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Houseplants can do a lot to improve the decor of your home, including enhancing the overall ambiance of the space, cleaning the air, and providing visual accents and focal points. And don’t forget the intangibles of houseplants. Imparting a gardenlike setting, houseplants also can give solace and brighten your spirits.

You can place your houseplants for different purposes: decorating windows, adorning tabletops, creating cascades from hanging containers, hiding unattractive walls, and enlivening plain interiors. Large plants can serve as screens, room dividers, or other architectural elements.

This tropical oasis includes simple elements: a white chair and shades, and houseplants that contrast with them.

Windows are logical locations for houseplants because they let in the light that plants need to grow. Whether on shelves, on windowsills, or in hanging containers in front of windows, houseplants soften hard, structural lines and provide welcome texture and color. You can position large plants on either side of a window to frame an attractive view—or hang basket plants at different levels before a window to create a living screen rather than resorting to curtains or blinds. Even skylights can admit enough light for some plants to grow.

Try to give some thought to plant arrangements, placing them with the same amount of care as you would furniture. After choosing locations for your plants, stand back and survey the overall arrangement. Does the picture say what you want it to? If not, keep moving and arranging plants until you achieve the desired effect. Here are some tips in this chapter.

Classic elements of design are at work in the range of sizes and textures in this eclectic room. Some of the plants here include ferns, bromeliads, and dracaena.