Decorating with Plants: What to Choose, Ways to Style, and How to Make Them Thrive

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This book will help you keep your plants healthy.Minneapolis Star Tribune, 7 Books to Shake Up Your Home Decor

Houseplants are more popular than ever beforeespecially with millennials, who are setting up their homes for the first time and discovering that nothing can add energy, style, and that essential lived-in-ness to their spaces better than a little bit of green. Whether its a statement-making fiddle-leaf fig or a tiny tabletop succulent, a houseplant instantly elevates the look of your home. But where to begin

In Decorating with Plants, Baylor Chapman walks readers through everything they need to know to bring houseplants into their home. First, theres Plant Care 101: from how to assess light conditions to tricks for keeping your plants alive while on vacation, Chapman gives readers the simple, foundational info they need to ensure their plants will thrive. Then she introduces us to 28 of her favoritesspecimens that are tough as nails but oh-so-stylish, from the eye-catching Rubber Tree to the delicate Cape Primrose. Finally, she guides readers through the home room by room: Place an aromatic plant like jasmine or gardenia to your entry to establish your homes signature scent. Add a proper sense of scale to your living room with a ceiling-grazing palm. Create a living centerpiece of jewel-toned succulents for a dining table arrangement that will last long after your dinner party. From air purification to pest control, theres no limit to what houseplants can do for your homeand Decorating with Plants is here to show you how to add them to spaces big and small with style.

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Chapman tackles the houseplant craze and cuts through the noise. Her tips are practical and always given with an eye towards creating beautiful spaces in your home.
Sunset

Decorating with Plants gives you the most basic of information, plant by plant: How much light do they need How much fertilizer What about water What about bugs And once you get past the primer, the good stuff starts: where and how to hang them; which groupings look best; where to find lovely containers; how to keep your herbs thriving all year round. . . . Healthy plants add color, life, and a whiff of outdoors to a room. This book will help you keep your plants healthy.
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Covers all the basics a plant lover needs to know to beautify your home.
Austin American-Statesman

"This book makes me feel like I just took a warm bath, had a massage, a cup of chamomile."
Albany Times Union

An easily followed roadmap to horticultural success. . . . Chapman's inviting tone mixed with the gorgeous photography makes for an ideal volume for the brown- and green-thumbed alike.
Publishers Weekly

Copious ideas for styling your living spaces, room by room, with a wide variety of houseplants. Narrow entryway Big flat-screen TV Noisy neighborhood Yes, theres a plant for all of that, and Chapmans design ideas will leave you ready to frame a window with cacti, geraniums and pelargoniums or to outfit a kids room with touch-friendly greenery. Chapman has an artists eye and a plant lovers delight in the details. Her go-to plant list digs deeper than basic care info, occasionally weaving in historical background.
BookPage

Horticulturist Chapman encourages readers to add a green thing (or two or three) to every room in the housefor mood, tone, fragrance, clean air, and just plain good looks. . . . Room-by-room ideas . . . . Inspiring photographs. . . . [A] reference for any room, any lifestyle."
Booklist, starred review

At last! A book where savvy interior design and houseplant smarts intersectwithfinesse. Your home will be more beautiful, your life will be uplifted.
Tovah Martin, author ofThe Unexpected Houseplant

I will let you in on a majordecoratingsecret: Every room in your house would look betterwitha houseplant (or three) to add some life to it.WithBaylor Chapmans handy guide, you can pick the bestplantswhether for a sunny windowsill or a dark corneras well as create artful arrangements that will thrive in your home.
Michelle Slatalla, author ofGardenista

Yes, Baylor is a masterful designerthats evident from the beauty she conjures in everything she touches. ButDecoratingwithPlantsreveals Baylors other magic power: Teaching. Her latest masterpiece offers endless design pursuits, all effortlessly demystified from start to finish.
Johanna Silver, author ofThe Bold Dry Garden

This fresh approach to designingwithhouseplantsgoes well beyond the basics of selection and care, providing lushly illustrated style guidance for every room of the house. A fantastic mix of practical and inspirational.
Susan Morrison, garden designer and author ofThe Less Is More Garden

Author Bio

Baylor Chapman is the author of Decorating with Plants and The Plant Recipe Book and founder of Lila B. Design, a San Franciscobased plant design studio. She has been a guest on PBSs Growing a Greener World, and her work has appeared in Good Housekeeping and Better Homes & Gardens. When not in her studio, shes scouring plant nurseries and leading workshops to help plant lovers of all skill levels feel confident that they can make their spaces feel like home with just a little bit of green. Check out her tutorials on Sunset.com and Houzz.com, and follow her on Instagram at @lilabdesign.