Floor Vases and Indoor Planters
Shop floor vases and planters from Mikolia, metal pieces built for the parts of a room that furniture cannot fill. Seven floor vases from 61cm to 108cm, and four indoor plant pots, with prices from £19.99.
An empty corner is the hardest thing to style in any room. It is too small for furniture and too large for an ornament, and it is exactly the gap a tall floor vase is designed to close.
Tall and Large Floor Vases
Height is what makes a floor vase work. Anything under about 60cm reads as an oversized table vase standing on the ground rather than a deliberate floor piece, which is why this range starts at 61cm.
The 108cm black reeded vase and the 107cm hammered gold vase are the two very tall designs, both over a metre and both sized to hold their own beside a sofa, a fireplace or a staircase. In the middle, 86cm and 88cm suit a corner next to an armchair or console. At 61cm and 62cm, the smallest designs work beside a bookcase or in a narrow hallway where a taller piece would dominate.
Black Reeded Floor Vases
The reeded designs are slim and vertical, with fine ridges running the full height of the vase and a narrow neck opening at the top. In matte black they read as architectural rather than decorative, and the slim profile means they take up very little floor space for their height.
Available at 88cm and 108cm, these suit minimalist and contemporary schemes, and they are the strongest choice where a room needs a dark vertical accent against pale walls.
Gold and Two-Tone Floor Vases
The hammered gold designs have a dimpled metal surface that catches light from every direction, which makes them considerably warmer and more reflective than the black reeded pieces. They come in 62cm, 86cm and 107cm, in a tapered shape that widens toward the rim.
The two-tone designs combine a hammered gold upper section with a textured black body, at 61cm and 71cm. These bridge the two families and work well in rooms that already carry both black and brass details.
Styling a Floor Vase
A floor vase does not need filling. The reeded and hammered surfaces carry enough texture that an empty vase reads as a sculptural object, and leaving it bare is often the better decision in a room that already has a lot going on.
When you do fill one, height is the rule: whatever goes in should rise well above the rim, or the arrangement looks stunted. Bare branches are the classic pairing and cost nothing, particularly twisted willow, birch or corkscrew hazel. Pampas grass, dried palm spears and tall artificial flowers all work equally well.
These are metal vases intended for dry arrangements rather than fresh flowers with water. That is rarely a limitation in practice, since almost nobody keeps a metre of fresh stems standing in a corner.
Indoor Plant Pots and Metal Planters
The planters in this collection are gold metal indoor plant pots in two finishes: hammered, matching the floor vases, and engraved with a fine leaf and floral pattern. Both come in two sizes.
The smaller pot is 21cm tall with a 22cm opening, and the larger is 24cm tall with a 26cm opening, so both are slightly wider than they are tall. That is worth noting when choosing: the measurement in the product name is the height, and the diameter is the number that decides whether a plant will fit.
These are decorative pot covers rather than pots with drainage. That is how most indoor planters are used: the plant stays in its plastic nursery pot, which sits inside the metal one, so watering and drainage work normally and the decorative pot stays dry and unmarked. It also means you can swap a plant out without repotting anything.
Planters for Artificial Plants
Metal planters and artificial plants are a natural pairing, because the one thing a decorative pot cannot do well is manage water, and a faux plant never needs any.
Set an artificial fern, palm or trailing plant into one of these and the result needs nothing at all: no watering, no light, no repotting, and no seasonal decline. For offices, hallways and rooms with little natural light, that combination solves a problem that real plants cannot.
Minimalist and Textured Finishes
Everything in this collection is texture rather than pattern. Reeded ridges, hammered dimples and engraved leaf detail all read as surface rather than decoration, which is why these pieces sit comfortably in minimalist and contemporary schemes where a printed or painted design would not.
The black finishes suit cooler, more architectural rooms. The gold finishes suit warm neutral palettes, and they pair naturally with brass lighting, taps and hardware.
Where Floor Vases and Planters Work
In the living room, a tall floor vase fills the corner beside a sofa or flanks a fireplace. Hallways and entrances take the slimmest reeded designs, where floor space is tight but wall height is generous. Beside a staircase, the very tall pieces work particularly well, since there is height above them to carry the scale.
In the bedroom, a 61cm or 62cm vase suits the corner beside a wardrobe or window. Planters work anywhere a plant would: windowsills, shelves, side tables and desks.
These pieces also do heavy lifting in offices, receptions and hospitality interiors, where corners are large, upkeep has to be minimal, and a durable metal piece outlasts anything ceramic.
More at Mikolia
For table and shelf pieces, see floral vases, handbag vases, ginger jars and sculptural 3D printed vases.
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