Incorporating Greenery and Indoor Plants in Your Home
Greenery and indoor plants are more than decorative accents; they help improve air quality while creating a soothing and rejuvenating atmosphere. Furthermore, there are many additional advantages associated with keeping greenery around that may surprise you!
No matter your design aesthetic, decorating with plants is an effortless and versatile way to adorn any room in the house. Here are a few strategies for adding them into your decor scheme.
Low-Maintenance Plants
Include plants in your home as more than just trendy decor accents – certain varieties actually help improve air quality while creating a sense of tranquility in any room, especially near beds or desks.
When selecting plants to add to your home, choose ones with low maintenance needs that will thrive in its climate conditions and thrive with limited sunlight exposure. Peace lilies, philodendrons and dracaena plants may be suitable for those living in homes with less sunlight.
For beginners just starting out in gardening, select low-maintenance plants that require little care – such as cacti, succulents and money plants – with only occasional watering from below or occasional misting needed to ensure good care and blooming health. Cacti, succulents and money plants make great options as first-time plant owners or busy homeowners that lack space for regular gardening – they thrive both bright or dim lighting environments!
Add Natural Beauty
Are you searching for ways to spruce up your home? Adding greenery can not only rejuvenate the living area, but it can also provide many health advantages and even relieve stress.
Best of all, adding plants is one of the cheapest ways to update your house! No need for spending on new throw blankets or accent chairs when all it takes are some plants!
No matter your gardening taste or aesthetic preferences, there’s sure to be an eye-catching statement plant to match them: the Philodendron or Strelitzia can make for stunning statement plants or lush green Strelitzia will keep the environment lush green for you to enjoy. Or if a more restorative experience is what’s required, try choosing one with soothing flowers as the Philodendron’s striking blooms provide. Nurturing and caring for greenery is a rewarding mental workout: patience, observation skills and problem-solving are all required; studies have demonstrated how connecting with nature improves focus, memory and creativity in people.
Reduce Noise Pollution
Plants can help mitigate noise pollution in any space by helping absorb or diffract soundwaves, with tropical varieties being especially adept at doing this due to their broad leaves and lush foliage.
Plants have long been known to filter air, filtering out chemical toxins like formaldehyde and benzene while also providing oxygen release and helping with stress and depression relief.
If you want a non-intrusive way to incorporate greenery and plants into your home without altering its look or feel, furniture with built-in planters may be just what’s needed. From tables and chairs to sofas and even hanging planters can bring an elegant and modern touch into the mix.
Reduce Stress
Repotting and caring for plants is an engaging, stimulating, and satisfying hobby that also improves dexterity and concentration and focus. Repotting is a wonderful activity to introduce young children or busy workers into gardening; making a perfect activity to do in homes or workspaces alike.
Studies have demonstrated the benefits of including greenery in one’s home as an effective way of relieving stress, improving sleep, and inspiring creativity. One such research found that participants working in rooms containing indoor plants experienced higher productivity levels compared to those working without plants in their workplace environment.
Studies have demonstrated that repotting plants decreased physiological and psychological stress responses while performing computer tasks increased them, suggesting the restorative quality and social support provided by greenery (measured through feelings of being away and fascination) mediates these stress-reducing effects. Adding plants into your living or work space is an easy, cost-effective way to add natural beauty, improve well-being, and healthier air; you could start small by starting an herb garden as both manageable and beautiful additions.
