With growing infrastructure in all parts of the world, it is a boon to find a little garden to you. More and more people live in high rise apartments which can provide only a balcony or at the most a terrace garden. You may be lucky enough to live on the ground floor or have an independent residence where you can grow your own plants. Either way, having a green space in the house is always welcome.
There are many reasons why people want greenery in their homes. There is a direct connection with nature and it makes you feel free and exuberant. It adds color and life to the home and gives you the ray of hope for tomorrow.
Sometimes one holds back from keeping plants in the house for various reasons. You need the space; you need to spend time and energy on maintaining them too. There are other needs and cares of a real plant that you have to look into like watering them regularly, giving manure and other supplements, weeding them for better growth, and then pruning them to keep in shape.
The best way out of this time consuming and demanding chore is to go in for artificial foliage. These plants stay with you for a long time and are very easy to maintain. Just wipe them clean or rinse under the tap water. They are fire retardant trees which won’t lose their sheen for years to come. You can choose the variety, shape, size, and that you want.
These plants look realistic, yet don’t attract any flies and insects to the house. It is safe to keep this artificial foliage as they will not cause any allergies in children or pets. Additionally, there is no need for any extra manpower for their maintenance. You can do it by yourself.
Now that you are convinced about their quality and benefits, let us see how you can use these plants in the house to decorate it.
The most common and easiest way to decorate your house with artificial plants is to put them in colorful ceramic planters. Then you can place these planters anywhere in the house. The planters could be small or large depending upon the size of the plant you buy.
The double height walls inside a house give a very spacious and open look to any room. Yet, decorating these walls could be very costly if you want to use paint, a designer look, or some wallpaper. This is where artificial trees and plants come in handy. Create an artificial ivy wall with them and see the tall wall getting covered in a jiffy! Make your won plant wall with plants of your choice.
Bring in the colorful rainbow with its many hues into the house with plants. Select colorful flowers and artificial silk trees in hues that you love. Keep violets flowers to attract friends and purples for grandeur in the house. Add class and style to your house with indigo hanging silk plants. Remove stress and tension with bluebells. Bring in energy and confidence with a yellow sunflower or corncob.
Cover up the odd corners and shapes of the rooms in the house by simply placing some large artificial trees like imitation bonsai trees and fake ficus.
Make your home into a little fruit orchard. Motivate your young children and adults alike to eat fruits by keeping artificial coconut palm trees around the house.
Usher in good luck by keeping fake bamboo trees or silk bamboo trees in the eastern part of the house.
If there is a constraint of floor space in the house, then the ideal way out is to use hanging silk plants.
Keep the entrance of the house neat and clean by placing a fake moss carpet instead of a doormat. You can even use this on the stairways leading into the house, the backyard, the terrace garden or the main garden.
Hide the flaws like dents, holes, stains, peeling paint, torn wallpaper, and other marks by hanging artificial vines or large artificial palm leaves.
Place some of this faux foliage in the bathrooms and kitchen for that brightness and special look.
Keep a small pot with colorful and bright artificial flowers or greens on the kitchen countertops, study tables, bedside tables, bookcases etc. Highlight these plants with a dedicated light and lo behold! The place looks gorgeous.
Hang wall planters and window planters just outside the window sill, the balcony or terrace walls. Your house will look beautiful.
Place these plants near windows where natural sunlight comes in. They will look as good as real ones in the glow.
Decorate your main doorway and hallway with artificial plants. Buy wreaths and garlands with flowers that bloom in different seasons. Change these garlands and wreaths as per the season without having to worry about wilting and fading.
In your real garden and entrance to your main doorway if you live in an independent house, place the fake moss carpet. It gives a neat and trimmed appearance to the lawns and requires no mowing too.
If you are worried that these artificial plants will look unreal, then try these simple tricks of placing some real mud in the pots. Put some seashore pebbles on it to complete the look. Put stalks and sticks in crystal and other porcelain vases.
Keep flower stalks in clear vases and fill up the vase with water and pebbles.
Do up the garden with artificial hedge panels and faux hedges. Protect them with these stronger and longer lasting options.
Use these plants to hide plug points, sockets, a collection of cables etc.
Use the plants in parties. Keep them safely on the dining table without fear of shedding leaves or mud falling into the food. Use them in tiny planters on the bar trolley and serving trays.
Artificial plants will look beautiful and save you money in the long run. You just make sure that they are kept clean and the fringes don’t run out. Budget, imagine, design, and implement your ideas. Go ahead and decorate your house with them.