How to Style Faux Greenery
20 July 2017 –
How to Style Faux Greenery
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No green thumb? No problem. Here we’re sharing a few of our favorite ways to bring faux greenery into your styled vignettes.
We love decorating with greenery here at Studio McGee because it brings in an air of freshness to your home and livens up any space you put it in. While Shea and the design team typically stick to using fresh-cut stems and florals when styling for their clients, faux greenery is a great alternative for those who want something low maintenance, have low-light rooms, or tend to struggle when it comes to live plants. It can be difficult to make faux greenery look natural when decorating with artificial plants, but here we are sharing our favorite ways to style and incorporate greenery into your space for a natural and layered look. Read on to learn how to decorate with faux plants then head over to McGee & Co. where Shea and the design team have curated a high-quality collection of faux greenery options to get you started.
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In a Vase
A classic arrangement.
When styling a faux greenery arrangement, the goal is to achieve a natural shape with the stems or florals. The key to a natural-looking arrangement is asymmetry—it shouldn’t be perfect—so we recommend bending the stems to vary the height and opening the leaves or blooms to create an organic shape. Keep playing around with the shape until they mimic what you would see in nature. Normally we use one type of greenery per vase, but occasionally we like to mix it up. Try mixing two types of greenery for a muted look or mixing greenery with florals for a fun pop of color.
Next, you want to pick a complementary vase for your faux greenery arrangement. Pick a vase that your faux greenery will fill but has enough room to breathe with a little empty space. There are numerous possibilities when decorating with greenery, and you can feature your new faux arrangement on a coffee table, above the fireplace on a mantel, styled on open shelves, on a console table, or placed on the kitchen countertop.
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Krissan Vase
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Tyrion Vase
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Thessaly Vase
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02
On a Door
A bright welcome.
Wreaths are one of the best options when decorating with artificial plants, because they can last for an entire season, and then multiple years beyond that. We love to use a statement faux wreath on the front door of the home to set the tone for the season and welcome guests into your home with a beautiful style moment. Spring and summer bring faux greenery like myrtle branches, artemisia, moss, lavender statice, and golden fern, all found in McGee & Co.’s Faux Herbiflora Wreath. Typically, we hang faux wreaths on exterior doors, but you can also bring them indoors to hang on windows or interior doors.
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In a Planter
As if it’s rooted.
Another faux greenery option is a faux drop-in plant. We like decorating with this greenery, because they can easily be placed all over the home whether in the kitchen or open shelving. Faux drop-ins are versatile and bring dimension and balance to a space. In our Park City Contemporary project, we styled McGee & Co.’s Faux Maiden Hair Drop-In on a shelf in the casual living room off the kitchen. We even incorporated a faux drop-in in the Burnham Cabinet from the 2022 McGee & Co. summer catalogue shoot.
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In a Corner
A statement piece.
Faux or real, we love to fill an empty corner with a beautiful tree as it is the perfect place to add height and dimension to a room. You can also pair a faux tree with a chair and artwork for an intentional corner vignette.
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On a Pedestal
Rising above.
One of our all-time favorite ways to style a faux plant is by elevating it on a stunning pedestal. While the pedestal itself provides a nice statement, the greenery acts as a work of art atop. We love this look at the end of a long hallway or in a under-styled corner of a living room.
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