Mostly Home: How To Make A Planter Worthy Of A Magazine or I Am So Fancy

While browsing through Pinterest, as any Pinterest addict does, I fell in love with some gorgeous indoor planters for adorning equally beautiful rooms. You can check out my Pinterest through the bar at the right or HERE.

These are my absolute favorites

DrivenByDecor loves clams shells as much as I do

Beautiful and can be purchased HERE for about $2,000, which is a bit more than I intended to spend and I don't think it comes with the plants.

This one is definitely my favorite, I'm a sucker for Orchids, clam shells and succulents. Amanda Carol does so many beautiful things and can be found near me in Houston! She does hers with faux plants, which still looks fantastic, but I wanted the real deal. I know I am asking for heart ache but a room full of greenery just makes me happy.

I have a pretty good idea of what I want and a clam shell purchased from ZGallerie a while back, with a coupon code (I love a deal). Of course seeing her beautiful gold one I wish I had opted for the upgrade. Live and learn.

I went to my local big box store and bought some supplies:
Orchids
Succulents
Sphangum Moss
Orchid Soil - it will work for succulents too.
Planter or container of some type

Supplies

Sometimes the orchids can be a bit root bound like any other plant, typically with an orchid that mean it's time to repot, which we're doing so we're great. The light green/whitish roots are healthy so try to leave them undamaged while you gently remove it from the pot. If there are any ends that are brown, flat, or just plain dead looking you can trim them off.

Then I just sort of squished all of the orchids and then the succulents in where I wanted them. Here they all are, packed in. You could stop here, but a layer of moss will be good for the orchids and I just find it more aesthetically pleasing.

Here I layered it with moss and then carried it outside. Yes I probably should have started outside, but I didn't.

I gave it a light mist to dampen up the moss so it laid down how I wanted it and to water the plants. Be careful though, orchids and succulents are not big fans of water, especially standing water. That's why I misted, just a light spray for a minute or two to get things damp.

There she is, all done and beautiful. The more I look at it, the more I think I might add a few more small succulents, but I'll let it sit for a while. Then I found it's place in my living room, where it made it a touch classier.