Bring your home to life with greenery - By Caroline Whelan

One of the easiest ways to green up your home is to bring the outdoors in! All plants, including small ones like herbs, are natural air purifiers, absorbing carbon dioxide and expelling pure oxygen.

1. An indoor tree

Get hold of an over sized potted plant - Dwarf fern plants are great for small spaces and don't need much light. Palm Trees also work well in a warm environment and will give a dramatic look to your home.

2. Leafy walls

Foliage-motif wallpapers work brilliantly with small potted plants dotted on a bookcase. Try ferns and ivy that can drape down from the top shelf.

 

3. A living wall

Living walls are on trend and are easy to install. They are so simple to maintain and are fantastic for small outdoor courtyards. 

4. Planters as window treatments

Planters constructed across a window allow you to grow lots of small plants at various heights and, with many at eye-level, makes it easy to enjoy them. Try them in a corridor or staircase.

5. Wire

Wire planters have replaced bulky pots that encroach on your space. A wire-framed design has a lighter feels and allows you to look through it, making it unobtrusive in a small place.

6. Make the most of the humidity in the bathroom

The steamy, humid environment of a bathroom is perfect for certain plants. Tropical plants work especially well in this environment and help bring a room to life. They also help to create a calm and relaxing environment . Always choose multiples of the same plant to create a uniform look.

7. Create an indoor window box

Big plants will form a natural screen, offering some leafy privacy.

8. Bookend a bed with matching plants

Plants are not often seen in the bedroom but they should be! Lush plants can create good colour contrast to deep-grey walls.

9. Get creative with climbers

Think about trailing a climber over a birdcage or something equally decorative.

10. Fresh way with fresh herbs

Ditch the tacky black pots and grow your herbs in the kitchen in a self watering pot. Beautiful and useful!