A FRESH TAKE

In Victorian times, people were crazy for ferns, often decorating upscale drawing rooms with terrariums. A contemporary alternative to those glass boxes is a wall-mounted planter box in which a variety of ferns grow surrounded by moss. An even simpler idea: gather a handful of fronds from your garden into a leafy bouquet. Sanderson Fernery wallpaper in Botanical Green, wallpaperdirect.com.

The oversize frond print on this wallpaper is by Sanderson and is part of a bigger move toward bold motifs in wallpaper design.