napoleon)
Bee skeps are a popular design detail. They are great while utilized in outdoor garden areas.
Honey become originally accrued from the bees? Nest in hole trees. To make gathering the honey a great deal easier synthetic nests for the honey bees to stay in had been made. Before wooden hives got here into use, European and British beekeepers used inverted straw or wicker baskets known as a ?Skep?. Skeps are baskets positioned open give up down with a small hollow at the lowest for the bees to enter.
Skeps are pretty to apply as table decorations.
Vintage honey jars shaped like skeps.
Bee skeps can even be used in interiors as chandeliers.
Take a moment to watch this young man play Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee. It is INCREDIBLE!
There is loads of bee themed fabrics on the market today that are gorgeous whilst used to upholster furniture.........
Or use as window remedies.
Lovely vintage dish!
I collect miniature French Limoges porcelain boxes so this hand painted bee one caught my eye.
Beeswax... A extraordinary product we can thank bees for!
The shade of beeswax comprising a comb is at the start white and then darkens with age and use. This is especially true if it is used to elevate brood. Pigmentation in the wax can bring about colorings ranging from white, through sun shades of yellow, orange, and crimson all the way to brown.
Bees even show up in earrings!
Incredible bee adorned antique dress!
A BIG thank you to the bees for this yummy treat!!
Don't forget bee inspired craft tasks!
Vintage artwork.
Old honey tins are great for a county style indoors.
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