How to Decorate Your Home with Plants

How to decorate your home with plants: fun, easy tips to create a cozy, stylish space—even if you’re a total plant newbie!

Is decorating with plants only for people with green thumbs and endless patience? Lol, no. Of course no! Let me tell you… it’s way easier, and more fun than it looks.

Plants at home is such a great and fun decor hack. They’re like magic! You get something alive (unless you forget to water it… we’ll talk about that later), something pretty, and something that makes you look like you have your life together.

Here’s how to decorate your home with plants:

Start small, because you’re not opening a rainforest café.

I have a friend who one time went on a plant shopping spree and came home with like 15 plants in one day… FIFTEEN. By the end of the week, half of them were crispy, the other half were drowning, and her cat had knocked over a cactus.

Moral of the story: keep it chill. Start with two or three plants tops and get to know them first.

Listen, I know the vibe. You’re scrolling Instagram, and everyone’s living in a jungle of fiddle leaf figs and Swiss cheese plants (real name: Monstera… Fancy, I know).

It’s easy to think, “I need 47 plants immediately.” But trust me. Start with like, two. Maybe three if you’re feeling wild. Otherwise, it’ll get overwhelming real fast.

Pick plants that are basically impossible to kill

Snake plants? They’re like that one friend who can survive on coffee and vibes alone – they’ll thrive no matter what. Plus, they clean the air indoors, which is a bonus.

Think of them as little green Roombas for the air in your home. They’re practically begging to be your roommate. Plus, they clean the air, which is a bonus.

Pothos? Same deal. Plus, they’re all cute and leafy, total win-win.

Find pots that don’t look like they came free with the plant

Okay, real talk. Those plastic pots the plants come in? Tragic… your plant deserves better. But you also don’t need to spend $60 on a fancy ceramic planter.

Go to Target. They have cute pots for cheap, or hit up HomeGoods or Walmart. Or, and this is my pro tip, check thrift stores. One time, I found an old brass teapot with a dent in it, and now it’s home to a cute little fern. It’s giving vintage, quirky vibes, and it cost me less than a latte.

Also, check out a few yard sales and you’ll find random bowls, mugs, and weird vintage containers that make killer planters. It’s like a treasure hunt! And your plant will look expensive and artsy even though it’s chilling in a $2 thrifted teapot.

Genius!

Placement is everything

Plants are like the perfect Instagram friend. They need good lighting to look their best.

Picture this: you finally find the perfect sunny spot for your monstera, but wait… it’s also your cat’s favorite sunbathing zone. Now you’re in a full-on custody battle for the window ledge.

Or worse, you pop a plant on a shelf thinking it looks perfect, and three days later, it’s throwing shade (pun intended) because it’s too dark.

Plants are dramatic like that. But hey, when you nail the placement? oh so good!

So before you plop that fern in a dark corner where dreams go to die, figure out what kind of light it likes.

Google the plant. I know…. Effort, But totally worth it.

Some plants love bright, indirect light. (That’s plant-speak for “near a sunny window but not directly in the sun”. Some plants are divas, what can I say?). Others are cool with low light, like a ZZ plant or that snake plant I mentioned.

Basically, think of it like dating. Not all plants are into the same vibe.

Also, mix it up. Hang a plant from the ceiling, stick one on a shelf, and throw one on a stool. Plants look best when they’re layered around the room like they just casually happened to be there, even though you spent three hours moving them around.

Embrace the chaos of watering schedules

This is where it gets real. You WILL forget to water your plants. It’s fine, we’ve all been there.

Set a reminder on your phone if you’re feeling ambitious, or just do the finger poke test: Stick your pinkie finger in the soil. If it’s dry, water the thing.

Also, don’t overwater. Overwatering kills more plants than forgetting. It’s like when you overdo it at brunch mimosas… It’s not good. Less is more, my friend.

Get weird with it

This is the fun part. When it comes to how to decorate your home with plants, get creative and have some fun! Your plants don’t have to just sit in pots like good little soldiers.

Instead, put some ivy in your bathroom so it can thrive in the humidity while you shower and maybe grow herbs in your kitchen like a celebrity chef.

And Yes, fake plants count if you’re truly a plant murderer, no judging here. Just get the good fakes, not the Dollar Tree ones that scream “plastic”. IKEA is your friend here.

Oh, and props to moss. Yes, moss. Put it in a glass bowl with some rocks and call it a terrarium and now you’re artsy and mysterious. People will be like, “Wow, you’re so creative,” and you can just be like, “I know, right?!”

Use plants to cover up awkward spots

No, covering a messy corner with plants is not always the trick when you have a lot of junk going on… at some point you need to get rid of things and declutter your place.

But if after decluttering and organizing you still got a weird corner, or a random pile of wires, or a bare wall you don’t know what do with? Stick a plant there. Big plants like fiddle leaf figs or rubber trees are amazing for this. They’re like the cool sunglasses of home decor.

Just… don’t overdo it. Otherwise, your living room will start feeling like the set of Jumanji.

Be okay with failure

You WILL kill a plant at some point. It’s like a rite of passage. My first plant? RIP, but that’s part of the deal – You’re learning.

And honestly, plants are like the cheapest roommates ever, so it’s not a big deal if you have to replace one. Just don’t give up, okay?