Corner Plant Stands - Bringing All Corners To Life With Greenery
If your home has more corners than you know what to do with, you can always use the ideas in this article to decorate with corner plant stands. Plants are one of the most versatile elements you can find to decorate with and complimenting the plants with elegant corner stands make for very attractive decoration.
Identify all the corners in your home and make a note of the décor in each room; you can always take pictures to help you remember items that are situated near the corners. This will help you select corner stands that compliment rather than clash with the room. There is no shortage of stands, you can get them in a variety of woods from simple pine to expensive walnut, beautifully carved and finished; you can get wrought iron or plain iron; you can get full marble caved corner stands as well. You can choose pieces to enhance an existing piece of furniture or work of art or to spice up a plain wall.
You can never have enough plants and having plants indoors do good things to the oxygen in the room, so be as creative as you can. Buy any of the wide ranging choices of corner plant stands available to decorate your home.
Through research the following very attractive corner plant stands have come to light:
Antiqued faux-verdigris corner plant stand, so designed to fit any corner. It has 3 shelves which provide generous room for plants. Made of metal, you will have to assemble it - not a difficult task at all.
The Bonsai water fountain table is a truly novel idea; exquisitely designed it will be a stunning addition to your home. Safe enough to go indoors in a corner, you can also use it on your porch or verandah. The water cascades down to the base, foliage glistens and the polyresin base fashioned to look like water worn rock has a sense of timelessness to it. The top is crowned with a clear glass on which you can add real plants. This corner plant stand is just perfect for a corner of the living room!
Apart from the careful selection of corner plant stands, you will also need to select the plants that will thrive on these plant stands, remember they will be in corners of the room and may not actually get sunlight. Choose from the following:
- Ivy: most people are under the misconception that it grows well indoors simply because it is a trailing plant that looks good on an elegant wood corner stand. If you want to put Ivy indoors, make sure the corner you choose gets plenty of light, preferably a corner near the window.
- Flowers/ Ferns: thrive well on corner stands, but you need to take care of them and give them enough light. They will do well with artificial light also, so you can arrange the plants on beautifully wrought iron corner stands.
- Vines: don't really require much work; they soak in the humidity from the air. A quick spray once a day and regular watering of the soil will take care of the rest. Trim them and arrange on your corner stand for a ornamental effect.