You can buy a cheap and flimsy flower wall or arch for around £15 online, but to get your hands on a high-quality, Instagrammable one you’ll need to spend anywhere between £50 and a few thousand pounds. Why spend all this money when you can put your time and effort into making your own for a fraction of the price? Express.co.uk chatted to DIY and upcycling expert for ITV’s This Morning, Georgina Burnett (aka The Home Genie), to find out how to make your own flower wall.
How to make your own flower wall
Flower walls are the perfect addition to a lockdown home or garden celebration, whether it’s a birthday party, engagement party, baby shower, or just a regular get together.
There’s no denying it – flower walls are absolutely stunning, and they make for a great photograph.
However, renting or buying one for the day is a little wasteful and you’ll need to spend a significant amount of money to get the same quality as the ones the Kardashians and other celebs use.
Don’t worry, DIY and upcycling expert Georgina Burnett has revealed two methods to make your own flower wall.
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Method two
If you don’t want to invest in a wire grid, you can use a slab of foam instead.
Georgina said: “For more of a DIY and frankly easier version, use an insulation foam board, which is likely to be cheaper and easier to get hold of than the wire grid, it will also be lighter to transport.
“You may find a local builder has some leftover from a recent job.”
To start this flower wall off, you’ll need to cut the stems of your flowers to the thickness of the board.
Georgina said: “Wired stems are the easiest to work with, and if you have these there’s no need to cut them.
“Arrange your flowers into piles of the same colour and take the strongest colour first and place them on top of the board so that you can see they are spaced out.
“Once you’re happy with how it looks, poke the stem through the board.”
You don’t really need anything else to secure your flowers in place, but there are options if your foam doesn’t seem to hold the flowers.
Georgina noted: “Foam boards should be dense enough to hold them in place, but if there’s any movement you may need to fill the hole made with the stem with glue.
“If the stem is wired, bend it behind the back of the board as you pull it through and this will keep it there even more securely.
“Fill in the rest of the board with other colours, making sure the colours are evenly spaced on the board.
“If you’re not fussed about it being a pure flower wall, it’s quite nice to have some trailing greenery in places as well. Then get ready to pout in front of it!”
