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Source If I could pick the number one thing that I have learned in the past several years while decorating our home, it would be that no matter how good your taste is... how much you accessorize a table, or bookshelf, or how lovely all your furniture is, a room never feels truly complete, or alive, or even as beautiful as it possibly could, without a plant. Not even kidding.  As soon as I brought our first live plant home, and saw how the added greenery changed that room, I've made a conscious effort to bring more plants home.  Not cut flowers - which I do love - I'm talking about a live plant. For the past several years, I've been ALL ABOUT the fiddle leaf fig.  Totally drank the cool-aid, and as much as I still do love them, I've been on the hunt for equally beautiful, dramatic indoor plants to bring home, and guess what my friends??  I think I've found it... The Olive Tree. Source I love that the dwarf olive tree is a little like a topiary with the round leafy to...

Happy Monday!  Hope you all had a lovely weekend. It's been hot here, so I spent my weekend outside - we had a full beach day on Saturday, and spent yesterday picnicking and watching the America's Cup races. In between all of that, I also worked on a small succulent terrarium... Considering, I have the brownest of brown thumbs, I think I did ok! I read up a bit on how to plant these out, and it turns out, it's quite simple.  You will need:   - Assorted rocks and pebbles   - Soil with smaller pebbles and sand mixed in   - A planter   - An array of succulent plants   - A flat counter space that you don't mind getting a lot a bit dirty   A misconception of mine... succulents don't like water.  They are desert plants, and like to be dry. WRONG. No wonder I've killed so many already. It's not that they don't like to be watered... they just don't like to sit in water... thus the pebbles, rocks, and sandy soil.  This all helps with drainage, a...

Here's a riddle for you... what is alive (but doesn't move on it's own), has gorgeous green waxy leaves, is ridiculously expensive and favored by every contemporary interior designer who ever lived??? If you guessed the fiddle leaf fig, then you'd be correct! I mean look how pretty they are!! Traditional Family Room by Washington Interior Designers & Decorators Haddon Interiors Mediterranean Entry by Los Angeles Interior Designers & Decorators Chris Barrett Design Contemporary Living Room by Round Rock Interior Designers & Decorators Dana Frieling Interiors Contemporary Living Room by Rancho Santa Fe Interior Designers & Decorators Shaw Coates Eclectic Bedroom by San Francisco Interior Designers & Decorators Cecilie Starin Design Inc. Traditional Living Room by Chicago Interior Designers & Decorators Summer Thornton Design, Inc Enough with the inspiration photos you say??  You totally get how amazingly gorgeous these plants are???  An...