Many people miss an opportunity to decorate their homes in a very simple way.  Arranging a few inexpensive plants from the grocery plant stand, or a local nursery, in a basket adds color, freshness to the air, and a little life in a dreary winter. Place them near a lamp which remains on through the day or all night, assures they have enough light, because the ones they sell for house plants are ususally low light plants anyway.  A second great easy is bulbs. Preplanted ones have done the best for me.  Leave them outside during their off season, and when they begin to sprout bring them in.  They will love the warmth, and bloom in the winter if you want them to.  These also make great gifts.
My son's mother-in-law always adorns our table at family dinners with a basket with several 4" blooming plants tucked inside. They sit low enough on the table to have a conversation over. And they sometimes come in colors difficult to get in floral arrangements.  Plus they last so much longer, often can be transplanted outside to bloom again and again, and they cost so much less than a florist made offering. 
So few of us have extra income these days, that it is a blessing to have something that can be purchased over a course of weeks.  An ivy this week, a pathos next, a bloomer next week.  Don't like baskets? Be creative. So many things hold plants.
 A key element for long life in most plants however is to keep them up out of standing water. To be certain the plants get the water they need and you don't overwater, raise them above the bottom of their liner with broken shells, gravel, stones, hard foam chunks, marbles, or other washable, reusable chunky bits of material.  Never water plants to a point that the water is above the level of the top of this material.  Allow dry out between waterings- super important. Only a few plants like to be moist all the time. Remaining dry will wilt plants but they will often survive it.  Overwatering kills, and causes funguses etc you don't want in your home.  To allow the plants access to the excess water that drains into the shells, stones or whatever, use any material that will absorb water, and make a narrow strip of it.  Lift the plant from its pot when the dirt is at its dryest point.  Insert the strand of material up through the drain hole in the pot and over the edge of the pot and replant the foliage with its roots and dirt as much in tact as possible.  Lay the end of the strip across the top of the dirt. The other end of the strip should be dangling from the hole in the bottom of the pot. Set the pot into the liner, arranging the stones or shells so that the wicking material can be on the bottom of the liner with  the drainage material arraganed over it. This will assure that any water the plants soil does not absorb, will drain into the drainage material, but will be wicked up as the plant needs it, keeping the available water accessible.  If however the plant is being overwatered a lot. and never allowed to dry between waterings, the plant will not live.  Draining water off is critical.
Some plants will want more water and some less.  It is an effective tool, if those which need less water don't have the wicking material.  Therefore they get less water. 
Periodically wash all the materials in a water and a capful of bleach. Use antibacterial hand cleaner when handling materials that have set for a while.  Or use gloves that keep hands dry. Bacteria can grow where water stands.  Another reason to allow drying.  Seems like work. Not really. Its easy if you don't keep it all too wet. 
Plants in glass or glazed ceramics are in the most danger of dying from overwatering.  They often don't allow for appropriate drainage and can't dry effectively.  A strong warning is given for  standing water in a deep glass container which turns red.  Dangerous bacteria is present.  Use caution when disposing of it, and cleaning the containers.  Also clean the areas where the water splashes or is poured out into.  Not down a sink! Toilett or outdoors disposal please. Did I scare you?  I hope I only convinced you to not overwater your plants and make a way that the water can evaporate or be used by the plant.  Do not ever water plants everyday.