BACK-TO-NATURE: The Power of Plants in your Home

In todayʼs fast paced world people are losing their connection with the natural world, especially in urban areas. After a quarantine inside a flat, we all started to realize how having a small garden — or at least a small terrace where to spend some time outside — can have a huge impact on our general wellbeing. In fact, nature is a place of longing for many people who want to escape the hectic pace of modern life, but with the right interior, it can be brought into one's own four walls.

Benefits of indoor plants

When greenery is incorporated into your living space, it not only looks more stylish, but it also makes your home healthier. Introducing plants into your home is one of the easiest ways to counteract the negative effects of city-living. In fact, indoor plants don’t just look good, they make us feel good mentally and physically, too.

Studies have shown that indoor plants:

• Boost mood, productivity, concentration and memory

• Reduce stress, anxiety and create a feeling of well-being

• Clean indoor air by absorbing toxins, increasing humidity and producing oxygen.

How to introduce greenery into your apartment?

Indoor plants are a decorative element that can instantly improve the appearance of a room, bringing life to the boring recesses and areas of every space. Below are some design tips you can follow to add  colour and glamour to your interiors, while enjoying all the health benefits and good vibes!

1. Brighten up dead spaces and soften corners

Often in our homes there are certain corners that have not been fitted yet by any furniture. In this case, you can place a large plant there that fully occupies the entire space, making the room look larger.

You can also use plants at the end side of boards, bench seats and TV units, to soften the hard edges of these straight pieces of furniture. A nice potted plant can also help to brighten up and soften the corners inside bathrooms, since they can also have cold, hard surfaces.

If your space is tight, you could use hanging planters instead — there are so many styles and sizes that you will certainly find the one that best suits your room.

2. Fill that empty wall

Why not to turn a blank wall into a stylish vertical garden? The possibilities are virtually endless here. You can go from a small “piece of art” on the wall, to a more complex greenery wall. Or why not to use this space to start growing your own herbs? Growing what you can eat can really become an option to explore even if you don’t have a garden.

3. Create a partition

We often encounter a situation where previously designed areas turn out to be too large and are not used or remain empty. In this case, adding a green partition can help properly divide spaces and to create some “natural privacy”.

4. Add some colour

It doesnʼt matter what colour scheme you chose, plants will always work with it and although being generally green, they donʼt ever conflict with other colours.

If you are scared of bold colours and lean towards a more neutral colour palette, greenery is an ideal means of injecting some colour into your interior that you have absolutely no reason to be afraid of. 

Always make sure to research how to care for your plant – for example if the plant likes direct sunlight, if it prefers to be in a well lit room out of direct sunlight, how often it needs to be watered and what humidity it likes. And, in case you don’t really have a green thumb, you can stick to cacti and succulents. Their diminutive size wonʼt dominate, and their sculptural form suits a minimalist decor.