Styling With Plants: 7 Ways to Decorate Any Room

Good styling is what separates a room with plants from a room that feels designed. The plants do the heavy lifting you just need to place them with a little intention. Here are seven designer habits anyone can copy.

1. Work in odd numbers

Groups of three or five always look more natural than pairs. Vary the heights within the group for an effortless, collected look.

2. Give a big plant room to breathe

One large floor plant in an empty corner does more than a dozen small ones scattered around. Let it stand alone as a sculpture.

3. Draw the eye upward

Rooms feel taller when greenery climbs. Use a macrame hanger, a tall shelf or a trailing plant on a high ledge.

4. Repeat your pots

Mismatched pots make a space feel cluttered. Pick one or two pot finishes and repeat them the plants stay varied, the look stays calm.

5. Layer heights on a shelf

• Tall plant or trailing vine at one end
• Medium plant in the middle
• A small pot or stack of books to finish

6. Use plants to soften hard lines

A trailing pothos or string of pearls breaks up the sharp edge of a shelf, a TV unit or a window frame.

7. Light it for the evening

A few warm fairy lights woven through a plant corner turns it into the cosiest spot in the house after dark.

The secret is restraint. A few well-placed plants in matching pots will always look better than every surface covered.

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