Low sunlight, the absence of most greenery and being stuck indoors breathing recirculated air can leave the best of us feeling a little blah during the cold months of autumn and winter. Little pops of nature around the home or office not only give us a psychological boost, but help purify the air. Indoor house plants also offer an opportunity to spice up a space visually with an interesting color or shape. Get inspired with these 8 modern planters, including recycled and handmade options as well as a couple cool DIY projects.

Urban Zeal Indoor Vertical Planters

Urban Zeal offers a range of vertical garden solutions for indoor house plants, including self-watering options and modular sets that can be expanded into entire walls of greenery. The Living Wall Planter has a self-watering tank and is made from 100% recycled, BPA-free plastic, while the Wally One Vertical Garden is an individually sold wool felt pouch that’s super easy to hang. The Framed GoVert Living Wall Kit is an all-in-one set of ten planter boxes in a wooden frame with a water collector tray at the base to ensure that care is relatively mess-free.

Porcelain and Leather Hanging Trio

Etsy is a great source for beautiful modern planters in virtually any shape, color and size. Brooklyn artisan Farrah Sit of Light and Ladder offers a variety of porcelain planters  including this  hanging trio, tiered planters and wall-mounted planters.

DIY Mason Jar Garden

Reuse some old mason jars and reclaimed wood in this wall-mounted planter project – the only other material, aside from the plants and soil, is a type of pipe clamp sold in the plumbing section of hardware stores. Model Summer Rayne Oakes goes through the whole (fairly simple) process in a video over at Inhabitat.

Diamond Hanging Planters

UK-based RawDezign offers these geometric hanging planters in a range of colors, individually cast by hand in a natural resin. Hang them in groups for an even bigger visual impact.

3D-Printed Aqueduct Planter System

This cool 3D-printed planter system for indoor house plants is especially striking when installed in a window. One set includes 10 individual planters, which are strung together so that water poured into the top one will irrigate them all. Components are available individually, too, so you can customize the look and size.

The Art of Kokedama

Want to get ultra-minimalist, yet still earthy and organic? Try your hand at the Japanese art of kokedama, or moss ball planters made with string. The results are especially impressive with trailing plants that have a bit of pep to them, like ferns, or a mixture of trailing and vertical plants. This process is a bit messy, but surprisingly easy. Get the tutorial at Design Sponge.

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Decorate your home with plants and invite the green to clean and add outdoorsy charm to your indoors.

Plants are wondrous creatures, especially for our homes, after all, they remove indoor air pollutants and they smell nice. A spider plant can make all the difference in the world, insomuch that it will save a blasé room from itself without offending the outspoken minimalist.

An herb garden in the kitchen and azalea in the bedroom are also exemplary of ways we’re incorporating mother nature into the great indoors – but both merely hints of the plant decorating madness that follows.

Tall houseplants used as a privacy wall, via Dwell.

From the always gorgeous Old Brand New, a lush altar: perfect for tapping into your inner green goddess.

This staging company decorates with live plants whenever possible because of the negative ions they give off, as in the tasteless, odorless, and invisible molecules we inhale in “fresh” environs like the mountains or at the beach.

Bring the outside in with crawling ivy in a sun-drenched room.

Or liven up an enclosed patio with plants and complimentary color.

An interior garden will add vitality to a room.

An example of a green appointed bathroom, via M. Design.

And a green touch of humor, also from M. Design.

A shabby chic green-appointed interior photographed by Debi Treloar.

An oldie but goodie from Design*Sponge: a utilitarian approach to greenery.

For the greenery impaired, a table full of cacti. Via Dream Avenue.

Maggie Rose decorates with plants and mirrors.

And finds a humane alternative for the huntsman aesthetic.

If ever there was a more perfect DIY for greening up storage: a cutout furniture idea.

Image: Steven Beckly

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