10 Simple Ways to Incorporate Biophilic Design in Your Home

Biophilic interior design is one of the creative trends used in interior design that aligns your indoor spaces in perfect harmony with nature. Especially beneficial for people who love being around plants, biophilic design offers a perfect sanctuary. 

The designs will drastically enhance your indoor ambiance, providing great relief from stress. During times of high turmoil, one could go there, as it uplifts your mood and stimulates a cosmic connection.

There are different ways of incorporating biophilic design in your home. I have mentioned some of them here:

1. Bringing the Outside In

Plants, hanging or potted, don’t need a whole tract of land to survive. You can have them on your balcony or preferred spots and need not worry about the gardening aspects. 

The succulents, cacti, and money plants are a good starting point to build your capacity in dealing with plants and gardening. The next ones would be indoor gardening, like planting calatheas, payer plants, and ferns or fiddle leaf figs. You can arrange your plants the way you want based on your preferences. This includes if they require direct sunlight, a well-lit room, and the humidity rates. You can even understand it from its natural habitat, like the forest floor, where ferns will dry up on your lit window sills or cacti will not flourish in a dark, damp space.

2. Nature-Inspired Interiors

Art is known to reduce stress levels. You can play around with your abstracts and lovely natural prints. You could then add beautiful soft furnishings that are floral prints for the throw pillows or the cushions with plant motif furnishing to bring in the biophilic design.

Learn more: 7 Ways to Decorate Your Home with Natural Materials 

3. Use Natural Materials.

For a natural feel and appearance in your house, you can use materials like wood, clay, cork, rattan, and wool.The antique materials give your spaces a sense of your individuality. Besides this, their eco-friendly nature and ability to reuse add to the benefits. They will pair well with reclaimed furniture or floors. You can add a stone side table or a cotton or jute rag. 

Live-edge and raw, unfinished wood can have more natural looks than finished and manufactured wood. They will improve your spaces’ depth and discernible textures. You may also look for other natural materials like granite, marble, and concrete.

4. More Light

The ample light is what regulates our moods and gets our hormonal balance back on track. They also help speed up the oxytocin, which is like feel-good hormones that drive your day and spur your creativity. You can maximize the natural lights in your home by including more blinds than curtains. You can also reduce obstructions on your window sills to declutter the spaces. More light can be realized by creating a skylight to filter more natural light into your spaces.  Additionally, remove bulky window drapes and swap them out for lighter sheers.

Layered lighting can also be intensified with the aid of floor lamps, candles, and scones, simulating natural light and brightening one’s mood. For more reflective surfaces, glass tables and mirrors come in handy. If your space has windows, it is the perfect layout spot for that secret reading nook where you let yourself get carried away with the wonders of Mother Nature because of your hanging potty plants on the balcony.

Also read: Creative Ways to Enhance Natural Light in Kitchen Design

5. Fresh Air

Hang down your windows, even in winter, for a few minutes to allow fresh air into your rooms. It’s magic when one is listening to rain staring on their balcony or patios full of potty families while snuggling into a warm sofa sipping on your cup of coffee.  As your plants bring a breath of fresh air into your areas, allow them to help you connect with the seasons. You can also save the humidifiers and diffusers for stimulating and relaxation mode days.

6. Carve Out Cozy Nook

Alcoves, nooks, and cozy corners create dependency for nurseries and care. Curve it in your house and set it aside for reading and meditation. Relaxed sounds are playing in the background, and your potted plants will create a fulfilling ambiance, helping you unwind after a long day.

7. Inculcate Fire

It’s nice to look at and functional in keeping you warm as well; besides all these benefits, it also enriches the color and relaxing ambiance of your space. Lack of a hearth does not have to be gloomy for you; you can opt to have a glass fireplace in your house and even add on the flames from your candles! It will enhance a cozy mood while watching your movies on Netflix!

8. Include Water Features

You can opt to use a tabletop fountain or a saltwater aquarium. It will bring water sounds to your spaces and bond you with a water mass body in the comfort of your home.

 9. Nature Images Display

Photos of nature have been known to be psychologically and intellectually fulfilling. You can hang the landscape paintings and framed photographs of your travels throughout the world that are special to you. You can choose to defer your tastes by adding botanical prints or animal art.

10. Earth Tone

Neutral and earth-tone palettes use subtle styles to create more natural spaces. You can apply those subdued tones that are brown, green, and blue because they have soothing properties. The neutral colors will evoke a bold, saturated feeling. You may enhance the rich hues through décor, furnishings, and finishes like flooring and paint colors. You can contrast it by using bright colors to balance the soothing property.

Read More: Important Elements of Contemporary Interior Design

Conclusion

Employees at work environments that implemented biophilic designs are said to experience upscale growth and employee retention. Biophilic design elements are aesthetically pleasing and have added benefits, including better airflow, circadian rhythm, and heart rate. The multimodal experience is improved and a visual connection is fostered when biophilic designs are combined with indoor plants and natural patterns.

Our skilled staff at Greentech Interiors specializes in creating biophilic designs that turn areas into calm, naturalistic retreats. Our proficiency in incorporating plants, organic materials, and ecological components guarantees a tranquil and visually appealing space customized to your requirements.