Green Your Space: 15 Ways to Decorate with Plants

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By K. Emily Bond

Plants are wondrous creatures, especially for our homes, after all, they remove indoor air pollutants and they smell nice. A spider plant can make all the difference in the world, insomuch that it will save a blasé room from itself without offending the outspoken minimalist. An herb garden in the kitchen and azalea in the bedroom are also exemplary of ways we're incorporating mother nature into the great indoors - but both merely hints of the plant decorating madness that follows.

privacy wall

Tall houseplants used as a privacy wall, via Dwell.

oldbrandnew

From the always gorgeous Old Brand New, a lush alter: perfect for tapping into your inner green goddess.

staging company

This staging company decorates with live plants whenever possible because of the negative ions they give off, as in the tasteless, odorless, and invisible molecules we inhale in "fresh" environs like the mountains or at the beach.

crawling ivy

Bring the outside in with crawling ivy in a sun-drenched room.

verandah

Or liven up an enclosed patio with plants and complimentary color.

vitality

An interior garden will add vitality to a room.

bathroom

An example of a green appointed bathroom, via M. Design.

humor

And a green touch of humor, also from M. Design.

shabby chic

A shabby chic green-appointed interior photographed by Debi Treloar.

designsponge

An oldie but goodie from Design*Sponge: a utilitarian approach to greenery.

cactus

For the greenery impaired, a table full of cacti. Via Dream Avenue.

smoke and mirrors

Maggie Rose decorates with plants and mirrors.

antlers

And finds a humane alternative for the huntsman aesthetic.

cutout

If ever there was a more perfect DIY for greening up storage: a cutout furniture idea.

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Image: Steven Beckly