I love making a space my own, whether it’s house sitting or staying in a hotel or visiting my mothers. Adding little decorating touches can really make a room feel like home. Here are some affordable and easy decorating items that I love.
I love plants – and succulents are easy to take care of – look fantastic and come in endless shapes, sizes and colors. Good options for low maintenance decorating. A small succulent is usually around $3, then a little planter pot is about $3-6. The cutest planters usually don’t have drain wholes in the bottom – so here’s a tip – add rocks or a little gadget called “garden genius” which is a pot filler. That way the water doesn’t settle at the bottom.
The brown pot? Yeah I got really excited – ooo look at this vintage planter I found in the tool shed. Or a citronella candle made to look vintage – sigh.
craigslist is also a great resource for free plants and planters. i like how you varied the pots here. having the cheaper planter amongst the more expensive ones gives an established and eclectic look and i dont notice the “cheapness” at all
You know what is also great about succulents? You can steal them! I totally take clippings from neighbors’ plants and plant them in my own little pots.
Dianne – you SO would run around stealing plants! You can train your kid to do that when he’s older and kids are small and look innocent so it’s great, good idea huh. Actually that smallest one is a cutting – and I must be doing something wrong because its 3 years old and still tiny – it’s stunted
-Gil I’ll have to scour CL – I looked once before but was not about to drive out to Lago for a damn plant