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How can I Style Botanicals in my Home?

“Florals for spring? Groundbreaking.”- The Devil Wears Prada 

Although florals may be used over and over again during the Springtime, they are so popular for a reason! Florals and botanicals can bring life and vitality to your home and your spaces too!

Whether you are bringing cut or living flowers into your spaces, or even just bringing pictures or wallpaper, you can add that essence of growth and life that Springtime is symbolic of!

Low-cost and thrifty, Springtime can be a wonderful season to bring in DIY pieces with various pieces of nature you find from the outside!

Whether you are working with a pastel colour scheme, green colour scheme or any other colour scheme, you will definitely be able to update your space this Springtime with some gorgeous Botanicals!

So, let’s do some Spring cleaning and check out Decorating Centre Online’s Top 10 Ways to Style Botanicals in your Home! 

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1.) Adding Smaller Plant Pots in your Small Spaces!

If you don’t have a garden, outdoor space or you just don’t have much room in your home for plants- perhaps you live in a flat, a high-rise or any other smaller space with little light- you can easily bring that breath of life into your home by adding smaller, easy to care for botanicals into your home!

There are so many plants which are fantastic for smaller spaces and thrive in darker areas whilst confined to plant pots that you can definitely find the right plant for you!

From ferns and herbs to larger flowering plants such as Peace Lilies and Cheese Plants, there are a wide variety of easy to care for plants which can be used in smaller, darker spaces.

Some of these plants include, but are certainly not limited to, these two wonderful indoor plants: 

· Peace Lilies

These extremely hardy plants can grow between 1 and 6 feet tall depending on how you trim them, which makes them the perfect plant to adapt to different spaces and situations. However, it is essential that you check the variety before you buy, just in case they are a larger-growing species.

Peace Lilies also filter toxins out of the air, according to NASA, which means that they are also perfect for purifying air in spaces which don’t receive too much ventilation. These spaces are usually smaller ones such as flats in block or even high-rises too. 

· English Ivy

This type of plant can be grown only on shelving areas as it has hanging tendrils which will creep down the sides of the wall. However, as they are climbing variety of plant, they can also be placed in areas where you want them to climb such as up a wall or even a bookshelf!

There are a variety of potted varieties which are perfect for your home such as Cascade, Domino and Irish Lace which grow smaller and grow best in smaller potted areas! 

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2.) Use Wallpaper to Add the Botanical Feel into your Room without having to Water it!

If you’re a fan of the look of plants and botanicals, but not a big fan of having to take care of them, you can easily add some botanical beauties into your home without having the responsibility of keeping them alive!

Either as a feature wall, or even as a whole room, botanical wallpaper can bring a feel of warmth and vitality into your room!

Whether you prefer a floral, or a leafier wallpaper, you can easily incorporate it into your home following a few simple, yet incredibly effective, steps: 

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· Feature Wall!

Adding a botanical feature wall into your space is a wonderful way to update your space with beautiful botanicals!

Adding a feature wall into your space can be a very easy way of adding botanicals into your room as there is such a wide variety of botanical wallpapers available that you can either create a whole new colour scheme for you room or match your current colour scheme with a wonderful feature wall!

You could even contrast your feature wall with your colour scheme in order to crate a bold and beautiful feature wall which will be a distinct and bold feature piece of your space! 

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· Botanical Frames!

If you’re not so sure on dedicating an entire wall to your chosen botanical feature wall, but still really want to use that gorgeously luscious wallpaper, you can always turn it into a piece of art!

Perhaps you have some leftover wallpaper, or you even just want to use your roll up, you can certainly frame them up and make gorgeous pieces of artwork out of them!

Whether you have three different frames, two similar ones, or even just one nice one! You can buy your frames from a second-hand store, or from any other store which sells frames!

All you must do to achieve this great look is simply measure your chosen frame, cut your wallpaper to size and hang it on the wall! Simple! 

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· Wallpaper Bookshelves!
If you would prefer a subtler botanical wallpaper addition to your home, you can easily incorporate botanical wallpaper into your home by adding it to bookshelves, stairs and various other smaller and subtler places!

These tiny little additions to the home will help your house feel like it has that liveliness and vitality which botanicals bring, without having it bold and eye-catching! 

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· Origami Botanicals!
Much like the points above, if you’re a fan of botanical, but not a fan of the upkeep, you can definitely create a botanical atmosphere without the need for actual living botanicals!

You can even use your leftover botanical wallpaper to make these gorgeous little origami flower accessories! Stunning!

Check out this handy step-by-step guide below on how to create some origami flowers! 

1.) Take a square piece of paper

2.) Fold the paper in half twice

3.) Fold one end down and then fold it over with the other end

4.) Do the same thing on the other side!

5.) Fold all the sides up into the middle

6.) Open up those little folds and fold them into squares

7.) Do the same thing on the other side!

8.) Fold the triangle down

9.) Fold up the triangle!

10.) Fold the squares up

11.) Pinch the top and twist it!

12.) Fold down the sides to create petals

13.) Twist more to make the shape of a flower!

14.) Done!

Or, if you find it easier to follow video tutorials, check out the video below for some AMAZING origami hints and tips as well as a step-by-step guide! 

3.) Dried Flower Hangings and other Dried Flower Accessories!

Without the hassle of any living plants and flowers, you can easily incorporate your favourite botanicals into your home by drying out flowers and botanicals!

These craft little creations can be hung from vintage-style coat hangers, placed in frames, makeshift vases or even just places on your bookshelf!

Whichever way that you decide to style your dried botanicals, you can easily incorporate the life and vitality of botanical accessories into your home without the hassle and struggle of keeping them alive and having to place them in specific positions in your house depending on their individual living requirements! 

4.) Framing Leaves and Flowers!

You can do this with either living or dried flowers for different looking aesthetics in your home. The easiest way to do this is to simply buy frames which and empty them of their backgrounds.

You can either have a leafy wall frame which has no background at all and therefore shows the beauty of your décor behind- simply leave out any background coverings. Or you can even perhaps have one with a patterned or plain background depending on how you have decorated your home.

For a wall which has a patterned wallpaper on it, I would recommend using a plain background for your frame in order for the leaf to stand out from an already bold backdrop. 

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5.) Green Furniture Accents!

Although you may like the vitality and colour which botanicals bring into the home, you may not enjoy the aesthetic of botanicals!

Never fear! You can add that liveliness and vitality into the home by adding green accents into your spaces. This can be in the form of blankets and throws, cushions, pillows, tapestries and other types of room accessories, or you can even DIY some furniture!

Perhaps one of your pieces already is beautiful, but isn’t quite the right colour for you, then you can easily upcycle your furniture with your furniture paint!

Upcycling your furniture may seem like quite the task to undertake, however it can be made much easier if you buy one of our Rust-Oleum Satin Furniture Paint 'Everything you Need Upcycling' kits. 

These kits include everything you will need to turn your old-looking furniture into modern pieces of botanical loveliness! 

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