Gabriela Herman

Find inspiration inside gorgeous homes where plants work their magic Whether it?s a succulent garden made for the black thumbed or the fiddle-leaf figs and monsteras overrunning Instagram, houseplants have flourished as one of the decade?s biggest home decor trends.
It?s easy to see why. Houseplants are often embraced for their air purifying quality, which jives right along a growing obsession with all things wellness. It also helps that the direct-to-consumer era has ushered in a whole crop of online plant stores, making it easier than ever to have indoor plants delivered to your doorstop, complete with an aesthetically pleasing pot.
Indeed, thriving plants can look pretty darn good around the house, and there?s no better proof than the many lush homes featured in Curbed?s House Calls home tour series. If you?re looking to change up your plantscape in the new year, or finally start decorating with plants, these homes are sure to inspire you to make the most of your greenery.
Gieves Anderson

Inside cookbook author Dorie Greenspan?s New York City apartment
In this renovated Upper West Side apartment, home to award-winning cookbook author Dorie Greenspan for almost 50 years, a wooden platform serves as an unexpected stage for sculptural houseplant collection. The composition here is no doubt intentional: Rounded white planters tie together an ensemble whose variations in hue and stature feel effortlessly alive. And the plants? ...