Flickr Finds: Indoor Planter

We occasionally see these mid-century modern indoor planters that make us look twice. This is one of those - we love the stand's tapered legs and the white insert that turned out to be...

Styrofoam! Okay, not a good material to showcase, especially during Green @ Home month. But the planter was recycled: it's owner, m free, bought it on ebay.

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plus, this is a great way to reuse styrofoam packaging instead of sending it to the landfill!

posted by closertotheocean on July 3rd 2008 at 4:58am
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what a gorgeous piece! i've always wanted one of those, and one of the old telephone tables in the same style. they're really hard to come by!

posted by kdkaboom on July 3rd 2008 at 5:12am
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i wonder about it's original purpose; i begged my "french grandmother" for a similar bedside table, complete with
fitted lid. it had a china insert, which was cracked(and discarded)...she gave it to me, and then told my mother what it was: a chamber pot disguised as a table. i was eleven, and brought it back to the US. i think my sister has it displayed in her home. even at eleven, i thought it would be the perfect planter!

posted by maude on July 3rd 2008 at 5:35am
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ooh, that's a beautiful piece...drool

posted by animalhouze on July 3rd 2008 at 8:42am
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Top watered plants are not likely to last long in this planter. It would be a major improvment to convert it to sub-irrigation with this simple method using expanded polystyrene board material. I'd be glad to answer questions about it.

posted by Greenscaper on July 4th 2008 at 3:08am
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