Adding some green inside your home is a very good thing because plants help clean the air and provide more oxygen. Of course, some plants are better at air purifying than others, so you can visit your local nursery to talk to a plant specialist to find out which is better or you can do some research online. I found this site especially helpful. Also, besides helping clean indoor air, plants can really help spruce up a space. I love plants so much that we have them everywhere in our home and displayed in a variety of ways. The main types of plants I have are air plants, succulents, and regular house plants.
1. One fun way to decorate with plants is choosing what containers you put your plants in. I like to use a variety of things to hold my plants. I have vintage sap buckets in a variety of colors that can hold plants or fresh cut flowers and branches. Vintage tin enamel pieces also hold more plants on another wall. Air plants are great to put on a string and hang up, or can just set one on top of a stack of books. I love to put succulents in little clay pots or small glass containers. Also, I love to use wire baskets and woven baskets as well. One of my fave plant containers is a vintage wash bowl I picked up at the flea market. I put a plant inside and it makes an unexpected, but pretty plant holder.
2. Air plants are really nice and low maintenance. Despite its name, they don't just live off air, but also water. I give my air plants a nice deep soak once a week for about 20 minutes and that seems to keep them nice and hydrated. I let them dry off and hang them back up in their spots. I have purchased some of my air plants from here.
3. Succulents are another type of plant that works well for me because I only water them about once a week. With the busyness of having 4 kids, I need things that are low maintenance and succulents are just that. In fact, I have probably gotten away with watering once every two weeks.
4. Regular house plants are great and the best at cleaning the air, but they do take slightly more care than air plants or succulents. You don't want to over water them though, because overwatering is worse than under watering. Just pay attention to them and once they get dry (use your finger to check if the soil is moist) give them a drink of water. The plants that have done especially well for me are spider plants, golden pothos, and warneck dracaena. You don't ever want plants to sit in water, so if some water is just sitting in bottom of the container, dump it.
5. Most of my plants are grouped together throughout the house. I think they look so striking in masses, and if you mix up the groups with various containers it gives that spot a bit of texture. You can also find a few lone plants in certain areas because mixed in with other decorative items, they can be just as striking. Overall, plants are so beautiful and good for the home. They take a bit of learning, since you will have to get to know how often they need water and what types of area in your home might be best, based on light and air flow for that area, but once you get that, you will be addicted to indoor plants. Plants are just lovely and you can't really go wrong decorating with them! Have a great day! Rubyellen
Where do u buy those little yellow ball plants? I have been on the hunt for them! So cute!
Great ideas!! I love the sap buckets!! I am featuring them over at my blog today! 🙂
what great ideas! 🙂 Love the plants on the wall.
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What a great post! Do ou mind sharing how you were ale to get the enamel cans to hold on the wall in the first picture? It doesn’t look like they are on a hook or anything. I love the idea and would love to try it out!
so beautiful!!!!
I love having plants in my house
lovely! I have the balcony full of jasmines and flowers <3 And some erikas in the patio <3
Oh my! 🙂 I need to get myself sorted outside first! BUT this is making me LOVE the idea of having some happy house plants too! 🙂
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These are very important and easy to apply tips to keep the home green always. There are some more things that can be done to keep the home green and healthy. Planting a lot of tree is one of those options as well. Reducing plastics can help reduce global warming as well allowing keeping everything green. Using healthier paints is also one more thing that can help keeping the home green.
These are very important and easy to apply tips to keep the home green always. There are some more things that can be done to keep the home green and healthy. Planting a lot of tree is one of those options as well. Reducing plastics can help reduce global warming as well allowing keeping everything green. Using healthier paints is also one more thing that can help keeping the home green.
I think I need more plants in my little apartment 🙂
All these images make me happy!
xo Sari
Hello, I just found your blog and I love it.
I don’t know whether you want to know this but those enamel pots with the hanger and the little nozzle are actually for . . . douching! They’re French: there would be a tube coming out the bottom, you’d fill them with water then hold them up and let gravity do the work. When I found out I was a bit shocked – I was using one to hold my wooden spoons in the kitchen! But I think as a quirky back story for plant pots it’s quite good.
At first, I missed that this was a guest post and almost had a heart attack; I thought one of you had been hiding four kids somewhere!
Great post- I’m a big fan of houseplants… but the easy kind, like this. 🙂
xxx, j
I really like the distressed turquoise terracotta pots featured in two of the photos. (Along with everything else!)
those painted clay pots are so pretty!
love this! always wanted to add more indoor plants, but we don’t have many air plants in asia i think. 🙂
thank you! liked very much the “buckets” in the first photo, it is something that I would like to see in my home. like the color and the texture. but I cannot grow (. I tried to put the pots in the window between the bathroom and the kitchen, but there was a little light, all died.
I love those little succulent pots!
Sarah x
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