Instead of high-maintenance fresh flowers that fade within days, style your apartment with architectural dried grasses, palm spears, or eucalyptus branches housed in tactile, fluted ceramics.

  • How to Make It: Source a matte white, beige, or terracotta ceramic vase featuring a fluted or ribbed texture. Fill it with a generous bunch of dried pampas grass, bunny tails, or preserved ruscus leaves.
  • Tips & Variations: Spray-paint inexpensive thrift store glass vases with a mixture of acrylic paint and baking soda to create an instant faux-terracotta or ceramic matte finish with high-end texture.

7. Micro-Cement or Limewash Textured Walls