Mellie, I generally kill house plants since I don't garden in the house. Didn't you see the dead african violets in the picture in my bathroom?
But since there's no gardening outside in the winter, I will tend to the plants inside. The orchids go back out under the cabbage palm after threat of frost is gone. The African Violets never went outside poor things. There are some cacti in there too as they don't like Florida outdoors.