9 Creative Ways to Add Plants to your Small Home

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Although you may live in a small home, there are still ways you can add plants to your home without taking up too much space. Contrary to popular belief, it's not necessary to have a garden, balcony or even great natural light. Instead, the trick is to be creative about how you introduce plants into a small home. This idea guide features some brilliant suggestions that will work for any home. We hope you will find some interesting ideas and refreshing inspiration for your home through this listicle. Please don't forget to leave us some feedback in the end. Now, let's browse through these 9 creative ways to add plants to your small home shall we? 

1.Room dividers with planters

Room dividers are often a big part of small homes, so why not use room dividers to introduce greenery indoors? You can do this by adding planters to the room divider or even creating a mini glasshouse as pictured here. The best part about this idea is that the plants can be viewed from two sides.

2.Stone gardens

Stone gardens are not only Zen, but also incredibly easy to maintain as they don't have to be weeded. They are also an excellent option for indoor gardens. Stone gardens can be created with hardy low-maintenance plants and are easy to keep clean. The lovely indoor stone garden pictured here is designed by Kreative House, architects based in Hyderabad, India. 

3.Make use of windows

If you really have no space indoors, but have a small outdoor area, one clever way to enjoy some greenery indoors is to have a mini garden right next to the window so that you can enjoy the plants from inside the house as well. If you don't have any space outdoors either, you may want to consider attaching a planter to the windowsill. 

4.Living green wall!

If you love lots of greenery indoors, but don't have the space, don't worry. All you need to do is free-up a wall in your house, and make it a living green wall. It takes up no floor space, and provides sound and thermal insulation too. There is no need for decorations with an indoor garden feature like this! 

5.Frame some foliage

If you can't imagine installing a living green wall, it's alright, there are other less overwhelming options. Framing up some foliage as pictured here might do the trick for you then. Terrariums are also a great idea for small spaces. You can even have a mini garden on your desk with a terrarium! Check out some terrariums here on homify for more ideas. 

6.Vertical herb garden

Vertical herb gardens will not only beautify your home while saving space, but also provide you with fresh herbs which you can conveniently harvest from your kitchen wall. All you have to do is install a wall hanger with little pockets and pop in a pot of fresh herbs.

7.Hang air plants from the ceiling

Since air plants don't require any soil to grow, you can easily hang them from the ceiling. This is a great idea as even the smallest of homes have unused ceiling space that could be used. 

You can also buy upside down hanging pots with a locking disk and an internal reservoir system and mesh to hold the soil in place. They can be used for a variety of species. But don't stop there, nowadays there's a wide range of interesting garden accessories that are made specifically for small homes.

8.Aquarium garden

If you enjoy rearing fishes, you may want to consider creating an aquarium garden that both you and your fishes can enjoy. Of course, you can also leave out the fishes if you want. This way you'll just have an underwater garden that is illuminated. 

9.Use mirrors to reflect greenery

Finally, the laziest and easiest option is to use mirrors to reflect greenery. If you place them carefully, you might not even have to have your own plants, you could just steal the reflection from outdoors! Of course, the mirrors could also be used to double the effect of your own indoor greenery as well. 

We hope you've been inspired by the creative suggestions here and find a way to apply it in your home. For more home tips, inspiration, and interesting ideas, have a look at 5 impressive bathroom renovations

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