Decorate your home with plants
How to Decorate Your Houseplants
Whether you’re a beginner plant parent or a jungle-living expert, plants can help define your home’s style and create a brighter environment. The key to creating a great space is adding the houseplants as part of your decor, not just around your decor.
When shopping for a new houseplant, think about where in your home the plant will fit best. Take into consideration necessities such as whether the plant is low light frindly or needs a certain number of hours of direct sunlight? How large will it grow? And does it prefers dry air like cactus or humidity like a prayer plant? Also, make sure you have enough time to take care of your plants. If you travel a lot, opt for a plant that doesn’t need frequent watering or misting. If you don’t have time to care for plant artificial plant not a faux pas; they will still make your space stylish and vibrant, just without the dirt.
Check out our 12 styling tips to elevate your space with houseplants and breathe fresh air into your home.
Whether you’re a beginner plant parent or a jungle-living expert, plants can help define your home’s style and create a brighter environment. The key to creating a great space is adding the houseplants as part of your decor, not just around your decor.
When shopping for a new houseplant, think about where in your home the plant will fit best. Take into consideration necessities such as whether the plant is low light frindly or needs a certain number of hours of direct sunlight? How large will it grow? And does it prefers dry air like cactus or humidity like a prayer plant? Also, make sure you have enough time to take care of your plants. If you travel a lot, opt for a plant that doesn’t need frequent watering or misting. If you don’t have time to care for plant artificial plant not a faux pas; they will still make your space stylish and vibrant, just without the dirt.
Check out our 12 styling tips to elevate your space with houseplants and breathe fresh air into your home.
Mental benefits of styling with plants
There are a lot of mental benefits from adding greenery to a room. The therapeutic activities of watering, nurturing and seeing them grow new legs (yes I call their stems legs) is incredible.
A huge part of my thesis was dedicated to this topic when I finished my Interior Design course. But I won’t bore you with the 10,000 words I wrote!! In a nutshell and based on a number of studies, here we go:
A huge part of my thesis was dedicated to this topic when I finished my Interior Design course. But I won’t bore you with the 10,000 words I wrote!! In a nutshell and based on a number of studies, here we go:
1. Plants improve the quality of the air we breathe by removing pollutants and spitting back oxygen. Thanks, Plants!
2. Plants and nature improve our mood. Have you ever been grumpy in a forest? Nature brings peace, tranquility and a visual reminder to be present/mindful.
3. The smell of nature alone, particularly flowers can spike happy hormones in our bodies. There you go men…when wife’s not happy, stick a rose under her nose!
4. Plants can reduce stress, anxiety and depression by reducing blood pressure and slowing down our heart rate.
5. They can improve our memories – I can’t remember why though
6. Increase productivity, creativity and improve concentration.
2. Plants and nature improve our mood. Have you ever been grumpy in a forest? Nature brings peace, tranquility and a visual reminder to be present/mindful.
3. The smell of nature alone, particularly flowers can spike happy hormones in our bodies. There you go men…when wife’s not happy, stick a rose under her nose!
4. Plants can reduce stress, anxiety and depression by reducing blood pressure and slowing down our heart rate.
5. They can improve our memories – I can’t remember why though
6. Increase productivity, creativity and improve concentration.
Choose the right plant for your Interior Design style
When I design a room or a full home, it is always with a certain design style in mind. We all know that there are different Interior Design styles which means that certain furniture and decor are necessary to achieve that look. Although you cannot go wrong with adding plants to your interior, it is worth considering the physical style of the plant to ensure you nail the look!
To break that down for you here is an example. Imagine a mid-century living room like the image below. Lots of rich wood tones, olive green and mustard velvets, quirky lighting, and then you add a beachy, dried palm spear to the room. It makes absolutely no sense and is not thoughtful of the design itself. That palm will look stunning in a boho interior though!
To break that down for you here is an example. Imagine a mid-century living room like the image below. Lots of rich wood tones, olive green and mustard velvets, quirky lighting, and then you add a beachy, dried palm spear to the room. It makes absolutely no sense and is not thoughtful of the design itself. That palm will look stunning in a boho interior though!