Plant Pots & Planter Covers
Give your plants new life with colorful plant pots in ceramic, glass, and stoneware from carefully selected brands.
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At Dims Studio, you’ll find plant pots and planter covers that make decorating with plants fun. Dinna has handpicked each design, so you can choose from everything from ceramic animals to pastel-colored glass and patterned pots. There’s room here for cacti, succulents, and larger green plants alike.
Materials and Finishes
You’ll find plant pots in glass, ceramic, and stoneware. Many models feature hand-painted details or glazed surfaces that create a lively look. Some designs have textured patterns, while others are simple and classic.
Sizes for Every Plant
- Small pots (approx. 7-12 cm) for cacti or herbs on the windowsill
- Medium-sized pots (12-18 cm) for ferns, pilea, or snake plants
- Large planter covers (18-25 cm) for monstera, palms, or bigger green plants
- Formats suitable for tables, shelves, and floors
Playful Shapes and Colors
The selection includes everything from Quail’s ceramic animal figures to Rice’s vibrant patterns and &Klevering’s playful shapes. Anna+Nina and Kersten offer quirky designs, while Bongusta and Bloomingville present calmer tones. You can pick from animal motifs and faces to simple pastels and glitter finishes.
Curated Selection from Carefully Chosen Brands
Dims Studio gathers plant pots that can stand alone or be mixed across materials and colors. It’s about creating a personal home where plants can flourish and showcase your style. Find your next pot among designs from Rice, Quail, &Klevering, Anna+Nina, Bongusta, Bloomingville, and more – all selected by Dinna to offer something special for your plant wall or windowsill.
A pot cover is the decorative vessel you place around the plastic pot from the nursery, so your plant pot or houseplant fits in with the rest of your home. At Dims Studio you'll find pot covers in dolomite, ceramic, stoneware and polyresin, from graphic lemon motifs in stripes by Kersten to hand-painted stoneware covers with a bow by EJA and Italian hand-painted ceramics by Ceramiche F.L. Orgia. Here you get an overview of types, materials, sizes and brands, so you can find the pot cover that suits your plant, your window and your style.
What is a pot cover?
A pot cover is a vessel without a drainage hole that you place around the plastic pot the plant originally comes in. Unlike an ordinary plant pot, a pot cover shouldn't be in direct contact with soil and roots. It acts as a decorative outer layer, while the inner plastic pot handles the watering and drainage. This makes it easy to change a plant's style without repotting it, and you avoid water marks on the windowsill or table, since excess water collects in the inner pot and not in the cover.
The terms pot cover and planter cover are used interchangeably for the same product. Some also call it a decorative pot or a cachepot. What they all have in common is that they're meant as the visible, decorative layer, while the practical growing pot hides inside. See our full range of lemon planters if you're looking for the actual growing pot.
Types of pot covers
Pot covers come in many shapes, from classic round bowls to sculptural figures shaped like fruit, animals and other motifs. The type determines how much visual space the pot cover takes up, and which kind of plant it suits best.
Classic round and oval pot covers
The classic pot cover is round or slightly oval and has a simple, graphic pattern such as stripes or painted motifs. Kersten's dolomite series with a lemon motif belongs here: a round cover in warm or cool colours that lets the plant's green leaves take over. The shape is compact and well suited to windowsills and kitchen counters where space is limited.
Figurative pot covers
A figurative pot cover is shaped like something other than a simple bowl, for example a lemon, a strawberry or a fish. Kersten's strawberry pot cover in pink dolomite and Creative Collection's fish planter cover in ceramic are both examples of figures that become a decorative element in their own right, whether or not a plant is in them. These figurative covers are often one-offs or small batches, where each piece has its own details.
Vases with a double function
Several of our pot covers are designed so they can also be used as vases. The lemon pot covers in Italian ceramic by Ceramiche F.L. Orgia are hand-painted vases that work just as well for a bunch of flowers as for a green plant. That makes them a flexible purchase, where you decide whether the cover should hold a potted plant or cut flowers, alternating throughout the year.
Sculptural pot covers
Some pot covers are so expressive that they work as sculpture in their own right. EJA's stoneware covers with a hand-painted bow in relief and Kersten's polyresin pot cover shaped like a pair of lips belong in this category. Here, the pot cover is the main eye-catcher, and the plant becomes a green complement to the shape.
| Type | Expression | Example in the range | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic round/oval | Simple, graphic pattern | Kersten lemon pot cover in dolomite | Windowsill, kitchen counter, collections |
| Figurative | Shaped like fruit, animal or motif | Strawberry and fish pot covers | Solo placement, eye-catcher |
| Vase function | Usable for both plant and flowers | Ceramiche F.L. Orgia lemon vase | Flexible use all year round |
| Sculptural | Strong shape language, often hand-painted | EJA stoneware with bow, lips in polyresin | Stylish statement on a console or shelf |
Materials: dolomite, ceramic, stoneware and polyresin
The material determines how heavy the pot cover is, how the surface feels, and whether it can withstand being outdoors. Here are the materials you'll find in our range.
Dolomite
Dolomite is a robust natural material used for many of Kersten's pot covers. The material is water-resistant, which makes it suitable for both indoor use on the windowsill and outdoor use on the terrace or balcony, where the cover needs to withstand rain and damp. The surface has a slightly textured finish that highlights the hand-painted pattern, whether it's stripes, lemons or strawberries.
Ceramic
Ceramic is fired clay that gives a smooth, often glazed surface. The pot covers in Italian ceramic by Ceramiche F.L. Orgia are hand-painted in warm yellow tones and come across as genuine craftsmanship, where each piece can vary slightly in finish. Creative Collection's fish planter cover is likewise ceramic and part of the Bloomingville house, where each piece is unique.
Stoneware
Stoneware is a denser, more durable type of ceramic, fired at a higher temperature than ordinary earthenware. EJA's pot covers in stoneware are hand-painted with patterns such as leopard print or coloured bases with bow details in relief. Stoneware is known for being hard-wearing and well suited to everyday use, where the cover is moved and filled with soil and water regularly.
Polyresin
Polyresin is a moulded material used when the shape needs to be very detailed or sculptural, as with Kersten's lip-shaped pot cover. Polyresin is lighter than ceramic and stoneware, which makes large, shapely pieces easier to move, and the material can be finished with a ceramic-like coating, so it visually resembles glazed ceramic.
| Material | Weight | Suitable outdoors | Characteristics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolomite | Medium to heavy | Yes, water-resistant | Textured surface, hand-painted motifs |
| Ceramic | Medium | Should be sheltered | Glazed, often hand-painted, one-of-a-kind feel |
| Stoneware | Medium to heavy | Should be sheltered | Hard-wearing, dense body, detailed patterns |
| Polyresin | Light | Should be sheltered | Sculptural shapes, ceramic-like finish |
How to keep your pot cover looking good
- Always empty excess water from the bottom of the pot cover, so the plant doesn't sit in too much moisture and the material isn't strained unnecessarily.
- Wipe dolomite and ceramic covers with a slightly damp cloth to keep the surface and the hand-painted pattern looking good.
- Keep covers in ceramic, stoneware and polyresin sheltered from driving rain and frost if they're to be used outdoors over winter.
- Always lift the cover by its body, not by thin details such as a bow or a relief motif.
Pot cover for the windowsill, kitchen and living room
Most of the pot covers in our range are designed with herbs and smaller houseplants in mind, but they work just as well as standalone decorative pieces.
Pot cover for kitchen herbs
Many of our pot covers are sized for pots of around 8 to 13 centimetres, which fits perfectly with basil, mint, parsley and other herbs on the kitchen windowsill. Kersten's lemon covers in dolomite and EJA's stoneware covers with a bow are both examples that create a cohesive, colourful look when several herbs stand in a row. See the full range under pot cover for herbs.
Pot cover in the living room
In the living room, a pot cover can be used for anything from a single statement plant on the floor to a collection of smaller plants on a console or shelf. The larger lemon pot covers from Ceramiche F.L. Orgia, measuring up to 25 x 45 centimetres, are made to stand alone as an eye-catcher, while the smaller models are suited to being grouped together with different motifs and colours.
Pot cover in the hallway and on the console table
A sculptural pot cover such as the lip-shaped model in polyresin is meant to stand out as a decorative object in its own right, ideally combined with tall, graphic plants. Placed on a console table in the hallway, it becomes one of the first eye-catchers guests notice.
Pot cover as a gift
A pot cover is an obvious gift, because it's both decorative and practical, and because it often suits several types of plants. A colourful, hand-painted pot cover from Kersten or EJA is a quick, personal gift for a housewarming, birthday or hostess gift, where the recipient can choose which plant should live in it.
Sizes: from herbs to statement plants
The size of your pot cover determines which pot it can hide and how much space it takes up in the room. Our range spans a wide range of sizes.
| Size | Fits pots of | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Small | 8-9 cm | EJA leopard planter cover in stoneware |
| Small to medium | 12-13 cm | Kersten lemon and strawberry pot covers in dolomite |
| Medium | 20 x 30 cm (vase/pot cover) | Ceramiche F.L. Orgia lemon pot cover, small model |
| Large | 25 x 45 cm (vase/pot cover) | Ceramiche F.L. Orgia lemon pot cover, large model |
| Sculptural, 37 cm tall | Freestanding, can be paired with a pot | Kersten lip-shaped pot cover in polyresin |
If you want to start small, the smaller pot covers under small pot covers are a good place to look, while the larger lemon models are the choice if the pot cover itself should be the eye-catcher of the room.
The brands behind our pot covers
Our range of pot covers brings together a small number of brands, each with its own expression and material.
Kersten
Kersten is the brand that features most in our pot cover range. The Dutch brand is known for hand-painted pot covers in dolomite with graphic motifs such as stripes and lemons in fresh colour combinations, including pink, green, purple, blue and red-brown. Kersten is also behind the sculptural lip-shaped pot cover in polyresin. See more colourful pot covers from the brand.
EJA
EJA designs hand-painted pot covers in stoneware, often in a single strong colour complemented by a decorative detail such as a bow in relief or a leopard pattern in green and mint shades. EJA's covers are sized for the smallest pots in our range and are ideal for herbs on the windowsill.
Ceramiche F.L. Orgia (Selected by dims studio)
Under Selected by dims studio you'll find the lemon pot covers from the Italian ceramics workshop Ceramiche F.L. Orgia. They're hand-painted in genuine Italian ceramic and designed to work just as well as a vase for cut flowers as a pot cover for a green plant. They're the largest pot covers in our range and come in two sizes.
Creative Collection
Creative Collection, part of the Bloomingville house, is behind the figurative fish planter cover in ceramic. The series is characterised by each piece being unique, with its own colour variations and details, because the glaze behaves slightly differently from piece to piece during firing.
| Brand | Material | Characteristics | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kersten | Dolomite, polyresin | Graphic stripes, lemon and strawberry motifs | Colourful collection on the windowsill |
| EJA | Stoneware | Hand-painted, bow details, leopard pattern | Herbs, small plants |
| Ceramiche F.L. Orgia | Italian ceramic | Hand-painted, double function as a vase | Statement plant or flowers |
| Creative Collection | Ceramic | Figurative, one-of-a-kind feel | Eye-catcher with an element of surprise |
Find your pot cover: decision guide
If you're still unsure which pot cover to choose, start from where it should stand and what it should hold.
| Situation | Our recommendation |
|---|---|
| You want to gather several herbs on the kitchen windowsill | Several small pot covers from Kersten or EJA in different colours |
| You want one big eye-catcher in the living room | The large lemon pot cover from Ceramiche F.L. Orgia at 25 x 45 cm |
| The cover needs to work for both plants and flowers | The lemon vase/pot cover from Ceramiche F.L. Orgia |
| You want a sculptural decorative piece in the hallway | The lip-shaped pot cover in polyresin from Kersten |
| The cover needs to stand outside on the balcony | A water-resistant dolomite pot cover from Kersten |
| You're looking for a gift that suits most homes | A colourful, hand-painted pot cover from Kersten or EJA |
Frequently asked questions about pot covers
What's the difference between a pot cover and a plant pot?
A plant pot typically has a drainage hole and is used for the actual growing, while a pot cover is the decorative vessel without drainage that the ordinary plant pot is placed inside. The pot cover shouldn't be filled directly with soil, but used as a decorative outer layer.
Does a pot cover need a hole in the bottom?
No. A pot cover usually has no drainage hole, since it's not meant to be filled directly with soil. Water from watering should instead stay in the inner plastic pot, and it's a good idea to regularly empty excess water from the bottom of the pot cover.
Which size pot cover should I choose?
Start from the size of your current plastic pot. Our smallest pot covers fit pots of 8-9 cm, while the medium models fit 12-13 cm. The largest lemon models from Ceramiche F.L. Orgia measure 20 x 30 cm and 25 x 45 cm and are intended for larger plants or as a vase.
Can a pot cover be used outdoors?
Yes, pot covers in dolomite from Kersten are water-resistant and well suited to a balcony or terrace. Covers in ceramic, stoneware and polyresin hold up best when sheltered from rain and frost.
Can a pot cover be used as a vase?
Yes, several of our pot covers are designed for a double function. The lemon pot covers from Ceramiche F.L. Orgia can be used just as well for a bunch of cut flowers as for a potted plant.
How do I clean my pot cover?
Wipe the surface with a slightly damp cloth. Avoid harsh cleaning products and scouring pads, which can wear down the hand-painted finish, especially on dolomite and ceramic.
Does a pot cover suit all types of herbs?
Most of our pot covers are sized for pots of 8-13 cm, which fits most herbs such as basil, mint and parsley in standard pots from the nursery.
What is dolomite?
Dolomite is a robust natural material used for several of Kersten's pot covers. It withstands moisture and changing weather well, which makes it suitable for pot covers meant to stand both indoors and outdoors.
Are pot covers from Dims Studio one-of-a-kind?
Several of our pot covers are hand-painted or hand-shaped, including those from Ceramiche F.L. Orgia and Creative Collection, which means each individual piece can have small, natural variations in colour and finish.
Is a pot cover a good gift?
Yes, a colourful, hand-painted pot cover is a quick and personal gift, because the recipient can choose which plant should stand in it. See more lemon pot covers for gift wrapping.
Can I have several pot covers with different motifs together?
Yes, that's a popular way to style them. Combine, for example, several lemon pot covers in different colours from Kersten, or mix motifs such as strawberry and fish for a more playful look.