Interior Design Plant Guide

If you're looking to update your interior decor with little fuss and little cost this year, look no further than indoor plants!

Plants are a great way to add visual interest to your home. They are also great for physical and mental well-being. Some positives of having plants in your home include increasing production of oxygen improving sleep quality reducing stress and boosting your mood.

You could say plants work like those expensive air filters you can get by removing carbon dioxide and introducing oxygen into the air of your home.

There are many plants you can add to your home and some are easier to keep than others but I have compiled a list of easy to care for plans for several rooms in your home.

Some positives of having plants in your home include increasing production of oxygen improving sleep quality reducing stress and boosting your mood.

The main points to keep in mind when choosing plants are how much time you’re willing to spend on upkeep and the natural light and window placement available in your home.

As a general rule, plants that need bright indirect light work well in spaces with large windows that have sheer curtains. Plants that have low light requirements won’t grow in windowless rooms but will work well in small spaces with small windows such as bathrooms or study spaces.

Generally, the best easy to care for house plants are the Snake Plant (or Mother in Laws tongue (whoever named that plant was brave) or Spider Plant. These plants both prefer bright indirect light and only need watering again when the soil has dried out from the last watering.

If you still want some house plants for your freshened abode for 2020, have a read below of the information I’ve gathered for you; picking plants based on the room you want them in.

Living areas (like lounge rooms, study spaces, living and dining rooms)

The String of Pearls and Golden Pothos as both work well in bright light or bright indirect light, which is the type of light that you will find in living areas.

Kitchen

Having a mini herb garden in a window sill planter would be great as it doubles as greenery for your home and saves time and money on groceries. Another plant that you could have in your kitchen is the Baby Rubber Plant as it's easy to keep and will only grow to the size of the pot that it is placed in.

Bedroom

The Snake Plant and Spider Plant are great for bedrooms as they do a great job and purifying the air around you while you sleep. The Spider Plant can be placed up high on a shelf and drape down to create some visual interest in this space.

Bathroom

Plants that require little light work well in bathrooms as most of these areas are placed down the side of the house away from most outdoor light sources. The ZZ Plant and Peace Lily work great as they grow well with little light. The humidity created from hot showers also means that you don't need to water them as much.

Pots

Here in Australia, there are a lot of low cost options for pots for your new plant babies. Bunnings are moving away from the boring bulky terracotta pots from the 90s and are introducing more modern options. They are also bringing in lots of plants that used to be hard to come by (such as the ZZ Plant, and for the more adventurous type the Monstera Deliciosa). Target and Kmart will always have new products coming through, usually starting from a few dollars each. I have the prism terrarium and sloth planter (I love sloths)!

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