4 indoor plant foliage hacks
Want the lush look of abundant greenery in your home, but don't want to hike out to the plant shop with the trailer to make it happen? Here's how to get the indoor plant look without buying the real thing.
1. Botanical prints
If you can't get greenery in its natural form the next best option is to adorn the walls with botanical prints and posters, or botanical cushions and soft furnishings.
A gallery wall of nature-inspired pieces is sure to bring in the greenery look you're after.
2. Real but fake
Get the look of a fiddle-leaf fig without having to worry about the hassle of keeping the real thing alive.
Pick some large leaves from a tree (the leaves of a puka, meryta sinclairii, tree or a magnolia tree work well), and arrange them in a vase. Place this vase in a storage basket and make sure the top of the vase is just below the rim of the basket (you might need some books to lift it to the correct height).
Arrange the leaves to give it 'plant like' structure and look, then place it in the corner of a room and hope nobody notices.
Keep the leaves watered and they should stay green and perky for at least two weeks.
3. Herbs
A generous pot (or pots) of herbs sitting on a kitchen window sill or island bench is an easy way to inject a bit of green into your interior.
Its dual advantage is being able to use the herbs for cooking. Parsley, basil and coriander will give you volumes of greenery, thyme and mint have a lovely textured look, and all will add some fresh scents to the room.
4. Go faux
For those who can't be trusted with keeping a real plant alive, it's best to go fake.
Luckily the market is flooded with believable fake plants at the moment. And the ones that aren't so believable? Put them up high on a shelf and no-one will look too closely.
It's best to have greenery at different levels in a space anyway as it disperses the greenery around and gives the room a lusher, more abundant look.
Written by Bea Taylor. Republished with permission of Stuff.co.nz.