I have been messing around for ages with different furniture at the back of my small flat against the picture windows.
I think I have finaly stumbled on the perfect combination.
The simple lines of the Moller chairs allow lots of light and space to pass around them and don?t hinder the view to the newly aquired Acer trees which suit the shallow dish shape of the 1950s planters perfectly.
It also has a distinctly Japanese feel which is what I was after since my wife is a native of those parts.
As someone who studied garden design I am fascinated by the use of plants and the association plants have with other areas of design, does anyone else have some good examples to share?
I was thinking the same thing
I would also like to see photos of plants, planters, plant stands, entry planters, and etc., used as interior design elements. I recently watched a documentary on Julius Shulman which mentioned how much he liked using large plants as compositional elements, sometimes even having an assistant cut a limb from a tree outside to hold up into a shot he was taking of a living room. If you have a plant you feel is an important element of your interior, I would love to see it (I have none myself, but have started thinking about how well one might work for some awkward areas of my living room that nothing else seems to work in).
Fake pug, fake plants
Yes whitespike, George Nelson and Gordon Chadwick 1955.
Not sure why the gravel, maybe to catch and drain the flow through after watering real plants? The fireplace is steel with an inch or two of vermiculite (yes, I know, it's bad for you:)
The rest of the plants in the house are real...a couple of mother in law tongues, rubber plant, rather large jade, cactus and a couple of tall palms (not sure of the real names of these plants).
The house really looked bare/sterile until the plants were added, I can't imagine living without at least one plant.
Still looking for a Monstera...
Ahahh.... it begins to make sense.
At first glance Norm's fireplace/ gravel bed/ hovering plants struck me as downright WACKY (but, a strangely-interesting kind of wacky!). Makes much more sense in context, seeing the shaft above. It's wonderfully dramatic, but I guess I can understand why you opted for artificial ivy-- must have been a real job to keep those floating plants watered & healthy. I take it that the hanging plant scheme is original to the house, Norm?
As for me, I can barely keep my few jade plants alive & kicking. I wouldn't dare to cultivate live pugs, I hear they're even more trouble than orchids.
P.S. Norm-- I'm secretly hoping you'll post more pictures of your house, should you feel like sharing! Now I'm intensely curious.
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