The closer humans are to nature, the better they feel in general. Indoor plants and flowers have been known to improve our mood and the overall ambience of the place. They remove toxins from the air, and are a cheap, ethical, and sustainable way to decorate your home no matter what your interior decor theme is.
When you think about indoor plants and decor, the first thing that comes to your mind is probably flowers in vases. While that is a great way to breathe some life into your place, it’s not the only way. Things like herb gardens, potted plants, huge indoor trees, hanging vines, and even succulents and fruit plants are some of the best ways to decorate around the house if you don’t want to go the traditional route but still want a touch of nature around your place. You can order plants online, or you can get seeds from a local grower or nursery.
If you want to know more, keep reading for some unique plant decorating ideas for your home.
A Herb Garden
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Good looks meet functionality in this kind of natural decor, because when you grow a herb garden you bring a new flavor not only to your interior decor but also to your food. Most herb gardens are grown next to a window in your kitchen – and they can often even be grown on the counter is small pots if you have the counter space.
Plants and herbs like thyme, rosemary, mint, lemons, cucumber, and cherry tomatoes are common plants to grow in your small garden, and you can even grow some cabbage and other plants depending on whether you want to take care of them or not.
You might need to take care of all of them differently, but there are countless low-maintainence plants that you can add to your home as well.
Tall Plants
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In bigger houses and rooms, some larger plants that you can place on the floor can be a good idea. You can place them anywhere along the walls, next to doors or windows, in the corners, and even on the sides of your couch depending on the exact layout of your place.
Here’s a list of indoor plants that can purify the air and are popular additions to people’s living rooms:
The Peace Lily
Tall, elegant, and narrow, this is a pretty great plant for minimalist decor and simple living rooms without toomuch clutter. It’s a vert striking plant, but won’t stand out much if you put it in a living room with a lot going on.
Snake Plant
If you want to keep a plant that’s both aesthetic and easy to take care of, the snake plant is a great bet. They’re resilient plants who can stand a lot of tough conditions. They’re also some of the best air purifying indoor plants out there.
Bird of Paradise
Birds of paradise are tall, fast growing plants that are great to fill up living room corners. This is because of their big leaves and tall structure. Naturally, the plants bloom as well but that doesn’t usually happen indoors – they need direct sunlight for that.
If you want to keep one at home, make sure you give it plenty of water in the summer when it’s still growing, add fertilizer, and keep it near a source of bright light – preferably a large window.
Palm Plants
They go very well with tropical and rainforest themed decor, and even in lively, colorfully decorated places. The wide leaves have a very dramatic effect, and they remind you of beaches, warm climates, and better days.
Floral Arrangements
Of course, one of the best and most versatile ways to decorate your home would be with different kinds of floral arrangements. Flowers come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Not to mention all the additional elements like twigs, baby’s breath, and weeds you can add to the arrangements to make them vary even more.
You can add dried flowers to a bouquet to make it suit an antique and dull interior, and you can use bright bursts of colors to breathe life into a bright and empty room.
Climbing Vines
If you want to be a little dramatic and give guests something to look at and admire, you can try growing some vines along the wall. Choose a suitable one in your home and start growing potted vines close to the walls. When the plant is long enough, prop it up with the help of nails hammered into the wall, and drape the vines over them while allowing them to grow.
Keep doing this and soon, the vines will extend over most of the walls soon, and give a very interesting angle to your interior.
Table Top Display
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With the right combination of small potted plants and flowers, you can have a very lively and sharming arrangement of plants on different surfaces around the house. Table tops are the first choice, but you can also place them on bookshelves or work desks to brighten up the place a bit.
Small succulents, potted flowers, rosemary plants, and indoor moss can be combined in various combinations and different kinds of flower pots to give your room a small corner of personality.
Hanging Pots
Floor space is precious real estate in small spaces. In that case, you might need to think of alternate ways to decorate your room that doesn’t involve the decor taking up any floor space or space on other surfaces.
Of course, you can always try hanging pots from the ceiling. This arrangement can work well for trailing plants that will hang down from the flower pot, and it can work well for indoor mosses, bushes, and flowers too.
