Plant Decor in Living Room Book Nook

Indoor Plant Decor

Indoor plant decor is a wonderful way to bring the beauty of nature into our living spaces. Plants not only add visual interest and texture to a room but also provide numerous benefits for our well-being. They purify the air by absorbing toxins and releasing oxygen, creating a healthier and more refreshing environment. Indoor plants have a calming effect on our minds, promoting relaxation and reducing stress. They can also improve our productivity and focus, making them perfect for home offices or study spaces.

My mother always suggested that it was important to have something living in every room of your home.

From hanging plants and terrariums to succulents and statement plants, there are endless options to choose from. Whether you have a small apartment or a spacious house, there is always a plant that can fit into your decor. With their vibrant colors, unique shapes, and varied sizes, indoor plants can be used to create eye-catching displays or subtle accents. They can be placed on windowsills, shelves, tables, or even hung from the ceiling, adding a touch of greenery to any room.

So, whether you’re a seasoned plant parent or just starting your indoor plant decor, incorporating plants into your interior design is a surefire way to create a warm and inviting atmosphere in your home.

Plant Decor Ideas

With these plant decor ideas, you can bring the beauty of nature indoors and create a calming and inviting atmosphere in your home or office.

Roadside Freebie

Blue Trunk and Crock

Last Sunday, I discovered a roadside freebie: a fabulous rustic blue trunk along with a vintage brown crock. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with the trunk, but I loved the color, and the old-fashioned handles were oh-so charming.

We squished Ella, our Bernese Mountain Dog, over, and into the back of the car, it all went.

Once home and unloaded, we set the blue trunk down in a corner of our living room next to the pellet stove and built-in bookshelves. I thought I would let it sit a bit until I figured out what I wanted to do with it.

It is here; I would clean it all up and decide whether or not it needed painting.

Plant Stand

Almost immediately, I thought this rustic old blue trunk would be fabulous for spring plant decor in this living room book nook space, which has French doors adjacent for lots of natural sunlight.

This would allow the trunk to stay in its rustic condition, and I would be able to keep the blue color, which is what drew me to it in the first place. So this is when I started to dabble and decorate with the day’s roadside freebies with plant decor.

You may also be inspired by the Antique Trunk Restoration Made Easy post.

My Decor Style

I have noticed that my decor style has changed over the past few years. I used to love decorating with neutrals and pops of color. Now, I crave color and more of an eclectic and cluttered cozy vibe. It’s still vintage and antique, just more on the multiform side of design, as in this Vintage Eclectic Decor Meets Craft Room Design post.

Plant Decor Living Room

Layering Plant Decor

Layering in plant decor is a technique that involves arranging plants at different heights and depths to create a visually appealing and dynamic display. Here are some tips on how to use layering in plant decor:

Plant Decoration Ideas

Using all these techniques, my plant decor on the blue trunk started out looking something like this in the photo below. I started adding height with an old painter’s step stool and placed a plant into a recently found vintage crock. See more in the Cottage Farmhouse Decor Trending Finds post.

Plant Decor Living Room Nook

Then, I dismantled it all and started over…

I decided I wanted this plant decor nook in the living room to be up against the window instead of the bookshelving. This would give the plants more light and leave more open space for a chair that we would also like to add to this space at a later date.

*On a side note, I am not a plant expert and often struggle to keep thriving plants. Today’s post is simply written to inspire those of you like me who would like to add some plant decor to your home using vintage and rustic details in cozy spaces.

Plant Decor Vessels

Once the rustic blue trunk was positioned, I started looking around the house for unique vintage-style plant vessels. Here is a list of plant decor inspirations that I found to decorate my new plant corner with.

You may also find inspiration in this Pie Safe Antique Kitchen Cupboards Decorating Ideas post.

Because this blue trunk and plant decor now sit in front of a wall of windows, it’s challenging to get well-lit photos for this post. The color of this trunk may also vary depending on the time of day the photos were taken.

Plant Decor Selection

With all of my plant decor vessels gathered around, I chose plants that would work nicely among these unique basins. Selecting plants from a Myrtle Topiary to a miniature Jade plant.

If you have a small space, remember you don’t have to have large plants like ferns and spider plants. There are so many options available today, such as miniatures, air plants, succulents, topiaries, and more.

My plant selection remains simple. As we are not here much in the summer, I will need to transport our plants to our home in Maine sometime soon.

Seasonal Plant Decor

Forsythia & lilacs

Plan to leave room for seasonal flowers and fresh-cut blooms to add to your plant decor collections. Here, I added some cut forsythia branches into a glass vase framed with a garden stand that I picked up at a yard sale for our living room book nook.

Pansies

A vintage berry carrier that I found while out Thrifting with the Gals was recently filled with pansies for spring. Because it’s still below freezing in the evenings, this vintage plant decor will move from the porch to our cozy book nook in the living room.

Seasonal blooms are an easy way to incorporate the season’s colors into your interior design.

Plant Decor Home Accents

Add a few individual plant decor necessities to your living room plant decor, such as:

I think Demijohns would add a beautiful texture paired with plant-decor nooks, too. These three demijohns sit on our coffee table in the living room, just next to this book-nook corner.

Thanks so much for dropping by today. I hope you found loads of plant decor inspiration, and maybe you’ll even find an upcoming roadside freebie that inspires you, too.

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