11 Ways to Decorate with Florals

In a Lake Forest, Illinois, house, designed by Ruthie Sommers, the chair seat and dressing table skirted to match the wallpaper envelop the guest bedroom in flowers. Wallpaper and fabric are Cowtan & Tout's Amelie. The pair of lamps is from Rubbish, with shades by Munder & Sons.

In the master bedroom of a Palm Beach apartment, a screen in Thibaut's Westfield adds dimension and "gets more fabric into the room for softness," says T. Keller Donovan, as does the flouncy plaid table skirt.

There's nothing more classic than a floral sofa. To give the sofa in the library of a London townhouse "a little romance," designer Rob Southern used a pleated underskirt and a scalloped overskirt.

If you're too scared to go all out with florals, use them as an accent, like on your pillows. In the bedroom of a New York City apartment, designer Ashley Whittaker mixes florals and solid whites.

Here's fabric-driven decor at its splashiest — an entire master bedroom in a Wisconsin lake cottage worked around designer Carleton Varney's exuberant floral print, Rhododendron. The reversible quilt is Carleton V's Rossway in two colorways, soft red and green. The painted green Lisle headboard in pistachio is from Ficks Reed. The soft yellow walls are Pale Hound by Farrow & Ball. Alexis lamp in cardinal from Pottery Barn.

In a Connecticut house designed by Allison Caccoma, the master bedroom walls are covered with high-gloss paint, a soft blue inspired by the water. The color — Benjamin Moore's Harbor Haze — also freshens up a very traditional floral headboard.

Add the spring floral trend to your dining table. In designer Lindsey Reid's Pasadena, California, cottage, camellias arch over an outdoor dining table draped with a Clarence House linen, Dahlia. "Crisp hemstitch linen napkins, candlelight, jasmine in a 19th-century bowl — these are simple and refined luxuries," Reid says. Chairs are vintage French.

Art is a great way to inject some florals into your space. In the living room of a New York City apartment designed by Jamie Drake, a Jan De Vliegher painting of a plate hangs above a Hudson Furniture Lipstick console in wood, stainless steel, and bronze.

In a Westchester, New York, house, Jonathan Adler covered the pendant light and chairs in Alan Campbell's Potalla in Jungle Green. Cherner chairs surround an Eero Saarinen table in the kitchen's breakfast area.

When the antique sconces and candelabra are lit, the dining table is bathed in a soft, romantic glow in a Southampton, New York, house. Dining chairs are covered in Bowood by Colefax & Fowler.

In a Santa Barbara, California, house, the master bathroom wainscoting of Portuguese glazed tiles was installed by the former owner's decorator. Designer Joe Nye slipcovered a Pottery Barn side chair in a complementary blue-and-white linen stripe from Rogers & Goffigon.