5 EASY Ways to Dry Hydrangeas ~ Free Home Decor

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5 EASY Ways to Dry Hydrangeas ~ Free Home Decor

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It's the time of year to start drying hydrangeas and I have 5 different ways to do it! Super easy beautiful free home decor! In this step by step guide, I'll show you the right time, the right conditions and how to cut your hydrangeas for drying and then 5 different ways you can dry those big beautiful heads. Once dried, they are such a stunning addition to your home decor and have so many uses.
And that's not all! We will be foraging and shopping Mother Nature for more free home decor, collecting and drying grasses, seed heads and flowers ready for Autumn Fall and Winter home decorating.
Styling your home on a budget is great fun and so achievable with these simple methods!
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@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Thank you for being here! It’s hydrangea drying season so please share your ways of drying these gorgeous blooms! 🌸🌸🌸

@lechat8533 7 күн бұрын

Dear Lord, you`re like a fairy living in a fairyland. Bless you! I adore hydrangeas. This year (2024) the heat waves destroyed mine very early on. It`s a pity. No dried hydrangeas for me this year. Thanks for this lovely video.💚🤎💖 Greetings from Slovenia.

@630sunshine 4 күн бұрын

Wow, the heads on your hydrangeas are amazing!

@RuralRefurb 4 күн бұрын

They are! So lovely and big!🌸😁

@danachats8944 11 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing these tips.

@RuralRefurb 11 күн бұрын

You are so welcome!🌸

@theresapatterson7069 Жыл бұрын

I just found your channel a couple weeks ago, you have become one of my favorites!! Look forward to every new video! Thanks!!😊

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you! Hello and welcome! 😊🤗🥰

@carolannverhagen3356 4 ай бұрын

Hi Tracey, in Canada we call those white flowers, Sneezewort, it is a yarrow. It is used sometimes as a "baby breathe" type filler in arrangements. Love your show

@RuralRefurb 4 ай бұрын

What a brilliant word!! Sneezewort! Love it!😀

@delia.cotarella Жыл бұрын

Love everything you do and I am a big fan of hydrangeas and tulips myself. Big thank you for all the hydrangea tips. I have just created a wreath with faux hydrangeas for our main entrance, looking forward to drying my own 💚

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

So nice of you to say, thank you🤗your wreath sounds beautiful, they are such a great flower to work with both real and faux. Thank you for being here🥰🥰🥰

@brendanbang6636 Жыл бұрын

Your hydrangeas are stunning. I like drying them upside down the best.

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😊 Good luck with the drying🤍🩷💙💜

@ginamaria2579 Жыл бұрын

Love hydrangeas, remind me of my grandma ☺️💕

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Ah what a lovely memory 😊🌸🩷

@maggiefoers2038 Жыл бұрын

Hi can’t wait to see what you get up to today 😊

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Hi Maggie! Thanks for being here 🙏🏻😊

@dianefontaine8918 Жыл бұрын

Well I don’t own my place but the country is free. I’ll be drying up flowers soon. Love this video. Thanks 🙏 ❤ ❤

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

So true and wonderful to get out and about, exploring and foraging. Enjoy! 🍂🍁

@WendyMiddleton-y3j 17 күн бұрын

I am member of a local flower club in sussex and was wondering if you would be interested in coming to give a talk on home drying and styling to our members. Love your drying and styling tips.🎉

@RuralRefurb 15 күн бұрын

Ah thank you so much Wendy! I’m super busy right now so maybe in the future😊🌸

@valeriefourie3209 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. You are really an inspiration. Your garden is beautiful. 💐

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

So nice of you, most welcome 🙏🏻😊🤎

@maggieferguson6870 Жыл бұрын

Hydrangea bushes in full bloom put on such a gorgeous show in the gardens up and down my neighbourhood. Thank you for your helpful tips. You’ve inspired me to bring in a bouquet today!

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Oh that’s lovely! Enjoy! 🤍🩷💜💙

@SorayaZiziArtist Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed watching Tracy. Well done 😀👍

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much 🙏🏻😊🤗

@yolandaperezvelez5988 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing so great ideas❤can wait for Fall decorations count me in beautiful outdoor goodies 🥰

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Oh me too Yolanda! I’m quite excited for Autumn decorations 😃🤎🤍🍂🍁

@slfawcett9598 Жыл бұрын

Great tips … thanks! I was fascinated to see that here in western Canada we have some of the similar wild plants that I dried last fall as you have just picked. 🌾🍁🍂

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Oooh that’s interesting! Don’t suppose you know the names of them? 🤗🤎

@user-qx5nn1dv9r 7 ай бұрын

Wow Tracy. I’m SO impressed how you find the time and energy to look after your huge garden and property and your home.And of course the wonderful videos you share with us. ❤

@RuralRefurb 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Yes it is all a full time job! 😃

@lianeabeyta4515 Жыл бұрын

MY goodness! How lovely to have such a beautiful property to forage. I can only imagine all the gorgeous arrangements you will be making for fall. Looking forward to seeing how you use them.

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much lovely 😊 yes autumnal styling is not far away now🍁🍂

@lisarichards156 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fabulous video, so inspiring especially as they're so expensive in the shops! Thank you Tracey you're by far my favourite channel now 🤗👏. Lx

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! That’s so kind of you to say! Thank you for watching 😊🤗🥰

@mags8014 Жыл бұрын

Thank you; I had been wondering how to dry my hydrangeas when up popped your video - perfect timing and now I know it all!

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!🤗

@starlenematchett2026 11 ай бұрын

I need your pink dress I my life. It is perfect! Suits you to a tee and it suits my, shall we say, vibe, very well, too.

@RuralRefurb 11 ай бұрын

Yes! Thank you! It’s quite an old one but keeps coming out every year 😁🌸😊

@carlametcalfe4342 Жыл бұрын

Thanks ❤

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊

@isabellederisbourg5570 Жыл бұрын

So beautiful! Thanks❤

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

My pleasure 🙏🏻😊🤗

@Rebelhomeland 10 ай бұрын

The rectangle lamp & shade is show stopping!

@RuralRefurb 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! There’s a video on how I did that if you haven’t seen it😊

@luzrohrman9358 Жыл бұрын

Wow, so happy I found you ! I love your style of decor , reusing … I also plant and love hydrangeas… can’t stop watching your videos.. 5 years ago I moved back to my home and looking for inspiration for decor

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Hello and welcome! Delighted you found me! Hope I can give you some ideas and inspiration 🙏🏻😊

@sharonhopkins9982 Жыл бұрын

Hi Tracey, I'm new to your channel and I love your style. You have beautiful home and grounds. Thank you for tutorial on drying my favorite flower, by the way beautiful dress!

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Welcome!! 🤗Thank you so much for being here🙏🏻😊The dress is one I’ve had for ages, comes out each summer 😁

@Np-vq9mo Жыл бұрын

Love your content! Look forward to seeing your new videos!

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!🤗

@cbb_creationsceciliabaca775 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great ideas!..my favorite as always are the hydrangeas but can’t grow them here, I live in the desert (Southwest Texas) maybe I can get on Etsy and buy them!

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! I wonder if you could grow them indoors, out of the sun and heat? 😊🌸

@edithgreen4195 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely love watching your videos. You have given me more inspiration than anyone I have ever watched thank you

@RuralRefurb 2 ай бұрын

I'm so glad! So lovely to know! Thank you 🙏🏻😊♥️

@lanclincunningham12 Жыл бұрын

😅i was so excited to see your arrangements.I have collected thrifted21 mirrors since I found ur channel I white wash a few.Placiing them is interesting i love to change them around.

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! That’s a great collection! Delighted to have inspired you 🤍🤍🤍

@kathleenjohnson8940 10 ай бұрын

High ranges are my most favorite flower, they're beautiful and your garden is beautiful❤

@RuralRefurb 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

@lolasalesmoore236 Жыл бұрын

I love this video Tracey!!

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Lola! Hello lovely! Did you have a lay in this morning, I was waiting for you on chat! 😀

@lolasalesmoore236 Жыл бұрын

@@RuralRefurb my daughter home this weekend, I’m so sorry!!!

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

@@lolasalesmoore236 you are forgiven 😂 have a wonderful time with your daughter 🥰🥰🥰

@Lizzies-mom Жыл бұрын

If you let a few parsnips run to seed not only do they make an amazing show in the early summer( an idea nicked from a Cleve West Chelsea garden) they dry easily by the hanging method & make lovely large decor in huge vases. See

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

What a brilliant suggestion! Thanks so much for sharing 🤗🥰

@resaglennon7029 Ай бұрын

LOVE your home and your videos! Going out to shop for my hallway credenza and dry some of my hydrangeas! Thank you!

@RuralRefurb Ай бұрын

Have fun!😀♥️

@veradegernier2622 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Tracey for tutorial. Don’t have a garden but will walk around Wimbledon common see what I can find. Love your home and your videos❤❤❤

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Now you know I’m dying to make a Wombles reference here don’t you?? 😂You have to be from the UK and a certain age to know what I mean! Thanks so much for watching and happy foraging! 🤗

@woogiew00 4 ай бұрын

You’re my favorite KZfaqr right now. ❤️ Love from Texas

@RuralRefurb 4 ай бұрын

Ah bless you!🙏🏻Much appreciated 😊

@linashomecreations1696 Жыл бұрын

Another inspiring video Tracy. Loved all the flowers 💐 🌺 the hydrangeas and the broom broom 😅 I can’t wait to purchase our new home in Uk as soon as we’ve sold one of our houses in Portugal 🇵🇹 I do love the different weather’s you have especially Autumn and winter snow, which is something we don’t have here in south of Portugal 🇵🇹. Love your beautiful pink dress by the way.❤

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

How exciting Lina! Will you divide your time between the 2 countries? It’s not been a great summer here this year, wish I could have spent it out there! 😎Thanks for watching lovely 😊🥰

@linashomecreations1696 Жыл бұрын

@RuralRefurb your welcome 🙏 i love your home and grounds, and it's so beautiful that it reminds me of a step back in time. Yes, we have 2 homes here a townhouse and a villa, and both have been put up for sale. Looking into buying around hampshire area and living in uk and Portugal 🇵🇹 xx

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

@@linashomecreations1696 oh you’ll be near me then! 👏🏼

@kathyhelmold7358 Жыл бұрын

I have dried a lot of hydrangeas. Never tried foraging though. Great tips!! Love your beautiful pink hydrangeas. Mine are mostly blue and purple

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Happy foraging! 🤎🍂🤗

@Euphrodyne Ай бұрын

I love your video and your personality!! Keep blooming ❤

@RuralRefurb Ай бұрын

🥰🌸

@nerinawegener5609 Жыл бұрын

I wish I had giant size Hydrangeas to dry. I have one in a pot so I get small ones but they are still pretty. Love your natural garden. I would never be inside !

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

They are Annabelle that I cut down each year so the heads come back large! Thanks so much for watching 🙏🏻😊

@katarzynajuszkiewicz2779 5 ай бұрын

Hi, my name is Kasia, I live in Poland and I love your vlog. You have amazing garden with beautiful white Home. Congratulation!!! :-)

@RuralRefurb 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Kasia! I’m delighted you are enjoying the channel lovely😊😊♥️

@anastasiarn7781 4 ай бұрын

I’m going to try this this year! Thank you. 🙏

@RuralRefurb 4 ай бұрын

Yes! Good luck!🌸

@user-zn4ew9fd7e 7 ай бұрын

Восхищаюсь вами!!!Вы такая классная!!!!Как здорово у вас всё получается!Я сделала очень много декора по вашим примерам!!!Спасибо вам огромное!!!

@RuralRefurb 7 ай бұрын

I’m so delighted to be inspiring you! Thanks so much for tuning in! 🙏🏻😊

@dalialauzan9159 10 ай бұрын

Que precioso video, como todos los que haces pero este en particular a sido como poner colirio a mis ojos, que belleza de flores, plantas, helechos a mi me encantan las flores y las hortensias son una de mis favoritas, también me gustan las orquídeas , este canal se a convertido en mi favorito, le pones alma, corazón y vida a tus videos y eso cautiva a toda la audiencia que te ve

@RuralRefurb 10 ай бұрын

Oh that’s so lovely of you, thanks so much for sharing 🙏🏻🌸🌿🤗

@lorrainedilks4053 8 ай бұрын

My hydrangeas are just coming out in New Zealand. Going to try to dry some.

@RuralRefurb 8 ай бұрын

Yaaay!!!🌸 Always best to wait until they are just about to go over so enjoy them on the bush first😊

@lisaconnelly7731 11 ай бұрын

Great tutorial.❤

@RuralRefurb 11 ай бұрын

Hope that’s given you inspiration Lisa! 🤗

@arlenewatt5225 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Looking forward to how you use the dried florals.

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Not long now for autumnal styling🍂🍁🤎

@dulcerush735 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❤ I love hydrangeas, but here in north Florida I’ve never seen anything like that before, they are incredible in color and size. Mine bloom in May and they don’t last but a few weeks. I’m wondering also do you have snakes, poisonous ones? You must not the way you’re walking through all the high grasses. It’s truly beautiful there. You are very blessed.😊

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

We only have 1 poisonous snake in the UK and that’s the Adder… only 14 people have died from Adder bites in the last 145 years in this country!!!! So I think I’m ok 😃Thanks for your question though 🤗🥰

@dulcerush735 Жыл бұрын

@@RuralRefurb well, God knows we have them in north Florida. One week ago my son killed a rattlesnake. We have a farm and we need to be very careful all the time, we have many different types:( so we keep the area around us mowed.I Enjoy watching your channel. And watching , escape to rural France. That’s an amazing young man. I don’t guess I’ll live long enough to see him finish his château.

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

@@dulcerush735 gosh that must be a constant worry for you, no wonder you keep the grass short! 🐍😱🥰

@bettietuck8770 Жыл бұрын

I love to dry hydrangeas also......do you have cattails where you live? You offer such great suggestions...

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

Ah so pleased you enjoyed the video. Cattails?? Oooh I’ll have to Google that as I’m useless with the names of plants 🤪

@debiegordon3787 11 ай бұрын

TQ 4 sharing ur simple tips & beautiful kitchen courtyard💚🩵🤍. I luv shopping Mother Nature 🌼🌿🌾too. Where did ur pink dress come from? So breezy🩷

@RuralRefurb 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! The dress is quite old and I cut the label out, sorry 🤦🏼‍♀️

@debm2057 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos. I moved in a house that has several Hydrangea bushes. I tried to dry some but they fall apart after drying. Would you know what I am doing wrong? Thank You

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

How lovely that you’ve got well established bushes there, just be careful to pick them at the right time and when dry maybe try hairspray. I often spray paint mine which helps with the shedding. Also I think it depends on the type, Annabelles shed quite a lot whereas mopheads don’t tend to IMO 😊🤗

@jeanrae2171 11 ай бұрын

The little white flower looks like Achillea 'The Pearl' or Achillea 'Noblessa White' perhaps.

@RuralRefurb 11 ай бұрын

Ooooh thanks for that! 🙏🏻😊

@jeanrae2171 11 ай бұрын

you're welcome @@RuralRefurb

@nuriabadia6817 4 ай бұрын

I think the name es Broom bloom😂

@yvonneharalson7672 10 ай бұрын

Get the APP on your phone, the one that you take a pic and it gives you the name of the flower s😅😊I see my self in you!❤

@RuralRefurb 10 ай бұрын

Great idea!! Thanks so much! 😊

@theresechenoweth2321 3 ай бұрын

Google Lens does the same thing.

@viviennebarrow9912 25 күн бұрын

Hi, I live down the road from you & I love your posts, I don't know what I am doing wrong, after cutting the hydrangeas, I have tried Hanging and putting them in a vase, but they just wilt, where I'm I going wrong? Help please. Viv

@RuralRefurb 25 күн бұрын

Hellooo!🙌🏼You are probably cutting them too early when they have too much moisture in them. Best to cut when they feel papery, starting to dry on the bush😊🌸

@suecardwell442 5 ай бұрын

I used glycerine for holly leaves and it kept them very subtle but darkens the leaves

@RuralRefurb 5 ай бұрын

Ooooh never tried it with holly! Thanks for sharing 😁

@margielynch7196 Жыл бұрын

I can’t grow hydrangeas where I live. Can you dry the ones from the florist?💗

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

You could try but they may be too fresh. I’d put them somewhere cool and dark to try. It’s best to pick them for drying when they are just going over on the bush 🥰

@jacquiwhitehouse2924 2 ай бұрын

Hi Tracy, I messaged you a few weeks ago about magnolia leaves in your winter display, you told me that you wax them , what wax do you recommend & would I be able to spray them silver etc & wax after , Love your channel from jacqui, Staffordshire 🫶🫶 Ps we live on the edge of a forest, so will be hunting down pine cones & twigs Love ❤️ Light 🕯️& Angel 😇 Blessing 🙏🙏

@RuralRefurb 2 ай бұрын

Hi Jacqui! Definitely colour first then wax. Here is the link to the wax I use😊Annie Sloan White Wax: US & Others amzn.to/45vZaBC UK amzn.to/3x3sTVC Have fun xx

@RuralRefurb 2 ай бұрын

Sorry Jacqui that was the link to the white wax, for the leaves I use the clear!! My bad🤦🏼‍♀️

@jacquiwhitehouse2924 2 ай бұрын

@@RuralRefurb That’s ok thank you very much , hope your enjoying garden & being out in the sunshine 🌞 I definitely am xxx

@RuralRefurb 2 ай бұрын

@@jacquiwhitehouse2924 😎🙏🏻🥰

@alissalee8548 Жыл бұрын

If you spray the bulrushes well with hairspray as soon as you pick them, they won't explode 😊

@RuralRefurb Жыл бұрын

So true! The power of hairspray! Just wish I’d done it as soon as I’d got home!!!🥴

@cindymaceves 11 ай бұрын

dear Tracey, how do you properly dry bulrushes or cattails? I have tried but they all explode on me :(

@RuralRefurb 11 ай бұрын

you are probably picking them too late, they need to be picked as soon as they turn brown, just after pollination, then remove any foliage, hang upside down somewhere dark and cool with little humidity then after a few weeks spray with hairspray and display. It’s the same with hydrangeas, when you pick them is key! Hope that helps 🤗