How to Decorate Your Home with Green Plants?
The natural charm is something we can never resist. In home decor, green plants play a significant role, adding a touch of elegance to different areas of your home. Cleverly incorporating plants into various spaces can rejuvenate your home and enhance its style.
But did you know that greenery doesn't always equate to health? The choice of plants varies greatly depending on the area. This article will comprehensively analyze plant pairing schemes for different spaces such as the living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, balcony, and more.
1. Living Room
The living room is a place for family gatherings and entertaining guests, so plant decorations should be simple, attractive, and not overly cluttered. You need to consider the style of furniture and the color of the walls when choosing suitable plant species. Large to medium-sized potted plants such as Schefflera, Parlor Palm, and Dracaena are generally suitable for placement in corners. Ferns, cacti, succulents, or seasonal flowers can be placed on shelves, while some fresh flowers can be placed on tabletops. Hanging green plants like pothos, spider plants, and orchids can be suspended in vertical spaces.
Tips:
a. Plants should be placed in optimal viewing points. For example, if the dining table and sofa are places where people spend a lot of time relaxing, the positioning of potted flowers should take into account the angles of these areas.
b. Tall tropical plants, due to their large size, tend to attract attention and should be placed in front of or on either side of the living room furniture.
c. The placement of various plants can have a significant impact on the decoration of the living room. Plants placed on the floor should demonstrate a three-dimensional effect, and larger-sized plants are preferable in these areas.
2. Dining Room
Plant decorations in the dining room should stimulate appetite. Place potted plants such as palms and pear plants around the dining area. You can also change them according to the seasons, such as using orchids in spring, perilla in summer, chrysanthemums in autumn, and poinsettias in winter.
Green plants and flowers can enhance the leisurely atmosphere of the dining room. To create a relaxed and natural ambiance, you can opt for a "countryside" style. Choose furniture made of iron or rattan with simple and smooth curves that can evoke a rustic feel. Place an iron screen in a corner of the room and surround it with green trees and cherry blossoms to create a garden-like scenery in this ordinary dining area.
3. Kitchen
Environmental experts point out that placing appropriate plants in suitable rooms can make your life healthier and more enjoyable. Indoor greening can reflect the owner's personality, help people perceive the seasonal changes of green plants, regulate indoor temperature and humidity, and purify the air. The principle of green decoration in the kitchen is "no flowers, no good; too many flowers, also not good."
Flowers and plants placed indoors should be changed according to the seasons, and potted plants should be carefully cared for at all times. This can reflect the owner's personality and character, and play a role in greening and beautifying the environment. Kitchens are generally small in size and equipped with cooking utensils and cabinets, so decorations should be simple rather than complex, and small rather than large. Since kitchens have significant temperature and humidity changes, it is advisable to choose small potted plants with strong adaptability, such as violets.
4. Bedroom
The number of decorative flowers in the bedroom should not be too many because most plants in nature perform photosynthesis during the day and release carbon dioxide at night. Only a few varieties such as cacti, succulents, and daffodils absorb carbon dioxide at night and can purify the air. Flowers placed in the bedroom should be kept away from the bed as much as possible.
However, it is perfectly fine to place some flowers in the bedroom, and their selection can be based on the bedroom's color scheme. For example, if the walls or furniture in the bedroom have deep tones, it is suitable to decorate with lighter flowers like water lilies or bamboo. Conversely, plants with darker foliage like snake plants or iron trees are suitable for contrasting with lighter-toned backgrounds. In small bedrooms, opt for small potted plants for decoration. If space is limited, consider planting low-growing plants like cacti. Many indoor plants have antibacterial properties, so placing potted citrus, rosemary, peach wood, or spider plants in the room can significantly reduce bacteria and microbes in the air.
5. Bathroom
Bathrooms are often poorly ventilated and prone to becoming damp and dark, with heavy odors. It's advisable to place some air-purifying and oxygen-producing plants that thrive in low-light and humid conditions. It's best to avoid strongly scented flowers, as they can exacerbate the odors.
If the bathroom has ample space, consider placing some plants to combat odors. Opt for broad-leaved plants with water-absorbing stems, such as spider plants or peace lilies. These plants can thrive in a damp environment without direct sunlight and effectively absorb odors and moisture, helping to freshen the air.
Placing a vine plant like a pothos in the corner of the kitchen or bathroom can effectively absorb odors from cleaning agents and cooking fumes.
6. Balcony
In one corner of the balcony or by dedicating a special area for flowerpots, you can set up various planters and pots to grow a variety of plants: evergreen bonsai, drought-resistant bulbs, and seasonal blooming flowers. Green plants, like messengers of spring, evoke people's fantasies of a beautiful life. The ever-growing sensation fills people with confidence about life. Even the most ordinary life gains new aspirations with the blossoming of greenery.
Given the limited space on balconies, it's suitable for climbing or creeping plants. Install a small iron frame on the outer edge of the balcony and arrange various pots and flowers in an organized manner. On the inner side and railing of the balcony, you can grow climbing plants like morning glories, ivy, and grapes. Seeing them climb up the wall and form a lush cover not only decorates the wall but also provides shade in the summer.
To combat air pollution caused by haze, you can choose plants like ivy, spider plants, rubber trees, bamboo palms, creeping jenny, Schefflera, iron trees, and pothos for your balcony. These plants act as natural air purifiers, removing harmful gases such as formaldehyde, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, chlorine, and ethylene from the air. For aesthetic purposes, you can also place flowers like chrysanthemums, bougainvilleas, camellias, jasmine, azaleas, and citrus plants on the balcony.