The conceptual 'Mesa' planter is a dual-purpose piece of home decor that promises to increase the efficiency of a living spacey hiding cleaning equipment in plain sight.

Created by Sam Lavoie for Render Weekly, the planter features a terra-cotta color scheme that makes it perfect for cacti or other warm-weather plants. The unit appears to have a handle on the side, but reveals a small handheld vacuum when accessed to make cleaning up less tedious and something that can be performed constantly instead of sporadically. One’s designed to hold dirt, the other’s designed to eliminate dirt. Sam Lavoie says there’s no reason the two of them can’t get along. The Mesa combines a planter and a hand-held vacuum cleaner into a singular form.

It also allows vacuum docking equipment to be stored in plain sight instead of being hidden away. This addresses the limited amount of storage space in urban living spaces and the need for dual-purpose equipment. A design that’s decorative, utilitarian, and creates a pretty harmonious partnership between two unlikely categories and products.

The Mesa makes for a pretty decorative planter to be placed inside your house, along with a nice indoor plant. Sam capitalized on the fact that planters are usually placed against walls and near power outlets, giving you a product that can easily be plugged into a socket in the wall quite inconspicuously. The vacuum fits right in the planter and charges once docked, and can be easily used by pulling it out and powered using the standby button on the base. That way, you’ll be more interested in letting it naturally blend into your home.

The vacuum’s design elegantly complements the planter, and while home appliances usually come in pretty standard glossy finishes and in black or white, the Mesa explores earthy terracotta as a potential color and texture for the vacuum and the planter. Needless to say, it clearly works!

According to Yako Design