great pots and ideas

How does one make a collection of pots work and look good.  All too often they start to look messy and there are just simply too many of them.
These two pictures gave me some really great ideas

mix and match pots with similiar types of plants...succulents which of course are popular at the moment and rightly so.....they give a great look when done nicely and are so very easy to look after.

garden illustrated magazine aug 2010

how to make a collections of bits and pieces in pots look ok.  organise it onto a plant stand.....great idea and looks geat in the right corner.