Mixing Faux & Real Plants indoors
If you’ve ever seem photos of the various rooms in my home and wondered, “Wait… is that real?” the answer is sometimes. I love plants and flowers for the life and texture they bring to a space, but let’s be honest, I can’t keep everything alive. So I’ve found a sweet spot by mixing real and faux greenery throughout my house based on one thing: how likely I am to actually take care of them.
In areas I frequent every day , I go with real plants because I’m much more likely to water them if I see them.
My sunroom is full of happy real plants like my monstera, snake plant, and money tree, and three small real plants under a console table that has a hidden grow light. They’re thriving, and I love seeing that little burst of green when I walk by. However, the white flower arrangement on the coffee table is faux from an estate sale.
The primary bathroom is a little mix of both. There’s a real snake plant soaking up the humidity, but the red leaf stems and hydrangeas are faux.
My primary bedroom is where the blinds are usually drawn, so it’s all faux in there. Most of the pieces came from estate sales and they give color and texture to the room.
The living room is mostly real plants except for the faux palm, because I’ve accepted I can’t keep palms alive no matter how hard I try, and a faux olive tree. Those are finicky and I’m not about that stress. Everything else in there is real and happy because of the massive amount of light this space gets.
My entryway has a sweet little real plant that makes me smile every time I walk in the door, and the office has a stunning faux floral arrangement I scored at an estate sale. It looks so good, it fools just about everyone.
So that’s my not-so-secret formula: real where I see them, faux where I forget them. Mixing the two lets me enjoy the beauty of plants without the guilt, and honestly, some of those faux ones are pulling their weight in a big way.
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