The Best CottageCore Houseplant Styling Tips
If you love houseplants, here are some CottageCore Houseplant Styling Tips You’ll Want to Copy. Step into a space where ivy trails over vintage shelves, light dances through lace curtains, and potted herbs share a windowsill with teacups and old novels.
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CottageCore houseplant styling is about weaving nature into the home in a way that feels effortless, nostalgic, and charming. Instead of pristine arrangements or modern plant stands, cottagecore embraces mismatched pots, terracotta, and repurposed vintage containers like old enamelware, chipped teacups, and woven baskets.
Wandering through each room, you’ll find potted lavender in the kitchen beside jars of homemade jam, mossy terrariums nestled on worn wood tables, and sun-drenched nooks filled with fiddle leaf figs and begonias.
Consider layering textures and arranging plants at different heights to achieve this look. Use lace doilies under pots, hang macrame plant holders near windows, and philodendrons across wooden hutches or antique cupboards.
Each room is its own little world: the bathroom becomes a leafy spa with ferns and eucalyptus; the bedroom feels like a fairytale hideaway thanks to delicate hanging plants and soft lamp light; and the living room thrives with friendly chaos – plants tucked into baskets, perched on stacks of books, or spilling from antique stools.
A cottagecore home isn’t about perfection – it’s about charm. It’s about choosing plants that make you feel something, letting them grow a little wild, and styling your home like a storybook garden that happens to live indoors.
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The Cottagecore Houseplant Home Tour: Bringing Storybook Style Inside
Creative Vintage-Inspired Houseplant Displays
1. Tea Tin Planters
Repurpose old floral or spice tins into quirky pots for herbs or succulents.
2. Drawer Gardens
Pull out the drawers of an antique dresser and fill them with potted plants at staggered heights.
3. Vintage Ladder Shelf
Lean an old wooden ladder against the wall and use the rungs as plant stands or shelves for trailing greenery.
4. Birdcage Terrarium
Use a vintage wire birdcage to create a dreamy fern terrarium.
5. Lantern Planters
Hollow out an old metal lantern and nestle in a small potted plant or battery-operated fairy lights with moss.
6. Antique Teacups
Plant tiny succulents in mismatched teacups or creamers for sweet windowsill accents.
7. Suitcase Plant Stand
Stack vintage suitcases and top them with leafy plants for a layered, collected look.
8. Chippy Chairs as Plant Thrones
Set a houseplant on the seat of a distressed wooden chair, or remove the seat and nestle a pot inside.
9. Mason Jar Macrame Hangers
Hang old mason jars filled with ivy in macrame for a rustic feel.
10. Typewriter Planter
Fill the open body of an old typewriter with moss and low-growing greenery for a literary surprise.
11. Rusty Watering Cans
Use old watering cans as planters for trailing vines to spill over the edges.
12. Window Frame Plant Wall
Hang an empty antique window frame and attach small pots or air plants within each pane.
13. Apothecary Bottles for Propagation
Use old glass medicine bottles or perfume jars to propagate plant cuttings in water.
14. Cake Stands and Dessert Trays
Stack and display smaller plants on tiered vintage dessert stands for an elegant, space-saving centerpiece.
15. Vintage Bread Boxes
Remove the lid and use the interior as a mini plant trough for herbs.
16. Repurposed Wash Basins
Fill enamel or metal basins with multiple plants for a cottagecore centerpiece.
17. Vintage Bird Baths Indoors
Use as shallow plant holders for moss, ferns, and decorative stones.
18. Antique Mirror Trays
Lay mirror trays flat to reflect light and showcase a group of tiny pots.
19. Metal Toolboxes
Open an old, rusty toolbox and line it with moss and planters for a grungy garden look.
20. Wicker Picnic Baskets
Pop open the lid and tuck a plant inside, leaving the top trailing out for charm.
21. Lantern-Style Wall Sconces
Replace candles with mini pots or trailing vines.
22. Vintage Cake Domes
Place a humidity-loving plant under a glass cake dome for a DIY cloche.
23. Vinyl Record Bowls
Use heated, shaped vinyl records as funky pots.
24. Rustic Window Shutters
Prop against a wall and hang plants in jars or baskets from each slat.
25. Antique Bed Frames as Vertical Garden Holders
Mount the bed frame to a wall and suspend pots or baskets between the rails.
26. Lace-Covered Jars
Wrap mason jars in lace doilies for a soft, romantic pot cover.
27. Vintage Scales
Use vintage scales with double pans to display symmetrical plant pairings.
Creative Non-Vintage Ways to Style Houseplants
28. Floating Shelf Jungle
Layer plants at different heights on floating shelves for a clean, vertical display.
29. Color-Coordinated Planter Themes
Style your plants in pots that match your room’s palette – blush tones, terracotta, monochrome, etc.
30. Geometric Wall Planters
Use hexagonal or diamond-shaped wall-mounted planters to create modern green art.
31. Under-the-Table Garden
Tuck large leafy plants under a glass coffee table for a lush floor display.
32. Bookshelf + Plant Weaving
Let vines and trailing plants weave through your bookshelf between books and decor.
33. Window Suspension Rods
Mount curtain rods across windows and hang plants at varying lengths. Make sure the pots aren’t too heavy for the rod.
34. Plant Climbing Frames
Encourage climbing plants up metal or bamboo obelisks and place them inside modern pots.
35. Stump Pedestals
Set plants on raw wood for a natural yet bold stand.
36. Basket Clusters
Use woven or modern fabric baskets with internal drainage trays for a laid-back boho style.
37. Glow-Up with Grow Lights
Use sleek grow lights to spotlight plants in darker corners – doubles as ambient lighting.
38. Mirrored Backdrops
Place plants in front of mirrors to double the greenery and bounce light.
39. Peg Rails or Rails with S-hooks
Hang air plants from rail systems on kitchen or hallway walls.
40. Fridge or Appliance Top Plants
Soften your kitchen by styling low-maintenance plants atop your fridge or cabinets.
41. Aquatic Terrariums
Grow semi-aquatic plants in open bowls with pebbles and water for a serene spa vibe.
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