Window boxes are bright and cheery, old world ways to dress up the outside of your house, but did you know they also can brighten up the inside, as well as being useful to grow smaller bulbs, keep winter herbs and flowering plants to cheer the winter months?

They fit in well with any kind of decorating, particularly country decorating styles, and are useful as well as ornamental.
A window box is a fun and an ideal way to garden.
Decorative planters are easy to install, simple to plant and fun to care for. You don’t have to spend endless hours digging, bending and weeding to maintain a durable flower box. And best of all, a window box makes flowers and greenery a part of your everyday life, where you will see them and continue to gain enormous pleasure from your container garden.

A flower box be created by gardeners of any experience level and container gardening is an easy way to add zest to your home. For a beginner, planting a window box is easy.

What you will need to accomplish this is:

• window boxes
• metal L brackets for mounting box
• screws or bolts
• drill bit–for wood or masonry
• decorative brackets to cover metal supports

You can find all these things and more at Window Boxes.com
Make sure that you screw the brackets into support studs to hold the boxes well and securely.

**Select a copper or bronze window box and hang it inside your house rather than outside. Fill it with houseplants or herbs, potted separately in small pots,.

Make sure the box does not have drain holes. In fact, it might be a good idea to water the plants in the kitchen sink, let them drain, then place back in the window box.

* Create a great bathroom look by filling a tin window box with small ferns. Line a small window box with plastic, add an inch or so of small gravel to assure drainage and transplant the ferns into a rich potting mixture.

A bathroom is a great place for plants because of the high humidity from the shower.

* Place a wicker window box filled with small pots of herbs in a kitchen.

* For a more formal window box, place hydrangeas in a faux stone window box. Wrap decorative paper around each plant’s pot for an additional touch. You can replace the paper as necessary.

* Use floral foam to lift the plants up to the desired height. The foam is lightweight, inexpensive, allows air to circulate and resists mold and mildew.
* Try some ivy topiaries to add structure, height and a hinty of whimsy. This is particularly effective in a kitchen.The top of the pot sits an inch or two below the rim of the windowbox.

*Add flowering plants to any room in the house. The idea is to fill any gaping holes and give the box a polished, finished look. Smaller pots may need to be raised with pieces of floral foam. The great thing about not planting into soil is that plants can be moved round till you’re satisfied with the look.

* Top-dress any of your window plants or window boxed with moss or spanish moss to hide the plastic pots.

Instead of bright and bold, use a combination of traditional houseplants and seasonal favorites to make a serene area in your home . When these start to fade at season’s end, simply switch them out for whatever suits your fancy at that point.

Indoor plants dry out quickly so keep them watered, but don’t overwater because that can lead to pests, diseases and too much weight on your window box.

Try a window box in the bathroom, too–whether or not there’s a window. Many plants, like ferns, will love the humidity.

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