When Everything’s Comin’ Up Roses offers peaceful glimpses of blooms in a variety of lovely interiors. I’m also including encouragement quotes. Like white roses, words of comfort can transform a mood or shift the eyes of the soul to higher ground. Even everlasting roses have their charms. I hope the inspiration will fragrant your journey and remind you the time is right to bloom.
![Minuet quartz topped industrial cart in my kitchen with white roses in pitcher - Hello Lovely Studio. #modernfrench #minuetquartz](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-white-roses-industrial-cart-minuet-quartz-kitchen-3.jpg)
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Everything’s Comin’ Up Roses
I never tire of them, these white roses.
![Dining room with classic style millwork, SW Repose Gray walls, and greyed oak hardwood floors - Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dining-room-piano-repose-gray-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
They look great absolutely everywhere…
![Modern French we renovated from top to bottom with alder door and vintage maid's tub - Hello Lovely Studio #modernfrench](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-modern-french-bath-white-roses.jpg)
And they can elevate the everyday like nobody’s business.
![Encouragement quote, struggle quote, uncertainty quote by Bob Goff on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/encouragement-quote-uncertainty-bob-goff-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
Do you like roses in saturated, juicy, vibrant colors or the more faded hues?
And do you grow them?
I cannot imagine having the sort of access so many of you have from your gardens!
![Laura McKowen (WE AR THE LUCKIEST) inspirational quote about sobriety, recovery, addiction, personal growth on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/encouragement-quote-laura-mckowen-sobriety-recovery-addiction-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
I say I’m all about the white variety, but then I see these…
![Guest bedroom with herbarium. Timeless interior design by Shannon Bowers with nods to European antiques, patina, understated elegance, and sophisticated simplicity. #shannonbowers #timelessinteriors](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shannonbowersdesigns-guest-bedroom-herbarium-roses-romantic.jpg)
or these old fashioned beauties…
and I think there is nothing so lovely as a blushing rose.
![Encouragement quote (It's not too late to...) on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/encouragement-quote-its-not-too-late-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
When everything’s NOT coming up roses…
![Sherwin-Williams Repose Gray in my modern French dining room with white piano and white roses - Hello Lovely Studio. #modernfrench #reposegray](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_5515-1.jpg)
do you find extra reserves of hope in your roots?
Do you turn toward the light?
![Ralph Waldo Emerson inspirational quote with encouragement for struggle and life's disappointments - Hello Lovely Studio. #emersonquotes #strugglequotes #hopequotes #encouragementquotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ralph-waldo-emerson-inspirational-quote-struggle-life-encouragement-hello-lovely.jpg)
Because there are such important lessons in nature for us to apply when wilting and despair are near.
![Serene bedroom with blue and peach. Timeless interior design by Shannon Bowers with nods to European antiques, patina, understated elegance, and sophisticated simplicity. #shannonbowers #timelessinteriors](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shannonbowersdesigns-bedroom-roses-nightstand-2.jpg)
I don’t know much of anything at all…
![White vintage bicycle with basket of white roses in my French country courtyard - Hello Lovely Studio. #whiteroses #frenchcountrycourtyard](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-french-country-courtyard-bicycle-roses.jpg)
but I know that when I turn toward love (in spite of my circumstances, courage, or credentials),
and when I dare to put on a new mind…
![Spring quote of encouragement on Hello Lovely Studio](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/001-encouragement-spring-quote-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
miracles and blessings I never saw coming tend to blossom.
![Dining room with antique table, Louis style chairs, fireplace with mural above, and SW Repose Gray paint color on walls - Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dining-room-hello-lovely-studio-mirror.jpg)
Maybe you already know how long roses have been here. While they aren’t the most ancient flower, fossils found beneath Colorado’s Florissant Fossil Beds offer proof roses have been here nearly 40 million years.
![Blush pink roses from Grace Rose Farm in a terracotta pot on my counter (Viatera Minuet quartz) - Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hello-lovely-studio-blush-pink-roses-gracerosefarm-viatera-minuet-countertop.jpg)
Can you fathom 40 MILLION YEARS?
![Tender wish of encouragement on Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/encouragement-quote-days-come-easy-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
No wonder they feel so timeless and otherworldly.
They bloom such a short time, yes?
![Inspirational gardening quote about flowers and life on Hello Lovely Studio. #gardenquote #inspirationalquotes #audreyhepburn](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/flower-quote-roses-hello-lovely-studio-to-plant-a-garden-audrey-hepburn.jpg)
But even after their blooming, they continue to be purposeful.
![Hello Lovely's white modern French bath with clawfoot tub, Louis chair, country wood stool and white roses. #modernfrench](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-modern-french-bath-white-roses-2.jpg)
After the rose blooms, it produces a fruit called a rose hip. Familiar with rose hip?
![Vintage Smeg refrigerator with antique French basket on top filled with blush pink Francis Meilland roses - My Petite Maison.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/0001-my-petite-maison-french-nordic-decor-french-basket-smeg-frig-francis-meiland-roses-blush.jpg)
They are dear to me. Rose hips are rich in vitamin C and used to make herbal teas, jams, jellies, and healing potions for skin.
![White roses in a vintage ironstone pitcher in my kitchen with window seat - Hello Lovely. #whiteroses #whitedecor #windowseat #breakfastnook](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_1975.jpg)
I know these things because I have lived for decades with the skin condition rosacea.
![Encouragement quote reminding us we have struggled and overcome - Hello Lovely Studio. #encouragementquotes #strugglequotes #overwhelmquotes](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/encouragement-quote-diagram-percentage-of-all-time-worst-days-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
My rosacea is not a pretty pink flush across the cheeks.
![Nordic French white antiques and vintage decor with pale blush Francis Meilland roses - My Petite Maison. #nordicfrench #frenchnordic #vintagestyle #francismeilland #swedishcountry #countrydecor](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/001-my-petite-maison-french-nordic-white-decor-francis-meiland-roses-blush.jpg)
Mine is an unfortunate lumpy, bumpy mask which appears and feels awful.
But rosehip oil has antioxidant properties and provides a most calming effect when the rosacea flares.
![Inspirational flower quote about blooming and life on Hello Lovely Studio. #flowerquote #inspirationalquotes #flowers](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/flower-quote-roses-hello-lovely-studio-zen-shin-doesnt-compete-just-blooms.jpg)
So you see, even when the beauty of the rose appears to end, it has an enduring healing mission. It soothes and balances as it heals wounds that come.
![Minuet quartz topped industrial cart in my kitchen with white roses in pitcher - Hello Lovely Studio. #modernfrench #minuetquartz](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-white-roses-industrial-cart-minuet-quartz-kitchen.jpg)
Such patterns of beauty, life, death and resurrection seen in nature mean more to me as I age.
While our culture is divided in important ways along lines of religion, morality, and politics, I often wonder why we cannot unite on such encouraging patterns so obvious in nature.
I wonder why we cannot agree on the wonder of the cosmos and the Eden right under our noses.
![John O'Donohue quote and blessing of encouragement on Hello Lovely Studio. #blessingquote #gracequote](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/001-encouragement-quote-blessing-future-graced-love-john-odonohue-hello-lovely-studio.jpg)
Because even the small and simple things here on the planet are awe-inspiring.
![Whtie roses on a pub table in a room with grisaille mural on wall - Hello Lovely.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_1987.jpg)
![Shop the Look of a modern rustic den on Hello Lovely Studio. #shopthelook #modernrustic #organicluxe](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/shop-the-look-den-modern-rustic-hello-lovely-studio-banner.jpg)
It is surely why we need the poet. Here’s a gem called BLOSSOM from MARY OLIVER:
“In April the ponds open like black blossoms, the moon swims in every one;
![Pink roses and and antiques in a French country home with interior design by Pamela Pierce. #pamelapierce #frenchcountry #interiordesign #milieu #pinkroses #oldworld #antiques](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pink-roses-french-modern-antiques-rustic-milieu-pamela-pierce.jpg)
there’s fire everywhere: frogs shouting their desire, their satisfaction.
![Inspirational flower quote about blooming and life on Hello Lovely Studio. #flowerquote #inspirationalquotes #flowers](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/flower-quote-roses-hello-lovely-studio-nothing-blooms-all-year-be-patient.jpg)
What we know: that time chops at us all like an iron hoe, that death is a state of paralysis.
![Pink garden roses, French vintage and antiques, and all white Scandi style in a country cottage - My Petite Maison.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/french-nordic-all-white-cottage-entry-pink-roses-vintage-jars-mypetitemaison.jpg)
What we long for: joy before death, nights in the swale – everything else can wait
![Minuet quartz topped industrial cart in my kitchen with white roses in pitcher - Hello Lovely Studio. #modernfrench #minuetquartz](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-white-roses-industrial-cart-minuet-quartz-kitchen-2.jpg)
but not this thrust from the root of the body.
What we know: we are more than blood – we are more than our hunger
![Hello Lovely's white European country modern French kitchen with Minuet Viatera quartz counters, farm sink, industrial cart, and marble subway backsplash.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/hello-lovely-studio-white-kitchen-oak-floor-marble-subway-backsplash-industrial-cart-stool-1.jpg)
and yet we belong to the moon
![White counter height table and industrial stools with white roses - Hello Lovely Studio.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-pub-table-stools-white-roses.jpg)
and when the ponds open, when the burning begins
![Modern French bath with white roses - Hello Lovely Studio. #modernfrench](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-modern-french-bath-white-roses-3.jpg)
the most thoughtful among us dreams of hurrying down into the black petals,
![White terracotta urn with white roses in modern French kitchen with Minuet quartz countertops (Viatera) - Hello Lovely Studio. #minuetquartz #whitequartzcountertop](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-modern-french-white-roses-minuet-quartz-kitchen-3.jpg)
into the fire,
![Hello Lovely's modern French bath with clawfoot tub and white roses. #modernfrench](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-modern-french-bath-white-roses-4.jpg)
into the night where time lies shattered into the body of another.”
![Mary Oliver poem about flowers - BLOSSOM. #maryoliver](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mary-oliver-blossom-poem.jpg)
Hello Lovely, Everlasting White Roses
When fresh florals or white roses aren’t available, it’s an opportunity to enjoy the everlasting variety.
![Terracotta urn with white roses on my antique farm table - Hello Lovely.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-modern-french-white-roses-minuet-quartz-kitchen-farm-table.jpg)
If you haven’t shopped for an arrangement lately, you may be surprised by the possibilities.
![Terracotta urn with white roses on my counter near window seat - Hello Lovely.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-modern-french-white-roses-minuet-quartz-kitchen-2.jpg)
Silk, dried, and other everlasting artificial roses often look just fine in a clear glass vase or container.
My favorite way to display them is in aged urns or terracotta pots. Antique pots from France can be pricey, so consider thrifting ordinary urns and painting/distressing them to your liking.
Super Easy DIY Plaster Roses
You’ll find all sorts of ways to craft or style with these easy DIY plaster roses.
![My plaster dipped white roses were created simply and now sit atop the piano with a framed vintage print - Hello Lovely Studio. #diy #plasterflowers #vintagestyle #hellolovelystudio](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hello-lovely-studio-plaster-dipped-roses.jpg)
You can hot glue them to a canvas or simply decorate with them by adding a few to a shelf or a lonely tabletop. Watch YouTube tutorials if you’re not like me and want to wing it!
![Hello Lovely's plaster white roses.](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-plaster-white-roses.jpg)
The basic idea is: buy your favorite artificial roses, remove the flowers from their stems, dip in a mixture of plaster of Paris and water, and let dry. Here’s a lovely tutorial for plaster dipped flower art from the beautiful blog So Much Better With Age:
White Roses Bring Peaceful Beauty to the Everyday
Let’s face it. Nature provides the most beautiful décor to bring inside, and no matter where you place a pitcher of white roses, you create A MEDITATIVE MOMENT. And such moments can transform the everyday, feed the soul, and remind us how everything is sacred.
I hope these simple ideas inspire you to savor roses, flowers, and plants in fresh ways!
![White terracotta urn with white roses in modern French kitchen with Minuet quartz countertops (Viatera) - Hello Lovely Studio. #minuetquartz #whitequartzcountertop](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hello-lovely-studio-modern-french-white-roses-minuet-quartz-kitchen-5.jpg)
While I like this quote below from MULAN, for me, it necessitates an expanded notion of what it is to “bloom.”
![Inspirational flower quote about blooming and life on Hello Lovely Studio. #flowerquote #inspirationalquotes #mulan](https://www.hellolovelystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/flower-quote-roses-hello-lovely-studio-blooms-in-adversity-rarest-disney-mulan.jpg)
Because blooming often won’t resemble a lush bouquet of velvety perfection. Blooming may not be a picture of ease, laughter, or readiness for a close-up. Blooming in adversity? It may look like the exhausted body of a heartbroken mother in fervent embodied prayer, desperate and prone on a cold floor, fully surrendered as a vessel for healing light. Blooming may be the vulnerable posture of receptive permeability. Blooming may even be a radiant yet desperate desire to be absorbed into a lifegiving flow.
Maybe this is why we can sense it is always the right time to bloom where we are planted.
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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A lovely post as ever. You might want to consider researching and trying the GAPS diet as I am now doing for my chronic situation. Carefully healing the gut can shift an astonishing number of conditions into healing.
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So glad the diet is helping you – I will peek at it – I have been on various protocols since I was 18 and diagnosed with Crohn’s.
Just beautiful
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Thanks so much for the kindness. xox