Living Wild: How to plant style your home and cultivate happiness by Hilton Carter

In Living Wild, bestselling plant stylist, author, designer and family man Hilton Carter explores multiple ways to style your home with plants—and cultivate happiness along the way. The therapeutic benefits of living with and tending plants are well known—they offer a connection to the natural world that nurtures our mental and physical health. In Living Wild, Hilton Carter shows how to create a lush, stylish space with flourishing plants that bring life to your home and happiness to your life. He discusses interior design choices—choosing the right color scheme, textures, and materials to showcase gorgeous greenery—then takes a deep dive into styling. From picking the perfect planter to statement plants and taking in centerpieces, living art and hanging planters plus outdoors spaces and plants for kids along the way, Living Wild is packed with interior design and styling ideas that blur the boundary beside inside and out. Finally, we visit 8 unique homes that have been plant styled by Hilton and take a detailed look at his top ten designer plants, along with care and info tips.

From the Publisher COLOR SCHEMING When a piece of furniture has a striking color and pattern, placing a complementary plant beside it doubles the effect. While you should have a color palette to guide styling decisions, using artwork to provide a wild splash of color and interest in a room goes a long way. In our sunroom, the mix of colors in the painting by Jose Mertz helps to make the bar area feel lush. STATEMENT PLANTS When designing your home, or even just one room, a good starting point is to ask yourself what kind of statement you are hoping to make with the space. Perhaps you’re a lover of color and envision a bold color-block mural painted on one wall? Or a minimalist, in which case clean lines and muted tones give you life. OUTDOOR GLAMOUR Having a deck to enjoy during the warmer months expands the space you have for indoor/outdoor living. Blurring the line between indoor and out is easier when we’re able to fold the accordion doors back and create one large room. Another grouping of plants—these specimens love full sun during the spring and summer.