Plants refresh and restore our indoor spaces, bringing the balance of the outdoors within our homes. Not only do they look beautiful, but indoor plants are also known to bring in a host of benefits to our homes. They remove toxins from the air, regulate temperatures, reduce dust and even soothe our senses.
Decorating with indoor plants has become very popular in recent times, especially after the lockdowns of the past couple of years. If you’re a plant lover but don’t have the luxury of garden space in your apartment, don’t fret! You can exercise your green fingers right at home by creating lovely displays of indoor foliage.
Plants are living, breathing pieces of art and can bring out the best in any interior. Read on for our favourite plant display ideas!
Create a Vertical Garden
A vertical garden is a great way to introduce greenery into your home, even if you’re short on floor space! Choose a bare wall that’s crying out for a pick-me-up, and coax creepers to grow on a trellis. Alternately, you can hang tiny pots with plants on your trellis, so that the greens cascade down and cover the entire wall. Make sure you set up a regular watering plan, and choose plants that will thrive without sunlight.
Upcycled Wall Planters
Pinewood creates are creatively upcycled for use as planter boxes on the wall, in this lovely DIY project. You can use these shelves to store books, too.
Plants on a Swing
This hanging ledge is a quirky idea that can be used to display whatever you’d like. Add a couple of potted plants too for a verdant touch.
Dining Table Centrepiece
What a pretty centrepiece for your dining table! Make your dinner parties all the more special with this lush potted fern, suspended just above your dining table.
Glam Up Your Bathroom
Plants love the high humidity in your bathroom, and will thrive with minimal care. Set up your collections of succulents, leafy palms and ferns right next to your bathtub, and soak in a tropical wonderland!
Bring the Indoors, Outdoors!
Set up your bathtub in a small enclosed garden, and merge the indoors with the outdoors for an uber-contemporary look! Do ensure that the walls all around are tall, so that privacy is not an issue.
Craft Macrame Plant Holders
This delightful display is easy enough to DIY, if you love to work with macrame craft. Try out different styles of macrame plant holders, and suspend them on steel hooks from an interestingly shaped branch. If the pots are likely to drip when watered, add small ceramic plates to catch the overflow.
Plant Succulents in Cups
Every house has its share of chipped cups, mugs and bowls that were once pretty but have now outlived their usefulness. Breathe new life into these ceramic pieces by using them to plant succulents. Combine different shapes, sizes and colours for an eclectic finish.
Reinvent the Lighting Grid
You must be familiar with lighting grids above the breakfast bar, but have you seen overhead plant displays? This unique idea has plants suspended from the ceiling onto a grid above the dining table. String some fairy lights through your high-flying garden for a truly mesmerising look.
Transform Your Kitchen Window
Line up an array of herbs on the window sill, and fill your kitchen with the aroma of spices and veggies fresh from your garden! Even tomatoes and citrus will grow beautifully well in pots, as long as they get enough sunshine and care.
Cultivate a Kitchen Garden
Fill ceramic jugs with herbs, and suspend them on S-hooks from your kitchen rod. Your meals will be all the more delicious, with herbs that go straight from the garden into your pot!
Turn Your Bedroom into a Tropical Paradise
Straight out of a tropical paradise, this bedroom gives off rainforest vibes with lush, leafy greenery near the window and above the bed. Pop small pots onto narrow ledges and fill window ledges with striking plant stands. Note how the sunlight slants through the window; even just a bit of sunshine is enough for most indoor plants to thrive.
Fill Balconies with Plants
Make your balcony a lovely spot to chill, by turning it into a magical garden! Mix up leaf shapes and flower colours, and combine hanging pots with planters in floor stands for a carelessly ‘put together’ aesthetic. Flowering plants will need a lot of sunshine, so place them on the outer periphery.
Build a Ladder
A ladder display with ledges is the perfect spot to display your small-scale plant treasures. Look for plant varieties that grow into a bush without getting too tall. Look for unusual containers in terracotta, porcelain or metal for added interest.
Upgrade Storage Shelves
Open shelf systems can be used as the perfect display opportunity for your houseplants. Curate your plant collection to include cascading ferns, upright palms and spiky succulents. Plants that will trail down should be put on higher ledges and allowed to spill out to one side, so that they don’t hide the rest of your display.
More Shelf Ideas!
You can never have too many wall shelves in your home! These hexagonal beauties are fashioned out of wooden pallets and show off your potted greens to great advantage.
Create Your Own Terrarium
A terrarium is a lovely miniature ecosystem that is entirely contained within a glass bottle. If you don’t have the time to water your plants, a terrarium might be just what you need! The enclosed space within the bottle generates its own mini water cycle and nitrogen cycle, creating its own oxygen and fertilisers. To make your own terrarium, follow these tips.
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