How to use plants to adorn your home

There are several benefits to having a good amount of plants in every room of your house, including improved health. In addition to their aesthetic value, having plants in your home improves air quality and lowers airborne toxins. Not to mention the numerous and varied benefits that specific plants can have for aromatherapy. These advantages include lowering blood pressure, stimulating mental function, and even promoting healthier, deeper sleep. Several scientific studies have demonstrated that plants are particularly helpful for the sick, helping to reduce stress levels in chronic patients. Everyone agrees that adding green plants to your house makes it seem more alive. Whether you have a green thumb, a blue thumb, or any other color in the rainbow, these six fantastic tips will help you improve your space using a traditional approach to green living.

Indoor Plants

Any good interior design plan should look for opportunities to incorporate plants into the space, whether you are designing a space for a client or for yourself to update the look and feel of your house. As decor accessories, plants have many benefits to offer, such as the variety of colors and textures they consistently add. However, the range of scale options that plants provide is one of their best qualities. They can be big enough to take up entire floor space, or they can be just the right size to complement a tiny desk or set of open shelves. Additionally, a floor plant might be the ideal addition to a space that lacks greenery and has an excessive amount of space. Now look about your house. You might not need to add more furniture to that empty corner the next time you notice that it feels empty and unfinished. A floor plant might be the finishing touch that gives the space a new feeling of freshness and completion. But it's crucial to keep in mind that plants are living beings. Therefore, there are a few things to think about before repurposing your favorite room for a floor plant.

Flowers Orchids

Remember that there are other colors you can use in addition to green when looking for plants to incorporate into your design scheme. Blooming plants add an extra pop of color that can make a statement in your space, along with all the health and aromatherapy benefits of green plants. For a long time, stylists and interior designers have preferred orchids due to their sculptural silhouettes and vibrant, eye-catching colors. They add visual interest and brightness to any space they are placed in, and they can endure a long time with proper maintenance.

Trimmed Blooms

Consider using cut flowers to add a little life to your space as a temporary fix that takes less time and care than maintaining a plant. Depending on how frequently you decide to replace them, flowers can be less expensive in addition to taking less time. A bunch of cut flowers can be purchased for as little as a few dollars. But the trade-off is that they don’t last as long as a potted plant will (ideally), so if you choose to continually replace the flowers as they are the cost can add up. However, changing out your flowers can be an inexpensive and easy way to update the appearance of your space. Cut flowers are a simple and quick fix that can lift your spirits and give your home some much-needed color pops, no matter how you go about it.

Cacti and Succulents

Not every one of us has the most generous thumbs. Plant maintenance can be challenging. Certain plants can be much more difficult to maintain healthy and vibrant than others, depending on the type of plant, the climate where you live, and the amount of time you have available. Though they keep dying on you, several very hardy house plants are much easier to take care of and far more likely to reward your efforts with long and continuous growth, even if you haven't had the best luck with plants in the past. For instance, you might want to think about decorating your home with a succulent or cactus plant. Both are green and vibrant, but they are desert plant species that thrive in conditions that would be unfriendly to other plant species. These plants require very little care other than sunlight and a small amount of water, making them simple to take care of. These plants are strong and long-lasting, but because of their linear shapes, they also have an intriguing appearance that looks great in interior spaces that have a more modern design aesthetic.

 

Herb Garden Hanging on the Wall

There are a plethora of enjoyable and inventive methods to incorporate plants into the various rooms of your house. The greatest arrangements blend the visual appeal of the foliage and/or flowers with the practicality of the plant so that it can enhance the appearance of the area while also serving a practical purpose, such as adding lavender plants to a home office to reduce stress.

Play It Off!

Finally, there are always ways to pay homage to the great, green outdoors without actually having any plants in your home if you just plain lack the touch, the patience, or the luck to be successful with plants of any kind. Still, you want the look of your space to have a hint of nature. A little creative decorating is all it takes to create the illusion of plants without the trouble or heartache, especially if you discover that your thumb just will not turn the proper shade of green to keep the plants in your home healthy.

Plants are a healthy and environmentally friendly way to decorate your home. But in addition to these advantages, we also need to remember to give the plants regular maintenance and make sure they don't draw insects.