Page 3 | To find it strange to hang a fake flower wreath on your front door at the height of summer

Buxusmortus · 2025-06-23T17:51:32+00:00

I have seen quite a few of these recently, in houses with actual front gardens. It's the height of the flowering season, real flowers are everywhere, why on earth does a door need a fake flower wreath in summer? I hate fake winter wreaths at Christmas but at least I can understand it more then, with bare gardens and trees and with it being more traditional to have a wreath at that time of year. Sometimes I make my own out of real foliage etc then or sometimes I don't bother with one. A couple of people near me have had a fake flower one up since before Easter, surely they get dirty, dusty and faded, as well as looking generally crap. It's a very strange thing. Edited to say I accidentally appeared to have added a poll, did not intend to do that.

Foreverm0re · 23/06/2025 23:14

steff13 · 23/06/2025 22:31

Decorative wreaths originated in ancient Greece. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it's automatically American.

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Yawn. It’s totally an American thing though, it doesn’t matter where it originated. Do the Greeks still adorn their doors with tat for every single season or occasion? Spring, autumn, Easter, Halloween? Doubt it.

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Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 23:13

godmum56 · 23/06/2025 23:10

its not new....it was a thing (and wrapping your pictures to look like parcels) back in the 90's, it came over from the US

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Like so many of the worst trends unfortunately.

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Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 23:12

TinyTempest · 23/06/2025 23:05

You're right.

What really is odd, is that the OP (a grown woman presumably), is trying to persuade a bunch of strangers that she doesn't understaaaaand that different people like different things.

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Of course I understand that different people like different things.
I simply wanted to find out the thinking behind the plastic summer wreaths or fake box balls as no one in my circle of friends and family has anything other than a real wreath at Christmas, if they have one at all. No one I know has fake flowers inside either.
I asked on mumsnet because I knew that there is a huge cross section of people on here, many with very different lifestyles to mine.

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godmum56 · 23/06/2025 23:11

Tiddlywinksrus · 23/06/2025 22:33

Some people are just into stuff like this. Personally can't be bothered but if ai had the time maybe I would think about this.
Assume the same people also have seasonal airfreshners, use scented dryer sheets and use zoflora every day. Some people are just into homey stuff like this I guess and if thats their thing then great as it obviously just makes them happy!
Its not my thing for many reasons but some people just like it

then you assume wrong.

Kendodd · 23/06/2025 23:11

Fake plastic flowers/grass looks terrible! Those ball shaped plastic hanging things at the sides of doors where hanging baskets used to be, with plastic leaf and flowers, they've got to be the ugliest things though. What even are they?

godmum56 · 23/06/2025 23:10

Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 22:16

I agree it's up to the individual, but this summer fake wreath thing seems to be a new thing and I was curious why and where it's come from. Is it an Instagram type of thing?
From looking who has them it seems to be the same people that wrapped their whole front door in a gigantic bow at Christmastime, to make it look like an enormous present presumably. That's another new bizarre type of decor.

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its not new....it was a thing (and wrapping your pictures to look like parcels) back in the 90's, it came over from the US

TinyTempest · 23/06/2025 23:05

MsTamborineMan · 23/06/2025 23:03

It's not odd is it?

They obviously think it looks nice. People have different tastes. It's in no way confusing

We get you think your taste is better than theirs, but there's nothing less classy than judging others decor or calling things 'naff'.

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You're right.

What really is odd, is that the OP (a grown woman presumably), is trying to persuade a bunch of strangers that she doesn't understaaaaand that different people like different things.

Mumblechum0 · 23/06/2025 23:05

I have seasonal wreaths too. Spring is dried flowers, summer is hand painted silk ones. Autumn dried hops, Xmas only, is fresh greenery.
IDKAF what anyone thinks, and front garden is full of flowers inc a large display of pots either side of the front door.

it makes me happy

MsTamborineMan · 23/06/2025 23:03

Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 23:00

Fake box balls dangling on a chain is just as odd as the plastic flowered summer wreath. Especially the ones that have fake flowers stuck all over them.

It's not odd is it?

They obviously think it looks nice. People have different tastes. It's in no way confusing

We get you think your taste is better than theirs, but there's nothing less classy than judging others decor or calling things 'naff'.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 23/06/2025 23:00

The first time I noticed a summer wreath on someone's door, I assumed that they had a death in the family. Now they're everywhere.
I bought a Christmas one, it is beautiful.

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Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 23:00

Fake box balls dangling on a chain is just as odd as the plastic flowered summer wreath. Especially the ones that have fake flowers stuck all over them.

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CloudBuster66 · 23/06/2025 23:00

Well OP, I've always got a wreath on my door and I don't care. I pick seasonal wreaths that try to avoid looking too artificial. Like another response, we used to have a lovely Edwardian original door with stained glass, but our tiny house only has a tiny plastic door so I like to make it look as welcoming and personal as possible (I also painted the PVC door using Frenchic)

FlatErica · 23/06/2025 22:58

It’s trashy and one of the reasons why we have plastics everywhere, even in our bodies.

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Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 22:58

Tiddlywinksrus · 23/06/2025 22:33

Some people are just into stuff like this. Personally can't be bothered but if ai had the time maybe I would think about this.
Assume the same people also have seasonal airfreshners, use scented dryer sheets and use zoflora every day. Some people are just into homey stuff like this I guess and if thats their thing then great as it obviously just makes them happy!
Its not my thing for many reasons but some people just like it

I think you're probably right about that. I don't use any of that stuff, I open windows to freshen the air and dislike artificial smells.

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Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 22:53

MojitosAllRound · 23/06/2025 22:38

I deliver leaflets door to door. You can tell a lot about a neighbourhood based on the door decorations or absence of them.

That's interesting. Do you think there's a correlation between, say, plastic all seasons wreaths, real Christmas wreaths only or no wreaths, and types of neighbourhood, or types of housing within areas?

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Ophy83 · 23/06/2025 22:53

I've got one from here...

https://www.notonthehighstreet.com/partners/pippadesigns/products

made from moss and twigs with silk flowers

I got it a few years ago, store it in a box in the cupboard during winter, give it a spray with hairspray and it is good as new. It looks pretty and cheers me up as I walk up the front path to my door. A wreath with fresh flowers wouldn't last long.

Pippa Designs

https://www.notonthehighstreet.com/partners/pippadesigns/products

mumzof4x · 23/06/2025 22:51

I learned to crochet when I gave up alcohol and I crochet flowers and butterflies to go around mine i love it. Wouldn’t have thought anyone walking past would particularly notice though because it’s mine

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Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 22:47

Cheesyfootballs01 · 23/06/2025 22:36

But surely you understand that making a wreath out of real flowers would only last a few days?? Especially in the heat.

Also why do you care? People can decorate their property however they see fit.

I bet you feel the same about people who use seasonal decor inside their houses too…

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I just don't see why anyone would want have one in the summer anyway. No one ever did till a few years ago then the plastic ones started to appear.
Of course people can do what they like with their houses, I've seen some ghastly exteriors as well as attractive ones.
Indoors, if you mean a real Christmas tree, a real garland, a pumpkin, or some vases of real flowers, that's lovely, but houses with light up reindeer, blow up Santas that are like a deflated balloon in the daytime or houses full of skeletons or skulls at Halloween, well that's another matter.
I do realise all this is a matter of taste which of course is so subjective.
Everyone presumably thinks they have great taste, but others may view their decor as irredeemably naff.

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NowStartAgain · 23/06/2025 22:43

I have one, it’s a heart shape with pink plastic flowers 🌸 all around. I never would have bought myself such a thing but my DD spent her pocket money on it for my birthday. She was so sweet giving it to me and so excited I may well just keep it there forever.

That is why I have mine!

macaronisaidshetlandpony · 23/06/2025 22:42

I have a wreath my door that I made using grasses, seed heads and dried flowers. It’s kind of neutral and yellow. It looks really sweet. I don’t ever
buy plastic fake flowers or wreaths but I do think wreaths can look lovely in any season. I prefer mine homemade though.

Aweecupofteaandabiscuit · 23/06/2025 22:39

Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 22:22

I'm interested to know from the ones that have different seasonal ones, when did you start doing this and why? Because I've only seen anything other than a Christmas one in the past few years.
Do you feel that your front door doesn't look good without one?
I think a clean, maintained front door looks good on its own.

I started doing it when we moved into a new build with a front door that looks like No. 10. Black, shiny, blah.
Our old house had a gorgeous teal coloured door with patterned glass panels, which we chose after the horrendous old door we inherited gave up the ghost. It it was a fab door. It only ever hosted the witch and the holly.

MojitosAllRound · 23/06/2025 22:38

I deliver leaflets door to door. You can tell a lot about a neighbourhood based on the door decorations or absence of them.

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Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 22:38

BatchCookBabe · 23/06/2025 22:32

They won't collect dust on the outside door.

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I doubt that can be true. Doors get dusty outside, the same as cars, garden furniture etc, so something hanging on the door would too.

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Cheesyfootballs01 · 23/06/2025 22:36

Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 22:32

The fact that there are loads of real flowers around seems to me to be relevant as it makes having additional plastic flowers on the door extraneous and jarring.
I do have 3 holly trees in fact, and as I said, I do sometimes make a real Christmas wreath. But at that time of year gardens are pretty bare and the weather is gloomy, so it can be nice to have something festive outside.
But in summer, where there's real floral abundance everywhere, a plastic door wreath doesn't seem to make anything look nicer or better, in my opinion.

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But surely you understand that making a wreath out of real flowers would only last a few days?? Especially in the heat.

Also why do you care? People can decorate their property however they see fit.

I bet you feel the same about people who use seasonal decor inside their houses too…

Missj25 · 23/06/2025 22:36

Buxusmortus · 23/06/2025 22:22

I'm interested to know from the ones that have different seasonal ones, when did you start doing this and why? Because I've only seen anything other than a Christmas one in the past few years.
Do you feel that your front door doesn't look good without one?
I think a clean, maintained front door looks good on its own.

I think they’re pretty on doors & make a house look cheery & welcoming, beats the hell out of “ Beware of dog “ on some doors ! !