The phrase
"faux plants" refers to artificial or fake plants that are made to look like real ones.
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We love the use
of faux plants to recreate the sense of being up in the tree tops, a simple but effective way to add playful decoration.
I love the look of real plants, but with my lack of a green thumb, have accepted my status as
faux plant lady.
Both my clients and myself both own that we can not keep plants alive, so I am always on the hunt for
realistic faux plants.
Or maybe I would opt
for faux plants or flowers, just so they would be stress free!
I have the opposite of a green thumb so I rely exclusively
on faux plants.
I too can not understand why you would waste space and
put faux plants up there to get dusty.
They are long gone now and have been replaced by lots
of faux plants and greenery.
A small
faux plant in a white pot for some «fluff» and the tile coasters that were in a coffee table drawer.
For the non-green thumb, I suggest bringing «plant» life into your home
with faux plants.
I bought, 1 wood medallion / mirror, a pink vase, a pillow and a throw at HomeGoods, a concrete bunny and
small faux plant at Target, and a wood rabbit, a pillow, and a watering can at World Market.
Gold Bookshelf (Budget Friendly / Similar Version here & here), Rustic Wood Frames (similar here & here), Pineapple (similar here), Faux Succulents, (similar here and here), Books (collected over the years), Bird Cage (similar), White Pitcher (similar here & here),
Large Faux Plant (similar), Humans Of New York Book, Tufted Sofa, Gold Frame on Wall (similar)
Works hanging on the gallery walls serve as sections of vertical planting in this simulation of a sculpture garden,
combining faux plants and flowers with less botanical materials: resin, steel, aluminum, simulated bronze, neon, jump rope, and faux cake.
wall piece [Michaels + spray - painted with this] desk alphabet tin buckets [Target $ 1 spot, colored cans here] faux plant faux succulents black + white striped throw gray number vase [thrifted] bedside table lamp nightstand / bookcase gray + white striped storage boxes Marquee «H» [Target clearance item, similar here] Magnifying glass «H» art print gold «H» [Hobby Lobby clearance item, smaller version here]
Even if you don't have a green thumb, there are beautiful topiaries and
other faux plants that will lend a natural feel and balance to your decorating.
, the little blue and white pot came from J&G, and the seagrass plant pot and
faux plant came from Ikea.
I still love my cute little
IKEA faux plant and my grandfather's lunchpail rounds out the vignette.
When asked about the advantage of having the cabinets reach the ceiling, the designer says this is something she does in pretty much every kitchen she designs: «When cabinets stop short of the ceiling there is always that dead space that people tend to fill with
bad faux plants and tchotchkes.
I pick up little seasonal plants for my terrariums at a local nursery, but if you don't have a green thumb, World Market has
great faux plants you can use to get your gardening fix without fear of plant killing.
Some of my all - time favourite colour schemes are inky black or swampy grey walls, lifted with tons of green accents (
mostly faux plants!)
I usually shy away from faux greenery, but I'm seeing such an improvement in the quality
of faux plants out there, that I'm considering filling in with some soon!
I picked up those three
faux plants from Ikea that are chilling out in my repurposed shelf turned vintage crate.
So if you have a windowless bathroom, a low - light basement, bad allergies, or just do not want to spend time maintaining house plants, you should not hesitate to style
with faux plants.
Everything looks wonderful together — the pumpkins on their wood blocks, the black chippy shutters, the
little faux plant, and candlesticks.
Faux plants and leaves are always an option.
Right now, I call
myself the faux plant lady!
We shared some favorite ideas for styling plants in our Best of Blog: Indoor Plants post and again last week as part of
our Faux Plant Guide.
I hate to admit it, but I'm one of those converts from, «Ew, that's
a faux plant.»
Maybe the quality of
faux plants has gotten better over the years, or maybe I was just looking... Read More
I've been working on switching out
any faux plants or flowers around our place for real ones, because they just make the space happier to me!
Also love succulents and if you don't quite have a green thumb,
faux plants is a great way to add greenery to a place without the hassle of watering them.
I used to feel like
faux plants and flowers just looked fake and cheapened my designs but once I was finally introduced to some good quality faux pieces, I fell in love with the warmth they brought to my home.
I love mixing real and
faux plant, but I don't have the greenest thumb and ferns are a little to touchy for me.