Decorating With Grocery Store Tulips

Tulips are the perfect cottage style or farmhouse home decor accessory and they're cheap.
Here's how to use them around your home to add a little decorative flair anytime of year.

And how to keep them looking fresh for a good long time.


Turns out you can buy happiness…and it’s about $3.99 a bunch. Ok maybe $7.99 in 2025. However, for fresh flowers, that's still a bargain.

I pick up tulips at the grocery store every week and they make me feel very happy.

Instantly.

I swear my mood changes for the better just by looking at them.

They provide such vibrant color against the starkness of late winter, I just can’t help but get sucked in by their allure.

I set them out in different containers around my kitchen and suddenly my Home Depot renovation looks like a high end magazine shoot.

Those flowers fill the room with life, color and a sense of vibrancy that simply was not there $10 before.

They transform the room and my spirit in the process.

To be honest, it was staring at those tulips when I had my aforementioned epiphany regarding simple beauty in our surroundings. Hence my original photo.

The blooms were lilting in the white pitcher on my kitchen table and they were so gorgeous.

I was captivated.

So pretty, so alive, so transformational and they were four bucks. From the food store. Not some rare orchids or even roses, which are so often revered.

They were tulips.


They're lurking in almost every garden on the block, they may be in your own and you may not even notice. That’s the point.

They remind me of the Chuckle Patch from The Magic Garden, a tv show from my youth.

Those flowers were always so happy, they even produced jokes.

Of course, my tulips are not as talented. 

I guess you get what you pay for. 

I've never even gotten so much as a pun out of my mine, yet they still get me to smile without saying a word.

Perhaps if I went to a florist and spent more, I’d get more out of them, but probably not.

How To Decorate Using Tulips

There's no unique tip here, lots of people set out flowers, you say.

Yes, yes they do.

This is just a reminder, that when your own garden is not in bloom to cut from, there's still a very inexpensive way to have beautiful fresh flowers.

Why tulips are my all time favorite flower...

I told you, tulips are the best.

Even better, if you swap out a box of cookies in your cart for them, they could also have a dramatic impact on your health, as well.

Where Can I Put My Tulips?

Well, there are the usual places, but I always encourage people to think outside the decorating box.

For example, they can be a cheap and temporary way to add a bold pop of color to a room, a color you may not be ready to commit to on a larger scale.

And you don’t have to limit them to your kitchen or dining room.

Flowers in the bathroom are unusual, very surprising and can really wow your guests.

They can give your bedroom a more romantic air, like a vacation retreat and add a feeling of elegance to your living room.

Place them on a porch, in a mudroom or even on your front door.

Quick redecorating project, tiny price!

How To Make Your Cut Tulips Last Longer

• Cut about 1/2 -3/4 of an inch off the bottom of the stem, on a angle, and check water level often as they can be thirsty little suckers!

How Can I Keep My Tulips From Drooping

So. I've been a tulip fan for over 30 years now and the truth is that I've tried all the no drooping tips with limited success.


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Do you display flowers in your home on a regular basis?


I would love to know!

Happy Decorating, Friends!