How to Decorate with Houseplants
Houseplants are a simple and affordable way to decorate and add style to your home.
How to Decorate with Houseplants
- Knowing your style. Choose planters in a color scheme that compliments your home decor.
- Place smaller plants in groups.
- Don’t have all of your plants at eye level. Keep it interesting, add a few plants on the floor, plant stands, on a bookshelf, window sill, hanging from a curtain rod, placed on a mantel or hanging from hooks.
- Hang eucalyptus in your bathroom on the shower. Eucalyptus smells amazing!
- Place plants near or in front of mirrors.
- Small plants look great on a book shelf in groups, on a stack of books or draping over the shelf.
Where to buy affordable plants & accessories
I love to support small businesses, and a great source for homemade hangers, planters and wall hooks is Etsy.com
I have bought beautiful, affordable and healthy plants from stores, such as, Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot and pop-up greenhouses.
Online options are The Sill, Amazon and Terrain. Most online retailers offer guarantees if you are skeptical about buying a plant online. These 3 are just a few of many online retailers.
Plants are an extension of our home decor. Create a statement with an oversized plant or an interesting display by grouping a variety of plant sizes, colors and textures
Why Add Houseplants to Your Home Decor?
- Houseplants are a simple and affordable decor addition to any room in your home.
- Houseplants add color, texture and freshness to your home.
- There has been many studies on plants abilities to purify the air in our homes. A study from NASA showed houseplants remove harmful indoor pollutants.
A few DIY tips
- Love to DIY? Make some macrame hangers to hang from your wall or ceiling.
- Be creative with planters
- Recycle tin cans (example: my old tin in photo below) or jars
- Repurpose items make interesting planters. Here’s a few ideas to try. A colandar, an old bike basket, rainboots, a lantern or an old mailbox. The possibilities are endless.
- DIY plant stands by using recycled items. Old furniture legs, wood rounds, wire baskets and crates, for instance.
Frequently Asked Questions
In small rooms think vertical! The less floor space you take up the better! Have shelving? Add a few smaller plants and some trailing plants. Use shower hooks or S hooks to hang a few plants from your curtain rod.
Even in a small spaces there is always a place to tuck in some greenery. Place a taller plant behind a corner chair. Take advantage of open spaces above cabinets. Place a few smaller plants on the counter & vary the height using a small plant stand or a tiered tray. Use plant stands. Hang plants from wall brackets. Get creative!
Here are a few budget friendly ways to find inexpensive plants.
- Craigslist.com, garage sales, estate sales.
- Facebook Marketplace.
- Flea Markets.
- Do you know of any plant lovers? Friends or family? I know people who are willing to give away plant clippings.
- Check your home town for garden clubs. Many of them hold plant sales in the spring.
- Get the app, Next door. It’s an app with neighbors connecting for all types of things, even selling or giving away houseplants!
First mistake, you see a plant & buy it without knowing it’s basic needs. Know what area in your home it will thrive in. Find out what type of light it needs and how often in needs to be watered. Second simple mistake is not adding variety. You don’t want all the same plants in a group. Mix it up. Create a beautiful display with different heights, textures, colors and shapes. Third, don’t crowd or overpower one area with an abundance of plants to where it looks cluttered. Fourth, don’t leave your new beautiful plant in it’s original plastic container. Get creative and add a coat of paint to a cheap plastic container or a terracotta pot from the craft store.
Check out this post 8 Best Houseplants for Beginners
How to Decorate with Houseplants Take Aways
- Decorating with plants brings life to your spaces.
- Create interesting displays with layers and different levels of plants. Add plants on stack of books, wood slices & tiered trays.
- Have your planters show off your design style.
- Add a variety of plants with different color leaves, mixtures of heights and plant shapes.
- Don’t throw in the towel if you lose a few plants along the way. Just like decorating with home decor, you learn by trial and error. You will figure out which houseplants work in your home!
“If I see it in nature, I know it’ll work in my home.” Miles Redd
