When we pass by an abandoned house on an a deserted block and imagine what lurks inside, we typically conjure up images of all things dark and spooky (or, at the very least, some serious renovation nightmares). What we don't usually imagine is that it's chock-full of flower beds. But, that is exactly what one florist is planning for an abandoned house in Hamtramck, Michigan.
The Huffington Post reports that Detroit-based florist Lisa Waud is planning to fill the walls and ceilings of this 17-room duplex with living plants and American-grown fresh flowers such as dahlias, roses, hydrangeas, and sunflowers. The "Flower House" will be open to the public for four days during the third weekend of October 2015.
Waud found inspiration for the house during a 2012 Christian Dior fashion show in which five rooms of a Parisian mansion were covered with one million flowers. Waud told The Huffington Post, "I thought, 'How can I do that? I have to do that.'"
Waud thinks that the house, which she believes has been abandoned for more than a decade, will be happy to once again have a purpose.
After "Flower House" closes to the public and the flowers wilt away, it will be dismantled. According to the project's website, the property and an adjacent property, purchased from the City of Detroit for $250 apiece, will "be converted into a flower farm and design center."
(h/t The Huffington Post)
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