Succulents and the bohemians

Last month, my friend Christina surprised me with a terracotta pot of delightful little plants from her very own garden... all in a variety of fun colors, textures, and shapes! Enough to say I was immediately smitten!  I’m referring to succulents.

I decorated my first terracotta pot of succulents using some acrylic paint.  Not a perfect job, but I’m so loving it!

When before I didn’t even know they existed (or care for them), now I seem to see succulents everywhere in stores and nurseries.  Lowes, particularly, has quite the collection of beautiful planters filled with them… they are all beautiful, all have different designs and textures in stems and leaves, and they look awesome in whatever pot you chose to put them in.

Last week, I decided to make myself a few more pots of succulents. I spent a few hours at Lowes deciding on which arrangement I wanted to bring home, but they are cheaper if you buy the pots separately and plant them yourself... so that's what I did!

I’m sure I will be making more succulent pots in the coming months; particularly during our plant-less winter months. And I already know exactly where they should go, once they'll be brought in for winter... on my little vintage bookcase under the window in my gypsy room!

This cute bookcase has quite the story!  I first discovered it at one of our local thrift stores many months ago.  I could tell it was the creation of some artistic soul out there—unique, and kind of vintage looking. I felt in love with it immediately, but my minimalist soul insisted I didn't need it, and thus, I left it.  But you know how it goes... I went home wishing I had bought it, unfortunately, when I went back looking for it, it was already gone.  What an astounding surprise it was seeing it again some months later at the same store!  Someone must had bought it and then brought it back again I guess, and this time, I didn't even have to think twice before snatching off the tag and claiming it mine.  It was mean to be mine, I'm sure!

So this bookcase will be my plant station under the eastern windows this winter... there, where our precious winter sun warms the house the strongest around 5:00pm... right now, it is holding quite the assortment of things...

I can already foresee my succulents sitting here...

Super cute, don't you think so!

For some strange reason, succulents speak to my bohemian heart like no other plant.  So what better place to put them around the house than in my bohemian room?  

Do you love succulents?