The green apartment
Adding green to your apartment is an exciting experience and an excellent opportunity to harmonize your living space and organize a comfortable green area that simulates a little outdoors and it relaxes everything at the same time. However, plants do not ...
Adding green to your apartment is an exciting experience and an excellent opportunity to harmonize your living space and organize a comfortable green area that simulates a little outdoors and it relaxes everything at the same time.
However, plants decorate not only the house, but also purify and humidify the airspace; The green color effects beneficially from the nervous system and relieves stress.
There are many ways to add green to your apartment and they are easy to implement at home so that you can easily hide from the concrete jungle in a country of green wonders. In addition, the landscaping of the house is a fascinating process that allows you to realize your creative capabilities and where you receive a lot of good feelings once you are surrounded by your creation of an interior nature.
1.Grow herbs and spices
Of course, the ideal diet should include fresh herbs, but in winter, the choice is not particularly great: you can always find easily parsley, cilantro and dill, but for example, basil, thyme, mint , Ornégan, Rosemary and other herbs are often sold dried. But why should you depend on weather conditions if you can grow at home?
First, the fresh herbs will always be at hand, and second, know that it is very affordable to have an active interior herbal garden. Third, it is a useful nutritional because it optimizes the availability of natural vitamins and minerals - these substances necessary for the body of their freshest form. And fourth, aromatic herbs on the Sill window will be a summer piece whatever time like the outside.
Many herbs are used not only in cooking. Fresh and dried aromatic herbs can be added to the bath - for example, lavender, peppermint, chamomile, sage or verbena; You can make a bag of dried herbs to put in the closet to give clothes a nice aroma; You can make a face mask with herbs or rinse the hair with a decoction of chamomile, sage and nettle.
2. Fruits and vegetables in containers
Maybe the winter mini-garden on the window The threshold would not solve the problem of food in a given family, but would certainly be an excellent example where you can combine business with pleasure. And this will surely add a charm to your decor!
In fact, if you grow potted plants, why not make them useful and delicious? The list of easy plants in an apartment is large enough: the two green of all kinds and all kinds, cucumbers and tomatoes and even citrus fruits.
3.Mazing succulent and cactus
The succulents are always chic and vogue. The variety of styles and colors works even for people with the biggest design ambitions. They are charming, cheap and easy to keep. Currently, it is very popular to make mini gardens with succulents and cacti.
Plants bring natural beauty and vitality in any place of life. With its leaves and rods "juicy", succule does not require special care and seem superb to both single and companions of other plants families.
Their best feature is that even an inexperienced producer can plant and push them. In addition, they live with each other. You can therefore plant different types of succulents and cacti and combine them with other plants to create delicious compositions.
Easy to clean and beautiful to admire, the succulents can nevertheless have a significant impact on the design of the interior. By using succulents of the variable height and shape, you can give the visual interest of the room and the unusual structure. And thanks to the ability to survive in the toughest conditions, these plants are often used to decorate not only the window thresholds, but also the uncomfortable corners of the rooms and even the ceiling beams.
4. Variation of potted plants
Humanity has begun to grow plants 5000 years ago. Why do we need potted plants? Of course, the flowers really make our houses comfortable, creating a comfortable atmosphere, by scathing the living interior space and make it certainly attractive. But in recent years, scientists have discovered that potted flowers are needed in each apartment not only for comfort. In indoor air due to various reasons, toxic substances are accumulated: they are produced by different interior materials, detergents, tap water, cigarette smoke and the entrance air of the street that is not always clean and safe.
Electromagnetic radiation, bacteria and dried air are also not good for our health or skin. Some types of potted plants can actually deal with all these problems. In addition, they soothed your temperament!
So, if you still doubt whether it is a waste of your time watering and replanting potted flowers, think more! Just choose the types, colors and shapes you like and use your imagination to create an indoor garden that will protect you!
5. Single clicking garden and grow
A useful and simple technology has also reached gardening. If you are a fan of high technology toys and you have money, this way is totally for you. It's also for lazy, we are all))
This device will do everything, you just need some batteries and water. Click on the gadget to start and admire the way your tomatoes grow quickly and without your lifting a finger.
6. Order fresh flowers
Simple but effective and a beautiful method to animate your apartment. Unfortunately, fresh flowers do not live long, but with appropriate care, they can please you for a while; A few weeks up to a few weeks.
Some people believe that only big bouquets will be beautiful. In fact, the flowers are chosen, in which combinations of shape and color and how they are placed in the room.
Make a bouquet, you have to place flowers freely, it will better highlight the beauty of each flower. Do not stand with dull symmetry, try to find the most fantastic color combinations. If you are running out of ideas, order an already prepared bouquet.
7. Create a DIY terrarium
A terrarium is a plant composition in a transparent glass or plastic container. To create it, you can use a variety of ships - aquariums, vases, pots and even bottles. In an easy glass terrarium container to create a favorable climate with high and wireless humidity and temperature changes. Terrariums can optimize the growth of delicate tropical plants.
The closed vessel evaporates moisture so that you do not have to water such creations too often, which is obviously a big plus. The simplest way is to create a cactus and succulent composition as they look great and are good companions for each other.
You can create terrariums in a natural style, imitate the area of wildlife or decorative composition with multicolored pebbles, houses, dried flowers and potted flowers.
Walking in the woods or in the gardens collect natural materials such as sticks, stones, dried leaves, cones and a foam. Terrariums are easy to take care of this option of adding green is ideal for people who often leave their homes for a few days or even weeks at a time.
8. Add zest with air plants
Aerial power plants are the most inspiring and phenomenal plants for your interior design. They have little or no root system and absorb nutrients and air water. So, you do not need pots with a floor or ships with water to plant them! You can place them on any surface you like - Snag, Shell, Stone, Thread, Plastic, Glass.
They do not need strong lighting. Therefore, the composition can be placed not on the thresholds of the window, but in almost any place you choose. You have the freedom to act!
Nevertheless, do not forget that these plants "drink water" air, it is better not placed in closed glass vases without ventilation.
9. Boost Green with boxes of flowers
The French designers Philippe Tisserand and Thibaut de Breyne are quite ingenious guys who have created an incredible concept of the flower. Flower box started only its existence in 2005 and has already successfully won the favor of many hearts.
It is an elegant combination of exquisite design and arrangement of brilliantly simple flowers. Special substrate plants are planted in a very elegant color box and can be positioned vertically on the wall like paintings or put on the table.
There is a wide variety of styles and flowers, you can even design your own flower box using simple boxes or tubes and flowers you like.
10. Organize flowers in an Ikebana style.
The last but not least is the traditional Japanese art. To illuminate your living space, you can borrow Asian wisdom.
The art of making herbal compositions is called Ikebana. Ikebana can be made both fresh and dried flowers, branches, roots. The compositions can be different - high, flat, chaotic ... it depends on the style of Ikebana.
But whatever the style, the main thing in a bouquet that is uniqueness - an unexpectedly unusual dynamic material - it gives a bouquet of movement, mood and shape.
In the 15th century, Ikebana had a religious character, it was a tribute of the gods and an eternity symbolizes. It consisted of two elements that meant the struggle of dark and light forces. Ikebanas was created only by men, as it necessitated a lot of strength. Now, the art of organizing flowers is part of compulsory education for women.
The main principles of Ikebana's creation are:
- The harmony of Yin and Yang
- Proportion, combination of colors
- asymmetry
- The use of three mandatory lines (stems symbolizing heaven, man and earth)
- symbolization
- Dynamism and incompleteness
- Refined simplicity
Fortunately, you do not have to spend many years learning all the rules of this Japanese art. You can just follow the main rule "The eyes and heart of creator should be free" and start decorating the space around you!
11. Burn your own bonsai tree
Bonsai is a form of more traditional art in Japanese culture of miniature trees in containers. Most people have just bought a bonsai in a shop (online) and continue to treat. But you can also choose and buy the good species of trees in a special store and start developing it for yourself. It will be much more exciting and cheaper to grow and build a bonsai yourself.