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HOW TO MAKE INDOOR PLANTS LOOK BIGGER

August 12, 2021

Sharing a simple tip on how to make indoor plants look bigger. 

I haven’t tried to make anything look bigger since middle school. #wink

How many of you have ordered a fake plant online and were disappointed when it arrived in a box that was less than 24″ long? That’s what happened to me when I ordered a cute little olive tree from one of my go-to cheap decor sites.

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It wasn’t the height of the plant it was the base. And the base made the tree look so tiny (and cheap). So I gave it a proper base.

Just like Meghan Trainor’s pop favorite – It’s all about the base.

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Are you thinking what I thought? How did I not know this? I mean I help sellers stage their houses before they list. And I never thought to supersize the planter to make the top half of the plant look bigger.

I discovered this when I reviewed this photo of this plant. He’s been around forever. He was in a bucket. Just chilling in the family room. Until we refinished our floors.

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And then while moving everything from the main level to the lower level I haphazardly stacked this plant into the basket.

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And something magical happened. My little “I don’t know what type of plant this is” just grew.

HOW TO MAKE INDOOR PLANTS LOOK BIGGER

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And there it was a simple tip on how to make indoor plants look bigger. It works just as well on both faux and real plants.

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I used everyday buckets and baskets around the house. It turns out I have a Homegoods-worthy stock room of baskets.

 

I even used it with some stems in a vase. I beefed up the container and my floral stems just looked so much more substantial.

To a wider, shorter bucket. I bent the stems to adjust for the shorter bucket.

I never loved the container for my Fiddle Leaf Fig tree (the container came with the Homegoods tree).

But then when I switched it out for something with more texture it changed the look of the tree. And, then I added a larger pot with texture and ta-da.

Here is one more example with my fern. I had him in a tall urn for years.

and then after our family room remodel I moved him into an olive basket. The larger bucket made the fern look larger too!

 

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What do you think? Take a look at your indoor plants. If they need a little boost look for a basket. Would love if you pinned this tip!

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