Easy Ideas for Summer Floral Table Arrangements

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Summer flowers are a perfect way to freshen any space for the season. Check out these easy summer floral table arrangements with both fresh and realistic faux flower options for beautiful centerpieces!

Let’s be honest. Is there anyone who truly doesn’t appreciate a bouquet of fresh, easy summer floral table arrangements? Even in the most simple living spaces, the perfect arrangement of fresh or faux flowers can make thoughtful and easy table centerpieces. Today, we are going to check out a few super simple tips and ideas for summer floral table arrangements that you can easily recreate to go with a variety of styles in home decor.

Even if I’m feeling uninspired with my decor or in a design rut, ideas for easy summer floral table arrangements are sure to bring some life to any room as well as making great focal points on a coffee table, console table, dining table, night stand, kitchen island, or even the bathroom countertop.

Are you also wanting to make your room feel fresh and lacking inspiration or time or budget to restyle the space? Budget-friendly, grocery store flowers and my favorite realistic faux flowers for the win for easy summer floral table arrangements!

There is something about simple summer floral table arrangements that make me smile. But the best part? Easy summer floral table arrangements that make a lasting impression don’t need to break the bank.

Let’s chat about my favorite flower arranging tips to use inexpensive, grocery store flower stems in my decor, starting with easy summer floral table arrangements!

Plus, I’ll share all of my favorite faux stems that you can use in either fresh or faux flower centerpieces to make simple summer flowers even more of a beautiful focal point for your dining table or coffee table!

True story: I used to feel like I couldn’t have fresh flowers around my home because switching out my summer flower centerpiece wasn’t in the budget. To be honest, the reality is that those amazing summer arrangements from the florist still aren’t something that I want badly enough to add much in my budget.

However, eliminating a coffee once a week to spend $5 on some pretty fresh flowers IS feasible. Simple summer floral centerpiece ideas can be in my budget and fresh or faux flowers probably can be in yours as well! I’m going to share my three favorite tips for taking inexpensive grocery store flowers and realistic faux flowers and then creating intentional and thoughtful points of grace in your home.

Simple Ideas for Easy Summer Floral Table Arrangements

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Tip #1 for Easy Summer Floral Table Arrangements: Use Pretty Containers with Vintage Style

What container can I use to hold my summer flowers?

I’m going to share my favorite tip for summer floral table arrangements first because it’s just too fun. Also, before you even purchase your flower stems, you need to know where and how you plan to display your summer arrangements anyway.

This is my favorite tip because, well, you know how much I love a good vintage find. Even more so, I love a beautiful vintage find that functions for our home! You can find my favorite tips for vintage hunting over on THIS post or THIS one too!

There are so many gorgeous containers that have great vintage style, as well, and I’ve linked many favorites over on my storefront, found HERE.

Pro Tip: Vintage containers to hold happy arrangements of summer floral table arrangements are considered highly functional!

I’m sure you can agree, right?!?!

Use Vintage Flower Containers for Easy Summer Floral Table Arrangements

Containers to hold summer floral table arrangements are always on my vintage hunting list because I know it is something I will use over and over, season after season, and year after year. I love to rotate them around my home because changing just the container and flowers or greenery on my kitchen island is magic. Floral displays make the whole space feel fresh and alive, both for everyday enjoyment and for special events too.

My favorite kinds of vintage containers to hold my easy summer flower arrangements are French or European antique finds. While they are usually a little more of an investment, I know I will love them and use them more than most of my other containers. I rounded up a few that are similar to my favorites and linked them for you HERE and HERE!

You can see what I mean about investments. However, these are the three vintage containers that I use most often for easy summer flower arrangements. I also use them year-round and they are worth every penny to take flower arranging with different types of flowers to a new level!

If you’re looking for some quick and easy containers with that vintage inspiration and budget-friendly tag, you’re in luck! There are so many great reproductions out there to fit every budget and you can make your summer flowers look amazing by picking up a stoneware pitcher (love the vintage pottery look!) or a vintage-inspired crock. These are great options for that vintage look!

Don’t forget to shop your own home too! Pull out that cute pitcher that belonged to your grandma or the bucket that got pushed to the corner of the garage! Look for chippy wooden containers (we will talk about how to make those work for your summer flowers!) and forgotten jars.

Without stepping outside of your home, I expect you have something you can use to make your grocery store flowers look extra beautiful!

Here are a few other favorite containers I have been using a lot too! Even though they are new, these floral containers blend beautifully with my vintage home decor!

Tip #2 for Easy Summer Floral Table Arrangements: Include Free Greenery and Florals

What can I use for free with my summer flowers?

Did someone just say “free”? Yep! My second favorite tip for making your summer floral centerpieces look special won’t cost you a dime!

Instead of buying greenery to go with your grocery store flowers, try using whatever is growing around your yard or neighborhood! I like to use branches from the trees along our driveway and during the summer, I especially love using palm fronds to give my flowers a little extra summer vibe.

Pro Tip: If you don’t have palm trees in your neighborhood, these faux stems look incredibly realistic and are very budget-friendly. I use them right alongside my fresh palm branch stems! They are one of the best sellers from my Amazon home decor storefront!

Also, I’ve been known to cut greenery from along the roadside (just to be clear, NOT from someone else’s yard!) or ask a friend if I could use a couple stems from a specific tree in their yard. My sister-in-law has a gorgeous, huge magnolia tree and I love to cut a few branches to go in my fall decor!

Pro Tip: Keep a pair of clippers in your car! You never know when you’ll come across some pretty greenery…or even fresh blooms of wildflowers in vibrant colors…along the way!

Tip #3 for Easy Summer Floral Table Arrangements: Think Small.

Think s m a l l.

This is kind of a strange tip for e

asy summer floral table arrangements and artificial floral centerpieces, I know. It is especially strange since I often talk about replacing a bunch of smaller decor with a larger statement piece or focal points to make a space look and feel less cluttered.

However, when it comes to summer flowers, I think sometimes the biggest impact from fresh flowers can come in the small ways. A single hydrangea stem (THESE faux flowers of white hydrangeas are my absolutely favorite!) in a vintage jar can have the most refreshing impact in a room. So, let’s break that down for the home decor budget column!

For example, let’s say you spend $7.99 for bunch of three hydrangea stems at Trader Joe’s. Divide those among three different vintage jars or pitchers, tuck in a sprig of greenery from your yard, and add to your kitchen sink, coffee table, and bedroom nightstand.

Pro Tip: Invest in a couple bunches of these super realistic hydrangeas and save so much money in the long run! I use mine all of the time and they truly look and feel so real!

You just added a refreshing touch and uplifting feeling to three rooms of your home with quick, easy, and beautiful arrangements. Your simple summer floral table arrangements add up to not much more than the price of a Venti Starbucks. How’s that for budget-friendly home decor for your summer decorating?!

Are you starting to see how thinking small can make your summer flowers spread joy throughout your home? I love a grand, large centerpiece arrangement as much as the next person. However, I often find that those easy summer floral table arrangements in little vases, scattered throughout our home, bring me the most joy!

In addition to using small flower arrangements around your home for the summer, try gathering them up to use for dining table decor at your next dinner party! Small summer floral table arrangements lined up down the center of the table, atop a beautiful table runner like THIS, is perfect for a variety of occasions and allows for a lot of decorating flexibility too!

I did a round up of vintage containers that I like to use for those small floral table arrangements for you too. One of my favorites for a single stem are vintage bottles like THIS!

Pro Tip: These are also perfect for easy floral gifts. For a bonus gift, tie on a gift card to a favorite store or restaurant!

Give it a try! I think you’ll have so much fun with these timeless classics!

Tip #4 for Summer Floral Table Arrangements: Use the Rule of 3 for Floral Design

What is the rule of 3 in floral design?

One of the easiest ways to figure out what flowers and greenery you need for your summer floral table arrangements is to follow a simple floral design formula: 3 5 8. This formula suggests using three types of flowers, five stems of greenery, and eight stems of filler flowers in a floral arrangement. While not a hard and fast rule, this formula provides some balance and structure to the arrangement. It also helps you figure out the best combination of flowers and greenery that you’ll need for your summer floral table arrangements.

Pro Tip: For a small jar arrangement like we talked about in Tip #3, simplify the formula to use 1 floral stem and 3 stems of greenery.

Tip #5 for Summer Floral Table Arrangements: Use Realistic Looking Faux Flowers

How to make artificial flowers look more realistic?

If you’ve been a reader here at Robyn’s French Nest for very long or follow me over on Pinterest or Instagram, you know that I often use both fresh and faux flowers in my home decor. I also mix fresh and faux for a variety of styles too!

I think the number one key to getting the most realistic look with faux flowers is to invest in quality flowers. The most realistic faux floral stems are not the cheapest. However, the saying that “you get what you pay for” applies to faux flowers too! I find that when I invest a little more in order to get more realistic looking artificial flowers, I end up using them a lot more in my home decor. At the same time, they last me for many years versus just a season or two like cheaper quality flowers usually do.

I have linked my favorite faux flowers here for your reference. While these are not necessarily cheap, they are also the more budget-friendly, inexpensive options that I have found and love using for floral arrangements in my own home decor.

Here are my favorite faux flowers and faux stems that I keep on hand for easy summer floral table arrangements:

Here are a few more tips and ideas for easy summer floral table arrangements:

Create arrangements with odd numbers of flower stems or greenery stems.
Use various shades of the same color to create stunning floral arrangements in your color palette.
Create a beautiful bouquet of fresh hydrangea blooms and let them dry to become the perfect fall floral arrangements.
Try these very realistic hydrangea blooms to make my favorite beautiful arrangement for this time of year. (We are using these white hydrangeas for several special occasions coming up and saving hundreds of dollars!)
Cut wildflowers at 3 different heights for an easy way to arrange them for a summer table centerpiece.
Combine my favorite faux greenery stems with the largest flowers, fresh from your local florist, for a great way to make budget-friendly summer arrangements.
Get creative by using citrus fruit in your summer floral table arrangements. Over on THIS blog post, you can get an easy tutorial about how I created these summer flower arrangements with grocery store flowers, simple containers, and fruit from my local produce department! I also share details about creating this fun spring or summer tablescape too!

So the next time you’re at the grocery store, take a moment and a $5 to treat yourself. You may choose bright and cheerful blooms or perhaps sunflower stems for these late summer weeks.

Maybe the little filler flowers that mimic wildflowers will be just the thing for your kitchen sink. Or you can splurge on a dozen white roses and scatter them throughout your home.

Whatever summer flowers you choose, enjoy!

Add to a vintage or vintage-inspired vessel.
Add free greenery from your yard.
Consider dividing your flowers into small vases and enjoy in a few different rooms.
Follow the simple 3 (floral stems or kind of floral stems), 5 (greenery stems), 8 (filler flowers).
Invest in realistic looking faux flowers.

For more summer decorating favorites, you can browse carefully curated collections of home decor HERE on my storefront!

I can’t wait to hear how YOU freshen your home with fresh summer flowers this week!

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