Black Rectangular Metal Plant Stand

Lifting a plant off the floor changes two things at once. Trailing growth gets room to hang instead of pooling on the carpet, and the pot stops being something people walk into and knock over in a doorway or beside a sofa.

The rectangular frame suits a plant that is wider than it is tall, or a pair of smaller pots side by side, which a round three-legged stand handles awkwardly. The black powder-coated finish keeps the frame visually recessive so the plant reads as the object rather than the furniture under it.

Metal is the right material indoors near watering: it does not swell, stain or rot the way timber does when water runs down a pot. Use a saucer regardless to protect the floor beneath, place the stand on a level surface, and keep the heaviest pot centered over the frame rather than at one end.

• Raises pots so trailing growth hangs freely
• Rectangular frame suits wide pots or a pair side by side
• Black powder coating keeps the frame visually recessive
• Metal does not swell, stain or rot from watering
• Use a saucer, place on level ground and keep weight centered