8 ideas to incorporate real and artificial plants
, by Twist Marketing, 6 min reading time
8 ideas to incorporate artificial and real plants into indoor decor
Combining artificial plants with real plants within the same space gives you the opportunity to incorporate plant and flower varieties you wouldn’t normally thrive within your home.
Enjoy the benefits real plants bring to your environment such as smells and fresh, natural ambience without the added cost of replacing all plants if they do not thrive. As artificial plants have a long lifespan, with the right maintenance they can remain looking great for years - no green thumb required.
Just re-style and rearrange when the mood strikes for a fresh new look any time.
Here are our eight ideas to incorporate both real and artificial plants within your home decor:
1. Use your available space wisely with indoor vertical gardens and green walls.
Where space or light is limited a vertical green wall can give you an impactful way to incorporate greenery into your home. Using artificial hedge tiles to create a unique green wall backdrop, unique succulents and real plants can then be added for an extra pop of freshness.
Easy to maintain, a green wall is a great place for low-water, low-maintenance succulents and air plants.
2. Update your shelf decor.
Wall shelves can be brought to life with artificial plants. Breaking up the mix of books and knick-knacks artificial greenery can be a great addition. Often placed in low-light areas, bookshelf decor can easily be enhanced with artificial plants, artificial succulents or real-life low-light suitable plants. A mix of both can help you create a unique area in your home that looks great but requires minimal fuss.
Artificial plants require no water or soil, so they are perfectly safe to place next to precious books and knick-knacks.
3. Wow guests with table centrepieces.
Fresh flowers can be pricey and last only days sometimes but oh how we love the look! Creating table centrepieces with artificial floral stems can be just as eye-catching, however, they last indefinitely. Style artificial flower stems with some loose greenery stems or fresh flowers from around your garden for a fresh look, without the hefty price tag.
Incorporating some fresh greenery and flowers from your own garden can give you that fresh, natural smell and a unique look as artificial flowers can be used any time of the year, no need to worry about what is in season, or what you can source from your local florist. Order any floral stem in artificial and create something inspiring!
4. Create an artificial indoor plant garden.
Where gardens would not normally thrive, low-light areas of your home may be the area your decor needs some greenery. Utilise a group of artificial plants or small artificial trees in these areas to brighten up the space and bring some natural greenery into your home.
Creating a group of plants at different heights and different varieties here can work wonders! Add some of your most loved real plants to the mix for a low-maintenance indoor garden. Allergy-friendly and mess-free, artificial indoor gardens can suit most rooms of the home, including bathrooms.
5. Create an oasis in your bathroom.
High moisture, small, often dark bathrooms often get neglected when it comes to decor, but with artificial plants, you can create a spa feel in your own home quickly and easily. Pair air-purifying plants, succulents or medicinal plants like aloe vera with striking artificial plants to update your bathroom with green!
6. Enhance window sill gardens.
Often one of the greatest spots to grow plants, it can also be a challenge if you are not much of a green thumb. In the kitchen, pair artificial ever-green plants with herbs that you may be trying to grow for cooking that can often be not so pretty for an updated, better looking display of herbs and greenery.
In other rooms, use a mix of artificial and real plants to give your air the purification it needs with real plants, but the look you want with artificial plants.
7. Make an impact with artificial trees.
Larger homes can make use of beautiful artificial trees to make a statement in any room. Incredibly realistic and with some varieties UV treated for sunny positions they can help make an impression in any room. We love them for foyers, open-plan living areas and sunrooms.
8. Bedroom tranquillity with sleep benefits.
Nature can create a calming environment that promotes sleep however if you are an allergy sufferer this can create issues with sleep. Utilising artificial plants and greenery within your bedroom can give you the look and feel that evokes relaxation, without the allergens.
Mixing some real plants with artificial beauties can have some great sleep benefits. Choose low-allergy varieties if needed or introduce some air-purifying varieties or great-smelling ones for a relaxing sleep. We love real lavender for a beautiful relaxing scent.
Bedroom Tranquillity: Create a calming environment in your bedroom with a mix of real and artificial plants. Real lavender can promote relaxation, while artificial plants can add a touch of green where it may be too dark for real plants.
By creatively incorporating a mix of artificial and real plants, you can create a beautiful, soothing environment in your home that requires less maintenance than a full live garden but is just as appeling.
View the full range of artificial green walls, plants and flowers now to create a green space within your home.