Harness the Beauty and Benefits of Plants in Interior Design
Interior designing encapsulates several elements and styles that all work together to bring about a complete look of any room. Indoor greenery is one of those elements that play a significant role in bringing about a positive change to any room.
They not only give you a dose of nature but appear fresh and offer energy vibes. When plants are displayed artfully in any room, it is bound to uplift their appearance and make people more connected with nature.
Here, we will describe a few types of indoor plants that go well in types of rooms and offices. We will also describe ways and strategies through which these indoor plants can be displayed to enhance any room’s appearance.
Types Of Indoor Plants
There is a huge variety of indoor plants from which you can choose different ones to place at various places in your house. These can range from huge plants and trees to flowers and to climbers.
Each has its own unique appeal and appearance. Depending on other aspects of your interior design, you can choose a plan that best fits the complete picture. Here we will describe a few of the common indoor plants which you can use to enhance the appearance of your house:
Elephant Ear Plant
An elephant ear plant is one of the bigger indoor plants. It has huge leaves which immediately catch your attention when you enter a room. The leaves are bright green with bright yellow splatter design. This plant looks good in any big room or office. It goes well with bright yellow and orange backgrounds as well as dark and black backgrounds.
Succulents
Succulents are usually small-sized plants that are thickened with fleshy and engorged stems and leaves. The plants included in this category are jade plant, aloe vera, cactus, spiral aloe, and others. Because of their small size, they usually look good on counters, shelves, consoles, and table.
Boston Fern
Boston fern is a beautiful green plant whose leaves bend downwards as they grow. This plant looks beautiful when placed in baskets or hung in pedestals. They go well in balconies, hallways, entrances, and in the kitchen.
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Dieffenbachia Plant
Dieffenbachia plant is somewhat similar to an elephant ear plant. However, it has lime green and dark green leaves which looks beautiful in white and pastel backgrounds. This is also a big plant and hence looks appropriate in living rooms and offices.
African Violets
Another type of small indoor plants is the African violet species. It comprises beautifully coloured flowers with fleshy green leaves. You can use a few such planters on a table with either the same coloured flowers or different flowers. Or you can even choose to use them separately on counters and consoles.
Snake Plant
The snake plant is a type of indoor plant that is tall and vertical. It can be used in a big pot on the floor or be placed on tables on smaller pots. This plant looks good in almost any room of the house and helps brighten up the appearance, especially in the study room.
Fiddle Leaf Fig
Fiddle leaf fig plant is one of the largest indoor plants. It has a long, thin stem and big, spread-out leaves. It has a substantial presence and helps bring out a balance between other elements of the room. It looks good at one or two corners of any big room.
Strategies Of Using Indoor Plants For Interior Designing
There are a wide variety of indoor plants that you can use as part of your interior design. However, there are certain strategies through which you can utilize these plants in the best possible way. That way, they do not crowd any room but work with the other items in the room to bring about harmony and balance in it.
Plan Your Design Strategies Around Plants
Instead of laying out all the furniture and other decor items and then trying to fit in plants in the design, it is a better strategy to first identify the places where you will place the plants, and then plan the design around them.
That way you will better be able to recognize how the plants will uplift the room’s appearance as well as hide any shortcomings in the room. You can place large plants in the living room and even use them to design your bedroom.
Small plants can go on tables, consoles, counters, and study tables. Be sure to add small plants in the bathroom as they greatly enhance the bathroom’s appearance.
Choose Specific Backgrounds For Plants And Vice Versa
Plants look really well when they are placed in front of an appropriate background. If you have chosen a plant for a specific location, then update the background accordingly either with contrasting wall paint or furniture.
Alternatively, if you already have a painted wall as background, choose the plant you want to place in front of it accordingly. You want to maximize the effect the plant can have on the surroundings, so proper coordination, contrast, and placement is a must!
Add Different Materials Over the Soil of Plants
One of the things about indoor plants which can be a bit unpleasant is its soil. It might not be a pleasant sight for some people. There are ways you can cover the soil to give it a more appealing look.
Depending on various kinds of plants, you can either spread a layer of sand or moss on the soil to give it a very unique and pleasing look. For plants such as succulents, a layer of sand will give an earthly and desert-like look. On the other hand, for African violets, a layer of moss on the soil will just complete the perfect look.
Be Unique in Where You Place The Plants
When you want to place plants at various places in your home, don’t be limited in your choices. Choose the most unexpected places of where you want to put them. Plants can enhance the look of any area, so whether you place them on the patio, balcony, or any other area, they are bound to look good. Use different types of pots and containers for your plants to give them a unique and different look.
Give Plants Enough Room To Grow
Plants grow in open and airy places. Even indoor plants need enough space to be able to grow properly. Always make sure that the plants are not crowded with other items in the room.
The roots of big plants also need the appropriate amount of space to grow, so use a proper-sized pot for such plants. If you feel that the plant is outgrowing the current pot, replace it with a bigger pot to allow it to grow at its natural pace.
The above-mentioned paragraphs describe the importance of plants in interior designing. The different types of indoor plants can inspire you to plan the other elements of the design accordingly.
Keeping in mind the above-mentioned tips about how to place plants to achieve their maximum visual appeal, you can transform the appearance of any of your rooms dramatically. Indoor plants go with all kinds of interior designs whether they are modern, contemporary, Victorian, or official.
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