Staging with Plants
I’m a fan of staging with plants. This is something that can be overdone (a jungle of plants will just be distracting), but living in Oregon means that there are a lot of months of rain (which even native Portlanders tier of after a while). Without the benefits of sunny natural lighting during the winter months, plants do a lot to make a room feel brighter (along with some well placed lamps, of course ; )
Here are some different examples of using plants as accents in different types of rooms: