You love the sight of fresh flowers in your apartment.

For the first few days. Then the water turns to sludge, the blooms wilt, and your living room reeks to high heaven.

Next time, trade petals for Petaline, an online boutique showcasing Pacific Northwest designers and artists hawking everything from handbags to clothes to collages.

The streamlined little shop does a great job of handpicking long-lasting local wares. Like pictures of mugs, stairs, and chandeliers that photographer Bootsy Holler took at her grandparents’ home in Richland. Lounge-ready cotton tops and chiffon skirts from Ellaina. And ironically casual anchor and berry rings from Fancy designer Sally Brock.

You can be among the first to snap up Suzabelle’s gorgeous new fall dresses and coats.

Because you may be slow in the floral department.

But you’re hardly a late bloomer.

Available online at petaline.net.