4 Great Ways to Decorate With Plants Indoors
By and large, interior design is exactly what it sounds like: a method of planning and organizing our homes and workplaces so that they’re equal parts comfortable, functional, and beautiful.
Of course, it’s interesting how much of the interior design process is influenced by outdoor elements. Our furniture is made of wood. We add stone accents in our living rooms. Our rugs and pillows are even made of animal hides!
But for all the different ways that we bring the outdoors in with us, plants are undoubtedly the most important and beneficial.
You can’t talk about beautiful home & office interior design without also talking about plants. When designing a space, there’s never an issue of whether the space should include plants. Rather, it’s about deciding which plants would work best for a particular space and its occupants.
There are countless reasons to build a collection of house plants in any and every room of your home, some of which are the benefits to your personal wellness. As modern accessories go, houseplants are not only beloved because of the way they can spruce up a room but also for the way they benefit our physical and mental health!
Having plants in your home brightens our spaces, reduces the toxins in the air, and improves air quality.
In fact, researchers have found that rooms with plants have less dust and mold than rooms without any foliage—just avoid the plants that have pollen or spores.
Beyond their aesthetic value, plants have far-reaching benefits for mental health. They can liven up any room and help lift your mood. Fresh flowers, like lavender, have well-known calming and soothing effects.
More subtly speaking, plants provide a great reminder of when, and how, to take care of ourselves. Tending to your plants can help you calm down as you lose yourself in the moments of potting and gardening.
The consensus is clear: Bringing plants into your interior design plan will literally add life to any space.
So, here are 5 great tips for enhancing your space with a healthy dose of plant life.
Johdi of @honeyrosedecor styled a Plexi Easy 5 with her ZZ plant.
1. Decorating with Floor Plants
When it comes to making a big design statement, a large floor plant provides endless styling options. The height of a tall plant helps draw the eye upward to open up your room. Even when it’s tucked into a corner, it’s the perfect green floor-to-ceiling centerpiece.
Moreover, a large indoor plant can really help split an open layout into two spaces. It also adds instant personality to any room.
The next time you notice that you have an empty corner, and the space just doesn’t feel complete, you might not need to fill it up with more furniture (or clutter). A floor plant could be the missing ingredient that completes the room while bringing color and life into your space.
When deciding on a floor plant for your space, make sure there’s enough lighting to support the plant. For instance, the trendy fiddle leaf fig will grow best with consistent, bright, filtered light, and thus would prefer an east-facing, sunny window. For corner spaces in most residential spaces, a 6- to 7-foot plant will fit nicely without overwhelming your space. For irregular spaces, like the space in between a media console and a wall, consider a plant that comes in around 2 or 3 feet tall.
Miss Orchid Girl styled a Double Easy 6” for her orchids. Click here to watch her video!
2. Decorating with Orchids
Decorative house plants come in more colors than green. Blooming plants have all of the health and aromatherapy benefits of green plants while also giving you an extra pop of color that can really set your room off.
Orchids are well-known for their elegance, sculptural silhouettes, and vibrant colors. The colors and shapes vary by each flower and are all unique and interesting visually. No matter where you place an orchid, it’s sure to steal the show as a floral centerpiece. With good care, they can continue blooming for a long time.
3. Decorating with Cut Flowers
For a shorter-term way to spruce up your interiors, pick up a bouquet of flowers from your local florist. Bright flowers provided natural pops of color, which are well-known for chasing the stress away while also adding style to your home or office. You can change up the look of your room every week without too much expense or effort.
4. Decorating with Wall-Hanging Plants
There are any number of fun and creative ways to bring plants into the different areas of your home. Wall-hanging plants are a nice way of filling an empty wall, and set-up is a breeze.
Trailing plants, like a devil’s ivy, string of hearts, or string of pearls, have a similar effect to floor plants in guiding the gaze up-and-down. You can store them in a high place to create a gorgeous cascading effect.
Even better, you can set up a trellis for vine plants to climb. Vining plants add color and texture to your space, and they also provide a beautiful cover for not-so-nice features you don't want to see (goodbye, ugly brick wall!).
Greenery adds a splash of nature and serves as a chic complement to any room. Despite your room's color palette, textures, and mix of styles, plants will always liven up your space.