If you're looking for a way to bring an immediate impact to a spot in your home, ceramic planters are a pretty sure bet. Buy a set in one hue (look for a range of shapes and sizes) and arrange them on a console table, on the floor, or on a shelf. You don't even have to fill them with plants, although its a nice touch that adds some life to the arrangement. For sources and more ideas, click below...
Some of our favorite sources for ceramic planters:
• Wisteria (shown above)
• Pagoda Red
• Sprout Home
• Gethsemane Garden Center
• Grand Street Gardens
• Smith & Hawken
• Jayson Home & Garden
• Gardener's Supply Company
• A New Leaf
More ideas for instant decorating:
• Instant Decorating: Getting Rid of One Thing
• Instant Decorating: The Art of Arrangements
• Instant Decorating: Places for Plants and Flowers
• Instant Decorating: Add a Tablecloth
• Instant Decorating: Pillows and Throws
• Instant Decorating: Clustering Tea Lights on a Table
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I agree that these are quite nice...
...but it might be more interesting, fun and cost-effective to shop for pre-owned ceramics at flea markets, yard sales, vintage stores, eBay, etc?
My entire collection of Bitossi vases, planters, lamps, etc. (different style & genre - same idea) is from these resources and has been much more interesting to collect than ordering stuff from online catalogs.
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I like the look, however it is achieved. (I shop flea markets, too.) It's perilously easy to become overrun with vases, though!
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Sherry, that's when you pack some of them away and rotate them out. I have a bunch my mom threw/built and am trying to find cachepots that fit inside so I can stick succulents into them.
Vases aside (love the colors!) I want that whole vignette!
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I'm a big fan of CampaniaInternational.
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