Aside from the health benefits of plants in your home, they make for wonderful interior decorating companions. Some of the best plants for making a dramatic look in your living room and hallways are ficus, palm, and dracaena. Ivies are wonderful for bringing character to furniture like bookshelves and televisions. If you are new to plants, begin with the dracaena. They come in several varieties. The most common are Janet Craig, marginata, and massangeana or corn plant. These plants grow in most lighting conditions. They can easily grow several feet high. They are low maintenance.
If you really do not have a green thumb or if you do not want to have to deal with taking care of plants, go faux. There are some gorgeous fake plants that will make interior decorating on a budget a snap. Stay away from plastic plants however. They don’t look nearly as good as silk plants and they don’t have the same charm and personality.Place a tall plant in the corner of a room. These should reach about a foot or two below the ceiling.
The standard ceiling is eight feet high, so a six or seven foot plant would do well in a regular room. If the room is large or has an awkward space in it, consider grouping a tall plant with one or two shorter plants.If you want to focus on a theme in your interior design, the choice of plants can go a long way toward setting the scene. For a traditional theme, the ficus (or fig tree) is a classic choice. If you are looking for a more tropical look, any of the palm variety of trees would be great. The dracaena in any variety is perfect for the contemporary look.
While a vase or two of fresh flowers provide a wonderful brightener for any room. Here’s a neat trick for creating a perpetual arrangement of fresh-looking flowers. Look around your home for a wide mouthed vase. You can choose one short enough to sit on a table or a taller on that can sit on the floor. You can pick up the tools at a craft shop. You will need that green foam that hold flowers, pliers, wire cutters, wire and floral tape.
Buy a range of flowers of various heights and colors that go together. Pick up a few fake ferns or ivies to mix in with the flowers. Put the foam in the vase. You might also need to add in a few bags of decorative marbles to weight down the vase so that it is good and stable.Start arranging the flowers cutting their wire stems and bending them to make the most pleasing arrangement you can. Make it huge and lively. All you need to do to keep your silk flowers fresh looking is dust them once in a while.
Great deal of thought, work and time makes our home look more warming. Fresh plants in your house is decorative as well as healthy.
Thank You,
Clara