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1. Introduction: You're planning on integrating plants within your interior
design application, that's a very smart choice. However, there are
certain tips, strategies, tactics which will help you elevate your design
application and strategy. In this current class, we're
going to be taking a look at various placement strategies
and best practices in terms of utilizing and grouping
plants in order to make sure that you're
able to transform your space into a masterpiece.
2. Your Project: Project for the class revolves around applying
these key lessons in terms of placement strategies for plants to your own
unique application. Afterward you're
going to be sharing your results with the rest of
the community for feedback.
3. Creating Focal Points and Plant Grouping: Welcome back. Now
we're going to be examining some
important tips to help us in terms of adding plants as part of our interior
design project. First of all, plants
by themselves, they could either stand out, solo or work together in groups. Take a look at both
of these images. Both of them, they look nice, but they achieve
different goals. First of all, use statement plants like
the fiddle leaf fig, as we can see in the
image over here, to anchor a room. Once we say anchor room, it means give a focal point. So if you would
like to have a room to be the main focus of that room or the thing that
grabs attention is the plant, use the statement plants, the big size plants
like the monstera, the fiddle leaf fig. They give you that anchoring, that focal point because they demand attention as soon as
you step into the place. This is a very important tip. Then group plants
in odd numbers. Don't go even. Three, five. So this will give
you some sort of your own designer's touch
because if you go even, it looks quite too planned. To systematic, like two plants, four plants, six plants. Our brains tend to
realize the symmetry on the spot which robs the
ambience from the actual space. So go for odd numbers, three plants, five
plants, seven plants. It's up to you about three
to five minimum three, let's say maximum
five for many spaces, we'll give you a really
good designer's touch, and feel free to mix them up. You don't have to stick
to the same type of plant or the same height.
Get creative. You're able to just simply layer different types
of plants together. So combine different heights. Textures, for example,
tall arca Palm, medium rubber plant,
small snake plant. So you're going from tall,
medium to short or small, and you are combining
different textures and different plant types. So, this gives you some sort of endless possibilities
in terms of coming up with ideas to rejuvenate the space that
you're dealing with, and most importantly,
to keep things fresh. It might be complicated to keep on changing
pieces of furniture, changing tables,
changing carpets, even changing the pillows. It might be complicated, not to mention to include
the heavy cost, right? But by simply
manipulating the plants, you're able to transform
space completely, and I have done
this practically. From having one space
completely shifted to a different ambience
using plants solo only. So the goal is layering
will create depth, interest, and a balanced look regardless of the
space that you're at. Simply try to tinker with
the plants integration and follow these
important steps and tips, which will help you take your interior design practice
to a whole new level.
4. Using Planters and Pots As decor: When it comes to integrating
plants into any space, a very important piece, which is often overlooked
the pots, the planters, or the stands that you use for decor in combination
with the plant itself. Let me elaborate. First of all, the container itself that
holds the soil, the roots, and the actual plant is as
important as the plant itself. Pots act as design accessories. When you're going through an
interior design project or your own home decoration or renovation works,
fixing your styles, fixing your accessories, pots, holding plants are
considered to be a great opportunity to just simply tinker with the
style that you're having. First of all, we do have
in the terracotta pots. These provide you
with the earthy feel. Think about clay, perfect
with ova or jade plant. As you can see, in
the image over here, they give you some
sort of rustic, earthy vibe that you could
fuse into any space, especially if you
have a Bohemian, or if you go for
industrial style or Scandinavian,
they work perfectly. White ceramic pots,
modern clean style, great for orchids
or peas lilies. They work with minimalist style. They work with
Scandinavian style, coastal nautical style. These are gray additions
to complement any space. The white ceramic pots. Then we do have
the woven baskets, cozy farmhouse touch,
ideal for palms and ferns. So basically, it's
like a basket. Feel free to get whatever
sketch or architectural drawing on it or some sort of a print or a typo or typography,
whatever it is. It's up to you. You could
you have endless options for the woven baskets from
textures to labels to texts, to graphics placed on them, some glittery pearls,
whatever it is. You have these variations that suit whatever space
that you are having. Then you do have in
the metallic stand, which I considered
to be one of my favorites because
these are modern, like they fit the
contemporary style. Sleek and industrial pairs with rubber plant or snake plant. And based on my own experience, they work literally
with any plant. You can use a single
metallic stand, a combination of three,
combination of four. If you have noticed
that every single one of these pots got
a different plant, sky is the limit in terms of
the areas of application. The key takeaway is
always choose pots that complement both the plant
itself and the room's theme. That way you can think about
the pot or the plant or the stand as something to tie the entire design theme
or style together, combining the furniture,
the accessories, the plants, the actual
interior designers preference, or the client's preferences. Or your own preference
as a homeowner, from a styling point of view, this is a great opportunity for you to add that confirming touch to the interior
design theme that you actually know
what you're talking about, because accessories,
literally, they could make or break any interior
design application.
5. Plants of Different Interior Styles: Welcome back. When
dealing with plants, certain plants are suited for certain interior design styles. In this current lesson,
we're going to examine the best match between
styles and plants. That way you have a
clear idea how to match whatever project that you're working on, your
home decoration, your renovation, if
you're following a certain interior design style, what are the best plans to
complement such a style? First of all, every
interior design style pairs naturally with
certain plants. Choosing the white
ones will help you reinforce the theme
of the space. For example, if you are
following a minimalist style, snake plants, Z Zizi plants, they give you clean
lines and simple care. If you're going for
the Bohemian style, you do have in the
pothos, palms, cacti. These are layered
eclectic colorful mix, which work well with
the Bohemian style, as we could see in
the image over here. Then you do have in the
Scandinavian style. You can go for monstera
fiddle leaf fig. These are bold statement
making plants, bold greens and
light airy rooms. Take a look at the
image over here. You can see the fiddle
leaf fig plant. It just draws attention
due to its large volume. Then for the
industrial approach, you can go for rubber
plant, bird of paradise. They give you the strong
architectural shape. You can examine them over here, and you don't have to be
limited to this, by the way. You could experiment with
them just simply showing you the best options for these
tiles to save you time, in case you have no
idea what you're doing, you're doing this from scratch. You're able to apply
these tactics on the spot and still get results. Then you do have in the
modern farmhouse design in which an olive tree, lavender spider plant, they give you the soft natural palm. You can see the lavender
plant placed on the a dining table over here. So the whole goal
from this approach is matching the plant style with the decor in order to create harmony and intention.
This is the end goal. That's what we're trying to do. You bring in the furniture, you go with the
design, the layout, the planning, regardless
of the actual space, whether living room, bedroom, bathroom, hallway,
whatever it is. You follow the principles
of interior design, and then you match the plants to bring in
this livelihood feel to the actual space with intention such that everything
complements one another.
6. Lighting, Placement and Room Flow: When it comes to selecting plants and placing
them properly in any interior design project or renovation work or home decor approach
that you're following, it's important to understand their light demands and the
location of the windows, to ensure proper placements
for these plants, to give them the adequate
lighting that they need or actually to avoid the
lighting that they don't. So it's important
to understand that the right placement ensures the plants thrive and
look intentional. Take a look at the
image over here. This is some sort of a matrix
or a guide to help you understand certain
locations that work best for certain plants. This is a bit more detailed. However, I'm going to show you the actual three main
classifications that we could use. Which help you place plants strategically based on their
lighting requirements. First of all, we do have in
the bright light plants. This includes succulents, cacti, birds of paradise, which we place near sunny
windows over here. For example, Olivera
is one of them. Jade plant works as well. We include succulents,
cacti, birds of paradise. We place them within
the direct lighting. We have also bright
indict lighting. We do have in medium
lighting and low lighting. So these two criterias we need lighting, within
different concentrations. Over here, we have shadow with different
concentrations as well. So this is a bit more detailed compared to
the classifications, the three main groupings
I got for you. We have indirect light
plants, monstera, fiddle leaf fig, pothos, bright, but not direct. So if you take a look over here, we have bright indirect light. We got the Zizi plant. We got the monstera. We could add to it
the fiddle leaf fig. Also, the pothos works as well, but it's preferred to
be in the medium light, not the indirect light. So we're combining these contrasts of light
sort of speak. Within the same classification, we have bright, then
we have indirect, and then we have low light. So it's bright, medium and low. Low light plants, for
example, the snake plant, Z Zizi plant, peace lily, good for hallways and corners. Take a look at the
low light plants. Like I've mentioned, we're
going to be combining the medium light and the
low light together because it's a slight difference between having really dark shadow
to a light shadow. So over here, we can
see the peace lily. We do have the snake
plant over here. We got ferns over here as well. We got the pothos plant as well. So these thrive within low light areas to
medium light areas, but you don't go for
direct light plants. So over here, the
pothos is placed in the indict light plants criteria because we don't
need direct light, but it's also
preferred to place it within the location where
you have a medium lighting. So it's not too
bright, not too dark. So this is the
detailed approach, these are the general criterias. Obviously, you do have
an endless plants. Think about as a main guide. Some plants thrive under bright light, go
towards the window. Indirect light, move
away from the window. They don't need lighting,
very low light, keep moving away
from the window till you achieve a shade of shadow. So this is the main criteria
that you need to follow, and feel free to
follow this guideline as well if you'd like to
place them strategically. Some plants are better
suited for corners, hallways, some of them
are near the windows. So think about this as
a combination approach, the general criteria with solid detailed placement to give you a full rounded picture. But the whole goal
is Place plants where they highlight furniture, that's one or architecture without blocking
the natural flow. At the same time, we
need to understand their lighting requirements
in order to properly place them to have a full
and cohesive design.
7. Wrapping up: What do you think? I truly hope that you found the
class helpful. If it helped develop
the insight in terms of strategy and placement
tactics for plants, then it's a job well done. I look forward to
receiving your feedback on my current class
and make sure that you follow my profile for the latest releases and updates, and I'll see you
in the next class.
Engr. Hussein Attié, Entrepreneur I Engineer I Educator
