These planters are very pretty in my contemporary setting. They are perfect for artificial plants. You can also place live plants in their own container in the planters but I would not recommend planting directly in the container which has no drainage holes. I have an artificial plant in the smaller one and a “mother in laws tongue” plant sitting in its own pot in the larger one. The only reason I gave it 4 stars rather than 5 is because the containers were a little smaller than I expected but they are attractive and I do like them.