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Green with envy: How to style indoor plants to perfection

Elevate your interior with greenery.

By Clare Chapman (Editor in Chief, HOME)

Last updated: 19 August 2024 | 5 min read

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Elevate your interior with indoor plants, which offer health benefits like air purification and stress reduction. First, choose varieties known to thrive indoors and place them according to their specific light and humidity needs.

Create visual interest by matching containers to your style and placing plants at various heights.

- Bathrooms: Use humidity-loving plants like ferns and orchids.

- Bedrooms: Choose air-filtering varieties like golden pothos.

- Living rooms: Fill empty corners with larger plants like monstera.

In the 2024 City Home of the Year, Textured Bach by Nic Owen Architects, indoor plants are featured throughout. In this light-filled bathroom, various indoor plants are thriving and help to create a relaxing, spa-like environment. Image: Simon Wilson.

What are the best indoor plants for the bathroom?

Trailing plants are a great option when floor space is limited. This bathroom, in Featherston Passive House by Josefine Watterson, is enhanced by the addition of lush greenery above the bath. Image: Simon Devitt.

Indoor plants for the kitchen, bedroom and living room

Dried flowers are used in the 2023 Small Home of the Year, Bird/Seed House by Vaughn McQuarrie. Image: Simon Devitt

House on Takapuna Beach by CAAHT Studio incorporates an indoor garden, making a statement in the entrance foyer. Image: Sam Hartnett

Courtyard houses – planting for the outdoors in an internal courtyard

The 2024 Rural Home of the Year, Mangawhai Estuary House by Belinda George Architects, features an open air courtyard in which an array of luscious potted plants allow for connection to nature without having indoor plants. Image: Simon Devitt

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Clare Chapman

Editor in Chief, HOME

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