Every interior designer knows that plants – whether real or artificial, as artwork or printed on fabric – are an essential part of a modern room. This is how to use them…
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Tips to fill your space with foliage
Lift dark decor
Lighten the effect of deep-grey, blue or green walls by using plants as accents: a floor-standing specimen or a cluster of succulents as a centrepiece.
Create a gallery
Arrange a group of botanical prints for lots of impact. They’re ideal for creating a focal point above a fireplace, sofa, bed or sideboard.
Mix fabrics botanical
Add extra character to a neutral space by layering different floral and foliage patterns on fabrics or ceramics. This trick will also work well if your walls, floor and sofa are in block colours.
Style up shelving
Soften hard lines with a selection of plants. Choose trailing varieties and frothy foliage, mixing different heights and shapes to bring a bookcase to life.
Hang a panel of pattern
Add a vibrant botanical theme in a contained way with a drop of fabric or even a vintage rug to highlight the room’s main focus, such as the bed, sofa or table.
Use bold wallpaper
Select leafy motifs on wallpaper, from tropical foliage to vintage sketchbook designs, to make a great statement. It’s a lot for a living room, but fun for the smallest room in the house.
Talula TABLE, £1,439, Barker and Stonehouse. Scandi CHAIR,
£299; Dice SHELVING UNIT, £379; Hiko CEILING LIGHT, £175; (on table) Artisan TABLEWARE, from £8 for a side plate; (on mantel) Rio No.54 CANDLE HOLDERS,
£32, all John Lewis & Partners. Rustic Canyon Rose NAPKIN,
£7.99, Linenme. (On shelves) Ashcroft box TRAY, £41, Neptune. (On floor) The Little Botanical Strelitzia PLANT, £160,
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BLACK FRAMES LESS OBTRUSIVE THAN WHITE OR BRASS, FOR A CONTEMPORARY LOOK
Woodland Leaf PRINTS, £495 for set of eight; (on mantel) Matt cylinder VASE, £75, all Oka. Kasvi POT, £23.75, Also Home. (On table) Zabiya VASE, £35, Oka. Ombre glaze BOWL, £45, Cox & Cox. Parrot Green PLATES, £16 each, Also Home. SUCCULENTS
GANG, £55, The Little Botanical
WALL in Inchyra Blue estate emulsion, £49.50 for 2.5ltr, Farrow & Ball. David Seyfried. Georgian STOOL in Palmetto in Jungle, £320m, Carolina Irving Textiles. CURTAINS in Carnations in Emerald/cornflower, £174m, John Stefanidis at Tissus d’hélène
LEAF DISPLAY DRAW THE EYE TO THE WINDOW WITH AN INTERESTING GROUP OF VASES
(On top shelf) Macario VASE, £35, Curious Egg. Blush suede STORAGE BOXES, £125 for set of three; (on second shelf) faux string of pearls PLANT, £50, all Cox & Cox. Kasvi Parrot Green dinner PLATES,
£18 each; Parrot Green pot, £23.75, all Also Home. Mandeville VASE, £40, Hunter & Co. (On bottom shelf) Blue Utility WINE GLASSES, £36 for two, LSA. Artisan salad BOWL, £30, John Lewis & Partners
WALL HANGING in Coromandel in Malachite, £116.80m, Lewis & Wood. WALLS in Ulla 290 absolute matt emulsion, £43.50 for 2.5ltr, Little Greene. Cross QUILT in Blush, £495, The Conran Shop. CUSHIONS in Trees in Sea Forest, £89 m, Parker & Jules
Terrarium Ink/multi WALLPAPER,
£99 a roll, Sanderson. Tongueand-groove PANELLING, from £49 a sheet, The English Panelling Company. PANELLING in Hopper 297 absolute matt emulsion, £43.50 for 2.5ltr, Little Greene. Scallop PENDANT, £160, Matilda Goad