Making a House Feel Like a Home with Plants
Whether you’re staging a home for sale or decorating your residence, plants will enhance the warmth of your decor. They instantly make a home feel more inviting and infuse color in a natural, understated way. This makes them even more perfect for home staging, which should always be based around a neutral palette with only subtle pops of colors.
Here are some easy ways to incorporate flowers and plants into your home to instantly make it more stylish.
Decorating or Staging a Home with Plants
The Front Door
One of the easiest ways to make your front door feel more inviting is to incorporate some flowers or greenery around it. Outside, a pot of colorful, fresh flowers can brighten things up and provide some charm to your curb appeal. Inside, you can fill an awkward corner by the door with a tall plant or flank the door with two plants if there is a lot of space on either side. Greenery can always be counted on to help make a warmer first impression.
The Entryway
Besides around the door, another great spot in which to incorporate plant life in your entryway is on a vignette. A potted plant fits perfectly on a console table. Orchids are a popular choice because of how tall and elegant they are, as are some kind of tropical greenery to bring in a more coastal feel, but you can choose whatever speaks to you and pair it with something small beside it, such as a stack of books with a sculpture on top. These looks are simple and chic.
Dining Room Table
No dining room table or breakfast nook is complete without the right centerpiece. Even when staging a home, we always set the table so it looks warmer and more inviting. The right centerpiece brings it all together and we usually opt for a bouquet that fits the size and scale of the table. It’s always an elegant choice that will give your dining room a more finished look.
Coffee Table
Leaving the coffee table bare is a missed opportunity to bring some more charm to your living room. We recommend keeping the decor simple, especially when you’re staging a home for sale. You can’t go wrong with a simple, elegant flower arrangement. You can opt to bring in a touch of color through the vase or let the flowers be the pop of color themselves.
Bookcase or Shelving
A small bouquet or green arrangement can fit perfectly onto a bookshelf and bring a touch of elegance to it. To keep shelving from having a cluttered look, leave plenty of negative space around the décor and use a few larger pieces, such as greenery, rather than several small ones to adorn it.
Bathroom Counter
To create a more luxurious and spa-like vibe in your bathroom, place some flowers on the vanity or in the corner of the tub. Even a small powder room can get a facelift from a small flower arrangement next to the sink.
Bedroom End Table
Spruce up the end table(s) in your bedroom with a lovely flower or plant. Finish it off with a clock or small stack of books for a beautifully staged (or decorated) surface that is elegant and chic.
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