This Lifelike Faux Olive Tree Shines in My Bedroom

As hard as many of my plant-loving pals try to convince me to introduce real life green friends into my apartment, the reality is that I'm not the best plant mom. Small, potted plants will do okay under my care, but I've watched too many live indoor trees decline over the years in my various apartments. Therefore, when I decided that I wanted to incorporate a fairly substantial pop of green into my bedroom, I knew I'd be going the faux route.

I've always loved the look of fake olive trees and have owned a few over the years, but for this spot in my apartment, I needed to go with something on the smaller, narrower side due to my furniture placement. Additionally, being someone who likes to change their decor up often, I never want to shell out too much money on any one accent piece. I knew that I wanted to source something pretty affordable—you'd be surprised how much some of these realistic looking fake plants can cost! To me, $150 or less seemed like an ideal budget, but at the same time, I didn't want to run the risk of purchasing something too inexpensive and have it show up at my doorstep looking completely plastic-like and unconvincing. All that to say, there's definitely a middle ground to keep in mind when shopping for fake plants. You want to at least create the illusion that perhaps that tree in the corner is real, even if your friends obviously know that you wouldn't label yourself as someone with a green thumb!