When busy everyday life gets hectic, tranquillity and moments of peace and calm are what we crave. The UK has slowly become a nation of nature lovers, as more people want to spend more time outdoors and be surrounded by nature. Being outside has so many great health benefits, including mental health and helping to reduce stress – so, how do we bring the outside inside?
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As our love for the natural world, and nature has blossomed in recent years, many of us are looking at how to bring nature inside. However, is it possible to inject nature into the home through our choice of home decor – and if so, how?
Bring The Outside Inside With Plants
There are actually many easy ways to bring the outside indoors, and you don’t need to have expensive interior designers do it for you.
Of course, the simplest way to incorporate nature through home decoration is by investing in plants. There is a vast selection of houseplants you can add to help brighten up your home.
Whether you want a small indoor plant to help fill an empty spot on your shelf. Or a large potted plant as more of a feature in a room.
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Here is a selection of stunning indoor houseplants to help you decide what plants might work well for you in your home. This vast selection can help you to bring the outdoors indoors, creating more clean, fresh air in your living space and adding to your nature-inspired home.
Include Nature Prints In Your Home
Create a nature-themed living room with some stunning prints.
Prints have become a beloved interior design trend over the years. Decorating bedroom walls, staircases, hallways and living rooms – gallery walls have appeared in countless homes nationwide. They are a fun and creative way for a person to showcase their personality and style.
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If you’ve been thinking about adding a new gallery wall to a space in your home, you could include some prints themed around nature. These could be images of landscapes, jungle patterns, or even your favourite plants or animals. Prints can be such a simple way to inject a bit of nature into your home.
A Fresh Coat Of Paint
Sometimes the best makeover a small space could have can be the simplest of changes. For example, adding a fresh coat of paint to lift the vibe in your home.
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Use any colours that remind you of being outdoors and see how you could incorporate them into your home. From there, you can choose to paint the walls in a room that colour or decide on only painting one wall to make a feature wall.
Would you go with bold, bright colours to remind you of the sun, sky and flowers? Or perhaps creating more of a natural colour scheme with muted earth tones? The more muted tones in your natural color scheme, perhaps something like sage green or cream, will help to create the illusion of a bigger space – ideal for neutral backgrounds. The brighter the colour you choose, the smaller the space will feel.
Nature-Themed Wallpaper
If painting a wall one solid colour does not suit your taste, a better way to go could be to consider earth-toned, or printed wallpaper instead.
Nature-themed wallpaper is becoming an increasingly popular design trend in many homes across the UK and around the world. With more designs and styles becoming available by the day for nature lovers.
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It could be wallpaper featuring animals, indoor plants, trees or even tropical plant leaves. Using these bold printed wallpapers is a simple and powerful way to incorporate nature into the house and make your home the perfect feature wall.
Attention To Detail In Your Home
Yes, adding more plants, or painting walls can be a great way to incorporate nature into your home office or other living spaces. However, it’s more about the little things and the attention to detail throughout.
- Candles with fragrances that mimic or remind you of the outdoors
- Including more wood furniture throughout your home – such as a wooden coffee table
- Choosing more natural materials when it comes to your blankets and throws
- Change carpet for beautiful parquet flooring
- Strategically placing your plants around your home so you can see green at every turn
- Include a variety of finishes, materials and texture combinations – wood, metal, brick, along with softer, natural fibres
Bring your nature-inspired living room to life with the finer details – whether it’s with natural side tables, rattan furniture or even bamboo furnishings. The best part is you get to choose how you create your own natural haven to suit you.
How To Bring Nature Indoors For FREE
As you can see, there are plenty of ways to incorporate a bit of nature into your home. However, if you are looking for ways to do this for free, or on a tight budget, here are some ideas for handmade pieces to help you bring the outside inside. Natural elements that you find outside, or in your garden to create mother nature-inspired pieces.
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- Collect dried grass while out on a walk to put into a vase
- Make a table centrepiece from an old log
- Collect acorns or pinecones and place in a wooden bowl
- Pick some of your own flowers to dot around your home
- Keep large windows free of clutter to allow for more natural light
- Press flowers to put into a picture frame
- Make a shelf for your plants out of an old wooden pallet
- A backdrop for a living wall with some of your new plants
- Some coasters out of a thick branch (if you have a circular saw)
- Create rock collections in little bowls
When it comes to thinking of how to bring nature indoors, how would you transform your home to look more like your outdoor space?
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Lots of insightful tips you’ve shared are great!
What do you think about using natural or plant-based household products like eco cleaning sprays or laundry detergents?
Thank you, glad you liked it and found it helpful. These days that’s all I use. I’ve got a few homemade recipe articles going up soon. Tried and tested and super simple to make, so if you’re interested, keep an eye out. 😀
I love plants! Although I can’t do the actual thing of planting because of my accident, I love looking at greens. When I can walk and move freely again, I’ll go planting again. Love this!
Oh no, i’m so sorry to hear that. Although looking at plants and admiring their beauty can be just, if not more fun than the actual planting part anyway.
I am house sitting at a home that is filled with plants. I feel like I am stepping into nature the moment I walk inside of the house; this in a place sitting in the forest. Trees dominate the property, with a snazzy garden. The indoors feels quite green, too.
Can’t beat a bit of greenery to make you feel surrounded in nature!