How to decorate your home with artificial flowers: current ideas for every room

Features of artificial flowers for home interior

Despite the fact that fresh flowers are certainly very attractive, aesthetically pleasing and have a beneficial effect on the atmosphere in the house, their artificial counterparts have many advantages.

Bright artificial flowers look spectacular in a tall glass vase

• The range of artificial flowers for home decor does not depend on the season and is presented in many different formats
• The color range is extremely wide and will suit any interior.
• Artificial flowers for the home are durable and easy to care for
• Modern artificial flowers look like real ones, their quality is very high
• Non-living plants are mostly hypoallergenic, safe for health, children and pets
• Decor made from artificial flowers is universal: it doesn’t care about light, temperature and humidity, it will take root in any corner of your home

Read more about compositions made from artificial flowers in the article Arrangements made from artificial flowers - the highlight of your interior

Delicate artificial flowers look great in a festive setting

Due to their strengths, artificial flowers are becoming increasingly popular in residential design. The disadvantages of such decor include its unnaturalness, the lack of pleasant aromas and the rather high cost of truly elegant samples. But is this a reason to refuse such a practical and effective solution as beautiful artificial flowers for the interior?

Bright purple floral arrangements play off the contrast in the gold dining room

By the way! Don't forget that artificial plants do not require watering, fertilizing or replanting, which means your vacation or long absence from home will not be a cause for concern. All decor will remain in its original form, will not fade, crumble or die.

Indoor plants in the interior of a house/apartment

Types of landscaping

Despite the fact that there are many options for decorating a home using plants, landscaping is divided into two main types:

• vertical and
• horizontal.

Vertical

Flowerpots are placed on vertical posts, shelves, flowerpots and walls of the house. As a result, horizontal surfaces are not loaded, and if the decor is on the walls, they do not take up space.

• Wood, metal (forging), and strong wicker weaving are used as materials for structures.
• Indoor plants in the interior can form an interesting composition (group).
• You can also place one large planting in the structure, especially if the area of ​​the room is small.

The current design solution is a phytowall. Green spaces occupy the entire wall or most of it. To create a wall, a frame is built, which is filled with fertilized soil. Seedlings are planted throughout the area.

You can set up a phytowall both outside and inside the room.

It should be remembered that this is a complex design that requires a professional approach. Plants that occupy the entire area of ​​one vertical surface will look out of place in the interior of a small apartment. The best option is spacious premises, offices, public places. As an option, you can make a phyto-painting in a small room. The protruding green part is framed in a baguette.

Horizontal

This type means the classic arrangement of flora on horizontal surfaces: shelves, racks, window sills, tables of different types and sizes. This solution does not require the construction of additional structures and complex installation. However, the pot should match the style of the room.

Designers suggest diversifying this method by integrating greenery into the furniture. You can use a glass coffee table, chest of drawers, shelf. Then decorative plants in the interior will look impressive and original.

The horizontal type, of course, has its disadvantages:

• the usable area becomes smaller,
• with an abundance of flora, the room can look cluttered.

What should you consider when decorating your interior with plants?

There are 4 main criteria:

• Functional purpose: - part of the decor, - air purification, - masking defects (scuffs on the wall, cracks, etc.).
• Size of the room and flora.
• Room temperature.
• Degree of illumination.

Plants in the interior of rooms

When choosing floral decor, take into account the purpose of a particular room. Let's look at each part of the house in more detail.

• Hallway

The key limiting factor is insufficient lighting. In addition, apartments do not always have large hallways, so there are few options for design imagination.

Representatives of the flora that are unpretentious to natural light are suitable for this part of the home:

• monstera,
• anubias Gillet,
• ferns.

It is best to place them near a window or closer to a light source. In a large and bright hall, it is advisable to place large flowerpots on the floor. Most often, designers use greenery with a tree trunk and palm.

If the hallway is dark, artificial plants are suitable as decoration. Despite many prejudices and signs, they will look impressive with maximum imitation of natural ones.

• Living room

In this part of the room you can implement many interesting ideas. Living rooms are usually large and bright, so flora can be large and blooming profusely.

• The main part of the home will be decorated with monstera, dollar tree, palm tree, fiery vriesia, anthurium, ficus.
• Small plants are grouped together, while large plants are placed separately.
• Compositions are made using flowerpots, shelves, window sills and suitable furniture.

Lianas in hanging pots or in ordinary ones would be appropriate if you use the stems to create an interesting composition using a frame. For example, insert arcs into a pot and entwine them with a vine, or install a frame in the shape of a pyramid.

A climbing plant called epipremnum is widely used in home interiors. It looks attractive, lends itself well to design techniques, does not require special care, and grows quickly; and most importantly, it cleans the air very well. You can use it to make a phytowall in the desired shape, or you can give it the opportunity to grow freely from a hanging pot.

If the living room does not connect to the bedroom, purchase indoor flowers that emit a pleasant aroma. The main thing is that he is not harsh and that you like him. In most cases, the color of flowers will be advantageous: an effective contrast for a room in pastel colors and emphasizing the rich color scheme of the room (close colors of flowers and the room).

• Kitchen

The kitchen is characterized by temperature fluctuations, high humidity, and evaporation.

• Plants in the kitchen interior should be unpretentious and resistant to the listed factors.
• Balsam, blooming luxuriantly with soft pink inflorescences, geranium, if you like the smell, or unpretentious aloe are suitable.
• We would like to especially mention the epipremnum. As mentioned above, it does not require special care and absorbs harmful fumes, purifying the air. You can use it to create a phyto-picture, a phyto-panel, a phyto-wall, or place it in a hanging flowerpot.

Due to the fact that there are already a lot of functional items in the kitchen, to save and unload space, it is optimal to place green decor in the form of wall or hanging compositions. Climbing plants can take up space on hanging kitchen cabinets.

To ensure that the flora retains a presentable, fresh appearance, do not place it near the stove or near fumes. The latter often settle on the leaves, even if the flowerpot is at the optimal distance from the stove. Therefore, do not forget to regularly clean the foliage using a clean, damp sponge or cloth.

• Bedroom

It must be taken into account that at night the “lungs of our planet” absorb oxygen, and during the day they release it. Avoid an abundance of flora in the bedroom, especially if you have vegetative-vascular dystonia or low blood pressure.

However, there are greens that release oxygen at night: kalanchoe and aloe, which are useful because their extract heals skin damage, rejuvenates, and has a beneficial effect on health.

If hot rays do not come through the windows, place violets on the windowsill. They do not take up much space, radiate tenderness and do not smell. Spathiphyllum with delicate white, odorless flowers is also suitable. In a large bedroom, place a medium-sized decorative tree in a tall floor pot, such as a monstera or palm tree, in a bright corner.

You need to be careful with flower scents for the bedroom. To ensure a restful, sound sleep, and an easy awakening, eliminate floral aromas or at least reduce them to a minimum.

• Children's

Natural decor is successfully used in children's rooms. It is important that it not only fits harmoniously into the environment, but is also safe.

• Hanging representatives of the flora out of their reach are suitable for children.
• It is advisable to avoid cacti, as well as strongly smelling plants.
• In the room of older children, you can place flowerpots on the windowsill or floor. For example, a large palm tree will perfectly complement pirate motifs, and tropical vegetation will complement marine ones.

Living decor is also ideal if it makes a positive impression on children and has a calming effect. In a nursery, fern, adiantum, and cyclamen are appropriate.

Useful design tips

• It is important to choose the right not only flora, but also pots. An ordinary sansevieria will be transformed to its advantage if it is planted in a silver or golden pot.
• The container is made in a style that is in harmony with the decor.
• For variegated plantings, one-color or two-tone containers; for one-color plantings, a color combination is possible.
• Flora that blooms in certain seasons will be highlighted all year round by a container with a beautiful ornament or convex pattern.
• Place orchids only in transparent pots so that they do not disappear due to lack of lighting of the roots.
• Sansevieria in a white or black pot, money tree, and ficus are well suited for loft or high-tech. The container can be in the form of a wooden box for a loft or a geometric, cosmic shape with a metallic sheen for hi-tech. Less details, more simplicity.
• Provence style is emphasized by containers of light, lavender colors. The pot can be decorated with textiles. Flora with purple, white and soft pink flowers.
• In classic Russian wooden houses and mansions, painted flowerpots (Gzhel) look harmonious. Flora: ivy, geranium, impatiens.
• For classic homes, traditional decorative flora with lush leaves and straight growth is suitable. Graceful azalea, camellia, and begonia are suitable.
• You can enhance the perception of the composition by using backlighting or spot lighting in the desired area.

Indoor plants in the interior of the house not only harmoniously complement the monastery, but also bring health benefits. Don’t be afraid to experiment with compositions, add greenery to your home, and comfort will definitely stay with you for a long time!

How to choose the right artificial flowers

These bright yellow artificial flowers are high quality and detailed.

Artificial flower decor for home interiors can be purchased ready-made, made to order from a florist, or arranged with your own hands, showing creativity and imagination.

High quality artificial flowers look realistic

For any of the options, it is important to consider the following nuances:

• Artificial flowers for the home should not emit an unpleasant odor;
• The better the quality and execution of floristry, the higher its cost; you should not save - high-quality flowers will last a long time;
• When purchasing artificial flowers, you need to clarify what material they are made of, or even better, request a quality certificate;
• The more detailed the design of the plant is, the more impressive it will look in the interior - some specimens are indistinguishable from living ones;
• You should select artificial flowers, like any decor, based on the general style of the interior, its color scheme and purpose.

Various bright bouquets of artificial flowers

By the way! For a harmonious design, it is important that all elements in it are proportional, this also applies to artificial floristry. When choosing a bouquet, consider the size of the room and pieces of furniture, ceiling height, and amount of free space.

In order for the design of the room to sparkle, artificial flowers for home decor must support the stylistic decision and color scheme. The plant variety and composition format will be different for country and baroque, classic and loft.

Biedermeier composition with red roses in a classic style

Plants are decor

Even the most beautiful house plants and flowers cannot be called functional interior items.

First of all, this is decor, which should be given space and attention only after the basic needs of all family members have been covered. Greenery cannot be placed instead of sofas or cabinets - such a replacement significantly worsens the functionality of the interior.

If you really love living greenery in your home, it needs to be given a separate area - and this should be provided for at the design stage. Attempts to fit large plants into the interior usually end in failure. A suddenly placed bush can take up a significant part of the room, which prevents it from being used for its intended purpose.

Any plant brought into a residential building is planted in a pot and needs to be placed somewhere. This place must be determined in advance, otherwise the house will gradually begin to become overgrown with a huge number of pots that do not fit anywhere and take up space.

Room decor with artificial flowers

Plants in the house lift your spirits, delight the eye and delight guests. Surprisingly, even famous interior bloggers, whose apartments and houses are admired by hundreds of thousands of subscribers, often decorate their premises with artificial floristry.

Properly integrated into the interior design, an artificial plant will bring its owner no less pleasure than real flowers. In addition, such decor will complement any room, because there are many variations and styles.

Hallway

When decorating a house with artificial flowers, you cannot ignore the first room in the house - the hallway. Even if it is modest in size, choosing a suitable decoration is quite possible.

White artificial flowers in vases on the console in the hallway

A beautiful vase with a neat bouquet can be placed on a table near the mirror. Candles or boxes for small items will complement the composition.

Ideas with flowerpots for loft-style interiors

For each specific room, pots and plants in them are selected individually. Although you can adopt several basic ideas that take into account the purpose of using the loft, the characteristic features of the space and design:

• For a residential city apartment in an industrial style, for maximum comfort, phytodesigners recommend choosing either flowering flora in flowerpots with a concrete texture (for example, a cymbidium orchid in a low hemisphere in the color gray concrete), or flowerpots with interesting textures imitating metal or wood with branches and driftwood. On the balcony behind the glass you can place low rectangular containers under natural stone with heather or dried flowers.

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• In a country house it is especially important to be at one with nature. Therefore, wooden flowerpots of different sizes (of different colors and textures - from wenge to light oak) of fancy shapes will cope perfectly with the task. Suitable plants include papyrus bushes, begonia, hydrangea, and Strelitzia reginas. An interesting solution would be to acquire a mini-bonsai garden.

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• It is especially important to correctly zone an office space with an industrial style, because there are no partitions as such. Open shelving made of metal pipes with wooden shelves is perfect, on which it is recommended to place rectangular and trapezoidal flower pots with eco-textures and non-flowering greenery (sedge grass, horsetail, succulents).

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• In coworking centers, which are almost always designed as a loft, it is necessary to create an intermediate a. Therefore, there should be several separate islands in a common space for the comfortable coexistence of several specialists at once. For this purpose, a tall plant pot is suitable, which can be rationally placed near each workplace. Flora should be chosen with spreading foliage, for example, monstera, spaciphyllum, ficus.

In a loft you can combine flower pots not only with different textures, such as vases imitated with metal (bronze, copper, silver, iron) and concrete, but also in a wide variety of sizes. Medium-sized potted plants are predominantly placed on the windowsill and table, miniature specimens are allowed on the shelves, and giant flower pots are preferred on the floor. It is better to hang non-bulky hemispherical or cone-shaped decorative vases from the ceiling at different heights. Also, many clients of phytodesigners ask to completely decorate one of the walls with vegetation (phytowalls made of lawn grass, moss, various hanging and bush plants).

Living plants will certainly decorate any interior. But for people who choose an industrial style, the priority is the issue of practicality. Therefore, high-quality artificial plants in pots are no different in appearance from living ones, but have a number of advantages - ease of care, variability of placement and service life.

Green panels

One of the trends in modern interiors is green panels created from living plants. They are a structure made of a frame and several dozen containers in which greenery grows. Or they could be climbing specimens. The result is a large flat structure of living greenery that will decorate any home.

Such a homely green panel greatly enlivens the interior - it becomes bright and welcoming. This panel immediately attracts the attention of all guests. Be sure that such an element of the decor will not go unnoticed.

The main thing is not to forget to take care. Usually this care comes down to regular watering, which even not very enthusiastic owners can do.

Placing greenery in different areas of the apartment

Compositions of indoor plants can be placed anywhere - in the living room, bedroom, nursery, kitchen, hallway. It all depends on how ready you are to support their life in a modern interior.

In a nursery, any green plantings can be damaged by children; in the hallway they can die from dust and darkness; in the kitchen, many flowers and trees die from temperature changes.

Plants are living things and should be treated like pets. If you are not ready to spend time and effort on caring for them, simply abandon this idea. Many interiors look great without any greenery at all. This is just an option that is added at your discretion.

Features of care

All plants need care, even the most unpretentious ones. If you have been familiar with green pets for a long time, then you know these basic rules:

• It is necessary to monitor the amount of light. If a flower needs light, it should be placed as close to the windows as possible. If you need shade, then place it in the hallway or other room where direct sunlight does not reach.
• All leaves need to be wiped regularly and dust removed. First of all, this applies to large plants that stand in dark places - we get so used to them that we consider them just an element of the decor. To make them feel normal, do not forget to tidy them up at least once a week.
• It is worth creating a separate area in which maintenance devices and consumables are stored - spray bottles, fertilizers, soil. The more conveniently this area is organized, the higher the likelihood that care for home greens will be regular and of high quality.