Lately I've been trying to add more greenery to the house. Plants add such life to design! Perusing house photos on blogs and Pinterest shows how dramatically plants can change a room. That being said, I have absolutely no green thumb. Poor things probably quake in their pots at the thought of coming home with me when I'm browsing the plant section. Everything will seem fine and dandy one minute, then next thing I know my plants are wilted, brown, and dropping leaves as fast as Millie runs after any flying object. My plants have been hinting that perhaps I'd do better with plants that require very little maintenance and don't need a lot of light. I need hardy greenery that can stand being forgotten every once in awhile. Thank goodness for the succulent craze. Succulents seem to thrive when neglected-perfect.
I've had a brass colored vase in my entry way (Nate Berkus from Target-clearance of course) that I love filling with fresh flowers and greenery. However, fresh doesn't stay fresh very long and certainly doesn't come cheap (though I've found fresh flowers at Trader Joes to be very well priced).
I decided I would use the vase as a planter for tiny succulents. I got mine from Home Depot. We filled the vase with gravel, added the succulents, then covered with more gravel.
We did end up changing around the hanging baskets because the little guys didn't show up too well in front of the green basket we had hanging originally.
